Dems defend Etheridge, attack Breitbart

Politico ^ | 6/14/10 | Ben Smith

[reaganrevolutionin2010]

Bob Etheridge's abject apology for roughing up an anonymous conservative videographer is being accompanied by a defense of the congressman from national Democrats.

"Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this," said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse just now. "This was a Republican party tracking operation. If it wasn't a party tracker or intern, why is the face blurred and why is the source hidden? You know if it had been a right wing blog, they'd identify themselves and they'd be booking this person on TV all day. Republicans know if they admit their involvement in this game of gotcha it will undermine their credibility. One minute this guy is interviewing a member of Congress on camera and the next a video is released with his face blurred out? If that doesn’t tell you this is a Republican Party hatchet job nothing will."

[reaganrevolutionin2010]

The "Email Bob" link on his official website has been disabled, LOL

[thethirddegree]

I called his DC office and gave them an earful.

[reaganrevolutionin2010]

[Puppage]

"Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this,"

The motive behind asking a question of those who work FOR US?

[Kartographer]

[pollywog]

Calling all TEA PARTY-ers!!!! Assignment!!! To DE SEAT Etheridge and come along side Renee Ellmer’s!!!!!!!!!!!!

[domenad]

So let me see, calling a guy “macaca” is reason enough to put a guy out of his job, but grabbing a student and physically assaulting him is a Republican hatchet scheme?

[jessduntno]

HAHAHA!! Good luck trying to defend this guy’s actions. Assault is assault and no amount of spinning is going to get this clown out of it.

[Man50D]

I swore I saw George W. Bush in that video!

[Lazamataz]

Damned chick was just ASKIN to be raped.

Democrats: Defending the Indefensible Since The 1800's.

[FrankR]

After watching what the dems/libs are trying to do to the "interns" who exposed ACORN, they are right to blur their faces. Democrats are like the old German Gestappo...they will do whatever it takes to squelch any dissent.

I congratulate and applaud the "students"...they were on a project, it was the Dem congressman who lost it...boy, did he lose it.

Donate to his opponent, Ms. Ellmers ASAP.

[RJS1950]

They defended the drunk killer whale from MA for years; this is just another case of being drunk while democrat; that is the norm for the democrat party.

[AAABEST]

Not sure what the moron’s point is.

Must be that assault is okay when a Republican asks a Democrat if he agrees with his President’s agenda.

[kevkrom]

The DNC comments were so outlandish, I had to triple-check that this wasn't satire.

Scappleface and The Onion ought to hang it up... reality is more bizarre than fiction now.

[RJS1950]

I’m sure they blurred their faces to prevent democrat/SEIU reprisals.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

LOL! I love the smell of desperation.

[Anti-Bubba182]

How many times have Conservative politicians been accosted by nasty liberal media types. They really hate taking their own medicine.

[jessduntno]

“They defended the drunk killer whale from MA for years; this is just another case of being drunk while democrat; that is the norm for the democrat party.”

Ded Kennedy (D-HELL) established this behavior. Bubba cemented it. Elcee Hastings codified it.

Democrats are psychotic.

[surfer]

that says it all...

[random_user_827]

Even if this were a GOP-run “gotcha” operation (which I doubt), I don’t see how that absolves Etheridge here. Regardless of the videographer’s motives, Etheridge could have answered his question respectfully, or just given a “no comment” instead of going crazy.