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Brutal attack on Republican fundraiser appears politically motivated

Carole

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Interesting yet not at all surprising. While Tea Partiers and Republicans are painted as the aggressors and rabble rousers while some Liberals are playing their ever present victim cards... people get hurt. I wonder if anyone will be sending this to janet napolitano and if she'll be adding some more language to the National Alerts about right-wing extremists. Allee Bautsch sounds like a subversive to me --- raising money for Republicans. She got what she deserved - amirite or amirite my Progressive friends... ?

/sarcasm
 
"Though the nature of the attack has remained a bit of a mystery, some conservative blogs reported that Bautsch and Brown might have been targeted because they were wearing lapel pins expressing support for Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor gave an address at the Leadership Conference that same day — but a Jindal spokesperson has since denied that either Bautsch or Brown was wearing a Palin pin."

Conservative blogs made crap up!! Who'd a thunk it?

"Update: This post initially didn't note that NOPD Public Information Officer Bob Young back-tracked on his initial repeated characterization of the attacks "as politically motivated" to say he "wasn't sure." We've added copy to make that clear. We will have more reporting on this later today.
Update: Bob Young, though confirming that the question of political motivation is a part of the investigation, has now reiterated his denial that he said the attacks were of a "political nature" to Politico's Ben Smith."

Looks like we still really don't know. But please keep trying.

If anyone finds any proof that this was politically motivated, fine, use it as a talking point all you want, the left would do the same if this happened. But lets at least stop guessing.

Til then, throw the bastards that did this in jail and make sure they get what's coming to them.
 
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Ockham said:
I wonder if anyone will be sending this to janet napolitano and if she'll be adding some more language to the National Alerts about right-wing extremists.
/sarcasm
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You make yourself look silly by using this talking point, knowing full well the report was initiated under the Bush admin.

And you talk about liberals playing the victim card, sheesh.:spin:
 
roughdraft274 said:
You make yourself look silly by using this talking point, knowing full well the report was initiated under the Bush admin.

And you talk about liberals playing the victim card, sheesh.:spin:
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Well we can't let you have a monopoly on it now can we. And yes, I'm a bit ashamed at stealing the liberals card. My apologies.
 
Ockham said:
Well we can't let you have a monopoly on it now can we. And yes, I'm a bit ashamed at stealing the liberals card. My apologies.
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Full house! Jacks over sixes!

Wait what were we playing again?
 
“It should be noted that other than making reference to the victims being nicely dressed, along with other observations about their physical appearance, Mr. Brown did not hear them make any other comments.” — Police Report On Allee Bautsch Incident, 4/12/10†​

Excerpted from “New Orleans Police: No Evidence Of Political Motivation In Attack On Jindal Aide” By Justin Elliott, TPM LiveWire, April 16, 2010, 4:32PM
[SIZE="+2"]T[/SIZE]he initial claim -- since definitively shot down by Jindal's office -- was that Bautsch, whose leg was broken in the attack, and boyfriend Joe Brown were wearing Palin pins, thus becoming targets of the angry leftists.

Then, a conservative blogger's assertion that the police had described the assailants' insults as "of a political nature" -- a claim picked up by Fox and Yahoo News -- was flatly denied by a police spokesman.
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Shocking! You just can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Excerpted from “GOP victim unsure if violent attack was political” By the Associated Press, WDAM, April 16, 2010 1:44 PM ET
[SIZE="+2"]A[/SIZE]ccording to a police report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the 29-year-old Brown said a group of men yelled obscenities and taunted them, but he heard nothing suggesting the attack was politically motivated. …
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See also: [ame="http://www.scribd.com/doc/30045581/Police-Report-On-Allee-Bautsch-Incident-4-12-10"]Police Report On Allee Bautsch Incident, 4/12/10[/ame]
 
Carole said:
Last Friday night, Allee Bautsch, the chief fundraiser for Louisiana's Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, was violently assaulted, along with her boyfriend, outside of a famed New Orleans restaurant. Initial reports on the incident were murky, but Yahoo! News has learned that the attacks appear to have been politically motivated.

TalkingSides.com - Brutal attack on Republican fundraiser appears politically motivated
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I am very sad to hear about what happened. I hope those responsible are captured and jailed for life.

As to Jindal ... he's a big business-owned sellout who needs to be banned from politics.
 
This story is baffling. Gov Jindahl to my knowledge has not made any statement about one of his own being injured.

Why would someone just beat up two basically unknown public figures that severe? Of course many are already making allegations that these were liberal thugs. Some even came out and said it was because they were wearing Palin buttons but that had to be taken back.


Something just doesn't add up here. In this day of video camera overload it is too bad it wasn't caught on cam.
 
Vader said:
As to Jindal ... he's a big business-owned sellout who needs to be banned from politics.
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No where near as owned as the ASSCLOWN obama who is nothing short of a puppet for the health care industry and George Soros
 
Ockham said:
Well we can't let you have a monopoly on it now can we. And yes, I'm a bit ashamed at stealing the liberals card. My apologies.
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Interesting.

You come back with a remark like that rather than defend your statement.

So you either know it's a silly point to make now or knew it was silly before even saying it.
 
ANOTHER_ANGRY_AMERICAN said:
No where near as owned as the ASSCLOWN obama who is nothing short of a puppet for the health care industry and George Soros
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That's an amazing statement. :roll:

How about you save it for a thread about the healthcare industry, or George Soros?
 
roughdraft274 said:
Interesting.

You come back with a remark like that rather than defend your statement.

So you either know it's a silly point to make now or knew it was silly before even saying it.
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Comedy and silliness is a very useful tool when making social and political commentary. However, my level of silliness only pales in comparison to the moonbat professionals, of which Mr. Blow last weekend in the NYT comes to mind. It serves as a reminder that only non-Liberal Progressives can be racist.
 
Let's not ever support political violence. Let's also not jump to conclusions about it either.
 
Ockham said:
Well we can't let you have a monopoly on it now can we. And yes, I'm a bit ashamed at stealing the liberals card. My apologies.
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Wow, quite the politician-style "apology".
 
Ockham said:
Comedy and silliness is a very useful tool when making social and political commentary. However, my level of silliness only pales in comparison to the moonbat professionals, of which Mr. Blow last weekend in the NYT comes to mind. It serves as a reminder that only non-Liberal Progressives can be racist.
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Just a reminder. It's very hard sometimes to distinguish silliness and dishonesty online.
 
It's kind of pathetic to see people find out about violence against a political person or property and say "please please let it be politically-motivated so my side can play victim."
 
This is an interesting take on the attack....

Alas, then things started going down hill. The New Orleans police denied ever saying anything like that. And now the actual police report has come out which not only contains no evidence of any partisan political intent but actually says that the assailants yelled misogynistic and homophobic epithets at the victims while the attack was taking place.
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Memories of the Backwards B | Talking Points Memo

So these were really homophobes, so they must have been Republicans.

Oh wait, this is a pic of the couple attacked.

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Well, now we know the liberal talking points anyway.
 
Libeal thugs? in Lousiana?
 
Crunch said:
This is an interesting take on the attack....



Memories of the Backwards B | Talking Points Memo

So these were really homophobes, so they must have been Republicans.

Oh wait, this is a pic of the couple attacked.

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Well, now we know the liberal talking points anyway.
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Good job. You really took all those liberals that were thinking about using those liberal talking points to task. Serves them right. Don't let the fact that no one has argued that point disparage you. Fight the good fight.

On a side note, chocolate cake is WAY better than yellow cake, in every way. Period. Don't even try to convince me otherwise.
 
roughdraft274 said:
Good job. You really took all those liberals that were thinking about using those liberal talking points to task. Serves them right. Don't let the fact that no one has argued that point disparage you. Fight the good fight.

On a side note, chocolate cake is WAY better than yellow cake, in every way. Period. Don't even try to convince me otherwise.
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I see you didn't read the article I posted or you wouldn't have written that, would you? :roll:
 
Crunch said:
I see you didn't read the article I posted or you wouldn't have written that, would you? :roll:
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The article simply pointed out what was in the police report. Nothing else. They called the girl a "blonde *****" and the guy a faggot. How does this support what you said about liberals taking this out on conservatives?

"Alas, then things started going down hill. The New Orleans police denied ever saying anything like that. And now the actual police report has come out which not only contains no evidence of any partisan political intent but actually says that the assailants yelled misogynistic and homophobic epithets at the victims while the attack was taking place.

There's no proof the assailants weren't anti-GOP protestors. There were protestors outside the GOP event the two had been attending, though most had apparently left by that point. And it's possible that some of them circled back to attack attendees. But this one looks like there's not much evidence if any that politics played a role in this one."
 
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This is why the internet is such a detriment to truth. It spreads idiot rumors so much faster and easier than before.

The system where elites decided what was reliable or not and chose what to print (in a thing called a newspaper) were much better.
 
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