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"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
WS reporter gets shoved by Coakley aide, AP says reporter “stumbled”
BOSTON—A reporter trying to question Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley was involved in a scuffle with one of her aides.
John McCormack of the Weekly Standard fell Tuesday night as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.
Photos and video of the incident show Coakley aide Michael Meehan trying to help McCormack up. A scuffle broke out as Meehan tried to block McCormack and determine if he was an operative of a rival campaign.
Here’s the screencap:
Now, watch the video of what happened and view the photo – which shows Martha Coakley witnessing what happened. Does that look like a “stumble” or a “fall” to you?
McCormack’s account of what happened is here.
Of course, the DSCC is calling the video a “dirty trick” – implying that McCormack wasn’t shoved to the ground, but I wonder how both they and the AP will square away their ‘official statement’ on the matter with the fact that the staffer, Michael Meehan – an Obama appointee to the Broadcasting Board of Governors – actually did the right thing and called McCormack today to apologize?
If you’ve got a couple of minutes, please email the AP and ask them to correct their “reporting” of this incident.
What Does This All Mean for the Coakley campaign in terms of any potential negative impact? My prediction is not much, esp. amongst the diehard Dems in MA. But one thing that has been rather interesting about all this is the contrast between the reactions from the far left now versus how they went absolutely ape-sh*t when uber left wing nutcase Mike Stark was “attacked” by George Allen staffers for trying to get too close to the former Senator after a 2006 campaign stop – even though Stark himself had a notorious history of stalking and harassing politicians beyond the point of just being a “concerned citizen” and in spite of the fact that just a few minutes prior Stark shoved a man into a doorframe to get past him in order to follow George Allen to another part of the hotel they were both in so he could interrupt a press event in order to demand answers about sealed divorce records of Allen’s from 22 years ago. Stark was arrested shortly thereafter, but not before yelling out, “I’ll own this town.” To date, he still doesn’t own it.
Most of the far left’s reax to the Meehan/McCormack incident has been to mumble somthing about it being wrong, being thankful an apology was issued, and being desirous to move on. Fine by me, as I don’t think this incident – nor the Allen incident – were indications of who the candidates were and what they were all about but, again, it’s interesting to study the contrasts here as there have been no insinuations far and wide about how the incident shows that Coakley is unfit for the Senate, that it is a strong indication that Coakley doesn’t support free speech, etc – which is the exact opposite of what we heard from them after the George Allen dust-up was reported.
Then again, this is the far left we’re talking about here. Consistency isn’t exactly their strong point.
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Martha Coakley and her staff must be feeling the pressure of Scott Brown’s rising poll numbers, leading them to stupid knee-jerk, antsy behavior. I’m sure that her head
thuggoonaide DID intend to shove McCormack, but didn’t intend for him to fall onto the cold, hard pavement. Martha gazing at McCormack at the ground, doing ABSOLUTELY nothing, is the far bigger story here. Someone who claims she’ll bring change and action to the open Senate seat, working hard for the people of Massachusetts, yet, when a physical assault happens right before her eyes, she stands like a mannequin. She’s no Lassie, that’s for sure… she would’ve let poor little Timmy drown in the well. Empty, ideologue rhetoric… all talk and no tamale. I’d bet my favorite Beatles CD that Scott Brown would not only have immediately helped the reporter up, he would have insisted that he be checked out by a doctor, just to be sure there were no injuries.Let’s hope that more MA voters catch on to Coakley before the special election on Jan. 19. The polls are showing a steady drop for her and a steady rise for Brown.
And, for the record… the Taliban are alive and well and killing Americans in Afghanistan, Martha.
Glad an apology was finally issued by Meehan… I didn’t know that Democrats did that sort of decent thing anymore. Are pigs flying today?
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It would appear that the thug is a recent Obama appointee to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Well, what are you going to believe – a press release from those most ethical of all beings, Congressional Democrats – or your lying eyes?
So…if this was a Republican dirty trick, that means somehow the GOP got inside Meehan’s brain and forced him to shove the reporter. If that mind control technology is out there, then the GOP should have used it on the voters last November. Would’ve saved the country a whole truckload of trouble.
Or maybe the Dems want us to believe it was really George Bush, expertly disguised as Michael Meehan, who did this. Yeah, that’s gotta be it….it’s Bush’s fault!!
Fixed it for ya, ST. I mean, they are consistently wrong.
This will not have much effect on the “die-hard Dems in Ma. but it will have a major impact on the Independents; here’s why. The incident took place in Washington D.C. a week before the election while her opponent was humping around in his pickup truck and doing cell phone interviews on the way. She was surrounded by special interest big money people. She fumbled the ball dealing with it afterwards, she said she wasn’t “privy” to information with regards to the incident yet we see on the tape she knew what happened and could have offered help. She totally ignored the guy’s question (Do you stand by your previous statement?) Instead of answering “yes” or “no” she ignored him and asks if “there any other questions” showing that she’s not open to answering legitimate questions NOW, when she’s the top law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth. What’s she going to be like if she gets elected? Her snobbish elitist condescension for the unclean masses and opposing views is apparent. Her stances on Health Care and the war is so out of touch with Independents and the common folk that only a fraudulent election will result in her victory… and that’s a real concern for us Mass. residents.
Yes, Dave B, as with any state with even a hint of blue MA needs to be concerned that, even if the real, legitimate voters of the state gave their favorite jennyass a majority the election will be tainted by union thugs, ACORNs, SEIU, NEA, the homeless and the graveyard vote.
And MD: Great headlines!
Where is the outrage? Are all citizens of Massachusetts zombies? They pay taxes, too! I suppose it is too much to expect people to start paying attention to all the corruption in the government and vote to stop the current wave!
Where do you start, Brontefan? With the mayor or city council? Or county commissioners? Maybe state legislatures?
Most politicians come up through the ranks, but the pollution starts before they ever have that light bulb above their heads and decide to run, “as a public service.”
Heck, we got a whole jail full of better “public servants” than councilors, commissioners or legislators.