Report: LA GOP Whisper Campaign: Allee Bautsch "Earned" Stomping With "Her Sassy Mouth"

Monday, April 19, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Louisiana GOP fundraiser Alexandra "Allee" Bautsch and her boyfriend, Joe Brown, talk with a police officer about the savage attack on them by leftist protesters as they left a GOP fundraising event on April 9, 2010. Photo by Jack A. Neal

The scandal of the aftermath of the vicious political attack on Alexandra "Allee" Bautsch, the chief fundraiser for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend, Joe Brown, as they left a Republican fundraiser attended by three GOP governors (Jindal, Rick Perry of Texas and Haley Barbour of Mississippi) April 9th has taken a sickening turn as a report has surfaced that some in the Lousiana GOP are giving Bautsch what amounts to a second beating by starting a whispering campaign that she "earned" the attack with her "sassy mouth."

Blogger Pat Dollard, who has been working the story of the attack, Tweeted last night accusing some in the Louisiana GOP of saying that Bautsch deserved the attack and that he's confirmed the Louisiana "Republican establishment" is trying to "shut down the Allee Bautsch story." His report is in contrast to a statement by Louisiana GOP Chairman Louis Villere, Jr.--who has not blamed Bautsch for the attack--that he was pursued without provocation by protesters outside the same event where Bautsch and Brown were later attacked.

Dollard's report lends credence to what a reporter who is also working the story told me on background last week, that the scuttlebutt was that people were going to be saying Bautsch has a "big mouth" and "may have brought the attack on herself."

Dollard's Tweets:

"I have verification that the Republican establishment in Louisiana is trying to shut down the Allee Bautsch story."
about 12 hours ago via web

"The Republican Establishment in Louisiana is afraid of Allee Bautsch, they think she "has a sassy mouth" and may have "earned" the beating."
about 11 hours ago via web

Gov. Jindal has been noticably silent on the maiming of his aide, issuing a brief statement three days after the attack when it first became public and later sending out his spokesman to deny a report that the couple was wearing Sarah Palin pins when attacked. Curiously, the New Orleans police also waited three days until the attack became public to open a criminal investigation.

Bautsch's mother, Della Berning, says her daughter's leg was stomped and broken in four places by protesters who were part of an anti-Republican protest organized by leftists who followed the couple from Brennan's restaurant, the scene of the fundraiser.

Bautsch's wounds required a rod and seven screws to be implanted in her leg. Brown suffered a broken nose and jaw and as well as a concussion that gave him problems with remembering details of the attack.

According to the police report, which is based on Brown's beating-induced foggy memory, the attackers yelled things like, " "Little blonde bitch," "You're a f------- faggot," and "You think you're f------ special."

Bautsch's mother told Fox News, "...things were said to my daughter and to her boyfriend that basically everything was about money. From the time they were walking out of the restaurant things were being said to them."

Berning told Yahoo News that Brown and her daughter have told her they were attacked by protesters who followed them as they left the fundraiser at Brennan's.

The host of the fundraiser, Louisiana Republican Chairman Roger Villere, Jr., said in an intrview that he was targeted and pursued by protesters as he tried to leave the fundraiser. He and his group had to leave out the back as the protesters had blocked the entrance to Brennan's. When the protesters spotted them, Villere and his group fled to a taxi and made their escape. Bautsch and Brown weren't as lucky.

Some conservative bloggers and reporters have hurt their reputations with their condescending efforts to play down the political basis for the attack on Bautsch and Brown.

Pat Dollard spoke for many last night when he Tweeted:

Welcome to the Stockholm Syndrome of the Republican Establishment, and the Elites of the Conservative Blogging Establisment who prop 'em up.
about 13 hours ago via web

And

I'm getting the feeling that the elites in the Conservative blogging establishment are as useless as the elites in the GOP.
about 13 hours ago via web

With the mainstream media feeling no pressure to pursue the story, it's no wonder some in the Louisiana GOP are not afraid to blame the victim.

Fortunately, The Hayride, Free Republic, Human Events, Gateway Pundit, Big Government, Lincoln Parish News Online, Tennessee Conservative, Big Journalism and Pat Dollard have maintained their independence from GOP and MSM approval and reported the story as it developed.

While late to the story, Fox News and Megyn Kelly get credit for interviewing Bautsch's mother last Friday and for booking The Hayride's Scott McKay to be on about 2:10 p.m. EDT today.

[deport]

Enlarge the photo and look more closely - especially her eyes. She is scared and shocked.

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I think you read the photo correctly. Here is what her mom had to say about it [Burning is her mom]:

....
KELLY: I don’t know if you can see the screen but this is your daughter and her boyfriend moments after the attack. There she is on the ground before the rescue crews got to her.

BURNING: Yeah, and you know it’s disturbing to me because everybody has their right to an opinion. If you really look at the photograph up close, she is not smiling… when it’s a very small photograph… she’s gritting her teeth in pain.
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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36559

[ichabod1]

That’s not protesting. That’s a hate mob. I really wish they would find another term besides “protester” for them. They aren’t really protesting anything except that they don’t like Republicans.

[abb]

I find it hard to believe that the LA GOP Establishment (or even its minions) is so harsh and cold that they would claim that anyone deserved that kind of beating/bone breaking under any circumstances.

That comes from the Governor's Office and not the GOP Leadership. I've interviewed several people that attended the fundraiser (see my blog for details) and they are as upset as we are about what happened and are also not happy with Jindal's attitude.

[ichabod1]

Looked like a pretty short skirt there.

[abb]

“Mob” is the proper and correct term to use.

[Recovering_Democrat]

bttt

[OCCASparky]

Memo to anyone who even THINKS that because someone has a “big mouth” or a “sassy mouth” that they somehow deserved this: perhaps if was YOUR leg broken in FOUR places, you wouldn’t be so quick to flap YOUR BIG MOUTH?

[Voter62vb]

A large number of these people had cams of different kinds.

I’m bettin’ this was filmed and/or photographed.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

In that same vein, you don't look like an ignorant retard based upon your profile, but...

That's gonna leave a mark.

Good. ;)

[Psalm_2]

thanks for posting this. i’m scratching my head that this incident & the dems have not received the outright scouring
that it & they deserve.

if the perps/protesters were indeed from the iron rail library / bookstore then that is very likely the source of the violence.

i looked them up last night. ironrail.org the website is a sort of a.n.s.w.e.r./anarchist collective. sample their links on the right. you’ll see their very busy & diversified.

this link:
http://www.ironrail.org/blog/2010/04/srlc-welcoming-committee-bbq-this.html

is a glaring red arrow pointing at them for investigation.

why is almost none on our side off free republic discussing this in the proper context ???? this demands justice !!

[JenB987]

You can definately tell Brown was sucker-punched in the temple/eye area. It’s red and in the shape of a fist. And the way she’s lying on the ground, to me at least, implies she can’t move her one leg.

It could take days to see the visual effects of these kinds of injuries.

I got hit in the head with a ball bat once and while the knot was the size of a golf ball, it took about 3 days before the bruising looked it’s worst.

[deport]

A large number of these people had cams of different kinds.

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Yep some You Tubes were posted but have since gone dark.....

[mquinn]

Where exactly did the Palin pin” angle originate?

[Kimberly GG]

“For what purpose would some in the Louisiana GOP push this angle?”

Considering all of the flame throwing, bad rap and even recent comparisons of McVey to the Tea Party....I’m just as inclined to ask for what purpose would the GOP (and Jindal) be hush hushing it.

[clintonh8r]

Ignore the flamers. I agree that the photo does not depict the injuries that have been described. Doesn’t mean they didn’t happen, just means this photo does not illustrate them.

[Rennes Templar]

It’s just maddening that patriotic, law-abiding tea-partyers are blasted all over the media as subversive threats, while leftists scum who commit political felony hate crimes get ignored.

This is unfair, unjust, irresponsible, unprofessional, unethical, immoral, and criminal. And the entire MSM follows suit. What a machine they have.

[deport]

Palin Pins... check the following:

http://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=294655&D=2010-04-15&SO=&HC=6

and go to the 2:08 pm update and begin reading on this one at the 3rd highlighted section;

http://thehayride.com/2010/04/the-brennans-beatdown-piecing-together-a-story/

[PA-RIVER]

Have you ever had a broken bone?

When covered with skin its hard to see. Thats why they do x-rays.

[b4its2late]

In this picture, it does not look like Brown has a broken nose and jaw, or that Bautsch has a leg broken in four places.

Maybe because the swelling hasn't yet settled in at that point?

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