tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post1470720369839068188..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: This Photo May Change The ElectionWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-75013321120939737502010-01-18T09:30:20.669-05:002010-01-18T09:30:20.669-05:00If Brown wins be ready for the left to start their...If Brown wins be ready for the left to start their typical violence. Now is the time to see what the two groups are made of. I'm sure the conservatives will be as peacful as ever and the unions thugs will be their thugish selves. I've been doing a lot on my blog with these subjects.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905362327313044045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-28996514108429948102010-01-14T01:17:38.771-05:002010-01-14T01:17:38.771-05:00Go Rig Red!
Both daughters went to Cornell, both d...Go Rig Red!<br />Both daughters went to Cornell, both daughters gainfully employed, both daughters staunch conservatives, both daughters sorry that they left Mass, cause they want to vote against Coakley. This is one Dad that did a good job!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148874456294392624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-68936208145720380212010-01-14T01:13:17.186-05:002010-01-14T01:13:17.186-05:00Go Big Red!
Both daughters went to Cornell...both ...Go Big Red!<br />Both daughters went to Cornell...both daughters gainfully employed...both daughters staunch conservatives... both daughters wish they lived in Mass where they grew up, so they could vote against Coakley. This is one father that did a good job!<br />MagicJohnny from MassUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148874456294392624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-36085716551393639142010-01-13T22:09:54.080-05:002010-01-13T22:09:54.080-05:00Conrad Bibby said...
"You also misspelled &#...Conrad Bibby said... <br />"You also misspelled 'misspelled.'"<br /><br />And you correctly spelled a misspelled "mispelled."<br /><br />Wow, now I'm really dizzy :)Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-60430013019939644672010-01-13T20:49:16.961-05:002010-01-13T20:49:16.961-05:00Quoted from and Linked to this posting and to the ...Quoted from and Linked to this posting and to the 'complete coverage' link at: <b><br /><a href="http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/whod-a-thunk-it-update-scott-brown-nude/" rel="nofollow">Who'd A Thunk It?...[Update at 1759: Scott Brown NUDE]</a></b>Bob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-56991126444850327822010-01-13T19:37:18.252-05:002010-01-13T19:37:18.252-05:00Hey, here's a thought. Michael Meehan has now...Hey, here's a thought. Michael Meehan has now publicly offered an apology to John McCormack. <br /><br />Given the nature of incident that caused these circumstances (that Meehan was inappropriately preventing John his right to ask Martha Coakley a few simple questions) perhaps John might in turn graciously offer to accept -- <b>on one condition</b> -- that Martha Coakley also agrees to submit to a short, face-to-face interview with John, and answer a modest, say, three questions. <br /><br />On the record, i.e., videotaped. <br /><br />And, of course, <i>before</i> the weekend.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-39349255494156669142010-01-13T18:32:23.903-05:002010-01-13T18:32:23.903-05:00Conrad Bippy -- Good one!
Yes . . . but please ...<b>Conrad Bippy</b> -- <i>Good one!</i> <br /><br />Yes . . . but please notice there was no problem with "<i>contretemps</i>" . . . <br /><br />Of course, <b>EDH</b> will now likely lecture us all for having so clouded the message that the Democrats have completely turned it all around . . . what with that Eric Schulz of the <b>DSCC</b> calling the <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/DSCC_Shoved_reporter_tape_a_GOP_dirty_trick.html" rel="nofollow">actual filming of the incident</a> a Republican "<i>dirty trick</i>."Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-85802130154122831792010-01-13T17:19:59.935-05:002010-01-13T17:19:59.935-05:00"Whoops, didn't realize I mispelled alleg..."Whoops, didn't realize I mispelled allegiances."<br /><br />You also misspelled "misspelled."Conrad Bibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422935506611755825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-65079861252020093582010-01-13T17:18:53.865-05:002010-01-13T17:18:53.865-05:00Meanwhile, for the benefit of any Coakley supporte...Meanwhile, for the benefit of any Coakley supporters who might be checking in, please be advised of the following change in your official talking points:<br /><br />Old talking point: Brown campaign utterly lacking in momentum. His campaign not even on radar map. <br /><br />New talking point: Brown peaked too soon. Coakley has reversed Brown's previous momentum. <br /><br />Stay tuned. You will be provided updated talking points when and as they are crafted from on high.Conrad Bibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422935506611755825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-25644225409302995862010-01-13T16:49:31.204-05:002010-01-13T16:49:31.204-05:00Whoops, didn't realize I mispelled allegiances...Whoops, didn't realize I mispelled allegiances.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10379025336663058322010-01-13T16:36:02.608-05:002010-01-13T16:36:02.608-05:00All I can say is that I hope that the independent ...All I can say is that I hope that the independent voters in Massachusetts get to see the video footage that shows the goon pushing down the reporter. <br /><br />There is no excuse for the pushing and shoving. The man asked a simple question. She refused to give an answer.<br /><br />He asked her about the fund raiser, and again she refused to give an answer. <br /><br />What is it with people like Coakley? Does she see herself as "crowned princess Martha"?Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532250145038548627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-7987568754852171132010-01-13T16:34:57.913-05:002010-01-13T16:34:57.913-05:00"As far as Scott Brown's election is conc..."As far as Scott Brown's election is concerned, there is no gain in allowing these contretemps to swallow the real story here of Coakley's priorities, associations and allegences."<br> What EDH said.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-40679966140887144952010-01-13T16:29:37.038-05:002010-01-13T16:29:37.038-05:00All I said was don't play-up the incident as a...All I said was don't play-up the incident as an act of violence to the point that it crowds out the more important message, or gives the other side an opening to make a counter-charge. And that's what a charge of assualt or battery does. For undecideds, this video, standing alone, won't move them to believe Democrats "resort to violence as a matter of course."<br /><br />By all means, emphasize that this incident happend solely because Coakley and her Washington DC handlers were so desperate to duck questions from the press as she was coming out of a fundraiser for high-priced DC lobbyists. That will move undecideds. <br /><br />But over emphasis on the incident as a violent crime that needs to be punished or some great injustice will have befell the republic -- in the expectation that undecideds, the press or DC law enforcement will take up the cause in the reporter's favor before next Tuesday -- very well may obscure that more important message for the audience that we're trying to reach.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-78578733040915880782010-01-13T16:08:47.983-05:002010-01-13T16:08:47.983-05:00ザイツェヴ January 13, 2010 2:55 PM
No, a battery, in ...ザイツェヴ January 13, 2010 2:55 PM<br /><br />No, a battery, in very simple terms, is an unlawful touching of another. In many jurisdictions, it has possible criminal and civil implications. <br /><br />Meehan has now admitted that he was the person involved in the incident. So he could very well be subject to a charge of having committed a battery. <br /><br />Now, whether it was a battery in a criminal sense would obviously be a matter of proof. I have a sense from things he has said that McCormack is not seeking to have charges brought against Meehan. I could be wrong, but, for example, he noted that Meehan had helped him up, though he also said that Meehan continued, for some time thereafter, to physically prevent John from questioning Coakley. <br /><br />Given Meehan's comments to <b>Fox</b>, avoiding being charged with assault and battery may well be what Meehan was trying to do -- note that he cited the "confusion" and claimed that McCormack fell over the fence in that confusion. That seems aimed at minimizing or eliminating any implication of intent. <br /><br />In my view, shoving someone so that they are knocked off their feet, and without any legitimate justification, is definitely an unlawful touching arising to the level of a battery. <br /><br />You and <b>EDH</b> (who, based on the comments above, apparently thinks we should all clam up and say nothing) can attempt to spin this one as much as you care to. I think <b>AllenG</b> has it spot on -- sounds like a "concern troll." <br /><br />We understand very well that this incident is harmful to and indeed should hurt Coakley politically, and for several obvious reasons. <br /><br />Just to cite a few:<br /><br />It draws attention to the fact that she was in Washington, D.C., collecting boodles of money from lobbyists, and thereby committing to selling her vote for this monstrosity of a bill. And it keeps that story alive.<br /><br />Secondly, her obviously overzealous media consultant, Michael Meehan, a hired gun for the DSCC, recklessly sought to interfere with the public's right to know about what is going on with this healthcare bill. And he did, in part, so by physically knocking down a reporter who was merely trying to ask her a question. It is fair to conclude that she wanted it that way, unless and until she says otherwise.<br /><br />And as noted repeatedly above, Coakley did nothing about the incident when it happened, and just walked away. The clear impression was that she could have cared less!<br /><br />So, at an absolute minimum, she certainly deserves the ridicule she is getting.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-51826093269835288612010-01-13T15:45:25.209-05:002010-01-13T15:45:25.209-05:00EDH - I don't know if you mean to, but you'...EDH - I don't know if you mean to, but you're sounding like a concern troll.<br /><br />Both the video and still photo show that Coakley's statement "...I didn't see what happened..." is, at best misleading (even if she didn't "see" she knew what was happening) and, at worst, an out-and-out lie.<br /><br />Obviously Brown needs to play this his way. But the rest of us need to point out (vigorously, and as often as possible) that it is the Democrats who resort to violence as a matter of course. No physical confrontation was needed, and, given the course of events, Coakley and Meehan should immediately have apologized for the (alleged) accident. If they had, this would be a non-story.<br /><br />As it is, they deserve to be attacked on both fronts.AllenGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469524010757827389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-81562741067866769862010-01-13T15:22:14.261-05:002010-01-13T15:22:14.261-05:00Found this in a comment at:
http://biggovernment....Found this in a comment at:<br /><br />http://biggovernment.com/2010/01/13/is-coakley-staffer-who-attacked-report-an-obama-appointee/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29<br /><br />But when you check out the about page at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, it says "The BBG works to serve as an example of a free and professional press, ..." What an example!<br /><br />here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.bbg.gov/about/index.htmlKitKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920750666849384448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-65116358239129181302010-01-13T15:20:00.489-05:002010-01-13T15:20:00.489-05:00The admission from Meehan, aka 'The Thug',...The admission from Meehan, aka 'The Thug', that he mistakenly thought he was physically intimidating a Brown campaign operative is laughable. First of all, physically intimidating anyone is illegal, even Brown campaign operatives. And to even have a reasonable defense for mistakenly getting physical with the wrong guy, he would have to prove the Brown campaign operatives had done something threatening previously. AND he'd have to be BLIND because I do believe the video shows the reporter sticking his press badge up in Meehan's face.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806404794772247147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63522382328217147112010-01-13T14:58:38.507-05:002010-01-13T14:58:38.507-05:00According to Fox, Meehan has now admitted to it. ...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/13/reporter-conservative-magazine-attacked-outside-democratic-fundraiser/" rel="nofollow">According to <b>Fox</b></a>, Meehan has now admitted to it. <br /><br />From their story:<br /><br />"<i>In Meehan's account to Fox News, he said a scrum of reporters was chasing Coakley and 'in the confusion the reporter fell over the fence.' Meehan said he thought McCormack was a Brown campaign operative. <br /><br />'Four Scott Brown guys were out there,' he said. 'I thought he worked for Brown.'"<br /></i>"<br /><br />So . . . apparently media genius Meehan figured that there was a "<i>"Hey, I thought he was a Republican"</i> defense to a potential charge of assault and battery in Washington, D.C.<br /><br />Gee, first I've heard of that one! But, I guess anything is possible.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-84432670638822044662010-01-13T14:56:33.870-05:002010-01-13T14:56:33.870-05:00This incident sums up perfectly what a witless hac...This incident sums up perfectly what a witless hack Coakley is:<br /><br />-- She's coming out of a fat cat lobbyist fundraiser in DC a wekk before the election;<br /><br />-- She can't or won't answer a reporter's question about Afghanistan, an issue about which any Senate candidate ought to be able to parry any question by any journalist, however antagonistically put;<br /><br />-- She and/or her campaign teeam are so afraid of an exchange with a Weekly Standard guy that this Meehan guy jumps in to play goon and body blocks the reporter, demands his press credentials even though they're on the public street, knocks him down and then blocks his way again to allow Coakley to escape;<br /><br />-- When the Standard guy catches up with her anyway, she brushes him off, saying "we'e finished," as if to drum into everyone's head that she approves of Meehan's conduct and simply can't answer basic candidate questions.<br /><br />For this mess, she needed an alleged "communications" professional, Meehan, lent to her by the DSCC? <br /><br />Here's a communications tip for Coakley that I'm lending her free of charge: always give any reporter some sort of answer. Even if you don't assault them, they will always stick it to you if you don't.J. E. Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682657792334163396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-91411346062042273862010-01-13T14:55:38.833-05:002010-01-13T14:55:38.833-05:00My human sympaties are on the side of Coakley agai...My human sympaties are on the side of Coakley against the paparazzi. Also, this is assault and battery? What Democrat thugs of SEIU did to Ken Gladney was assault and battery. This is not! At least Prof. Jacobson was careful not to use the word "battery", heh.ザイツェヴhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164033061112816744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-60345289196291528742010-01-13T14:49:15.596-05:002010-01-13T14:49:15.596-05:00I warned you. Now Coakley is framing the issue of...I warned you. Now Coakley is framing the issue of what transpired last night in terms of:<br /><br />“I do know that the Scott Brown stalkers who have followed me around and the people at that press conference ... were incredibly aggressive about trying to get in my face,” Coakley said. “I didn’t see what happened so I can’t say.”<br /><br />Maybe Coakley's spin will fly, maybe it won't. But now we're talking about "Brown stalkers," not Coakley lobbyists.<br /><br />But if you couldn't see that judo coming, you shouldn't be playing in the big league.<br /><br />Please, let Scott Brown decide how he wants to run his campaign.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-11505584731170149122010-01-13T14:42:29.618-05:002010-01-13T14:42:29.618-05:00Reliapundit, January 13, 2010 1:54 PM, as KitKat n...<b>Reliapundit</b>, January 13, 2010 1:54 PM, as <b>KitKat</b> noted above, Laura Crimaldi of the <b>Boston Herald</b> posted a pretty damn decent story, <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225332" rel="nofollow">which can be found here</a>. <br /><br />Not a bad header, either:<br /><br />"<b>Reporter roughed up outside Coakley fund-raiser</b>." <br /><br />And she got "no comment" responses from both the Coakley campaign, <i>and</i> the alleged assailant, DSCC media whizzer, Michael Meahan.<br /><br />Also, it's <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/13/reporter-conservative-magazine-attacked-outside-democratic-fundraiser/" rel="nofollow">being played big-time</a> on <b>Fox</b>, as it should be.<br /><br />"<b>Weekly Standard Reporter Attacked Outside of Democratic Fundraiser</b>."Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-67650263145380546832010-01-13T14:34:58.869-05:002010-01-13T14:34:58.869-05:00People need to remember this is the court of publi...People need to remember this is the court of public opinion vis-a-vis undecided voters and dormant Democrats, not a court of law.<br /><br />Heck, Jane Hampsher of FireDogLake is against Obamacare because she's been following what's happening. Even people as left wing as her in Mass, if they knew what Coakley was up to last night, still probably would never vote for Brown (where most undecideds probably would), but those Dems may not be as excited to vote for Coakley. And turn-out will be key on Tues. <br /><br />Don't turn this into a "shoving" match. <br /><br />Unless you can keep this issue tethered to what Coakley was up to that night and WHY she didn't want to speak to the reporters, Meehan will have succeeded in what he was trying to do. He'll be dismissed by the Coakley campaign, deflecting attention from Coakley and thereby shielding Coakley from scrutiny, and be celebrated as a hero later by Democrats in private.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71941664532657055682010-01-13T14:33:24.982-05:002010-01-13T14:33:24.982-05:00Coakley's still going to win. Get over it.
Ha...<i>Coakley's still going to win. Get over it.</i><br /><br />Hahahaha!<br /><br />Is that pee I smell?Cydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02334032603842676523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-3929278766925864932010-01-13T14:31:46.287-05:002010-01-13T14:31:46.287-05:00As evidenced by Meehan's snazzy shirt, it appe...As evidenced by Meehan's snazzy shirt, it appears that blue is the new brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com