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Weekly Standard reporter says Coakley camp shoved him [VIDEO]
The Hill ^ | 01/13/10 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 01/13/2010 8:10:04 AM PST by joinedafterattack

Video shows McCormack taking a spill into a metal railing while chasing after Martha Coakley in Washington last night, then being helped up by a man who begins to impede McCormack's pursuit.

McCormack says the man shoved him into the railing. He also has a suspect: Democratic consultant Michael Meehan.

Meehan was dispatched to the race by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), according to the AP. A picture from the incident appears to back up McCormack's claim that it was Meehan. Video Here: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/75671-weekly-standard-reporter-says-coakley-camp-shoved-him

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VIDEO HERE:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/75671-weekly-standard-reporter-says-coakley-camp-shoved-him

The Weekly Standard's John McCormack has a way with special elections.

McCormack, who you might recall led Dede Scozzafava's campaign to call the cops on him, is now at the heart of a dustup in Massachusetts.

Video shows McCormack taking a spill into a metal railing while chasing after Martha Coakley in Washington last night, then being helped up by a man who begins to impede McCormack's pursuit.

The man asks for McCormack's credentials on what appears to be a public street, physically blocking his path while McCormack strains to show his congressional press pass and move on.

McCormack says the man shoved him into the railing. He also has a suspect: Democratic consultant Michael Meehan.

Meehan was dispatched to the race by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), according to the AP. A picture from the incident appears to back up McCormack's claim that it was Meehan.

The DSCC and Meehan could not immediately be reached for comment.
1 posted on 01/13/2010 8:10:07 AM PST by joinedafterattack
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To: joinedafterattack


WHY PBS will NEVER COVER THIS ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN DETAIL

"PRESIDENT OBAMA: And this week, .... we're going to be doing is bringing some of them into the White House and --
JIM LEHRER: To crack heads?"


"To crack heads?" Lehrer asks.
"Oh, I don't know about cracking heads," Obama said, "facilitating a discussion that solves these problems." "


"PBS's Lehrer Badgers Obama from the Left: What About Banks' 'Huge Profits?'
By Matthew Balan | July 21, 2009 - 11:56
"PBS's Jim Lehrer ... urged the executive to "crack heads"
to get his health care plan passed, and inquired if "taxing the wealthy" was an option to fund it.
Lehrer later pressed Mr. Obama on the "huge profits" being made by "big Wall Street banks.""

2 posted on 01/13/2010 8:14:06 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: joinedafterattack

The bigger news is that Coakley saw the thing close up and did nothing to stop it. She approved of Meehan’s efforts to protect her from hard questions.

And she is the Massachusetts Attorney General. Shameful behavior from Coakley.


3 posted on 01/13/2010 8:14:07 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: joinedafterattack

Coakley’s office is saying she wasn’t there even though she is right next to the altercation in both the photos and video.

She is guilty of failure to stop or report the commission of a crime. This is compounded by the fact she is is the Attorney General.


4 posted on 01/13/2010 8:16:47 AM PST by mnehring
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To: mnehring

She is so nailed.

Standing right there head turned looking at it, and claims she wasn’t there and didn’t see it.


5 posted on 01/13/2010 8:18:55 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: savedbygrace

With PR like this its shaping up to be a blowout. The dims are gonna have to work real hard to steal this one.


6 posted on 01/13/2010 8:19:25 AM PST by skeeter
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To: savedbygrace

With PR like this its shaping up to be a blowout. The dims are gonna have to work real hard to steal this one.


7 posted on 01/13/2010 8:19:50 AM PST by skeeter
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To: savedbygrace

I would dare say a breach of the law also. As with LEOs, they have a legal duty to report such acts (felonies), in or out of their jurisdiction.

DC could have her arrested for failure to report a crime.


8 posted on 01/13/2010 8:19:55 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: joinedafterattack

Why don’t people ever fight back? I mean really, if some suited thug touched me, I’d punch his lights out. Maybe that’s just me, but we really need to start fighting back with these liberal commie thugs.


9 posted on 01/13/2010 8:22:31 AM PST by meyer (Government health care = national strike.)
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To: skeeter

Brown will have to win by 10% to win in a recount in “a very close election”. The left has always been fascistic, and whoever pushed the guy to the ground needs to be beaten to a pulp as an object lesson.


10 posted on 01/13/2010 8:25:38 AM PST by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: Diogenesis

The reporter should have kicked him in the nuts when he closed in.


11 posted on 01/13/2010 8:30:46 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: achilles2000

Democrap thug in acion, nothing new.


12 posted on 01/13/2010 8:32:04 AM PST by jesseam (Been there, done that)
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To: savedbygrace

I currently live in upstate NY not all that distant from MA; and, I’m not sure the operation I am about to suggest could be coordinated and carried through. But, I’ll suggest it anyway because of the importance of the upcoming MA Senatorial election.

The ‘rats get away with this sort of thing because it comes as somewhat of a shock to our side that they would do such a thing. It comes as no shock to me because I have a realization of what the ‘rat party has become, i.e., a party of totalitarian inclinations/policies(If Obuma gets his national police force, head for the nearest exit because it will be ACORN in uniform.) And, what our side needs is a grassroots, quick-reaction vigilante force with some plain ol’ muscle to counter these ‘rat thugs. Who to form this force and where and when to place it is the question; but, it’s obvious that the ‘rat candidate should be shadowed between now and the election and that may be the answer. If these sorts of incidents occur, the force be against them. It’s time/past time to respond in kind to these thugs. It’s not going to get any better because they are going to continue to get more and more hostile and agressive.

Just food for thought, of course I’m not suggesting violence or anything of that nature, I just want to get along with them, I have such respect for them.


13 posted on 01/13/2010 8:38:33 AM PST by izzatzo
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To: joinedafterattack
Meehan is wearing the appropriate color sweater under his jacket; SEIU purple.
14 posted on 01/13/2010 8:39:25 AM PST by moreisee (The Media is the enemy.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I thought so, too, and maybe it is. However, I perused the Massachusetts statutes earlier today and couldn’t find that anywhere.

Maybe someone else can find it.


15 posted on 01/13/2010 8:50:58 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: joinedafterattack

Meehan was just following his leaders example and orders.

Obama told his tribe of traitors, ‘Argue With Neighbors, Get In Their Face’...


16 posted on 01/13/2010 9:14:37 AM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First Failed "light skinned African American [Pres-dent] with no Negro dialect..")
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To: joinedafterattack

Um, it’s very clear on the video that the man pushed McCormack into the railing.

Obviously, Dems just can’t ever tell the truth.


17 posted on 01/13/2010 9:29:26 AM PST by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: joinedafterattack

Is that an SEIU shirt under his suit coat?


18 posted on 01/13/2010 11:40:41 AM PST by Piranha (Obama won like Bernie Madoff attracted investors: by lying about his values, policy and plans.)
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