On Election Eve the Repub Congressional Candidate for Montana's Only House Seat "BodySlams" Reporter

Westside Steve

Any good P I attorney will tell you to go to straight to the emergency room.

He should probably sue Donald Trump because according to the left wing media it's his fault.

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WSS

calfoxwc

wait... i thought liberals were all about "yeah, you have freedom of speech, but you

have to accept consequences"

odd how they think that always goes for only the republican/conservative side.

bbedward

Camp Dan Quist this morning, and pretty much every other democrat:

Basically impossible for a republican to lose in Montana, unless something like this happens.

OldBrownsFan

It is hard for democrats to win in Montana but Montana does have a democrat governor.

What may have really helped the republican Gianforte was the early voting with most voters already having voted before the assault incident. But early voting is something the democrats always want because it helps them but in this case it hurt them. How many would have switched their votes on election day if they had the chance?

Canton Dawg

I guess giving a reporter a vertical suplex isn't too bad...considering Gianforte won the election.

tiamat63

@calfoxwc said:

wait... i thought liberals were all about "yeah, you have freedom of speech, but you

have to accept consequences"

odd how they think that always goes for only the republican/conservative side.

Noted that you're cool with assault as a consequence.

edit: Woody that's basically the self admitted green light to break the old mans jaw at a tailgate. You know, all those birds pics aren't without freedom of consequence.

calfoxwc

@tiamat63 said:

Noted that you're cool with assault as a consequence.

edit: Woody that's basically the self admitted green light to break the old mans jaw at a tailgate. You know, all those birds pics aren't without freedom of consequence.

total misrepresentation of what I posted. I didn't say I was cool with that, but you dishonest hack liberals pick and choose

your feelings on issues. It was assault before, and you hacks went with "well, yeah, you have freedom of speech,

but if you get attacked, that is the result of your free speech, like it or not"

But now, you flippy and don't mention it, because your false political narratives don't fit.

btw, the woodpecker gifs etc are woody's consequences, and as such, are not anything else but payback for constant crap.

Now, encouraging anyone to try to break my jaw... that is when you should get a timeout.

jbluhm86

Completely unacceptable behavior from Gianforte. The reporter did nothing but ask him a question on his opinion of the CBO assessment, since Gianforte himself stated at an earlier time that he was going to withhold judgement on the RepubliCare bill until after the CBO assessed it. The reporter was simply doing his job. Gianforte clearly assaulted him unprovoked.

The House of Representatives should immediately refuse to seat him, or censure him at the very least; they have the constitutional authority to do so. Assaulting journalists for asking a legitimate question is wrong, and it would still be wrong if the roles were reversed and it was a Democratic candidate assaulting a Fox News or breitbart journalist unprovoked.

EDIT: The Supreme Court ruled in Powell v McCormack that "[Congress] may not exclude a duly elected representative for any reason beyond those enumerated in the Qualifications of Members Clause"; since the assault occurred before he was officially elected to Congress, they have no authority to refuse his seat. As such, the appropriate action from the House would be to officially censure him for his behavior.

OldBrownsFan

FLASHBACK: Democratic Congressman Attacked Student Journalist ... And Democrats Defended It!

While the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of Montana Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte’s alleged assault on a reporter from the Guardian — while Republicans across Congress are being asked to condemn Gianforte — it’s worthwhile to remember that the media never hold Democrats to the same standard.

Way back in June 2010, North Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge, a seven-term elected Democrat, was asked by a student reporter if he supported the “Obama agenda.” Etheridge promptly attempted to grab the reporter’s cell phone camera, then grab the reporter’s wrist, demanding, “Who are you! Tell me who you are… I have a right to know who you are!” One of the student’s friends, who caught the incident on camera, said, “We’re just here for a project.” When the student in Etheridge’s grip asked to be released, Etheridge instead grabbed him by the neck.

Here’s the footage:

Etheridge would go on to be defeated by Congresswoman Renee Ellmers in a very tight election. But the media never bothered to ask every Democrat in power about Etheridge’s behavior, or whether it ought to be condemned. The assumption was that Etheridge was acting on his own, that he had behaved badly, and that was that. In fact, Democrats rallied to Etheridge’s defense.

Here’s Politico reporting at the time:

"Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this," said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse just now. "This was a Republican party tracking operation. If it wasn't a party tracker or intern, why is the face blurred and why is the source hidden? You know if it had been a right wing blog, they'd identify themselves and they'd be booking this person on TV all day. Republicans know if they admit their involvement in this game of gotcha it will undermine their credibility. One minute this guy is interviewing a member of Congress on camera and the next a video is released with his face blurred out? If that doesn’t tell you this is a Republican Party hatchet job nothing will." A national Democratic Party official e-mailed around a set of talking points about an hour ago, under the subject heading, "Etheridge Gotcha Video Background."

Etheridge apologized, and the media let it go.

The assumption by the Left, however, is that Gianforte must be abandoned by the Republicans forthwith.

Now, I think there’s a good argument that voters ought to avoid pulling the lever for Gianforte. But they also should have been encouraged to do so with Etheridge by the same media drooling over Gianforte; Democrats should have been forced to answer questions about the incident. They weren’t. Which is one reason that so many Republicans think the media is unfair.

Clevfan4life

good one OBF, the usual defense from conservatives.....flat out the kid in that video should have jaw jacked the congressman and quite honestly it would have been legit self defense. Your not allowed to grab someone like that because they asked you a question. That should have been your response OBF, instead of baselessly defending the Montana republican cause some similar asshole on the left did it. For once can one of you stand on principle? Just once? If someone here were to defend Etheridge's actions or try to make some distinction between the two, ok fine...but nobody has and nobody will.

We're opening the flood gates here to some really nasty despicable, and now physical, political discourse in this country and none of you seem to care. You're almost giddy about it. It's ok for some congressman in Montana to channel his inner undertaker and chokeslam a journalist but some dudes in Berkley who went there "explicitly" for a fight got bike locked to the dome and you pussy boys bleed from your vagina all over this board.

OldBrownsFan

@clevfan4life said:

good one OBF, the usual defense from conservatives.....flat out the kid in that video should have jaw jacked the congressman and quite honestly it would have been legit self defense. Your not allowed to grab someone like that because they asked you a question. That should have been your response OBF, instead of baselessly defending the Montana republican cause some similar asshole on the left did it. For once can one of you stand on principle? Just once? If someone here were to defend Etheridge's actions or try to make some distinction between the two, ok fine...but nobody has and nobody will.

We're opening the flood gates here to some really nasty despicable, and now physical, political discourse in this country and none of you seem to care. You're almost giddy about it. It's ok for some congressman in Montana to channel his inner undertaker and chokeslam a journalist but some dudes in Berkley who went there "explicitly" for a fight got bike locked to the dome and you pussy boys bleed from your vagina all over this board.

The article I posted only pointed out the hypocrisy in the liberal media. If you read it that should have been clear. In no place was the assault being condoned. In fact the article even stated there was a good argument not to vote for Gianforte over the incident.

BTW - weren't you the guy who giddily posted about Trump supporters getting beat up...if you check prior threads I am sure it was you Cleve.

Clevfan4life

@oldbrownsfan said:

BTW - weren't you the guy who giddily posted about Trump supporters getting beat up...if you check prior threads I am sure it was you Cleve.

I was "giddily" pointing out these "snowflakes" were giving the trump boys a good seeing to. Taken em out back and giving em the beans. Was just surprising to me was all.....cause u know like a day before u were calling em all pajama boys and then said pajama boys were seen snotbubbling sone fags.

But u guys got ur shots in too, punching some hippy chicks with weird feet right in the moneymaker is good stuff....no argument from me. ️

Clevfan4life

Oh, and i also pointed out that when trump protesters were gettin sucker punched as thry were being escorted out of the rally.....y'all thought it was good stuff. So pls dont coatse with me and straw man me. I never condoned what went on in berkley. I just raise my hands and gave up. The civil war was long in the making, by both sides

tiamat63

@calfoxwc said:

wait... i thought liberals were all about "yeah, you have freedom of speech, but you

have to accept consequences"

There is no misinterpretation of this ^^^.

The old talk shit, get hit mantra. I know you took a certain satisfaction that he stuck it to liberal reporter. For the life of me I dont understand why you try to skirt around that.

And no, I'm not advocating violence. Especially against the elderly. I'm saying by your example woody would be within his right to act on that (he wouldn't) and that's just not.right.

relax, baby girl, I got yo back should the mean Bird try. Only if we can use that golden buckeye card at dennys after.

Clevfan4life

@tiamat63 said:
Only if we can use that golden buckeye card at dennys after.

Omglmfao, this wins the day

Clevfan4life

@tiamat63 said:

There is no misinterpretation of this ^^^.

The old talk shit, get hit mantra. I know you took a certain satisfaction that he stuck it to liberal reporter. For the life of me I dont understand why you try to skirt around that.

But the kid didnt talk shit, he asked questions as reporters tend to do. Neither did those kids with the dem congressman. Both young men should have utterly flattened those old guys for daring to lay hands on them. I couldnt beleive the dem guy grabbing the kid around the shoulder like his last name was sandusky and this kid wasnt walking into the showers with him like he was told to.

The nerve of these old cunts. Maybe the knockout game needs a comeback.....

OldBrownsFan

@clevfan4life said:
Oh, and i also pointed out that when trump protesters were gettin sucker punched as thry were being escorted out of the rally.....y'all thought it was good stuff. So pls dont coatse with me and straw man me. I never condoned what went on in berkley. I just raise my hands and gave up. The civil war was long in the making, by both sides

I condemned it and said it was wrong. In the incident I remember a black man was being escorted out of a Trump rally (deservedly for trying to disrupt it) when an old man came over and sucker punched him. I posted the black protestor was not resisting being escorted out and there was no reason for him to be attacked.

calfoxwc

@tiamat63 said:

There is no misinterpretation of this ^^^.

The old talk shit, get hit mantra. I know you took a certain satisfaction that he stuck it to liberal reporter. For the life of me I dont understand why you try to skirt around that.

And no, I'm not advocating violence. Especially against the elderly. I'm saying by your example woody would be within his right to act on that (he wouldn't) and that's just not.right.

relax, baby girl, I got yo back should the mean Bird try. Only if we can use that golden buckeye card at dennys after.

of course there is misrepresentation. I don't care about whoever this guy is, I don't know if the reporter was physically

intimidating him, or simply asking a question, and this politician grabbed him and threw him down...

your liberal hypocrisy is on display, that is all. You libs pick and choose depending on what sissy mood you are feeling in

at the time.

good for you to backtrack on your trying to start some kind of serious problem. The point is, you may rail against this nut

republican who bodyslammed some reporter, whatever the whole story is... but if higgardly slapped a reporter,

your tune would be opposite because of the politics.

Neither you nor woody ever want to try to jack my jaw - I'm old school. I will walk away from a fight before it happens, but

when it's on, it's going to be over fast, and I'm the guy who walks away fine. So, Sissy Tiasmsies, whether or not you live up

to your online hostility, it is no problem to me. I'm just one guy who notices how you operate.

tiamat63

@clevfan4life said:

But the kid didnt talk shit, he asked questions as reporters tend to do. Neither did those kids with the dem congressman. Both young men should have utterly flattened those old guys for daring to lay hands on them. I couldnt beleive the dem guy grabbing the kid around the shoulder like his last name was sandusky and this kid wasnt walking into the showers with him like he was told to.

The nerve of these old cunts. Maybe the knockout game needs a comeback.....

That's my point, "pressing questions" now are an excuse to assail anyone bold enough to ask them because it's somehow offensive to a degree allowing that response.

Or at least, to some here it is cause enough.

Clevfan4life

@oldbrownsfan said:

I condemned it and said it was wrong. In the incident I remember a black man was being escorted out of a Trump rally (deservedly for trying to disrupt it) when an old man came over and sucker punched him. I posted the black protestor was not resisting being escorted out and there was no reason for him to be attacked.

Perhaps u did, perhaps not. Prrhaps u haedged ur condemnation, who knows. Like it or not ur now part of "you people" because too many times you tow the line instead of standing on common principle. Like everyone here was appalled at the hillary bullshit that got leaked, but the insistent defense against ever mounting evidence that trump has hos own shit is pathetic. Psul ryan has the right idea, we'll ser where these investigations go......and for that "you people" labrl him a rino