People keep sending versions of this video today, and the videos keep popping up as “Removed by User,” so there’s something stinky going on, and we don’t even know if this a “congressman,” but maybe it is, and maybe there’s a reason these midget children are harassing him to the point where he firmly holds the one kid’s hand, which is gay. “Who are you?!” he keeps snarling to the kids with video cameras. UPDATE: Rep. Bob Etheridge apologizes to the mystery nerd he grabbed.
And who are they, and does he really have a “right to know” who they are? Is this a constitutional question?
Nobody knows the identity of these annoying dorks — why did they blur their own faces out of this dumb video? — and as a result, dumb wingnut websites are very concerned about this incident! Why won’t Rep. Bob Etheridge admit that he was so angry at these children with video cameras? Doesn’t he know children with video cameras are the future?
Anyway, now you know what Bob Etheridge’s opponent’s campaign commercial will look like, because it will just be this video of Bob Etheridge smacking around these conservatard children. [Politico]
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Today – who are we?
Hoo-ah yoo? Hu-ah yu?
Guy’s kinda gay to passing strangers. Creepy.
Well it’s on Drudge now, in red type, so it must delight the wingtards. Moar Mooselini mammary postings, plz.
The kids blurred there faces because it might be a violation of their probation agreement; the same reason they didn’t wear the classic pimp costume or phone repair outfit.
Any God-fearing, freedom-loving GOP congressman would have grabbed the lad by his ass and then French kissed him.
He’s just testing the pulse of the electorate, forcibly, like they forcibly make you vote in NORTH KOREA, which is obviously who planted this video.
What’s next? Forcible proctology exams with “Harry” Reid wearing an oversized Mickey Mouse glove?
And why doesn’t anybody ever pick on Dick Lugar?
Why Does This Congressman Want To Kill These Annoying Children? The question answers itself! Wish I could vote for him a few times.
The white boys getting manhandled by the senior citizens and Jodie Fosters of today are the Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beckkk freedumb fighters of tomorrow.
There’s so much stupid in that video, it’s hard to know where to begin.
Welp, that’s my congressman, Bob Etheridge, NC-2 (Raleigh and areas east). The copy of the video I saw was posted by “StageRightShow”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60oNUoHBYM&feature=player_embedded
StageRightShow is “Larry O’Connor(Stage Right) is a regular contributor to Big Hollywood, Big Government & Big Journalism. He has a daily internet radio show on Blog Talk Radio.”
Obviously it was set up. How the hell was he going to know that this random guy walking past from way far off was a congressman.
I guess Brietbart’s kids goal is to just piss off every congressperson and get them out that way. So much for faith in your convictions.
This is a really crappy episode of Bum Fights.
I really want to know….
Who are you, you, you–oh YOU!
Way to take the bait, dickbag.
What do I need to stop doing so that I won’t end up with baggy eyes like that?
Are we pretty certain that this is just a new crop of the Not-So-Brietbart Kids? Cause seriously, give me a camera and send me to DC and I’ll find ways to get dozens of congresspeople to attack me trying to “interview” them.
[re=597974]Noodle Salad[/re]: More the Bill O’Reileys; he’s the one who likes to send out his subordinates to stalk and harass anyone he’s pissed at.
Note to annoying kids: ambushing a Congressman, sticking a camera in front of him and trying to force him to answer your moronic questions is not journalism, and if the guy pulls a Sean Penn on you he’s still going to come out looking like the good guy.
Everyone is a loser in this stupid, sorry incident. The congressman is a loser for attacking these nimrods, several times–but, yes, of course, he does have a right to ask who these morons are who are pointing a video camera at him on a street and shouting stupid questions at him. It’s almost enough stupidity, childishness, immaturity and complete moronness to actually sympathize with the congressman for taking a few swings at them. But, alas, that’s illegal, also, and you can’t just swing at people and grab their wrists like that–even if the nimrods are morons. The nimrod moron idiot people with the video or cell phone camera are also losers, big-time: You don’t just ambush people like that, you don’t ask stupid questions, you IDENTIFY YOURSELF, YOU SAY WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU ARE WITH, and you ask intelligent, normal, professional and smart questions, not stupid nimrod questions. Again: You identify yourself by name, and by your organization. That is just about the very first thing you learn in journalism–always identify yourself by name and organization. The morons owe the congressmen an apology, the congressman needs to apologize for taking a swing at them, and everyone in this video needs immediate remedial courses in politics, journalism, interviewing, public relations and common sense.
Still Congressman McGrabby could have handled it better.
The appropriate response to the paparazzi, annoying student, Brook Brothers pimp or other who wants more than a grip-and-grin is to say, “I am not available for an interview right now. Please contact my office to schedule an interview.”, hand them a basic office business card with the number that some staff member answers, and walk away with a smile and a friendly wave.
Then the staff can figure out who this group is and whether they want to respond to the inquiry.
A confrontation is stupid at best and battery at worst. On the other hand, if the Congressman is on a Washington street, walking between meeting or to/from his office/the Capital, he is immune from arrest (hey – it’s there in the Constitution) so go ahead and go Medieval on the punks ass.
[re=597995]thefrontpage[/re]: I call bullshit, we need to get back to the time when you could cold clock a fucktard if they get in your face. Little Breitbart fagboys will learn politeness that way.
I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said “You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away”
I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin’ punches around
And preachin’ from my chair
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
‘Cause I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
No one is immune from arrest if you break the law. Battery is against the law. Thus, you could be arrested for it. No one is immue from being arrested if you break the law.
This type of bullshit Breitbart/College Republican ambush YouTubing of Democratic members of Congress is getting pretty old. Look, Southern Democrats exist. People have been voting for them since Reconstruction for bad reasons (racism, Jim Crow) and now for not-as-bad reasons (Ag subsides, Populism, just because daddy voted that way). Get over it.
I for one am glad Mr. Congressman gave these lifetime virgins a little whuppin’.
At least James O’Keefe had the decency to dress up in character.
Note to Bitpart, needs more Furry suits.
I have to admit that I found it entertaining when Ehterridge grabs the guy by the scruff of the neck and the kid cringes…kind of like a child when they are testing parental limits and discover oh shit, I went too far.
[re=598007]The Silver Fox[/re]: And this is honestly the only way they could possibly get rid of Etheridge: a crazy scandal. The guy who the GOP put up against him the last 2 elections had around $400,000 in tax liens…and his big issue was, of course, abolishing the IRS.
After looking at who they’re running this time, I can safely say that this was the only possible way they could have had a shot at him and it looks like they succeeded. Oh well.
Probably being slapped around a bit gives a lot of righties a little wood.
This member of Congress listens to way too much dinosaur rock…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4
fyi: this got on the local news and the comments on the website are split between “VORT HERM OOOOOUUUTTT” and “Punk got what he deserved.”
[re=598005]thefrontpage[/re]: Oh my friend, you need to look closer at the fine print. Article I, Section 6. “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”
[re=598005]thefrontpage[/re]: Some people need battering. Fuck the law. Its taking the letter of the law to absurd lengths over minor matters that results in things like, oh, the Clinton impeachment. People get too fucking indignant over the law, like they have some delusion that the law defines what is right and wrong. Thats fucking insane, the law does not define right and wrong. I have been a lawyer for like, decades, so I speak from knowledge, the law is a construct of imperfect, corrupt people in order to achieve order, not justice. He was right to swing at them, only wrong not to connect, when you do take a swing, you should be sure to fucking cause pain, to deter them from swinging back.
The repeated motif of “who are you?!” seems like a setup for a remake of the classic split-personality anime “Perfect Blue,” in which the congressman will discover that the Tea Bagger is himself.
What’s with those slippy-slidy shoulder pads in that kid’s suit. I’d be tempted to smack him for his sartorial offenses alone.
[re=597995]thefrontpage[/re]: And if you want to get that way, they asaulted the congressman first, one of the definitions of “assault” being the making of repeated, unwelcome communications with the purpose to harass or annoy. But, do you really want your cops and courts filling their days with the whinging of every amatuer lawyer who “knows his rights, its a matter of principal, he broke the law” every time someone says something that hurts their widdle feelings, or isn’t it better, that people are just generally deterred from being rude assholes by the possibility that they just might lose some fucking teethm if they get up in someone’s face like that?
Little fuckers were relying on “the law” to empower them to fuck with this guy with impunity. Thats precisely when it should be legal to slap a motherfucker down, when he is hiding behind the skirts of the law while doing his assholery.
Tom Poston so crazy.
So how do I contribute to Etheridge’s campaign?
Who are *yew*!
Dad, don’t you recognize me? I’m your bastard son by Nikki Haley.
[re=598004]whiskey tango foxtrot[/re]: That coin drop on the cymbal still gets me.
“Who RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR you,” said the cattypiller smokin’ the hitweed in “Alice in Wonderland.” I ask myself that question everyday, right after I hit the hitweed, and go straight for the beef liver jerky.
The are Anonymous. V is for Vagrants. I always suspected Brietbart recruited from 4chan.
Now adays any fairy with a camera considers himself a filmmaker. And with cell phones, documentary takes on a new meaning.
God, I hate the paparazzi.
standin’ on a DC sidewalk,
a congressman in my face.
i go to ask him a dipshit question,
he sprays me with a shot of mace.
i stagger back to my buddies,
tears filling up my eyes.
i remember thinking i was so smart,
but it turns out i’m full of lies.
who are you?
now tell me who the fuck are you?
(everybody sing, we all know the tune.)
[re=597995]thefrontpage[/re]: A nimrod is a hunter. Maybe you are thinking of the classic Buggs Bunny (well, they are all classics, aren’t they?) cartoon where he calls Elmer Fudd “Nimrod.”
[re=598033]HuddledMass[/re]: Win! Ten bucks sez the Kid is wearing white sox.
I’ve got to give it to Southerners– even Democrats are mean. Notice how, unlike Al Franken, who almost defended himself in this way, stiil tried to answer disingenuous questions. Southerners don’t even pretend to answer fake questions. Notice how the congressman turned the highjacker into the highjackee. Northern Democrats, take notes!
I don’t care if the kids were reactionary shills or if Etheridge is the most progressive politician on the planet (which he ain’t). Etheridge is being an asshole in this video.
This is probably pretty close to the reaction the kids were trying to get. Hey maybe next time consider yanking your fucking hand away you little bitch.
We do not know how many times, perhaps on that same day, the congressman was harassed by these
young lizard scouts.
This is almost my fantasy except the congressman is Mike Tyson and the reporter is Griff Jenkins and there’s more blood, broken teeth, and crying involved.
[re=598000]WIDTAP[/re]: What’s the matter with you? You’re much too rational!
[re=598005]thefrontpage[/re]: Diplomats are immune from arrest.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
Update: Rep. Etheridge has issued the following statement:
“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.”
http://jonathanturley.org/2010/06/14/pressing-the-flesh-democratic-congressman-assaults-college-student-outside-pelosi-fundraiser/#more-24033
Or, as they say in the UK, “Sorry.”
[re=598005]thefrontpage[/re]: Au contraire, mon ami. Congresspeople can’t be prosecuted for statements they make on the floor during a session, iirc.
More broadly, we’ve got any number of miscreants from the last administration who have committed war crimes (not to mention throwing away untold trillions of dollars via mismanagement/looting/invading Iraq). The top two have even barefacedly confessed. But, unlike the British, our political elites (propped up by the empty-brained stenographer-escorts of the elite press) are so interchangeable and intertwined a crew of crooks that there will be no prosecutions for all the needless blood they have on their hands. A few lower-ranked “bad apples” in the services will suffer, as in Abu Ghraib, but it’ll take an international court to make things so hot the ringleaders will be forced to remain in their Paraguayan compound for fear of arrest for their crimes, and it might take as long as Pinochet.
I’m not saying you’re naïve. Your belief (which I wish I shared) should be the American Way, or at least its ideal.
Bob,
Next time I want to see you followthrough with a full force head-butt to the of whatever pasty randian nerd accosts you.
George Wallace used to get his biggest applause lines when he threatened to run over any hippie who sat down in front of his car. I would freely donate to any Congressman who bitch slaps little Breitbart punks.
[re=598177]Aurelio[/re]: I’m very disappointed in the Congressman. For the apology, I mean; he should have said “those annoying little shits deserved a slap”.
[re=598177]Aurelio[/re]: To his credit, this isn’t the usual “Sorry if you didn’t like what I did” non-apology.
[re=598200]Manos: Hands of Fate[/re]: Ah yes, George Wallace. A model statesman and political leader.
“Sure, I look like a white man. But my heart is as black as anyone’s here.”–George C. Wallace
Breitbard cloned O’Keefe, and now the “boys of Bethesda” are on the loose.
[re=598007]The Silver Fox[/re]: Is this supposed to be an example of the “Left-Wing Violence” that the Tea Baggers keep going on about?
If it is, I approve. Maybe it will take the threat of physical violence to stop Breitbart from recruiting people to do his dirty work.
He should have knocked the HJ across the street. To answer the question posed: “why didn’t the little shit simply whip his arm out of the congressmans grip?” The kid clearly lacked the strength to try. He looked terrified quite frankly. The future of chickenhawks caught on camera crapping his pants the moment he is confronted. Sad really. I bet this kid owns a full set of army issue digital camo but would never even consider actually fighting for his country. Little bitch got whooped.
It should be remembered that Bob Etheridge really is the bigger douchebag and always has been.
Geez, I live in eastern North Carolina where this guy is an elected official. God, does he hafta act like he’s drunk? He comes off as such a dolt. He could have at least offered those boys some Freedom Fries.
IT’S A TRAP!
I invoke the Buzz Aldrin Rule: If a famous person is confronted by an asshole with a camera and the asshole asks said famous person a stupid question designed to provoke violence, you may smack the shit outta him.
In the original he kept asking the young punk “Kenneth – What is the frequency?”
[re=598147]kapish[/re]: Yep, it looks like something that was provoked. At least Scooter has a story to tell his buds when he reaches drinking age.
Hi, Wonketeers.
After watching Bob Etheridge, and listening to Alvin Greene, I wonder if the DNC should try choosing Southern candidates the old way: through carpetbagging.
Rep. Bob Etheridge is just a really big CSI fan, and this is his vanity video for The Who‘s ‘Who Are You.’ He was going to surprise everyone by uploading it to his awesome YouTube channel, but you internet people ruined it! Thanks a lot!
Really though, WHO among us hasn’t wanted to grab a tiny little conservative in a cheap suit by the scruff of the neck and shake him around for a couple of minutes? Nobody, that’s WHO.
Nice try NORTH Carolina. *yawn*
Wait, so THIS is what so many described as “assault” throughout the day?
Clearly, none of those pussies has ever, ever been in a knock-down, tooth-breaking melee. I try hard to resist the “nation of pansies” narrative we see and hear everywhere nowadays, but this is pretty convincing evidence.
It is pretty funny that internet tough guy Andrew Breitbart is such a wimp that he apparently has to send children to be confrontational to senior citizens.
Also, please let it be O’Keefe blurred out.
[re=598565]slowhansolo[/re]: That’s what I came away with.
I lot of the comments here remind me of the guys pulled over in a rural part of the country by a cop. The driver sasses him and the cop beats the snot out of the driver with a nightstick, then goes to the passenger side, taps on the glass, then beats the snot out of the passenger when he rolls down the window. The cop then says “There, I made your wish come true”.
“Wish? What the hell are you talking about?”
The cops says “come on, you know ya’ll would have got not a mile down the road before you said to your buddy, ‘I wish that cop had tried that shit with me!’”
“Shoulda kept his cool”. Give me a break. Those Brightfart wannabees are luck the Secret Service wasn’t around.
[re=598038]Prommie[/re]: cf., Buzz Aldrin.
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