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Congressman Bob Filner Served Court Summons on Assault Charge (Flashback: When Democrats Attack!)
Fox News ^ | 9/4/2007 | Fox News

Posted on 06/15/2010 4:28:38 PM PDT by Qbert

WASHINGTON —  California Rep. Bob Filner on Monday picked up a court summons to face an assault charge relating to an angry exchange at a Washington, D.C., area airport baggage claim last month.

Filner, a Democrat, was charged with assault after he stormed into a baggage claim office Aug. 19 at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia. A United Airlines baggage employee complained that Filner touched her when he pushed aside her arm to get past her. He also did not leave when asked to do so, an airport spokesperson claimed.

Filner was on his way with other lawmakers to Iraq. When he returned from Iraq, he issued a brief statement saying he regretted he incident.

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RELATED STORIES Rep. Bob Filner 'Regrets' Incident in Which He Was Charged With Assault Rep. Bob Filner Charged With Assault on Virginia Airport Worker Upon arriving at the airport, Filner voluntarily appeared at the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police office to receive his summons, which was issued last month.

Filner had earlier disputed accounts of the incident as "factually incorrect" and said the charges were "ridiculous," but he didn't elaborate on that in his statement.

The female employee, whom United declined to identify, did not require medical attention.

She filed assault and battery charges against Filner in Loudon County, Va. Filner is expected to appear in court in October.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: democrats; etheridge; nc
...I had forgotten about this until Bob Etheridge went psycho recently. (Beware of Democrats named "Bob")

The United employee filed assault and battery charges against Filner. Seems like what Bob Etheridge did was even worse...

1 posted on 06/15/2010 4:28:38 PM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Members of Congress routinely acquire a feeling of self-importance and superiority.


2 posted on 06/15/2010 4:36:05 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Forty years of electing leftist fools to Congress have culminated in Nancy Pelosi.)
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To: Qbert
Rules, Laws and common decency only apply to the little people. Elected a-hole's are way above that type of thing, don't your know who they are?
3 posted on 06/15/2010 4:36:12 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Qbert

That’s a good start.

Next!


4 posted on 06/15/2010 4:37:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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And United tried to force the woman to back off on the charges because it didn’t want to offend Congress.

There are a thousand stories airline people could tell you about the rude, arrogant, demanding behavior of Congressman traveling on their planes and demanding priority treatment at the check-in counter.


5 posted on 06/15/2010 4:38:26 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: Qbert

6 posted on 06/15/2010 4:41:17 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout hearts...)
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Looks like we have a serial 'saulter!
7 posted on 06/15/2010 4:47:50 PM PDT by skimbell (A vote for a democrat is a vote against America.)
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I say we get ARMIES of well behaved people in suits... with video cameras out there and BARRAGE those RAT congress creeps with “do you support Obama’s agenda?”*

And then press charges when they explode.

* - If that doesn’t work, maybe “Weren’t you at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding?” would. :-P.


8 posted on 06/15/2010 4:53:19 PM PDT by Pravious
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I say we get ARMIES of well behaved people in suits... with video cameras out there and BARRAGE those RAT congress creeps with “do you support Obama’s agenda?”*

And then press charges when they explode.

* - If that doesn’t work, maybe “Weren’t you at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding?” would. :-P.


9 posted on 06/15/2010 4:53:20 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: skimbell

10 posted on 06/15/2010 4:58:59 PM PDT by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: oldbill

I traveled on a plane which carried J.D. Hayworth about 10 years ago. He was taking his young daughter back to D.C. and she was very unhappy. I felt sorry for him. He was chagrined at her behavior, but handled the situation quite well.


11 posted on 06/15/2010 4:59:32 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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Filner is a “red diaper baby”. Looks like he is trying to imitate “KO” Hallinan, the old Communist Party thug who liked to beat his leftist opponents in the face.


12 posted on 06/15/2010 5:26:16 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: the_Watchman

There are exceptions.

I was on a Phoenix flight with John McCain about 6 years ago. He was back in econonmy. They offered him a first class upgrade and he declined.

He made no demands and was even nice to passengers that came up to say hello.

Tom Tancredo was always a gentleman.


13 posted on 06/15/2010 5:30:21 PM PDT by oldbill
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Oh, yeah, United. Look, whenever there's the slightest mess up in the way they are going to treat your luggage they send it to Chicago for safe keeping and storage.

You can almost always tell them to "check Chicago" when they can't find it at Dulles, and there it is.

I've had this happen several times over the years.

Just remember, United had ROUTE 1 and Dulles is on ROUTE 2 which was pretty much the TWA homeland. United's operations people still work like that, and unusual stuff goes to "the home office" on Route 1.

The lady who thought she was assaulted probably has no idea of how the typical naive United passenger feels when he finds out his luggage is lost and they refused to serve him peanuts on the flight. She should be very careful in the future.

Also, she should IMMEDIATELY put in a call to Chicago to get the guy's luggage back ~ most especially if he's on the way to Europe. Just transfer it to Detroit (Wayne County MI) and they have direct flights to most major airports.

14 posted on 06/15/2010 5:50:02 PM PDT by muawiyah
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“The lady who thought she was assaulted probably has no idea of how the typical naive United passenger feels when he finds out his luggage is lost and they refused to serve him peanuts on the flight. She should be very careful in the future.”

Kinda like those goofy students who “thought” Etheridge was assaulting them, too?

How about a new rule?: constituents should be more careful about not being attacked by Dem congressmen.


15 posted on 06/15/2010 6:04:28 PM PDT by Qbert
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She didn't need to know he was a Congressmen, and besides there are all sorts of people at Dulles demanding this and that and telling lies about their membership in Congress.

Few United employees know they should always check Chicago first to find lost luggage. They should know; I know. They don't.

16 posted on 06/15/2010 6:22:22 PM PDT by muawiyah
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The article says on his next flight he didn't check any bags.

That's how we do it. Check nothing. Nothing lost.

We have relatives at the other end of our usual trips keep a box of clothing and toiletries for us out in the garage.

Much better than putting up with airline cr*p.

17 posted on 06/15/2010 6:25:38 PM PDT by muawiyah
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