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
Posted on 04/19/2010 10:30:30 AM PDT by 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.
man...you do some heavy lifting...you need a political job next GOP Potus
with all due respect with to my kin and southern blood in Louisiana...
wtf is wrong with the GOP establishment there?
they should be riding this horse like the Pony Express
wtf is wrong with the GOP establishment there?
they should be riding this horse like the Pony Express”
My mother and her whole family's from Louisiana and I lived there for five years. I have no idea what their problem is other than they, too, are infected with Political Correctness.
North La. used to be the most Conservative part of La. with Shreveport being the conservative stronghold. Today, SE La. seems to have taken over that role with NOLA refugees having swarmed the North Shore Parishes of Lake Pontchartrain and Shreveport becoming a Black Ghetto.
ping
Social activist, organizer ... and FBI informant:(RNC CONVENTION ALMOST FIREBOMBED!!) (Statesman.com Jan 3, 2009 By David Hanners)
In four years, he has gone from a never-trust-the-government activist to the confidential informant who helped the FBI arrest two Austin men on suspicion of building firebombs during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September...Darby was the government's chief informant in the case against David McKay and Bradley Crowder. The two are scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court on Jan. 26 on accusations they built Molotov cocktails during the convention. They are being held without bail.
Prosecutors say the two men built the firebombs because they were angry that police had seized a trailer filled with riot shields they had built and hauled to Minnesota.
In a conversation recorded by the FBI, McKay told Darby he planned to use the explosives on law-enforcement cars parked in a lot near the convention site, officials said.
"What if there's a cop sleeping in the car?" Darby asked McKay, according to an affidavit by Christopher Langert, a special agent in the FBI's Minneapolis office. "He'll wake up," McKay allegedly replied.
McKay also told Darby, "It's worth it if an officer gets burned or maimed," the affidavit said.
My expectation level for Jindal is dropping like a stone.
Well, I’m heading to your old “stomping ground” as soon as I finish this post. - The Mississippi Coast. We have three “free” nights (LOL!) at a Biloxi Casino. I havn’t been since Katrina but was there right before when my Son got married in NOLA. He married a very nice gal from a small town betweeen NOLA and Baton Rouge, After the wedding, we went on over to Biloxi and spent a few days there. My SO has been back since but I couldn’t bear to see all the damage done to the old gracious homes and the magnificent trees along old highway 90 across from the Beach.
Oh well, don’t let the Bluebellies git ya down. I’ve almost crawled through the monitor after a few of ‘em on my Pat B. article. Totally lost my cool and probaly got a little too profane when I told one to go F____himself.
What can I say but ‘Cest la Vie.
The left is scared of what they see coming down the road at them, they are in the process of a preempt propaganda effort to win over public opinion. Where, for God's sake is a voice, a voice of courage and truth, a pro-American values voice, a man/woman with leadership skills?
I see no one standing up, I see a lot of running away, flip-flopping, apologies. I like Mrs. Palin, but she cannot alone sound the call. We need someone not afraid to simply explain that unless the left is stopped, we are all going down the toilet.
What a wonderful opportunity this was for Jindal, but like all the rest, he ran and refused to stand up like a man and tell the world what happened, what will happen if this kind of thing is allowed to continue. He is an elected politician, not a leader. Shame on him.
*
It was a pure crime in and of itself; not to mention also a hate crime. What in hyell is wrong with Republican officials, across the country? All incumbents of either party need to go.
Hope you are fine, EDINVA.
Jindal is 99 percent hype and 1 percent falsehood.
I don't think so. We take over the GOP at the state and local levels and we will own the national. What I was saying was that our takeover must come at the grassroots level. We can't change the GOP from the top down. But we can from the bottom up.
Good luck with that.
When something fits the going pattern—when it seems to go with the flow, or match the current trend—it’s reasonable to conclude the likelihood of its occurrence in fact.
I know this isn’t concrete proof. But in many cases the general patterns are more revealing than the discrete instances. (Ask an intelligence expert.)
For many years, the overwhelming patterns have been:
1)Republicans withering and giving in to Democrats
2)Republicans who are hard core Democrats on the inside and Republican in name only, acting in Democrats’ favor during critical moments
3)Democrats using underhanded tactics like bribery and extortion against Republicans and conservatives
And the flip side to your position is that you have to explain the circumstances in some other way.
That is, if you think your position is correct, you must come up with an explanation for why the governors’ office isn’t stepping up to the plate.
Nice..., doctoring by looking at a photo. You should become an Obamacare doc....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.