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N.C. Rep. Bob Etheridge Assaults Student – Caught On Video
http://radioviceonline.com/ ^ | June 14, 2010 | Steve McGough

Posted on 06/14/2010 7:23:13 AM PDT by Biggirl

If you approach a congressman in Washington D.C. and try to ask them what seems to be a pretty simple question and he goes nuts, grabbing at you and demanding to know who you are … don’t answer him. Why not answer? This guy is showing aggressive behavior and has enough power -- since we gave it to them -- to make your life miserable for years to come. I don’t blame the guy for not answering. Without further comment, I give you Rep. Bob “Who are You” Etheridge (D-N.C.).

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; bloggersandpersonal; bobetheridge; dsj; etheridge; nc; nc2010; northcarolina; student
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To: 101voodoo

You can always count on someone on FR providing justifications. No matter how serious the offense, there is always someone here trying to ‘justify’ it; looking at it from ‘offender’s’ position.


61 posted on 06/14/2010 8:14:32 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Blessed Is The Nation Whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Biggirl
His opponent this fall:



Renee Ellmers for Congress
62 posted on 06/14/2010 8:14:44 AM PDT by Kegger
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To: wolficatZ

It’s on Drudge...


63 posted on 06/14/2010 8:16:03 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Blessed Is The Nation Whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Biggirl
Article I Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution:

...Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Article I Section 6:

The Senators and Representatives ... shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

64 posted on 06/14/2010 8:18:07 AM PDT by StonyMan451
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To: Biggirl

his eyes look red. wonder if he has been drinking?


65 posted on 06/14/2010 8:19:15 AM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: representativerepublic

Re #48 - once he grabbed the back of my neck he would have gotten a right upper-cut.”

Your Cellmates would really be impressed, we can be sure.

After about 35 years your story might be getting a little old though.

Again; “Law” only applies to “Little People”.

And they WANT us to react like that. It gives them a sense of justification for what they will surely do next.
Remember what Rahm Emanuel said about not letting a crisis go to waste?

Let’s not fall into their trap if we can help it, folks.

It won’t take much at this point to trip it, and the bloodshed may be copious and the horror of historical proportions if it does.


66 posted on 06/14/2010 8:20:04 AM PDT by George Varnum (Liberty, like our Forefather's Flintlock Musket, must be kept clean, oiled, and READY!)
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To: MinuteGal
"You could at least have addressed me by my preferred compliment, 'mommy dearest' ".

Okay, next time for sure! And I promise, no wire hangers.....ever!!!

67 posted on 06/14/2010 8:20:46 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: MinuteGal

Ha ha you certainly came across loud and clear. And, you’re right!


68 posted on 06/14/2010 8:26:22 AM PDT by marlon
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To: PapaBear3625
You're missing the point. By refraining from slamming the Congresscritter to the pavement, he instead slammed the guy's career and future to the pavement instead. Glenn Beck is reportedly talking about this on his radio show, and may mention it on TV later.

Not only that but if the student did anything at all to defend himself, he would have been charged with assaulting a congressman. And the story in the MSM would have been a "violent teabagger assaults Democratic Congressman who was just walking down the street".

The student did the right thing but I don't know if I could have restrained myself in that situation.
69 posted on 06/14/2010 8:30:31 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34 (Free Obama's Birth Certificate!)
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To: KevinB

No, you did not defend his behavior but you did assign blame to the student. Nothing he did was even remotely illegal, nor did it justify the Congressman’s actions.

Eldridge is a public figure and as such has even less of a right to privacy in public then do us “nobodies” and if you really want to get down to it, as one freeper said here, this Congressman works for the kid just as all of them work for all of us.

I think above all else these peoiple in Washington have forgotten that little fact and need a serious, SERIOUS reminder as to just who is in charge in this country.


70 posted on 06/14/2010 8:30:47 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: KevinB

Eldridge shb Etheridge


71 posted on 06/14/2010 8:32:54 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: Biggirl

Etheridge doesn’t give the kid a chance to identify himself. Etheridge just grabs the student and says over and over, “Who are you.”

My impression what Etheridge meant was “Who are you to question me?”


72 posted on 06/14/2010 8:35:22 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34 (Free Obama's Birth Certificate!)
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To: Kegger

NC2 is listed as a Leans/Likely Dem seat at RCP: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/house/2010_elections_house_map.html

This is one I will remember to watch in November. All the way with Renee!!! It doesn’t really matter that all of these Republican women lately are beautiful. It’s probably just be a reflection of what’s in their hearts. Etheridge, on the other hand looks down right ugly, inside and out. (did I mention that Ellmers is a real cutie?)

Again, my comments are not meant to reduce the charactor of any woman to their appearance.


73 posted on 06/14/2010 8:39:44 AM PDT by phxdan
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To: ncpatriot

Good question, and I see you are from NC, I sense this is going to EMBARESSED your state bigtime. Bookmarked his challenger’s site, Renee Ellmers site.


74 posted on 06/14/2010 8:46:09 AM PDT by Biggirl (I Have A New Rainbow Bridge Baby, Negritia! =^..^=)
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To: MinuteGal

I think you misunderstood what I said. I said he always sounds drunk...and my mistake for not clarifying what I meant. What I meant was that, I didn’t think he was drunk during the assault, or ever, it’s just, he slurs his speech. Always has. He sounds like he has marbles in his mouth. I recall meeting him back in the early ‘90’s when he was the secretary of education for NC. He slurred his speech then and still does.


75 posted on 06/14/2010 8:46:53 AM PDT by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: phxdan

But after what this clown did, and I am sorry I had to go into name calling did, could some of those voters who have seen this video, who have voted for Rep. Etheridge, would be sure looking “red” in the face from embaressedment. Just my thoughts. GO RENEE!


76 posted on 06/14/2010 8:49:38 AM PDT by Biggirl (I Have A New Rainbow Bridge Baby, Negritia! =^..^=)
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To: ncpatriot

Would not surprise me if he has.


77 posted on 06/14/2010 8:50:55 AM PDT by Biggirl (I Have A New Rainbow Bridge Baby, Negritia! =^..^=)
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To: mass55th
LOL!

Leni

78 posted on 06/14/2010 9:22:48 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore" - 10/20/09 "Obama is not a Marxist")
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To: Biggirl; All

Contact information:

Washington, DC
1533 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4531 Fax: (202) 225-5662

Raleigh District Office
333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 505
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 829-9122 Toll Free Number: 1-888-262-6202
Fax: (919) 829-9883

Lillington District Office
609 North First Street, P.O. Box 1059
Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: (910) 814-0335 Toll Free Number: 1-866-384-3743
Fax: (910) 814-2264


79 posted on 06/14/2010 9:39:22 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Q: Who are you?

A: Your boss.


Let us not forget that.
80 posted on 06/14/2010 9:50:37 AM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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