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Coakley Supporters Try to Intimidate
At a Teamsters hall rally in Springfield today for Democratic Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley, two of her supporters tried to run off a reporter and a videographer who were recording footage outside the event.
At a Teamsters hall rally in Springfield, Mass. today for Democratic Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley, two of her supporters tried to run off a reporter and a videographer who were recording footage outside the event. First it was Watchdog.org reporter Paul Soutar:
And then it was Erich Heyssel, who was in town working on a ballot integrity initiative for the Americans for Limited Government Foundation:
As you can see, both were taking video from the public street when the Coakley supporters started pushing them around.
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Lyle| 1.18.10 @ 11:35PM
Someone needs to notify Sen. John Kerry about this violation of the "Massachusett's way" - he seems to think that all the rumors he's heard come from out of state Tea Partier's and the docile forces of We the People.
Yosemeti Sam| 1.19.10 @ 12:02AM
Time for a review of Elliot Ness bullet points in
dealing with bullet-headed street scum.
Patrick| 1.19.10 @ 12:14AM
This is why you go ARMED to events like this.
Period.
republicanblack| 1.19.10 @ 4:41AM
Look, when it comes to this race and the contribution the Tea Party has in it, and they have done a good job in getting support, I believe they have got a good heart but not the right strategy. I came to that understanding after seeing this article:
http://keironjackman.wordpress.....ng-served/
Liberal Reader| 1.19.10 @ 8:55AM
"Conservatives" have become a whiney bunch.
Le Cracquere| 1.19.10 @ 9:02AM
But then, LR would have accused the kulaks of being a whiny bunch.
From the leftist glossary: "whiny" (adj.): descriptive term for targets of our violence who gauchely point out that they are targets of our violence.
Deborah D| 1.19.10 @ 9:28AM
Monsieur Cracquere -- Merci! Hahahaha...love the description of "whiny".
Carpenter| 1.19.10 @ 9:35AM
Liberal Reader, what is your view on Kerry's complaint about intimidation?
How does hypocrisy taste?
Pingback| 1.19.10 @ 3:05PM
Wichita’s Paul Soutar on the ground in Massachusetts links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Pingback| 1.19.10 @ 6:11PM
Coakley – Brown… « Time for Thorns links to this page. Here’s an excerpt: