[Pyro7480]

I hope the victim still presses charges.

[fightinJAG]

Yes, the student should press charges.

Etheridge did not grab the student “by the coat collar.” He grabbed him by the neck, more than once IIRC, and yanked me over to him as if he might put him in a neck hold.

Etheridge’s conduct is a crime and should be treated as such.

[rod1]

“Behaving aggressively”

eh... no it was assault.

[reagan_fanatic]

This imperious asswipe should be in jail for what he did.

The common Joe on the street would be.

[DM1]

is this yutz in a competitive district by any chance?

[Polybius]

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) on Monday apologized for behaving aggressively ...

Congressman Etheridge did not merely "behave aggressively". "Behaving aggressively" covers everything from cold-blooded murder by a serial killer to a wife screaming at her husband that he left the toilet seat up.

Etheridge met the legal definition of simple assault. That happens to be a crime.

[katana]

Average people can’t get by with apologizing for an assault and battery (a felony under DC law, I’d presume). If the DA and police won’t do anything about it a civil suit is most definitely “warranted”.

[bwc2221]

My guess is that Renee Ellmers will be one of Momma Grizzlie’s cubs by the end of the week.

[GOPJ]

Another dem - sorry he got caught...

[latina4dubya]

I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse."

not true... his aggressive response to this student is proof...

[Balding_Eagle]

The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3tMcivWi-k

[Tzimisce]

This is assault and battery.

Take his ass down.

[Red_Devil 232]

Looks like there will be a news conf. by Etheridge in a few min. and it will be aired by FNC.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I hope he does, too. It will look real good on his resume this fall.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I just called his office to leave my thoughts. A real live person answered:

Phone: (202) 225-4531

[left that other site]

Send the VIDEO to everyone on your mailing list. Everyone.

[org.whodat]

He has brought dishonor on the house, the republicans should be calling for an impeachment hearing.

[Terry Mross]

“No matter how partisan this little p.o.s. was, I still shouldn’t have done this on camera.” That’s what he meant.

I wish just once I’d see someone knock the snot out of one of these “royal” representatives. Once the congressman grabbed his neck he would have been within his rights to kick the bastard in the cods.

[valkyry1]

The guy was plastered wasn’t he.

[NCBraveheart]

The NCGOP needs to make a billboard with Bob “Hands of Death” Etheridge’s hands on the boy’s throat and ask if he has choked off jobs by voting with Obama.

[JimSEA]

No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse."

it's really the "tea party's" fault. Did anyone notice the release of all the death threats against Teddy K? The case against conservatives, painting us as terrorists continues to be made by the government. We well may have seen our last free election. Sad that 53% of us voted for "fundamental transformation". You cat say O didn't warn us.