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Angle Accusation: Opponents Staged the Fight at Town Hall Meeting

The fracas in Vegas seemed to be just another chapter in an already colorful Nevada senate race. But now Sharon Angle is charging collusion if not conspiracy. She talked to radio host Jerry Doyle about the infamous episode:

Angle called the whole thing a Saul Alinsky tactic by her opponents (though she doesn’t cite Sen. Reid specifically), and argues that the people fighting were intending to distract media attention away from her platform views. “You don’t want the news to talk about the debate,” she explained, “… they staged a fight. It’s the way I felt that it was going and there were two women that were actually looking for a fight.”

(via Mediaite)

In case you missed it — you can see the conflict here.

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  • David Foxfire
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:37pm

    Hey hey hey, if we’re going to have fights in these town halls, we need to make them official. Bring in the Octagon, put Big John McCarthy in there as the ref and Mike and Joe at the sidelines. Three Five Minute Rounds. The whole nine yards.

    Fox News MMA for the win.

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  • aesaac
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:28pm

    they were both wearing the same striped shirt.

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  • PaleRyder
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:11pm

    The whole problem is that everyone in the nation,for that matter the planet,knows the dems will stoop to anything to try deceive the electorate. They don’t have to worry about their own goatherd. They are so mind-numbingly ignorant the left has to fact check saturday night live for them. Does anyone really think for a minute that this is NOT a level low enough for the likes of harry and his hate-America human debris dem buds to stoop to?? The ONLY jobs the dems are concerned about are the ones they have on the tax payer gravy train. Drain the swamp for these lowlifes and send them packing. Then renig on their pensions and any other contracts they seem to think they have. They set the precedent for invalidating contracts so lets turn it right back on them. November is Coming!!!!

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  • debak
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:07pm

    There’s no need to wait for anything to be proven. We know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, because we have seen these same tactics applied for the past few years. We have seen them througout the Obama campain and everyday since. Soros has an army of paid thugs on his long leash and all he has to do is to yank their chains and they come running, scripts in hand. I would shudder to actually think Nevada has such ignorant, rude and intolerant citizens, then again, the MOB is in full force out there.

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  • davecoolworld
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:04pm

    Of course, it is plausible that the fight was not actually staged but, provoked. Either way, it fits the revolutionary’s mold. If it actually comes to a real fight, which I believe we are heading, the progressives don’t have the real true grit to stand up to the rest of us. They lack the guts, heart and they are in the minority. They will lose a real blood fight. They are on the wrong side of the will of real Americans, and will literally die if push comes to shove. All of them! I thought they were all pacifists anyway…isn’t that what they profess?
    It is only a distraction because the merits of a farcical debate where one party is pre-recorded and not in attendance shows the lack of guts to face his opponent. Perhaps Reid knew what was to happen and did not want to break a nail. Some boxer, huh?

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    • Flannery
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:45pm

      Please, no blood or threats of blood. Remember Dr. King.

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    • davecoolworld
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:57pm

      Flannery, I am not in disagreement with your sentiment however, one must face the possibilty that things do not work out the way that we hope. Remember hope? We should all remember hoping that we got the toy we wanted when we were children for the holidays. You see, hope is for children…action is for adults. The Jews hoped that they wouldn’t be killed if they just room a shower in 1944. I remember Dr. King’s, who was Republican, message…but, he was shot. Hope for the best…plan for the worst. I simply believe we are in for a tough ride if we do not take our country back. I bet people had hope that the 1st American Revolution did not turn violent.

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  • C. Schwehr
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:28pm

    And according to reports, this incident is perfectly logical when you consider that Reid had to have had prior knowledge a union staged “riot” was going to happen…thus the recorded message instead of an in-person debate. Reid didn’t want to endanger himself by exposing himself to a potentially violent situation….perfectly ok for his opponent to be possibly endangered, but protect the elite at all costs!

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  • GlennBeckIsADemagogue
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:19pm

    Is this the same Sharron Angle that called a press conference, then ran away when the reporters started asking questions? Or maybe the same Sharron Angle who only gives interviews to those who have “earned” the right (give her the questions in advance)?

    People, why would you support such an ignorant woman? Anyone can wave a flag and say I believe in the constitution (including democrats, believe it or not). Is this the best you can do in Nevada? And don‘t get me started on Christine O’Donnell. I’m not sure who is the bigger joke, O Donnell or Palin.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:24pm

      The answer is……..it’s progressive trolls such as yourself who add nothing to the debate.

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    • johnbostick
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:37pm

      see you at the polls

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    • ihveit
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:52pm

      as to the biggest dope, you left one name off the list.. yours should have been first
      will

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    • everythinguknowiswrong
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:06pm

      I wish i could have been there, but between the NASCAR race and the WWF smackdown, i was tied up.

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    • chickenwing
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 1:51pm

      Demagogue, I think you are confusing Angle with Obama, who can’t answer questions without his teleprompter, or his answers have nothing to do with the question, or who doesn’t give interviews with people who disagree with him. Then there is Dirty Harry, who, videotaped his appearance…..why? hmmmm….did he know what happened was going to happen? did he know that, if he were there, he would probably take some heat from people who don’t agree with him? Or was it, he didn’t have time or any desire to be there in person and look his constituents in the eye, and tell them, awww, you little people, you just don’t know what is good for you, you just go live your lives, don’t pay attenetion or worry about what we (the government) are doing, we know whats best, so hush now, and pay your taxes.
      Fact of the matter is, these dirty, corrupt, egotistical, power-hungry career politicians need to go…“Out with the old” November is coming!!! Say bye, bye!!

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    • NukeHaze
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:48pm

      Demagogue: your name alone shows you did not even bother to read the whole definition of the word.

      Harry Reid calling another politician his “pet” and the remark about stereotyping Latin voters should have been enough for you to see him as a joke but I guess there are none so blind as those who will not see. Those remarks sure would have lambasted the Republicans by your left wing brain washing establishment, err, I meant the public schools and media run by Ted Turner (and yes, Hanoi Jane Fonda) as well as the rest of their ilk and teachers unions.

      Truth is that Reid inserts foot in mouth more than Biden. (well, not quite THAT much)

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  • nevadapat
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:14pm

    Harry Reid is scum and so are his tactics………

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  • fritobandito24
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:48pm

    First off, let’s stop and think about this. We are talking about the fight and our attention has completely ignored the fact that “Dirty Harry” didn’t even come to the debate LIVE. He taped his statement and I’m fairly sure is glad this happened. Now nobody is talking about his “no show” but the fight instead.

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  • 2gether
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:43pm

    I wasn’t aware of the fact that the sun spins…other than that, this doesn’t seem to be anything different than what our dear friend Andrew so eloquently dispursed in Chicago by shining the light of truth on each and everyone of them. Nov 2 can’t come soon enough

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  • cheezwhiz
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:20pm

    Reid’s thugs threaten to kill Andrew Breitbart
    and throw eggs @ TEA partiers,
    yell obscenities and get paid to do so.
    But violence and beating up people ?
    No way, they wouldn’t do such a thing !
    /sarc

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  • NoMarxist
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:19pm

    Can I add an ammendment to the “Pledge to America”? I propose that all union memebers pay an additional 20% income tax until all tax money which has been funneled to unions by the Democrats, has been repaid back to the taxpayers. Of course you would be exempt if you quit the union.

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  • ensemble
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:03pm

    I think that there could be something to the allegation of staging an incident. Months ago, Nashville TN had a tea party rally and some dihonest lib infiltrators brought racist signs. The first story ran by The Tennessean newspaper was a focus on the signs and condemning the tea party. The infiltrators were escorted out and the next day it was shown that they were student liberal agitators. Of course, the newspaper printed that on page 14-ish, when the false accusations to tea party ralliers got page one. If you have to lie in order to make your point, there is probably something wrong with your point. We are onto you dishonest people.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:57pm

    I find it a bit strange that if that woman was punched a few times she didn’t file charges with the police. I think that we are going to see more things like this happening as the election draws closer, and I think allot of it will be started by the union members judging from the things that they have done in the past.

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  • alcarfl
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:44pm

    Was anybody arrested? Were the two women hospitalized? Did any serious media person interview the older couple? Were the names of the “victims” published in any legitamate news publication? I surmise all were white folks, since Jessie the Jerk and Al the Race Card Player weren’t on the scene.
    What a country.

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  • Honest Abe
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:22pm

    If you can’t win on the issues. Start slinging mud. Rules for Radicals. Do the math. Who is always claiming the tea party is violent. The violent left. I am not surprised at all.

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  • lobster
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:20pm

    The Angle opponents caused the fracus? Nearly every dustup in the country is started by “liberals”. From at least John Wilkes Booth and to the present.

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  • Contrarianthinker
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:09pm

    Lesson to learn? Glenn says it best. Don’t hit back. Be peaceful. But hey what does Glenn know???

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    • jcatlanta
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:36pm

      Considering you are just a paid activist here, why don’t you just leave. I will pray for you though that God will open your eyes.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:36pm

      Obviously, more than yourself Mr. ContraryThinker. You add nothing constructive to the discussion here except muddy the waters here…your intent. Find something else constructive to do.

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    • FiveFreedoms
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:31pm

      Contrarianthinker and others highlight the need to eradicate unions if they do not stop conducting events with intimidation and organized violence.

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  • CaptainSpaulding
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:03pm

    When I first read/saw the report, I couldn’t help but think of the SEIU.

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    • BoilitDown
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:20pm

      It certainly does fit the pattern of the tactics advocated by unoin and community organizers.

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  • AMERICA4EVER
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:41pm

    The dems said that this was the plan.

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  • ArmyNavyMom
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:36pm

    When this story first broke I saw a “slide show” of photographs taken by someone sitting in the section in front of these people. The first picture was actually taken before the women even moved and then subsequently throughout the incident. My first thought when I saw these pictures was “How did the photographer know to focus on these people before anything even started happening?” I‘m just sayin’…

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    • jcatlanta
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:35pm

      Sounds like they were causing problems the whole time.

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:57pm

      interesting insight. I think we will see a lot more of this kinda thing. Remember…non violence. They want violence.

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  • LadybugsTX
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:24pm

    According to some of my fellow Vegans who were there this is what happened. In one row, Angle supporters were setting on the left side, Reid supporters on the right. The same group of folks who heckled Angle during her entire 30 minutes were the folks involved in the scuffle. When Angle was giving her closing remarks, this group stood up to leave. Instead of moving out to the aisle on their side, the opted to move out to the opposite aisle thereby having to cross in front of the Angle supporters. The elderly gentleman in question and his wife stood up to block them (bad idea) from leaving. Woman #1 kicked the wife and shoved her down in her seat, when the elderly gentleman reproached her she reached out to shove him and slap him. He blocked. She then tried a second time at which point he grabbed her arm. When he did that, Woman #2 jumped in and started pushing, shoving and hitting him. That’s when he started punching them in the face. If it were me, I gotta say, I’d do the same. Of course when the LSM arrived they immediately interviewed the hulking women who went right into victim mode and claimed they were defending themselves. Got to love the old man. When asked why he punched the women in the face he replied “Because I didn’t have a baseball bat.” Rumour is SEIU was bussed in. I’ve no doubt as the SEIU is BIG here in Vegas

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    • LadybugsTX
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:44pm

      All I know is this. My Father, a staunch Democrat and union man wouldn’t have hit back when they hit him, but if they kicked and shoved my Mother? It would have been “ON LIKE DONKEY KONG” to use a cliche.

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    • jcatlanta
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:34pm

      Thanks for your account. I have to say the same thing as LadybugsTX. If someone tried to start something with me, I‘d wouldn’t bite, but if they hit my wife or child, you might as well send the ambulance because they are gonna need it.

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    • FiveFreedoms
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:27pm

      The unions have to go. They are very similar to organized crime.

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    • Concerned Patriot in LV
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 12:30am

      I was sitting just behind the elderly couple that were involved in the incident. With about 3 minutes to go, while Mrs. Angle was giving her closing remarks, the Reid crowd (my wife suggests that they were indeed an rent-a-mob) rose IN UNISON, as if on cue, began walking out while hooting and hollering. There were two younger “ladies” seated in the center of the row who decided the prudent course of action would be to climb over an elderly couple rather than take an unimpeded route to the exit on the other side. The elderly couple (I would guess in their 70′s) pushed the first girl (20‘s or early 30’s) off of them as she literally climbed on them. The response of the younger girl’s friend (again, 20′s-30′s) was to begin punching the elderly woman in the face multiple times. This prompted another Reid supporter, a male who appeared to be around 50, to join in in attacking the elderly woman, striking her in the face several times before he could be pulled away.

      There was no lack of boorish behavior on either side, but based upon what I witnessed both outside and inside the Chapel, I fully believe that these were people sent by the Reid campaign to be disruptive, and were not discouraged from violent behavior by their feckless leaders…

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  • conservativeme
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:23pm

    Why would I NOT be surprised if this were true. We also have liberal bloggers making up “affair” stories on Boehner. “Catching Boehner with a mistress is the only way to destroy him politically before the election,” a source said.

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    • Jacamina
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:45pm

      Heard the same thing Conservativeme… It’s their last line of attack to make Boehner into the bad guy! They are using their handbook to the tee…The Ends Justify the Means (Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals).

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    • NukeHaze
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:43pm

      The left thinks that just because they are guilty of those things then the right is as well, obviously. They do not have the same moral standards and therefore are the ones who are more typically found doing what we call questionable, to say the least, adulterous activities. Whoever is best at sleight of hand and throws the mud first is usually the one believed. We need to not be falling over ourselves trying to destroy our own candidates realizing that whatever ammunition is used during primaries, will continue to be useful in the generals. We do need to be very concerned with truth and integrity. Things that the Boy Scouts have taught for years but not enough have learned them to be truly useful and even essential tools for life. I don’t know of a specific equivalent for women but the Scout Law is a great one that everyone could live by. Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Of course this was developed under a nation that believed in God and accountability so that organization naturally comes under attack by the left.

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  • dheard
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:15pm

    FIRST (had to do it)!
    gotta say it wouldn’t surprise me. i reserve judgment until all the facts come in. remember the report about the “fight” between a tea party activist and a pro healthcare reformer where one of the dudes got their finger bitten off. the media made it seem like the tea partier was the perp, but it actually turned out to be the lib/progressive. wait till all the facts come in…

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    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:06pm

      Heard, you’re talking to the wrong people because the folks here are like the Pavlovian dog.. react. To ask them to be rational and wiat until the facts are in, is like asking that the sun stop its rotation.

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    • Larry Sheldon
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:06pm

      Let’s see. We have the Pavlovian “FIRST”. The we have somebody trying to belittle us because we won’t wiat. What ever that turns out to mean.

      But in the bigger picture, we have Rory’s daddy (yeah, have my doubts too. Maybe Rory knows something about that but doesn’t want to embarrass a lady. speaking to a quiet and apparently respectful crowd (we now know that some of them are on the payroll).

      The we have MS Angle trying to get her turn, and the thugs break the place up.

      What else is there to know–it’s all out of the Alinsky book.

      Rory’s nominal daddy is afraid to show his face in Nevada–maybe we can do the same for DC.

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    • LadyIzShy
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:11pm

      I agree lets wait and see what the facts are.. frankly either way its wrong of them to fight or pretend to fight..

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    • aeronut44
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:17pm

      Contrariant, I guess instead of saying our opinion about what we think happened we should just call a press conference and say “The liberals acted stupidly!”…..Hmmmm That seems strangely familiar. I guess the left is the only ones that can give an opinion.

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    • SteveSD
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 1:08am

      Contrarian, If you had bothered to check my original post on the original thread, you’d see that, at least as far as this particular ‘folk’ is concerned, I urged patience from the very first report, so obviously, your statement is misleading and factually incorrect.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:14pm

    Please let me know when the next Town Hall meeting will be. Should I bring Jello or make a mud pit?

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    • milleranch
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:21pm

      No no no Baby Oil

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    • Chris G
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:51pm

      How about dunk them in flour & look for the wet spot, LOL

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:59pm

      What would our forefathers do? TAR-AND-FEATHERS !!

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    • C W Leffel
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:36pm

      As much as I appreciate the desire to express oneself with a good punch, heck I’m a native Texan, but violence it is NOT the answer. Doctor King had it right.

      If you repay evil with evil how are you any better than they are?

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:23pm

      I prefer coleslaw myself….it’s very popular at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Rally. Should be a real winner for the unionista broads in Nevada!

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    • H2OBoardem
      Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:29pm

      And it took you how long to figure out that this was a Prog-stagged incident.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on September 26, 2010 at 9:31am

      There is ample historical evidence for this type of activity, both Hitler and Mussolini used force to disrupt their opponents. If the goal is tyranny, expect the “Wannabe Tyrant” to ues force and lies.
      Those tactics will not be effective here! http://commonsense21c.com/

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