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Ex-lawman Waters keeps his cool as a Bush-hating attorney loses his
sacbee.com ^ | 11-11-04 | R.E. Graswich

Posted on 11/11/2004 2:52:24 PM PST by Paul Atreides

Celebrity justice: A lawyer for the state Franchise Tax Board was jailed last weekend after harassing Sacramento City Councilman Robbie Waters and dozens of other people over the election of President Bush. "I was going to Bel Air to mail a letter and pick up some steaks for dinner, and this guy just went off," Robbie said. "He said, 'Hey, Robbie Waters. Why don't you punch me in the face? Your man Bush won, and you're real proud. Come on, kick me, you (expletive).'" Robbie, a former cop and Sacramento County sheriff, decided not to tangle with the man, Craig Swieso, even when he followed Robbie into the supermarket on Rush River Drive. The councilman called police and waited in the market manager's office. "For the first time in my life, I just walked away," Waters said. "I wanted to get my steaks home." Police arrested Swieso, 46, when he refused to calm down. "I made an ass of myself," Craig said. "I was confronting affluent white males about voting for Bush. They swagger like they they are tough. I was asking them how tough they really are." Swieso, who is white, spent eight hours in jail.

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1 posted on 11/11/2004 2:52:28 PM PST by Paul Atreides
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Another dim that needs to be on medicine.


2 posted on 11/11/2004 2:55:29 PM PST by True Grit
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Who are the facists here? Dems get really nasty.


3 posted on 11/11/2004 2:56:31 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: True Grit

Those California fruits and nuts are delightful, aren't they?


4 posted on 11/11/2004 2:57:18 PM PST by expatpat
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To: Paul Atreides
"I made an ass of myself," Craig said. "I was confronting affluent white males about voting for Bush. They swagger like they they are tough. I was asking them how tough they really are." Swieso, who is white, spent eight hours in jail.

So......Oh never mind. This man is inane! Beyond logic. LOL

5 posted on 11/11/2004 2:57:34 PM PST by CAluvdubya (From the RED part of California)
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Swieso thinks medication contributed to his outburst. "That's no excuse," he said, adding his new goal is unseating Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I wonder what he's like when he's off his meds.

Now he's going to pick on Arnold. Smart move, O Mental Giant.

6 posted on 11/11/2004 2:58:53 PM PST by DeFault User
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Feel the love.

Want some fun? Google this guy. Apparently he's a 'recovering' alcoholic AND working in the California government.

7 posted on 11/11/2004 2:59:56 PM PST by atomicpossum (I am the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.)
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To: True Grit
Another dim lawyer that needs to be on medicine.
8 posted on 11/11/2004 3:00:22 PM PST by GnL
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To: Paul Atreides

"I was confronting affluent white males about voting for Bush. They swagger like they they are tough. I was asking them how tough they really are." Swieso, who is white, spent eight hours in jail."

Hmmm, I think his candidate was an affluent white male too. But I guess this guy is just too stupid to realize that.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Actually, Kerry was more an effluent white male.


9 posted on 11/11/2004 3:00:55 PM PST by fizziwig
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Craig Swieso, even when he followed Robbie into the supermarket on Rush River Drive.


I used to live across the street from that Bel Air grocery store... Glad I moved...


10 posted on 11/11/2004 3:01:39 PM PST by The Hollywood Conservative (I can't even make a tagline because I'm a GIANT IDIOT!!!)
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To: True Grit

There's no medical cure for being an a$$hole...


11 posted on 11/11/2004 3:01:54 PM PST by Welsh Rabbit
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"Swieso thinks medication contributed to his outburst. "That's no excuse," he said, adding his new goal is unseating Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. ..."


First he tries to pick a fight with a cop, then he wants to go after a bodybuilder. Maybe the medication he's taking is idiot pills.


12 posted on 11/11/2004 3:02:02 PM PST by spinestein (T gli e un r c n truc i n. exp t del ys.)
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If this guy is a lawyer he needs to be disbarred for using the "white" word. I find that very offensive.


13 posted on 11/11/2004 3:02:35 PM PST by MissAmericanPie
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Another severely confused, emotionally unstable lefty. This is really an amusing trend.
14 posted on 11/11/2004 3:02:48 PM PST by Tempest (Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
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This guy is an attorney?

Didn't he learn anything in law school?

Oh right he is blaming it on meds, I guess that he did learn something.


15 posted on 11/11/2004 3:04:19 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (God Bless our military)
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http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=152617


16 posted on 11/11/2004 3:04:20 PM PST by The Hollywood Conservative (I can't even make a tagline because I'm a GIANT IDIOT!!!)
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Swieso, who is white...

forgot to take his lithium today (like most good liberals).

17 posted on 11/11/2004 3:05:13 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Bush received 51% of the popular vote, more than Bill Clinton ever did. SO THERE!)
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I think I probably would have let the steaks wait a little bit


18 posted on 11/11/2004 3:08:18 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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"I made an ass of myself," Craig said. "I was confronting affluent white males about voting for Bush. They swagger like they they are tough. I was asking them how tough they really are."

He should have simply stopped with the first statement.

19 posted on 11/11/2004 3:10:28 PM PST by unspun (unspun.info | Did U work your precinct, churchmembers, etc. for good votes?)
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To: Welsh Rabbit
"There's no medical cure for being an a$$hole"...

I think you might have something there.....

20 posted on 11/11/2004 3:10:35 PM PST by True Grit
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