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Bob "Who are you!" Etheridge's full response
Rep. Web Site ^ | June 14, 2010 | Etheridge Press Release

Posted on 06/14/2010 10:31:05 AM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000

Washington, DC, Jun 14 - U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) released the following statement on the viral video which appeared on the internet today:

“I have seen the video posted on several blogs. I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved. Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect. No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.”

Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC-02)


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To: RexBeach

re: This is not an apology. This is a qualifying statement. Not the same thing.

You are absolutely correct. This was no apology. The congressman simply shifted the blame onto the student for what happened, calling the student’s behavior “intrusive and partisan”.


61 posted on 06/14/2010 10:47:51 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

LOL...like Rush say’s, “we live rent free in their brains”


62 posted on 06/14/2010 10:48:26 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

Thought I’d see what the buzz about this was like on DU...surprisingly several did say he was nuts and should be arrested and charged with assault. But then there was this:

“He was ambushed by freepers and assaulted by them coming up and harassing him. He had every right to know who they were and who they worked for. He should file assault charges and get a warrant over to YouTube to unmask these hooligans and demand they be prosecuted.”

Dang, Freepers again! And in the eyes of DUmpsterites, YouTube is the ultimate arbiter!


63 posted on 06/14/2010 10:48:35 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

Where is this guy on the political spectrum?? I know he’s a ‘rat but how much of one???


64 posted on 06/14/2010 10:52:01 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Las Vegas Ron
He was ambushed by freepers and assaulted by them coming up and harassing him.

Damn straight. I wish I had been in on the "ambush" myself. We need to step up these actions as November approaches.

65 posted on 06/14/2010 10:52:06 AM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

I saw that this morning and almost hurled my Special K. The next time I see this buttwipe, I hope it’s a perp walk to court to answer assault charges. C’mon kid.......you have a case, now file charges on this overbearing bully!


66 posted on 06/14/2010 10:52:28 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: txroadkill

Thanks!


67 posted on 06/14/2010 10:53:01 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: PhilosopherStone1000
Cong. Bob Etheridge (D-NC02): “It’s a sad state of affairs in this country that things have gotten so out of hand that unfortunate and regrettable responses to Teabaggers and violent people of that ilk could have impacted people in such a way that someone (usually, someone on the fringe of the hateful, gun-hugging right wing) might be offended mildly, but provoked to violent action, by this alleged act that I may or may not have had either some knowledge or involvement with.”
68 posted on 06/14/2010 10:53:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: Vaquero
2 peanuts walked into a dark alley

Carter and Obama?

69 posted on 06/14/2010 10:53:43 AM PDT by Rocko
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To: GOPJ
The little dem bully is “sorry” he got caught on camera. His reaction didn’t look like a “first” to me... that’s him - let’s hope other step forward.

The verdict I get is to always have multiple cameras at any event where a democrat might show up. You never know when they might get out of hand. The more they are shown to the world, the more people will know just what the left is really like.

70 posted on 06/14/2010 10:55:12 AM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

It’s almost 2 p.m. eastern time here, and Fox News just went to commercial playing “Who Are You?” by The Who!! LOL!!!


71 posted on 06/14/2010 10:58:26 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Awesome!


72 posted on 06/14/2010 10:59:30 AM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
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To: thethirddegree

lol. That’s great! They must be peeing in their pants over that phone call of yours.


73 posted on 06/14/2010 11:02:14 AM PDT by Boxsford
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To: Beagle8U

You can’t be serious. Did you even WATCH the video? He grabbed the kid’s arm and restrained him, then grabbed the kid’s neck, then held him against himself.

You can’t do that. That is assault.


74 posted on 06/14/2010 11:03:05 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Pray for our leaders: Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin.)
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To: raybbr

Because like Helen Thomas, that’s all he’s sorry about. That the video came out. And went viral.


75 posted on 06/14/2010 11:04:46 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
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I got a little nervous when he put his arm around the boy. That seemed like a comfortable position for him.

One has to wonder what he was “expecting” to react so harshly. I mean, these guys will talk to anyone...and he flips out over this?

I hope you enjoyed playing Congressman. We have a nice gift bag and some kit-kats for you as you leave Washington.


76 posted on 06/14/2010 11:04:50 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (I lived in VT for four years. That was enough.)
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

I hope NC-2 provides an appropriate response to this asshole in November.


77 posted on 06/14/2010 11:05:00 AM PDT by BamaAndy
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To: Genoa
Loved their music, but their lyrics really were a crock sometimes.

Well, you had to speak English English.................

78 posted on 06/14/2010 11:06:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
What the hell are you talking about?

I hadn't seen the video, so I asked a fellow FReeper if he had a link to it.

79 posted on 06/14/2010 11:07:05 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: RexBeach

Exactly.


80 posted on 06/14/2010 11:07:18 AM PDT by Boxsford
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