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WaPo: Who TMZ'd Rep. Bob Etheridge? (Rep. "acting strangely")
Washington Post ^ | June 14, 2010 | David Weigel

Posted on 06/14/2010 7:59:54 AM PDT by maggief

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No one noticed, though, until today, when Andrew Breitbart's Big Government posted the video -- an edited version posted at another YouTube account -- with a commentary from editor Mike Flynn.

So who are the students? I don't know. The National Republican Congressional Committee tells me they didn't send them, and "DCCameraGuy" has yet to respond to my e-mail. But without any name or organizational support, just by riling up a member of Congress, the students have created the first conservative meme of the week. They seem to have learned from organizations such as ThinkProgress that any video of a member acting strangely, no matter how grainy, is grist for the Web.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: etheridge
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1 posted on 06/14/2010 7:59:54 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Hey! This is MY congressman...


2 posted on 06/14/2010 8:00:49 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: maggief

Liberals/Socialists ALWAYS attack the messenger and avoid addressing the message. Pure Alinsky tactics.


3 posted on 06/14/2010 8:01:01 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: TommyDale

Wish he had tried to grab you!

;)


4 posted on 06/14/2010 8:01:37 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Drudge putting up more links

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7496362


5 posted on 06/14/2010 8:01:51 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: maggief

No matter how grainy? It’s a perfectly clear video


6 posted on 06/14/2010 8:02:17 AM PDT by dangus
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To: newfreep

‘Student’ needs to file an assault charge.

STAT!


7 posted on 06/14/2010 8:02:27 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Can we all say ASSAULT AND BATTERY......I knew we could.


8 posted on 06/14/2010 8:02:36 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: RummyChick

Meanwhile, Republicans are weighing in. National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Jon Thompson e-mailed a comment to ABC11:

“Bob Etheridge has lost it. His conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress. It’s bad enough that he’s joined Obama’s assault on North Carolina jobs, but his physical assault on a college student goes beyond the pale.”


9 posted on 06/14/2010 8:02:43 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: maggief

I take a vodka drink;I take a whiskey drink;p****** the day
away!


10 posted on 06/14/2010 8:03:12 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: RummyChick

the scum commies will find out “who sent ya” in court!!!


11 posted on 06/14/2010 8:04:52 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Dr. Ursus

He did sound drunk. “Who you are” about 10 times.


12 posted on 06/14/2010 8:05:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: maggief

I feel so much better — the Congressman (D) didn’t assault the student, it was just a “hug”!


13 posted on 06/14/2010 8:05:14 AM PDT by fullchroma
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To: maggief

The funny thing is that in the State of North Carolina, Etheridge could be charged for CRIMINAL ASSAULT and be liable for a civil lawsuit as well. What a doofus.


14 posted on 06/14/2010 8:05:32 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: driftdiver

someone said he always sounds like that


15 posted on 06/14/2010 8:05:34 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: maggief

A simple “no comment” would have sufficed.....this guy went way overboard!


16 posted on 06/14/2010 8:07:34 AM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: TommyDale

Who would file the charges?

Amazing the WaPo wants to identify an assault victim, and ignore the CRIME!


17 posted on 06/14/2010 8:07:36 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

To David

It doesn’t really matter if it was a planted question. The behavior is unacceptable.


18 posted on 06/14/2010 8:07:46 AM PDT by listenhillary (You might be a modern LIBERAL if you read 1984 & said "YEAH! That's the world that I want!")
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To: maggief
"Wish he had tried to grab you! ;-)"

If he had, I would have him arrested on the spot. Oh, how I wish that had been me!!!

19 posted on 06/14/2010 8:08:27 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: penelopesire; onyx; hoosiermama; STARWISE; Liz

WaPo covers for Etheridge and tries to identify assault VICTIM .... PING!


20 posted on 06/14/2010 8:10:58 AM PDT by maggief
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