Posted on 11/06/2017 3:16:48 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
Shortly after Rand Paul was attacked by some man who people had previously never heard of, news media reported that the senator from Kentucky had suffered some "minor injuries." Well, unless having potentially life-threatening injuries is now classified as "minor," those initial reports were somewhat mistaken:
'A senior adviser for Rand Paul says the U.S. senator is recovering from five broken ribs following an assault at his home. Doug Stafford said it is unclear when Paul will return to work since he is in considerable pain and has difficulty getting around, including flying. Stafford said Sunday that the broken ribs include three displaced fractures, which can lead to life-threatening injuries. The severe pain can last for weeks or months.'
When those initial reports were published, the overall impression people got was that although it was shocking that someone had attacked Senator Paul, he didn't suffer serious injuries. Clearly, he did. His attacker, Bernie Sanders supporter and Trump hater Rene Boucher, not only tried to do some real damage here but actually succeeded in doing so.
Following the horrendous attack on Republican congressmen and staffers during a baseball game earlier this year, which left Rep. Steve Scalise seriously wounded, this assault on Sen. Paul proves that the demonization of conservative politicians by the institutional Left is causing serious problems. Yes, political debate is important, but there's a difference between debating issues and routinely vilifying those who dare disagree with you. Democrats and their friends in the media have repeated for years now that Republicans aren't merely people "with other ideas," but evil.
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misdemeanor fourth-degree assault with a minor injury. ??? WTF????
At minimum, this should include federal charges, a hate crime and felony charges. Something that keeps you from living a normal life for weeks or months is hardly a minor injury.
Keep the gorilla in a cage or on an island for animals.
And now this? Rand Paul is anti-regime change, anti loss of our freedoms, pro-Constitution, anti Federal Reserve. This is Civil War 2, and the forces of evil are now making assassination attempts at our potential effective leadership. I don't think I'm exaggerating.
Las Vegas, Texas, and Rand Paul did not just happen.
These are planned events and signals / warnings to stay away from the hillary et al machine.
It'a a damned shame WE don't have whacko's on our side we can call up to "snap" on command.
When you are injured like this, it takes time to fully assess the damage. Your body is flooded with adrenaline so that the person can still cope with immediate dangers (flight or fight!) Now that the damage is known and the level of the attack (from the back) is known, I would think that the odds are that the authorities will raise the charges to a more appropriate level.
I ocassionly catch myself thinking that an anti-commie biker club might to a constructive addition to our nation’s political checks and balances.
Or how about the general threat that if you vote the other way, bad things will happen. There’s a reason why the founders came up with anonymous voting.
Stop whining and start fighting back.
Darn I hate whiners.
Mk Ultra working overtime. The emotions are running wild in liberals now.
Broken ribs & fractures hurt terribly and seem to take for ever to heal enough to stop hurting, Broken bones seems to never return to the way they were.
Grania, many of us do not think you are exaggerating.
Broken ribs....Man, he’s gotta be hurting.
Sort of like the concept of sin:
God forgave me my destructive acts on His temple, but Emphysema will send me home faster and limit greatly my time left.
Prevention is the key.
Right now we can tsk tsk Rand and pray for a speedy recovery, but I don't think we'll hear much more attack on the left as before.
Watch for Trey Gowdy to have a car accident.
Or just a bunch of us “deplorables” who have about had enough of this $hit!
Rene?....strange name for a guy
Can we assume that Sen. Paul will sue this nut and take control of everything the guy owns?
If not, his supporters should.
Common male name for French people.
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