Posted on 03/31/2016 9:25:07 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Since when do Republican women play the victim card? Michelle Fields' assault charge against Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski smells like a load of BS and a con
If the people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand the difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.Thomas Sowell
Megan Barth Trust but Verify is a motto that I hold dear as a political analyst and writer. For the record, I dont consider myself a journalist, as I hold an outward bias towards the destructive policies, tactics, and rhetoric of Progressives. My website is named Reaganbaby because I was inspired, at a young age, by the common sense conservatism and leadership of Ronald Reagan. Therefore, I sacrifice my objectivity on the altar of supply side economics, free markets, fair trade and conservative principlesprinciples based in capitalism, smaller government and the spirit of the individual, rather than the group- think mentality of the collective.
“She was setting someone up to make a charge against....”
I don’t understand why commentators keep missing this point. No reasonable reporter would breach the boundary of a Secret Service security detail and put her hands on a presidential candidate unless seeking to precipitate an aggressive response. This is indeed a time-honored tactic in which deliberate provocation is used to elicit a reaction that can then form the basis of a claim that one has been victimized. The Secret Service agents on duty would have been well within their rights to manhandle her roughly, place her in handcuffs, and escort her from the area.
If an aggressive response to Fields by Secret Service agents would have been justifiable or excusable as part of their duty to protect a presidential candidate, a similar response by Lewandowski should be privileged as well. As long as this response was not legally excessive (as in excessive force cases), then there necessarily was no unlawful or illegal battery—any more than justifiable or excusable homicide could support a charge of murder or manslaughter. Given the circumstances under which the “touching” occurred, Lewandowski should be entitled to this absolute defense, which automatically precludes any criminal culpability. It is difficult not to conclude that Fields is either a Cruz campaign operative seeking to manipulate the Trump campaign into behavior that might make it look bad, or she is an emotionally unstable individual who engaged in histrionic self-dramatization in the hope of enhancing her career (or possibly both). Unfortunately, I suspect that her career will now actually suffer insofar as people (such as myself) who previously respected her as a reporter and commentator will be less likely to take her seriously.
I thought I recognized you. ;)
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