Dems Defend Etheridge, Attack Breitbart
by Alexander Marlow
The next time someone asks you to explain “the politics of personal destruction,” use this example: Video surfaces of a United States Congressman attacking a college student, grabbing him by the wrist, neck, and body, and assaulting another student’s camera. The U.S. Representative refuses to immediately release the first student despite the student’s repeated pleas. You are an official of that Congressman’s political party. How do you respond? You attack the publisher of a website that released the video. Behold, from Politico’s Ben Smith:
A national Democratic Party official e-mailed around a set of talking points about an hour ago, under the subject heading, “Etheridge Gotcha Video Background.”
Democrats are seeking to raise questions about the video, which first appeared on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government, because of what’s widely viewed as the media’s mishandling of the ACORN story, which emerged without context from edited videos. In particular, party officials say the video was likely taken by a tracker for the Republican Party, which would explain the effort taken to conceal his identity.
From the talking points:
Push hard w/ blogs the lack of credibility inherent to anything Breitbart does/posts, given its role in the debunked ACORN videos:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21pubed.html?src=twrhttp://mediamatters.org/research/201006010001
http://gawker.com/5508190/okeefe-and-breitbart-acorn-videos-severely-edited
Considering Congressman Etheridge has already apologized and said there was no excuse for his behavior, it’s seems like this may have been a battle the Democrats should have sat out. Too late now.
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The only thing Etheridge deserves is an orange jumpsuit.
Yup, there are three notable ones that have been in the "debunking" posting mode for the last few hours already on that story – following the talking points PERFECTLY – no matter HOW many times they are shown to be wrong.
I expect a few on them here within the hour. Let's have fun with them!!!
Breitbart is doing a GREAT JOB!!! He's caused the sociaIsts to get their panties in a bunch! Boo Hoo…
Of course they do. To do otherwise requires character.
I wonder why the videos fail to show the "student's" faces, if they are, in fact, students?
That headline succinctly describes everything that is wrong with our country. The reality is that Breitbart is a hero and Etheridge is a scum sucking arrogant pol with nothing but contempt for the office and the citizenry he is supposed to answer to. Whose side do you think Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams etc would be on? If it took you more than a second to answer you fail.
I never got the memo that the Acorn videos were debunked…
Bahahahahahaha…Bombs away Andrew. You know you're over the target when you're getting flak!
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NOVEMBER, VOTE THE DIRTY COMMIE RATS OUT
Brietbart should have sued Jerry Brown… He falsely claimed the full unedited tapes were hidden. They had been posted online the whole time, however.
That he was too lazy to look it up does not absolve him from lying under oath. He doesn't deserve to have a legal license, much less a political position.
"Push hard w/ blogs the lack of credibility inherent to anything Breitbart does/posts, given its role in the debunked ACORN videos"
What an EPIC, EPIC, EPIC FAIL! I've been looking through the blogs that are trying to cover etheridge's ass. The commentary coming back should prove to them that they can't get away with this. Their "talking points" are only making the matter worse, as it's just getting People MORE outraged.
It’s the new & improved mantra: It’s Breitbart’s fault!
Trying to redirect the conversation won't work,a picture is worth a thousand words,everyday it's something new with the Democrats,they can't defend the ground they stand on,the agenda is so shameful that they are now turning to violence.WHAT HAS AMERICA BECOME???????
Dang….only took a couple minutes!!!!
I wonder why a Sarah Palin-crazed lying leftist troll like you has a dark blank avatar and no description info…ha ha…..
Also, we should be releasing the full video of the attack, before the democrats whine and complain the attack is "out of context." Why do representatives continue to put people in their place by demanding their identities? They don't ask voters to prove citizenship.
Irrelevant. Like you.
"I wonder why the videos fail to show the "student's" faces, if they are, in fact, students? "
Doesn't matter WHO they are, Ex1/2term, as they have every appearance of being American Citizens, or Consituents, by another name.
Doesn't matter a bit anyway, as the perp has already confessed to his wrongdoing. I sincerely hope those two press charges to the hilt against this scumbag.
Next?
You should copyright that!!
Hmm. I say send him to Sheriff Arpaio's jail. I think he'd look better in a pink jumpsuit.
There are still Germans that defend Hilter, the Demorats will defend the most vile low life criminal politician they can elect. Look how they defended Bill Clinton a white trash women abuser and a impeached President for perjury. If he was so innocent why was he kicked out of the Bar Association?
Andrew is putting the spotlight on these leftist cockroaches and they don't know damage control because you can't deny the truth. All you can do is attack the messenger. Andrew is a warrior and a scrapper this is what the conservatives need, this is what the leftist street democratic thugs can't deal with. When we conservatives get down into the mud with these animals and fight them on their level we will destroy these political gangsters. We need to expose them to the light of the truth. That they can't hide from and their lies only work for so long. Andrew my keep hitting them as if he is swing a sledge Hammer and driving a spike into the ground.
We all must get behind what Andrew is doing and get out there and shove these thugs back against the wall because they are the crooks and when the time comes they will all sing like opera singers and fink on each other as all cowards do. The democrats have no honor they live to take more of our money and there is a figure we will not pay and when that day comes all hell will break lose and this democratic mafia racket will come crashing down from its own weight.
Keep kicking ass out there Andrew and have no mercy to this evil towards the constitution. We will win this thing and you are out there in the trenches taking names.
Go Andrew! You have the dims scared of you! Keep it up.
Maybe he didn't want hate mail from crazed leftists who have a history of violent behavior. Just a thought.
So why don't the wimp ass Dems call for a full blown investigation? Let's let the whole nation see th tape over and over again – like the Zapruder film. Let's burn it in before November. And let's look at why the good cpngressman might have such a hair trigger anger problem. Let's investigate why asking a congressman if he supports the Obama agenda is so incendiary. Bring it on!
What difference does it make you moronic tard? It's all about accountability. Something you obviously know nothing about.
….one more violent leftist Democrat congressman exposed to the world – buh bye, Bob…..Thank you, Andrew
Or 15 bus loads of SEIU thugs on his front lawn – escorted by police of course….
I see that the response is typical lefty bullcrap. Can't attack the evidence, attack those who broke the story…
"Push hard w/ blogs the lack of credibility inherent to anything Breitbart does/posts, given its role in the debunked ACORN videos:"- Politico's Ben Smith
I wonder whether Mr. Smith ever attended Occidental College, or is simply trying to get that $1000 for attacking conservatives in the media?
Stock Democrat RESPONSES:
1. It's not our fault
2. The other guy started it!
3. We did nothing wrong.
4. It's the political climate.
5. Tea Partier
6. Blame BUSH
7. It's all Breitbarts fault.
8. GOTCHA Camera
9. I was scared, I thought I was being assaulted.
10. Nancy told me to!
Feel free to add your own!
We KNOW the DEMOCRATS do not always like to claim their due credit!
Attack the messenger, not the message-typical! They use that tactic each and every time they have no defense. They are worried. This is the time to back-slap them in the face with it. Send out the troops and scream this from the mountain tops.
Isn't it great? No sooner does Publius expose the lefty talking points, they show up right in front of us.
"Resignation by Friday." My prediction.
Me, either…
So, it's OK to have a public servant speak to an American citizen like that, when they ask a question in a respectful and polite manner? We deserve better.
Congratulations on getting to -100.
Let's connect a few dots.
Exhibit A. Congressman Etheridge. The video speaks for itself.
Exhibit B: Rep. Hare from Illinois threatens a constituent, instructing a staffer to follow him to obtain his license plate number. http://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2010/06/05/cong...
Exhibit C: An SEIU astro-turf demonstration is arranged to trespass private property, harass and intimidate an employee of a bank that happens to be a creditor of theirs.
Exhibit D: Barney Franks suggests what is needed is more power, more authority for Congress.
To state the obvious Barney, hell no! The character of those who have already grabbed excess power and now look for more has been amply demonstrated. Thanks for the reminder though: Power corrupts. It's why the founders setup a system of limited government with checks-and-balances. Read your oath of office again.
We are witnessing the self implosion of a political party that is based on a coalition of fantasy ideologies loosely related but violently opposed to each other. When placed under pressure and their weaknesses of their ideals are shown, they have no other choice but to try to make someone else's fault because it could never be their fault.
“Gotcha”? The kid couldn't have been more polite- He asked him if he fully supports the President’s positions… how’s that a trick question/trap? Unless you’re filled with arrogant rage, fear, and contempt for the voters… should be no problem.
And what a horrible example Team Obama and allied union thugs have set for their minions… who now feel free to lash out like punks at any who dare question them. This is just the kind of insular, radical jerk that needs to be put in his place come November, meaning the unemployment line.
The video is fake…fake, I tell you. That kid isn't a college student. He wasn't dressed like a college student. He said he was a college student. How can he be a college student if he doesn't dress asI say a college student should dress.
Just because he repeatedly daid he was a college student, how was the brave and honorable Rep. Etheridge supposed to have any inkling that the kid who was a college student really was a college student.
He could have been anything but a college student, but he was definitely not a college student, so Rep. Etheridge was completely in the right smacking somone who said he was a college student..but doesn't dress the way any college student I know does.
That didn't sound stupid, did it?
"we should be releasing the full video of the attack, before the democrats whine and complain the attack is "out of context."
No no no. We want them to make the "out of context" complaint BEFORE releasing the "full video." That's how you get one video to squash them twice. Remember the ACORN videos???
You forgot their favorite response: "It's no big deal. Everybody does it."
LOVE IT!!
The MSM and the Democrat Party have said they were debunked, therefore, they have been. You can take it to the bank, just like when they said if you liked it you would be able to keep your health insurance….
An awful lot of hostility here, but this isn't a rape victim. It is just some 20 year old guy who got pushed around by a 68 year old guy. Which is probably why he doesn't want to show his face.
It ain't the crime, it's the cover up…
Thank you for your courage and honesty for providing the American people the information you will not find on the corrupt old media.
I would have dropped that ass with a left-hook so fast, and it would have been self defense — i applaud the student for being reserved.
Because they are too busy demanding a full investigation into how Republicans managed to get Alvin Greene a victory in the SC Democrat primary, that's why!
These guys should press charges,……. or someone break his arm if he doesn't let go, the student requested that he let go, shoud have twisted his arm off at the shoulder
Another student exposing dem thuggery. Glad to see more of the young involved, because credit should go to O'Keefe and Giles for video taping and then publishing their results for the whole world to see. Best part is, the left keeps making fools of themselves defending their craploa.
Typical move by the left, marginize the issue and redirect off them onto someone else. Only mater of time till we hear "They made me do it". This vid is a clear example of assault. The man came walking up, was pleasantly greeted and then he immediately went onto the verbal then physical attack. There is no one to blame but him. The fact that the media is now attacking other on this is "our" fault for letting control the narrative. Do not let them do it, agree with them praise them for their blame, "yea yea you are right I am a ___ but back to this vid of him hitting that kid…"; drive the discussion/argument right back to what the real issue is.
In this case, that man attacked those kids.
In all honesty its this type of tactic by the filmers I suggest doing to those in power. Put a cam in their face, do nothing more they will hang themselves. I applaud these kids for doing this and "taking one" for the team. They helped to expose another degenerate politician. Do it again folks hammer these bastards to no end, civil within the rule of law. The next step is to hit them with criminal charges. This should be happening to media personalities too, one now blaming Brietbart and ones like Olberman, Maddow, Kouric etc etc and special interest leaders like Stern, Immelt etc etc.
This is how you take them down guys.
Days of playing nice and by the book have to go. Americans need to wake up and see whats going on. Get out of your shell, cross the line within yourself and TAKE BACK AMERICA through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
11. "Because I'm a scumbag, progressive whore who has sold my sorry ass to the commie, marxist left."
Oops. Too close to the truth. I think I missed the spirit of this exercise.
It's like the whole Dem party is stuck on Shutter Island….let's hope they took Leo with them…
More wonderful unaccountability from the left.
To protect them from being beaten to a pulp by SEIU goons, that's why.
When exactly is it okay to physically attack someone for asking you a question? (Don't hit me!)
Neither the representative nor anyone involved has, of yet, disputed whether this person was a student. The fact that you insinuate some conspiracy is evidenced to your obvious moonbat mentality.
More importantly than that, how does the face, in any way, change the fact that a democrat representative assaulted someone?
So it's the messenger's fault. It's never about the message with you lefties because you don't have one.
"Read your oath of office again"
This is Barny Fwank we're talking about. When they said "oath of office," he thought they said an "oath to orifice." Simple mistake.
Of course they do, when one of their own has a "Kodak" moment, what else are you going to do…blame your own for acting like a thug.
The only thing I'm surprised at, is that the two student didn't punch out the Congressman.
Who didn’t watch the video and have the immediate response of a self-defense fist to that dirt-bag’s face, and knee to the groin to drop him to the ground, would have been the right response.
I don't blame the kids one bit for staying under the radar. Can you imagine having to look over your shoulder for purple shirts the next few years?
I'm just trying to imaging if Sarah, or maybe Todd Palin had done this to someone who came up to her with questions and a camera.
I wonder why you think it matters.
Good point. How does anyone vote for these complete clowns?
My God, the Dims are so completely detached from reality now that they have no clue how it will play in Peoria for them to defend this goombah. Push back? Against what? There is NO EXCUSE for Etheridge's behavior, and anyone who isn't a total Kool-Ade junkie knows it.
The smart thing would have been for Etheridge to apologize and the rest of the Dims to lay low, lest they be associated with this sort of thuggery.
BTW, gotta love their Goebbels-esque "debunked ACORN videos." In their fevered dreams they're debunked.
Keep it up Andrew!!!
Like that old saying. . . . "What are you going to believe? Your lying eyes or the DNC?"
This Etheridge is running scared from Nov. 2nd. They all are shaking in their boots. We need to keep the pressure on these losers. The more of them we can get to strike out like this, the more vulnerable they become. Keep up the pressure Andrew!
success! you only take flack when you are directly over your target. keep up the good work.
Does it go up any higher than that? Because I've really been trying.
That and the fact that *aqnyone* who exposes the inherent criminality of the Democrats is personally attacked, if not violently than by mass smear campaigns.
BTW, this kid IS a crime victim. Suck it up, libtard: your beloved Dem congresscritter is a criminal.
This video needs to be on nat'l news, but don't hold your breath. Thank you Breitbart for showing the truth to the American public!
By the way, right on cue MSNBC is running with the Dems' talking points.
Congratulations AB, you just succeeded George W Bush as the Dems "blame to" guy.
Not at all if you are Bawney Fwanks bworther
i think the hostility id due to your lack of common sense. you don't go around grabbing people. and putting a head lock on them, and think wow what a nice guy, you think this guy does not know who he works for. and if his face was shown, how many left wing nuts will show up at his door?
So are you trying to say that some people don't qualify for protection under the law from being assaulted on the street? Is that the reason that the identity of the victim is so important to be disclosed? Or is the reason for disclosing the victim's identity more along the lines of continuing the Progressives' proven track record of engaging in personal destruction in order to cover for their own crimes and misdemeanors, which goes back at least 60 years?
Assault is assault, no matter who is assaulted, or who commits the assault. It is a criminal offense – and it was perpetrated by an elected representative.
Stop trolling about repeating the ideas of others, and come up with some of your own.
No, that wasn't too stupid. I mean, how could etheridge be sure the "college student" wasn't holding an ink squirter DISGUISED as a video camera? And who wouldn't be frightened by two "college students" with FUZZY FACES? I know that would scare ME into defending myself. I'll bet the next thing we find out will be those "college students" were wearing SARAH PALIN masks. It's no wonder the good congressman felt threatened.
Now, THAT is how you do "stupid."
The Congressman must have mistakenly thought he was in Arizona, where it is okay to demand that anyone show you their papers at any time.
One surefire way to find out is to inquire whether or not the "student" in question was actually Kenneth Gladney in disguise looking for a more certain payout incident. Better duck, HalfTerm, incoming!!
The police can ask YOU for your papers, anytime.
That talking point failed miserably weeks ago.
A better question is, why does this congressman think he has law enforcement authority to demand the identity of anyone who speaks to him on a public street, and why does he believe he has the authority to forcibly assert his imagined authority?
Bet you can't address those questions with any level of intellectual honesty……
Got to love your deflective rationalization. It's all the rage with progressives.
Guess you know now… -infinity's the limit, so go for it.
Nothing less will do.
The lefties haven't got enough wagons to form a loop around this one!
Suppose they weren't students. Suppose they were Andrew Breitbart's nephews. How would that change the fact that a U.S. Congressman roughed up two young people that asked him a question?
Sorry, Mr. Smith, you can call the ACORN videos "debunked" all you want, that won't make it true. But just click your heels a few times and say, "There's no place like Chicago…There's no place like Chicago…There's no place like Chicago…
Does it really matter who the students were? Hell no, the Guy a**ed out. Is it Breitbart's fault, yeah. Finally someone to lead the new media in going into the realms of REAL news gathering. Take credit Andrew, because without your journalist talent we would still be indoctrinated by corporate hacks from CBS or NBC. I say we take it up a notch, flip camera's for everyone. Then the scum in politics couldn't hide or lie their way out.
"The only thing I'm surprised at, is that the two student didn't punch out the Congressman."
Pay attention to the size of the student's shoulder. This kid probably doesn't tip the scale at 130 lbs.
Personally, I think I'll enjoy seeing this congressman resign more than I would seeing a slightly built student taking a poke at him.
Actually, that's not Arizona. It's Fantasyland.
OH CRAP! The spin-cycle kicked in befor the wash cycle ended! Don't you just hate those new washing machines? Seems the main cycle, (D!D!D! Rep. Etheridge) realised he had stepped in the pervibial "cow-pie" and did the honorable thing, he issued and apology! Now the spin-cycle just had its' gears stripped! Damn!
To Infinity…..AND BEYOND!
Ahhhh!! Isn't that sweet! The troll found a friend! Now he won't be so lonely under his bridge!
or both (personally AND physically attacked)
Shouldn't you be calling yourself "CurrentHalfWitSlug"??? Just sayin……………..
I intended to do good so any action I took is excused.
I would never punch a lib. They might be standing in front of a wall and I would hurt my hand on it.
Too bad !!! The kid should have gave the Scumbag a kick in the "nads" followed by a stiff uppercut to his fat head.. Now that would have made a great YouTube vid…
It was an alien wizard who cast a spell and made him do it.
When the hammer falls, This will be all the norm from the America hating left. While the God-fearing freedom
loving Amercans are holed up, the progressive moochers will be teaching thier kids how to loot properly. Then when REAL AMERICANS stand up and say enough is enough, all of a sudden we will have a national crisis on our hands and those violent conservatives will need to be rounded up.
Those may or may not be students, but I'm pretty sure that's Congressman Etheridge…unless, of course, he's working for Breitbart as well, in which case he my be someone else entirely. It could even be James O'Keefe in disguise!
Two minutes…impressive. Are you one of Congressman Etheridge's staffers cruising the web to look for conservatives to pounce on?
Regarding your question, a Congressman manhandles a questioner and keeps repeating in a senile manner "Who are you?" like he wants to be part of the opening sequence for CSI, and the first thing to come to your mind is "Maybe they're not really students?" Yeah, that's rational.
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