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Rap star says he was one in Romney confrontation
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 19, 2010 | GLEN JOHNSON

Posted on 02/19/2010 9:42:38 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

BOSTON (AP) - A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him—and not the other way around—during a confrontation aboard an Air Canada flight that was preparing to take off from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Sky Blu, whose given name is Skyler Gordy, says in a video posted Friday on TMZ.com that he was trying to go to sleep when he leaned his seat back on the Vancouver-to-Los Angeles flight Monday.

He says Romney loudly told him several times to straighten it and then grabbed his shoulder.

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To: kcvl

OMG!! thge COOTIES in that guy’s hair would CREEP me out!!! Imaqgine that head being in your face or lap?/ YUKEROONEY!


41 posted on 02/19/2010 10:20:20 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Diogenesis

“Romney’s attacks on Gov. Palin (DURING AN ELECTION!!!!)
and his dirty tricks on Sen.Thompson and this all reflect upon Mitt Romneycare’s mindset. Mitt Romneycare is above certain women and other people who dwell far beneath him. “

And yet, John McCain wants Mitt to campaign for him.

“To counter Hayworth’s growing support, McCain has enlisted Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.) and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign, to stump for him in the Grand Canyon State. He would also like to bring in Mitt Romney, his former opponent for the GOP presidential nomination. “I’d really appreciate it if Mitt Romney came,” McCain says. “We’d really like to have him. We haven’t made any specific arrangement yet, but I’d like to see that. He is a man I respect.””

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42 posted on 02/19/2010 10:22:08 AM PST by AuntB (WE are NOT a nation of immigrants! We're a nation of Americans! http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/)
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To: BubbaBasher
Gordy says that after the plane pulled away from the gate, he put a jacket over his head and was trying to go to sleep when he felt "too upright." After he reclined his seat, he says, he heard Romney say repeatedly and loudly, "Sir, sir, put your seat up."

If in fact the seat reclining occurred after the plane pulled away from the gate, the flight attendants were probably strapped into their crew seats for take-off. Romney probably figured he'd save them the trouble of getting up to deal with the issue, since he was in a position to ask the jerk to put his seat back up, without having to get out of his seat.

43 posted on 02/19/2010 10:26:28 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: babygene

Sorry...but your knowledge of the law is incorrect. Merely touching someone is not an assuatlt...in fact it’s not even a battery. For your education and edification:

Assault: An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm...Generally, the essential elements of assault consist of an act intended to cause an apprehension of harmful or offensive contact that causes apprehension of such contact in the victim.

Battery: An intentional unpermitted act causing harmful or offensive contact with the “person” of another. The following elements must be proven to establish a case for battery: (1) an act by a defendant; (2) an intent to cause harmful or offensive contact on the part of the defendant; and (3) harmful or offensive contact to the plaintiff.


44 posted on 02/19/2010 10:27:16 AM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: Free ThinkerNY; GOP_Lady

I hear he’s changing his name to Sky Black-and-Blue.

Hey, Mitt gave him a free tattoo, what’s the wimp crying about?

And where are the FReepers who claimed that Romney wasn’t “man enough” in this confrontation.

According to this Afro’d rapper, Mitt used a “Vulcan grip.” LOL

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0219/Rapper-Sky-Blu-says-Mitt-Romney-used-Vulcan-grip-on-him-in-plane-fiasco


45 posted on 02/19/2010 10:30:07 AM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: Ann Archy
ROTFL!

You DO NOT need pets like those.

Even if all you fed em was dog food.

46 posted on 02/19/2010 10:33:07 AM PST by Candor7 (((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
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To: 9YearLurker
Most Americans simply don’t go around acting, insistently, upon that sort of hall monitor impulse.

The world would be a better place if more of us counted their fellow shoppers' items in the express lane, mentioned that the area in from of shopping center stores was a fire lane, and got into the left lane on the expressway and travelled the speed limit.

47 posted on 02/19/2010 10:34:00 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: Free ThinkerNY
RAP - Retards Attempting Poetry
48 posted on 02/19/2010 10:35:00 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: kcvl

He’s rather light-skinned for a rapper, isn’t he?


49 posted on 02/19/2010 10:35:07 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: Ann Archy; Califelephant
When you see the pic, the situation becomes even more understandable:

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Sky Cootie-Head

50 posted on 02/19/2010 10:38:00 AM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: kcvl

Trust fund brats.


51 posted on 02/19/2010 10:41:15 AM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: La Enchiladita

LOL!! Sky Cootie-head!! GROSSEROONEY!!


52 posted on 02/19/2010 10:41:51 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The best part is when Mitt stands up and shouts “Enough is ENOUGH! I have had it with these monkey-fighting rappers on this Monday-to-Friday plane!”


53 posted on 02/19/2010 10:56:11 AM PST by rogue yam
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To: HIDEK6

Whether or not that’s so, those who take such upon themselves in our current culture tend to be toward the hall monitor extreme of personality.


54 posted on 02/19/2010 10:57:54 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: pallis
If this is true, I have a bit more respect for Romney.
55 posted on 02/19/2010 11:02:50 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: The Unknown Republican

According to the criminal code of Canada:

265. (1) A person commits an assault when
(a) without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly;
(b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or a gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe on reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose; or
(c) while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes another person or begs.

The section of the CCC website regarding assault can be found here.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_VIII-gb:s_264_1//en#anchorbo-ga:l_VIII-gb:s_264_1


56 posted on 02/19/2010 12:42:18 PM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: The Unknown Republican

According to the criminal code of Canada:

265. (1) A person commits an assault when
(a) without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly;
(b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or a gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe on reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose; or
(c) while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes another person or begs.

The section of the CCC website regarding assault can be found here.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_VIII-gb:s_264_1//en#anchorbo-ga:l_VIII-gb:s_264_1


57 posted on 02/19/2010 12:42:48 PM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: BubbaBasher

The flight attendants were already strapped in their seats as the plan was moving down the runway getting ready to take off. I’m sure Romney was trying to avoid having to call the attendants at such a time and was trying to handle the situation himself. Normally, with an ordinary person — not a spoiled rapper related to Berry Gordy — that course of action would have worked.


58 posted on 02/19/2010 2:12:01 PM PST by crunk
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To: crunk

Who among us hasn’t come across this kind of moron? Look at his picture, the very embodiment of a fool. Obviously this “Sky Blu” was acting like an ass, and if Mitt hadn’t said anything there would be somebody right now judging him for not showing leadership. The fact that this ridiculous Sky Blu character is a rich kid and should know how to act makes him that much more of a disgrace.


59 posted on 02/19/2010 3:45:05 PM PST by Bird Jenkins
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To: Bird Jenkins

Exactly.


60 posted on 02/20/2010 10:22:11 AM PST by crunk
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