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.

[thecabal]

AP has always been a limp wristed “conservative” in the same mold as David Frum.

[Anti-Bubba182]

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.

Here is a closeup of Bautsch. Good enough for ya?

[thecabal]

Michelle Malkin.

Yup. I asked this on another thread but didn't get any replies. Why is Malkin working so hard to spike this story?

[Pikachu_Dad]

Even worse... That leadership knew of the problem and did nothing to defend the other members of their group.

Where were the extra security details called after this first event?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Filing this in ...
THUG-O-CRAT hit list [shocking links and headlines]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464640/posts?page=4
[Now past 80 posts]

[Anti-Bubba182]

She got on the wrong side of the story early. Probably it had to do with victims not wearing Palin buttons as was reported early.

[thecabal]

That’s definitely a grimace of pain, and not a smile

[thecabal]

But she hasn’t said one word to clarify things since then. So is it a big ego problem, or something much worse?

[Anti-Bubba182]

She is waiting, playing it safe.

[jacquej]

I would call these fools “the mindless muddled”!

[ohioWfan]

Is it possible that Jindal has been asked not to speak yet?

[9YearLurker]

If so, I’d imagine it could only be by Nagin’s police department—whom I wouldn’t trust.

[ohioWfan]

Well, I wouldn't trust Nagin or anyone near him, but if Jindal has been told by the police not to speak until more is known (obviously, I don't know if it's the case), then I would imagine he doesn't have much choice in the matter.

I'm just as curious as to why Rush, Hannity, Beck, et al, haven't said anything. (Or did I miss that?)

It seems to me that the ongoing investigation is silencing at least some of them.

[Thane_Banquo]

Why do I keep getting more and more suspicious that the GOP is simply another wing of the Obama establishment?

[Thane_Banquo]

Neither Michelle Malkin or AllahPundit, a$ of thi$ writing, have bothered to acknowledge, even in pa$$ing, the increa$ingly $elf-evident wrongne$$ of their haughty earlier dismi$$als of thi$ $tory...

There. Fixed.

[EBH]

I don’t care how big her mouth was or how sassy. Words don’t maim, beat, stomp, punch.

[Maverick68]

One person, legally carrying a concealed weapon, vigorously DEFENDING themselves would put an end to MANY future assaults

[ohioWfan]

Because you’re not thinking clearly?

[Gene Eric]

>> Why do I keep getting more and more suspicious that the GOP...

The GOP is often incompetent.

[ohioWfan]

Indeed. But a far different accusation than being an ‘arm’ of the radical left.