In this YouTube age, Democrats attend Republican political events to capture footage and vice versa.
The first sign that this movement was going to become a major part of the political landscape came when former Virginia Sen. George Allen's re-election chances (and presidential hopes) were dashed when he referred to a Democratic Party photographer videoing his event as "macaca" a derogatory and racially offensive name.
When Republican Congressman Kenny Hulshof brought his campaign for governor to the Lincoln Ladies Ice Cream Social in Carthage in August, he made some pleasant remarks about his Democratic Party follower, suggesting jokingly that he might even eventually convince the young man to vote for him.
Apparently, with all of the polls showing Hulshof trailing his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jay Nixon, by a wide margin, some of Hulshof's followers have taken a different approach during a campaign stop in West Plains, one that not only infringes on the Democratic party worker's First Amendment rights, but also borders on assault. The incident, of course, has bene captured on YouTube and posted by the Missouri Democratic Party:
The guy in the suit would have been getting a totally justified smackdown if that was me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like assault & battery to me, possibly a civil rights violation.
ReplyDeletehow exactly were his First Amendment rights infringed upon? Doesn't that only apply to government representatives who try to block speech/religion/press/assembly/petition activities? Assault? Maybe. But certainly not First Amendment infringement. The guy in the suit wasn't representing the government, I don't think, so he couldn't have been infringing upon anyones First Amendment Rights. Right?
ReplyDeleteI freaking love it.....that is hilarious!
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