Former Tea Party Spokesman Arrested on Kidnapping, Rape Charges
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Michael Kobulnicky
Police in California arrested a former spokesman for the San Diego Tea Party on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a 56-year-old woman.
Michael Kobulnicky, 50, was arrested near his home Thursday afternoon, San Diego police told local NBC affiliate KNSD-TV, and was booked on felony charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and sex with a foreign object.
He remains in jail and will appear in court this week, the Los Angeles Times reported.
According to San Diego Fox affiliate KSWB-TV, Kobulnicky allegedly spotted the woman while he was driving and pulled over and asked if she wanted a ride home. She accepted the offer, but once they reached her home he allegedly kept going and drove to a nearby recreational area known as Fiesta Island. He then allegedly pulled her out of the vehicle and sexually assaulted her before driving off and leaving her behind.

Image source: KSWB-TV
The woman reported the alleged assault to the police, who released surveillance video to local news outlets. Using tips from the public, detectives identified Kobulnicky as the alleged assailant, San Diego Police Lt. Anastasia Smith told the station.
A statement from the San Diego Tea Party to KNSD said Kobulnicky has been on hiatus from the organization since January for personal reasons. He has been relieved from his duties for the duration of the legal proceedings.
“Our hearts and our thoughts go out to the victim,” the statement said.





















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Zcat
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:45pmWell—this is just great! They whole political world has gone nuts. What is wrong with people. I’m ticked at Santorum going out in left field again, i don’t ike Romney and i despise Obama.
I’m 100% sure Obama’s media will hit this hard and heavy, while the left continue to sail on by with their misdeeds and thier cohoorts ocuupy wallstreet.
When will the silent majority take a stand.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:02pmThere have been stories on the Blaze this weekend of an Obama supporter committing a crime as well as tea party member…..I wonder which one the mainstream media will report tomorrow and which one they wont mention.
Report Post »Simonne
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:06pmI am the silent majority but I’m a big Romney supporter. He’s a conservative, agree with him on most issues, & like the man he is. He is one class act & he’s not a whiner.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:43pm@SPOT_OF_TEA
And I wonder which one you and your butt buddies will discuss among yourselves, and which one you will conveniently forget.
Report Post »nick7
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 4:34pmGood post !! I’m sure that with another four years, THE BLAZE won’t exist. The “Silent Majority” will truly be silent and whining about “how did this happen”.
Report Post »Espada
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:31pmWhy didn’t the headline read “Blond 50-Year-Old Man Of Polish Descent At Least On His Father’s Side Who Lives In San Diego, California, Who Drives A Ford Sedan And Lives Near Fiesta Island Abducts Female?”
Why “Tea Party ?”
Report Post »whatsupdoc
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:15pmCan’t stop laughing…
Report Post »moonbat666
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:28amI’m pretty sure because nobody cares about the rest of it. The relevant part is that he was a member of a group of people who claim the “moral highground.” When that happens, others will seize on the opportunity to expose any hypocrisy.
Report Post »Infidel49
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:18pmCould this possibly be a setup? The info in the article was sketchy at best. What time of night was it? What sane woman would accept a ride from a total stranger in this day and age? Need more info and background on the vic to be sure. Does the vic have a criminal record? Not blaming the vic here, just want to know the answers to these questions.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:28pmHave you called your Congressman? It nay be too late. Th Marxist has won and only needs a spark…Forget this idiotic story. The Nation is now under Communist rule….
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Report Post »PaxInVeritate
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:51pmWhile I agree with your statement about the Marxist agenda BADDOGGY, any story about rape is not an “idiotic story”. Particularly when it can be used to discredit and deride the tea party movement. Pray for all involved, that they can respond to the Graces of God for healing.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:08pmTo early to tell….I don’t recall anyone in the tea party saying they were perfect, If you do a side by side comparison who wins the Suck award…..I think the stats speak for themselves..
Report Post »http://delamagente.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/tea-party-vs-ows-the-differences/
abbygirl1994
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:13pmWe HAVE to get this President out of office in November!! ASAP!! Lord help us!
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:23pmThe Lord is going to help. The Prophets of old said to a particular people “Don’t leave yourself no where to go.” That means don’t leave yourself with all the earth filled up with men with no one who lives in Liberty and who has a full grasp on the spiritual earth and Heaven. Right now there is no place for that spirit to go dwell, and therefore when the few people in the earth die who have that beloved land in their heart, then the entire globe will be driven out of their minds until a good piece of land is clear to be in Liberty for their soul to once again dwell. And that’s a Biblical truth.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:30pmYou see Abraham was the soul of a Man, and the Lord gave him a peoples (the Lord gave him Ham), but if there had been no [ dry ground ] of people’s spirit for Abraham to have been married to, then the globe would have been filled with Chaos.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:35pmAnd I can tell you right now, that the earth is void and without form. There is no place for the spirit of “Man” to go, and therefore when the U.S falls into desolation, the world will be ripped apart.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:06pmMoreover, the world is going to be Baptized in the waters of the Lord whether you ask for it or not. Because it is written that I am reaps even where it hasn’t been sown.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:15pmAnd then all the people who have called me insane, and all the people who would think it, the little bad pieces of bread they have to offer are going to gathered into a hand-basket and carried to hell where they belong. You know, the opposite thing which Jesus showed you all with his breaking of the loaves of bread.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:20pmThe Lord won’t hear your plea Abbeygirl, because he’s already decided to support Obama.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:49pmWell too bad, not going to happen. The Tea Party threw such a big wrench into the Republican Party that now you have no shot, and it should have been fairly easy to defeat Obama. Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:08pmThe progressive machine has and will continue to place their provateurs among the sane in society until they are told to unleash themselves la arlen spector. The learned from hitler, castro,stalin, che ,pol pot etc.. ther heroes.. only the sane understand.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:59amSo .. we can assume that all these primaries are for naught … he is setting up a takeover of the country …
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:47pm@CatB
*********, I mean Beckheads, have been saying this since the moment he took office, and yet it hasn’t happened. Get a new line.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:51pmJust to clarify, this comment was a response to CatB’s comment “So .. we can assume that all these primaries are for naught … he is setting up a takeover of the country …”. Also, the asterisks are censoring a word that rhymes with thickheads.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:58amWell this only proves that sexual deviants can infect any group. This is one out of how Tea Party members, where OWS had how many in a group of 100. If I were the Tea Party in San Diego, I would cancel his membership period. If he is found innocent, then let him reapply.
What purpose would this woman lie? He picked her up, gave her a ride. He knows where she lives and if released could return. I think it is time for a thorough background check on any spokes person for the Tea Party. You don’t have to conduct for everyone, just officers and spokes person.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:57amForeign object, Was it Mexican
Report Post »Breaking News
Americans,in the thousands,crossing mexican border
To fill up gas tank…and free gift
Dime bag.with fillup…
abbygirl1994
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:57amIf it is true, than good, he is where he should be.. if it is not true.. than what next! They don’t think they can arrest every Tea Partier do they. How about the ones who consider themselves on the side of the Tea Party but have never been able to go and do because of finances etc.
Report Post »ConservativesLie
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:19pmThat’s right Abby, we’re coming for you next!! haha!!!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:56amBAD: have alerted my local Lefty paper. Will be interesting/ amazing to see if they do anything…
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:53amhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
aj called this bs years ago. named names….while the bs media ignored it.
http://www.infowars.com/martial-law-obama-issues-executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness/
Report Post »netmail
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:53amAs a ship sinks, one of the final thoughts those aboard have is: ‘SAVE YOURSELF’. At some point, most find that they can’t. I think we’re just about there.
Those who oppose Obama and liberalism are not fighting him or his policies nearly hard enough. We’re going down…if not by Obama and his ilk, by our very own children. Bring it to my door and all I can promise is that I will NEVER bow down. NEVER!!
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:51amWe don’t have his side of the story yet.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:49amit’s obvious…get ready for martial law and indefinite suspension of elections…or the attempt…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:06pmYes .. and the MSM will run with this story … and IGNORE the Executive Order issued on Friday.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:20pmDoes this mean they can trump or suspend the
Report Post »“Posse Comitatus Act” …?
And so it begins… The beginning of the end.
nick7
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 4:31pmRight you are !! Another four years will see more than these. I wonder what the whine from CATPBJ will be when he/she is stomped on ?
Report Post »moonbat666
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:32amI remember reading this same martial law ******** when we had W as president. Wake up people. They are all against us. We are doomed if we don’t unite.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:46amhaving read “chairman ocommies” EO…it appears as though we’ve had a coup…actually I think it took place 11/04/08…that day shuttered my buss. and CIF= Cash in FIST…UOG= Until ocommie GONE…I’ve saved or created $80,000 in NOT PAYING taxes and certainly had ZERO stress…
Report Post »mpierce
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:45amBad news for the tea party. Hopefully this will not get out of hand on the liberal media.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:50amDon’t hold your breath on that hope….
Report Post »SHOOTnCRASH
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:52amWhy is it bad news for the tea party? In any large group of people there are pieces of crap like this.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:47pmAnd yet GB’s Blaze is the only place I have seen or heard this. Why worry about the liberal media when GB exploited see these stories. Bet the Five on Faux highlights it Monday.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:41amif this man did this he needs to be sent directly to hell with a swift bullet to the groin and one to the head. this should be standard practice for convicted sex offenders in our country it would avoid all that pesky reoffending.
Report Post »Neo Con John
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:51amRight there with you Horse, but rather one to the head, a second to the groin because if he did do it he needs to remember the pain and damage for the rest of his life just as the victim will.
Report Post »If he did do this horrible thing.
freedomnetworker
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:38amI bet the media shouts this from the rooftops… while they ignore all of the deaths and deifications of the occupy movement
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:37amfluke the people if they do not like infowars.
aj called this bs years ago…while the bs media ignored it.
http://www.infowars.com/martial-law-obama-issues-executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness/
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:56amBeck is Second only to Alex Jones in lying and using fear and paranoia as a business model and product to sell the ignorant followers.
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:26pm*cough* BULLS$IT, selling of liberty, and our Constitution was made in part by…. YOU guessed in Johnny
LIBTARTTS
Report Post »ThankYouFounders
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:29pmEncinmom,
Please post several examples of these purported lies.
Thank you.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:35amDid you call your Congressman??
Do you even care about this that was dumped on us on Friday?
Patriots stand up!!!
We are a full blown Communist nation now!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the link.. Read it and weep! Time for the revolution is upon us!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:43amwow thanks for the info absolutely nuts I wonder often where did our country go and what am I leaving my child with just scary.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:46amThat’s alright, Freedom is the only thing of value, and everything that has value – money, silver, and gold will slowly burn up, and then the government will burn up. It was even only the Liberty which was in the U.S that gave the Soviet Union the little bit of life that it had. There is still no Liberty anywhere else in the earth, and money around the globe is ruined, therefore a Communism in the U.S will quickly set the world on fire.
Report Post »13axes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:48amBD-I get the real news from infowars{many do not like aj,i do and i would trust him with my kids lives over the deciever obama,and aj is hilarious and usually correct),this is the biggest story in 3 1/2 years and not one main stream media outlet will cover this,is the blaze being taken over by obama supporters?
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:53amafter your link i am browsing the white house website it looks to be 1 giant advertisement for his reelection i wonder what the laws are regarding that
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:53amAnd the Continent of Antarctica doesn’t count as a land Liberty, because I know what they are thinking. But there is no spirit of Antarctica.
Report Post »13axes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:58am@Itsjusttim you are the dumbest person i have ever read on the blaze,i actually would rather read ensencommieman or libturdmarine’s comments than yours,are you freakin insane
Report Post »drago
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:03pm@baddoggy.
Report Post »If its revolution you want, then get it started,ive seen you say that before, yet have seen no news of it, either here, in Austin, or Houston.It never ceases to amaze me how people like you mouth off, yet never do a thing you say you will.My guess is, if there was martial law called for by odumbo, you would cower in your bathroom til they drug your ass out.Lets be clear,this is NOT russia,china or 1939 Germany,in America,legal gun owners alone far out number our standing army,making it a futile atempt to take this nation by force from our own military,Besides, i gaurentee,not all military presonel will obey an order from the commie in chief, to take American cities by force……So, my question to you is, if your such a billy badassdoggy, then get the party started,or stfu…..
Jenny Lind
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:08pmI just read it-will look forward to listening to glenn, if we do not vote tis man out we are so very screwed.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:09pmdrago,
you are either ignorant or a plant.
is on drudge, and many other sites.
is on the dam govt website
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:11pmBaddoggy
Report Post »Congress may as well go home he has made himself a dictator.
Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:20pm@ Drago…I am more in the forefront than you ever will know. I will protect a @ussy like you. I will be one of the first to be on the front lines and i guarantee you that it is lining up. You think I am stupid enough just to step out on my own? hell no. I am waiting until we have no choice but to fight. No choice is very very close. Do you understand saving your powder? Of course you dont. I am a blind veteran. I will still fight. You will cower in fear…You are to stupid to even know what is going on.. You think your name calling is going to chnage my plans? Think again you big @ussy. I guarantee you that it will be you cowering in your bathroom, not me.
BTW….I may be the first to die…and i will do so proudly. What say you fool?
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:30pmBaddoggy
Report Post »Congress may as well go home he has made himself a dictator.
Howyinthehills
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:27pmWelcome to the Facist American Nation not communist.
Many sources fail in their definitions of national government so I will give you my take.
Communism: The state owns and controls all.
Socialism: The state owns and controls major social conglomerates (business, military & political)
Facism: The state owns & controls military and political entities. It also controls all businesses it deems esential to its purposes but leave the nominal ownership in private hands.
Anarchy: No government whatsoever, mob rule.
Facism seems to best describe the purpose of the above executive order.
Now the national defense is a Constitutionaly mandated function of our Government. This does not give the government an open door to trample on other rights listed in the constitution. Although the last has happened before in our history i.e. the draft. The Interstate Highway system was justified for military purposes, but has long ago exceeded that mandate.
This is an election issue, but only regarding O‘bama’s continuing collectivist agenda. Most of the electorate will be concerned with jobs, gas prices and such, much as they were in Hitlers rise to power. Philosophical issues, unfortunately, don’t concern most voters.
Report Post »Howyinthehills
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:37pmJust an addendum, I had forgotten what the topic of this thread was.
Report Post »The label we put on a person i.e. Christian, Tea Party supporter, Atheist, Democrat, Republican tells us little about them. If each person is viewed as a tree, judge the tree by its fruit. S.E. Cupp is an atheist, but she is certainly a very moral person. Glen is a Christian and is also a very moral person. O’bama is a Christian, need I say more.
UnreconstructedLibertarian
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:05amSec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in times of national emergency. …
Well, this new order just about sums it up. I’m sure NDAA will be amended to include this new “in peacetime” language.
Folks, if you haven’t read that order in its entirety – we just went Commie and have skipped any pretense of socialism.
And we have none other than ol Abe to thank for these “extraordinary powers” of executive decree. Doesn’t matter, its ironicly comical that a Socialist enabler decreed the first Executive order – and an outrght Communist has delivered what may be the last.
Now I know how my ancestors really felt, first in 1776 – then again in 1861.
Reckon Beck will rant about this on Monday? I can’t wait for his new book entitled, “Being Robert E. Lee”.
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 11:35am@ Baddoggy
Many who read this EO will see it as Communism. It is not. It is Fascism. When the government owns all businesses, that is communism.. In this EO, the government CONTROLs all business. It is pure Fascism.
Fascism, like all other forms of socialism, requires governmental force to implement (read dictate).
This is not preparedness; it is anti-freedom.
Vote this guy out. Vote his crony Congressmen and Senators out along with him, or what little freedom we have left will be stolen immediately after the election.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:46amThat’s just a minor revision of the executive order on National Defense Resources Preparedness signed by President Clinton, which was just a minor revision of the executive order on National Defense Resources Preparedness signed by President Reagan, and so on back to the first executive order on National Defense Resources Preparedness signed by FDR in 1939. If you don’t believe me, just look up the Clinton and Reagan executive orders which are revoked in section 803. In other words, this is a normal part of every President’s job that just seems sinister to paranoids who see everything that President Obama does part of some vast and overarching evil conspiracy.
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:44pm@ Chet Hempstead
Regardless of this EO’s genealogy, it’s still fascism.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:32amBTW they did this on a Friday so the meia would not pick up on it.
They did not count on Patriots screaming their heads off…
So Why the hell arent you screaming about it. call the White House and your representatives…Call the news media. They get enough calls and they will listen maybe. This is a complete takeove of our way of life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:32am…but they won‘t say a word about Obama’s “EO” from this past weekend.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:28amhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Here is the link to the executive order…We are now a Communist Nation.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:05pmNo we are not!!! Not if the cops and the armed forces turn the guns in the right direction.
Report Post »Not if the cops and the armed forces STOP ENABLING THEM.
barber2
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:22amJust what conservatives did not need. The Left will have a field day with this item.
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:26amYup. This will be the main story for weeks on MSNBC
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:28amYes .. while they ignore OWS this they will go wild over.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:31amYeah assuming he did it, but I have my doubts.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:45amNice distraction for the latest released on a Friday executive order ??
Report Post »13axes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:19amHere is the real news the lame stream media outlets refuses to print OBAMA ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER: NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS http://www.infowars.com/new-obama-executive-order-seizes-u-s-infrastructure-and-citizens-for-military-preparedness/
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:25amYeah I seen that. Post the actual order, otherwise they won‘t look at because it’s an infowars piece. It’s kind of important people. I can‘t believe the Blaze hasn’t picked it up.
Anyway, here’s the order from the WH.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Report Post »13axes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:29amhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:32pmA lot of this is common sense, but the most troubling for me is this part: Where the government and put government equipment in privately owned businesses. it also allows all his agencies to contract for loans with private institutions? Doesn’t this bypass Congress? Surely, we can strike down an executive order right?
Sec. 308. Government-Owned Equipment. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to:
(a) procure and install additional equipment, facilities, processes, or improvements to plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by the Federal Government and to procure and install Government owned equipment in plants, factories, or other industrial facilities owned by private persons;
(b) provide for the modification or expansion of privately owned facilities, including the modification or improvement of production processes, when taking actions under sections 301, 302, or 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, 2093; and
(c) sell or otherwise transfer equipment owned by the Federal Government and installed under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to the owners of such plants, factories, or other industrial facilities.
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