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This is messed up:
Democrats accused of ripping Bush signs
A West Virginia man said yesterday that Democrats stole his family's Bush-Cheney campaign signs at an event featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.I can't say that supporters of President Bush are all 'peaches-N-cream', but to get rough with a 3-year old that's holding a sign her Daddy gave her just speaks VOLUMES about what Kerry supporters feel threatened about. Honestly, this little girl was probably just happy to be participating in something with her father and sitting on his shoulders."They just pounced on us," said Phil Parlock, who took his 11-year-old son, Alex, and 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, to the Democratic rally at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va.
Sophia became briefly famous yesterday when an Associated Press photo showing her in tears after Democrats tore her sign to pieces was posted on Matt Drudge's Web site, www.drudgereport.com.
Sophia is the youngest of 10 children in a proudly patriotic family. The oldest two Parlock children, a 22-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old son, are members of the West Virginia Army National Guard, and a third Parlock - who recently turned 18 - will be sworn into the guard tomorrow, Mr. Parlock said.
The Parlocks went to Mr. Edwards' airport rally yesterday "to support the president," Mr. Parlock said, and brought nine Bush-Cheney signs with them.
"We stood there quietly while Senator Edwards went through the receiving line," he said. Then, as the North Carolina Democrat prepared to leave, Mr. Parlock said, "I took out a few Bush-Cheney signs, gave one to Alex, and Sophia and I held up one jointly."
Immediately, he said, the family was set upon by supporters of Mr. Edwards and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry - "mostly the painters union guys" - who "started stealing my signs." Soon, "old women and college students joined in the fracas," said Mr. Parlock, describing himself as "strictly a volunteer, grass-roots supporter" of the president. Mr. Parlock ran unsuccessfully for his local school board this year.
After the family returned home from the rally yesterday, he said, a friend called to tell him about the AP photo on the Drudge site. "In the picture, you can see one of the painters union guys has a piece of one of my signs in his hand."
A call to the Kerry-Edwards campaign last night was not returned.
Anti-war demonstrators have complained in recent weeks that they have been manhandled by security agents at Bush-Cheney campaign events.
Geez, it kind of makes me wonder just how much foaming-at-the-mouth will occur when President Bush is re-elected. Maybe I should get some hip waders on order?
(Michelle sees the overflowing love too.)
UPDATE: The International Union Painters & Allied Trades attempts some damage control:
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades believes in the fundamental right for civil discourse, freedom of speech and activism to support our candidates and issues.You're gonna take that one guy with bits of sign in his hand and kick his ass? Cause I tell you: if that happened to my kid, I'd be getting medieval on his carcass....What happened in Huntington, West Virginia yesterday is an affront to everything we, as a union, pride ourselves to represent. We extend our apologies to the Parlock family, especially Sophia, for the distress one of our overzealous members caused them.
I have personally taken steps to address this issue internally, and will take immediate disciplinary action to the full extent allowed under U.S. Department of Labor regulations and the constitution of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
It is my hope that this incident reminds all of our members that every last citizen in this country has the right to express his or herself freely. Not one single one of us has the right to tell them otherwise.
General President James A. Williams
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
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Ralph A Lombness said:
The union knew exactly what happened and immediately apologized. That union leader is one of the
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The Liberal Avenger said:
He was also interviewed on September 3rd when unknown Democratic assailants fired a bullet into t
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scroff said:
Sorry, Mad One, didn't get enough sleep last might...
BTW, the latest on this is that it'
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Mad Mikey said:
So Scroff.....what are you really trying to say here....?
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I cried.
|| Posted by Ralph A Lombness, September 17, 2004 06:45 AM ||Maybe the Kerry campaign should start having its audience members sign a loyalty clause before they come to speaking engagements?
|| Posted by The Liberal Avenger, September 17, 2004 08:22 AM ||what do loyalty clauses have to do with this? this shit happens on both sides and is unfortunately indicative of where politics have gone recently: the gutter.
|| Posted by nathalie, September 17, 2004 09:39 AM ||Dispicable hatred leads that runs so deep to impair judgement is typical among the Bush haters.
Sick bastards!
|| Posted by Chet, September 17, 2004 11:18 AM ||Well said nat!
|| Posted by scroff, September 17, 2004 12:29 PM ||On the other hand, I'm gonna vent here... the guys pretty frikin stupid to be bringing his kids to a Democratic rally with Bush signs. Let's be real. Even on the chance that there might be some asshole in the crowd, he's gonna go by himself to this rally with his three year old daughter? Now, before you all start going off on me about his "right" to display his sign, I agree, but you don't go walking through the south bronx at midnight flashing hundred dollar bills and then act all surprised when you get mugged, but it's your right to do so. And regarding the so called "peaceful, tolerant" label lots of rightwingers try to put on the left, I don't know where the hell you got that, anti-war is not anti-beat this stupid fuck down. Interesting how this gets posted by Drudge but the lefties who get beaten or arrested at Bush rallies don't seem to make the grade. Like nat says, it's on both sides, but I get ripped when I see some stupid fuck like this get all weepee when shit turns sour on his ass. There's bad people in the world. Until thats fixed, if thats ever fixed, leave your kids home, ya dumb shit.
|| Posted by scroff, September 17, 2004 01:09 PM ||So Scroff.....what are you really trying to say here....?
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, September 17, 2004 02:02 PM ||Sorry, Mad One, didn't get enough sleep last might...
BTW, the latest on this is that it's a setup. Similar things happened to this guy three other times, once at the RNC, once in 2000 and once in 1996. The awful guy in the union shirt is suspected to be one of his numerous sons. The daughter is there for effect.
|| Posted by scroff, September 17, 2004 02:22 PM ||He was also interviewed on September 3rd when unknown Democratic assailants fired a bullet into the West Virginia GOP headquarters. Lightning strikes thrice plus one for this guy.
Ya, sure.
|| Posted by The Liberal Avenger, September 17, 2004 05:03 PM ||The union knew exactly what happened and immediately apologized. That union leader is one of the "good" democrats. Kerry is not one of the "good" ones.
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