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Head Stomping Paul Supporter Apologizes for Scuffle With Liberal Activist

Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:42pm by Meredith Jessup
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Rand Paul supporter is apologizing after he was seen on video stepping on a liberal activist’s head.

Tim Profitt, a volunteer with the Republican’s U.S. Senate campaign, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the camera angle made the scuffle Monday night appear worse that it was. He criticized police for not stepping in and says other supporters warned authorities about the activist.

Lauren Valle, a 23-year-old with the group MoveOn.org, was wrestled to the ground by Paul supporters when she tried to confront the tea party favorite with a fake award. Valle said Tuesday she was sore and swollen.

The Paul campaign cut ties with Profitt, removing him from his role as Bourbon County campaign coordinator and banning him from campaign events.

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CrustyOldGeezer
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:01pm
First, she should have acted in a normal, intelligent, COURTEOUS manner. But she/it is a progressive and normality is not their strong suit.

Second, it was a staged attack on M.r Paul and designed specifically for the TV cameras in the hands of her/its accomplices.

Third, the locals need to start replacing their ‘police department’ with Officers that UNDERSTAND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

It IS their job to ensure the safety of all persons when a suspicious person acts in a manner that would indicate a possible CRIMINAL action.
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ecsecs1
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:00pm
Its ridicules that this is a big story…
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calebgs83
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:54pm
Liberal “ACTIVIST” is a misnomer…their behavior and tactics are much more similar to the “BROWN SHIRTS.” (voter fraud, violence, infiltrating opposition rallies…)
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K Harlan
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:49pm
First, I agree that there was no reason or excuse for any action once this person was under control, much less on the ground. That’s a clear violation of the man code, son. John Wayne would not do that.

That said, what this guy did wasn’t particularly rough. It looked more like an expression of disgust. What I saw was that he put his foot on her shoulder, not her head, and push down. No kick, no stomp.
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- blacksmith
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:04pm
  You are correct dad. John Wayne would have shot her.
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LadyIzShy
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:48pm
he should NOT have stepped on ANYONES head once the person was on the ground they had to keep them there and wait for the cops.. NOT take it ruther.

Good for Rand to distance himself from this we do NOT need to be violet.. yes the heat of the moment probably got to him but we MUST be better than this
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blacksmith
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:46pm
Look at the tape of Oswald being killed by Ruby. A person rushing a political candidate or any person is not a very good plan no matter what your intent. From the short video the person appears to be what is known as an “unknown”. I would not risk a candidates life or my life by waiting for the unknown to become known. At this time she is probably not filing charges because she was in the process of duing what no normal person would do. The foot on someones back is a technique used to hold someone to the ground, hard for them to get up and continue an attack. Not even close to the SEIU in Mossouri.
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emmanuel Goldstein
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:45pm
Ummmm, he had his foot on the back, not the head. The text is incorrect for this story.
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TPaine
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:44pm
That was no woman, that was a MoveOn moron. NO, she didn’t deserve to be stomped, and no, that’s not the way WE do things at our rallies. But this is going to get worse, as these idiots try to infiltrate and start something at more and more of these events. This activist knew what she was doing, knew what might happen, and deliberately tried her stunt. I’m just glad that she never got to Rand.

Good security!
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pistol
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:43pm
You most definetly should be ashamed of yourself. As I said, don’t be like the left. The right has way more class.
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janedough1
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:36pm
Shepherd Smith, are you going to join in the rush to lynch this man without the facts. Seriously? Do you remember what happened to Bobby Kennedy while he was campaigning? If someone in a crowd rushes your candidate, and you have a split second to decide if this person is a threat, what would you do?

There was a large Teamsters presence at this debate, and they weren’t contributing to calm. There were sixty or seventy of them beating drums and shouting with megaphones. Brietbart would have had a great time with them. I did not have a camera with me, and that is the last time I’m getting caught flatfooted. I will carry a camera to every rally and to my polling place and document what I see. I’d heard several people in the crowd complaining about a woman following them back and forth to their cars, and I’d just about lay money that this was the woman.

Now, put yourself in the place of this man. You are in a crowd to support your candidate, and a woman charges you on the way to your candidate. You have a split second, in that environment, to stop her. You may not even be aware that its a woman and not a man. What do you do? Yes, he may have over reacted a bit, but there was no second blow. He caught himself. It isn’t like he beat the living daylights out of her. In a very intense situation, he put a toe over the line. What the heck would you have done differently?

This woman is all over the internet. She’s been getting herself arrested all over the world. This was designed to make us look like a bunch of violent, thoughtless rednecks. That is how the elitist left thinks of us, and that is what they set out to get on camera. How about reporting the whole story?
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:49pm
  http://www.basilandspice.com/living-green/greenpeace-confronts-oil-industry-5252010.html
  Here she is again… http://www.thealbanyproject.com/tag/james%20Powderly
  Lauren Valle. Doesn’t look like a “helpless female” to me! She’s everywhere there are PROTESTS getting into trouble of some kind!
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:50pm
  Here’s one more and there are plenty more you can find yourself! http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2008/04/95969.html
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- eteme
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:30pm
  Dang!! Where they getting all the Dough to pay for all these “protests” this is obviously their full-time occupation and they are all over the world.. Getting bailed out of jail, hell if there where such thing as professional protestors I would say this is the group…Kinda defeats the purpose when you sell out and do it for money. Humm….interesting how things work don’t it.
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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 6:12pm
  Janedough1;
  
  Thanks for calling out Shep Dip on his sorry reporting on this story! I couldn’t sit through the whole report myself. It made me angry. I have lost all interest in Sheppard Smith because of his inflamatory remarks concerning the stories he reports. His emotional rants and wild allegations during the gulf oil spill was the last straw for me as far as Shep Dip is concerned.
  
  I couldn’t believe he kept “short looping” the point of the video where the man “STEPPED” on the woman. Making it look like he was kicking the crap out of her. Ranting all the while…………..Good observation on your part!!
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UnreconstructedLibertarian
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:27pm
Typical.

Rand thows the guy under the bus punitively, while Profitt was trying be a stand up guy about the incident.

I‘d speculate that Rand’s response to his this man will lose him more votes in Bourbon Co. than to have taken the time to probe all the facts and make a truly sound judgement.

I’ve watched the video over and over, and best I can tell Valles was violently pushing her way through to crowd to get to Paul. Hence, the cry for police. The supporters acted as they should have, both the fellas who subdued a percieved threat, and those who stepped in to moderate and see that no real harm was done.

Congratulations Rand, you just cleared the path for a Progressive Sirhan Sirhan to take a crack at you. If the police didn’t act in your behalf at Lexington, will they anywhere else?

Conservatives and Libertarians – grow a real backbone, or we’ll lose this country. Self defense has not become a crime in this nation, yet. Keep blabbering and giving up your right to defend yourself, and you’ll find yourself absolutely defenseless.
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- dkhartman
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:34pm
  IMO – if a supposedly 250lb man was trying to ‘stomp’ a 100lb woman she would be feeling a little more than ‘achy’ right now. I just can’t imagine that he was trying to do any real harm, just stop her from where she was headed. Eyes can be deceiving and I believe a lot of people are being misled with this and very well I might add.
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OBAMAWORSHIOER
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:27pm
Too late. Our MSM FL people have made this viral on the internet, radio and TV. Soros is in payback mode.
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- scuba13
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 6:36pm
  How do you get Soros into payback mode? do you wind him up or stick your hand up his butt?
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MrChurch
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:11pm
He apologizes? He apparently stomped on her face and/or neck. Is that what he’s apologizing for? If so, he should be thrown in jail and Paul should disavow him from the campaign. Immediately.

First, this is wrong on every level. Second, this is a woman we’re talking about. You get her to the ground and then pull that nonsense? It’s disgusting. And how some of you can actually defend this, even if she is a reprehensible MoveOn operative, is just startling to me.
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:14pm
  She’s not a woman, she’s a LIBERAL.
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- eteme
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:24pm
  (again)
  What do you expect, that could have been a knife or something more lethal. The person also had a wig on and it was impossible right away to tell what gender this person represented.
  
  When someone rushes you and barrels through a crowd (in cloak), I pose the question…What would you do???
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- dkhartman
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:31pm
  I gotta go with ETEME on this one. Her gender wasn’t apparent. So as far as he knew he was pushing ‘someone’ to the ground that was lunging towards Rand. I‘m sure he wasn’t thinking, “hey there is a little woman I can stomp in front of the media, lets get a laugh”.
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:33pm
  Here’s another example of how LIBERAL women work…I was at a rally last night in NH and the Democratic candidate BUSSED in union members from neighboring MA. One of their female attendees at the rally was walking back and forth among the Republican crowd, shoving and pushing then shouting at them with a bullhorn in their faces. Then she jabbed her sign into the back of one of our guys and when he turned with his arm raised in reaction to the JAB, she started shouting, “Don’t you touch me“ and ”Keep your hands off me!” Of course THAT part was being taped. He was trying to defend himself saying she touched him first. Well, much to their surprise, one of OUR cameras was filming as well and caught the ENTIRE episode. We held up or camera and let them know we had them on film intimidating us and they left. HAHAHA EPIC FAIL! It’s just what they do, so watch your back if you attend any rally and KEEP the cameras rolling. It’s your best defense.
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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:58pm
  Equaljustice;
  You should send your footage that you mentioned into Beck or Fox. They might be able to use as proof of what’s going on with those people. It might even help the Paul supporter if he has to go to court.
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ProudConservative1
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:08pm
Message to MoveOn.org from Kentucky:

MOVE-ON!
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Marylou7
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:07pm
With Progressives you can’t even believe your eyes. She got exactly what she came for and that is to the detriment of Rand Paul. Never answer a Progressive with violence unless there is ABSOLUTELY no other alternative.
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vennoye
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:03pm
As I listened to the background of that video last night, there was an awful lot of different things going on. So much so that it reminded me of the street scenes we see in other countries. Both sides need to remember that we are Americans–not Europeans!! We have to be very careful to not become the people we disagree with so much–just because they do things doesn’t mean we get down to their level.
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kickedoutofengland
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:58pm
Guess he was a Paul supporter after all. The he-she still should assume some of the blame for inciting it in the first place
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eteme
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:56pm
I’m very shocked at the media…they cut these stories to paint a different pic. every damn time..Just Watch Shep. Smith’s show.. They cut out the whole part where this person barreled through the crowd with “something” in the hand. What do you expect, that could have been a knife or something more lethal. The person also had a wig on and it was impossible right away to tell what gender this person represented.

When someone rushes you and barrels through a crowd, I pose the question…What would you do???
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EqualJustice
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:55pm
BIG MISTAKE to play into their hands like this. Now it will get even worse if they think they can get away with these ‘SET UP’ attacks. UGH SHE should be apologizing for LUNGING at a candidate like that! No one knew if Rand Paul was in eminent danger from this NUTCASE dressed in costume? She could have had a WEAPON, for God’s sake. Come on people. DON’T fall for these tactics and validate their behavior, PLEASE.
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barrycooper
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:54pm
He DIDN’T STEP ON HER HEAD. Watch the video. Watch her. She is obviously enjoying herself. Getting taken down was the point and purpose of her stunt. Conway can‘t run on issues and plainly doesn’t want to. He wants to throw dirt at Paul, and hope it sticks long enough for people to forget that he is a tax and spend hack who has no business representing Kentucky in Congress.

What she did is run at Paul with a sign the moment he got out of the car, scaring the people around him. Profitt himself, who pushed down on her shoulder, said that three of his friends had warned the police in the area before Paul even got there that she was acting suspiciously and obviously up to something. The cops said it wasn’t their job to deal with it.

And in point of fact, the Lexington police have interviewed those concerned, and no charges have been filed. This incident was THEIR fault. They should have been restraining her, not Paul’s people.

In my view, considering they thought she was a danger to the safety of Paul, they handled her quite gently. She went to the hospital, but they found no serious injuries, and refused to admit her.

Fear, confusion and doubt: this is all this is about. The $5 trillion in debt since Pelosi took office is what people should be thinking about, and ARE thinking about, given Paul’s lead.

This is just a last ditch effort to try and smear Paul, one funded DIRECTLY by George Soros. Pathetic, as are any people who see this as anything but Alinskyan tactics executed in plain sight.
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- suzg60
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:02pm
  well said!! Agree 100%
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- calijohn
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:03pm
  bull crap.
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- calijohn
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:28pm
  be nice if you had some facts to back up your statements/opinions.
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- janedough1
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:43pm
  Very well said. That is exactly what this was. I was there, and I saw how his side was trying to whip up the crowd.
  
  That said, I don’t know that these were exactly Conway supporters. It was a very strange evening. The sidewalk and parking lot in front of KET’s studios forms a sort of a T. The Paul supporters were on the side facing the UK football stadium. There was a group of what appeared to be genuine local Conway supporters across the sidewalk from us. They actually looked a little embarrassed, and one of the called across politely to ask what my sign said. I had no problems with them. The trouble came from the union agitators who were on the opposite side of the parking lot. They were the ones causing trouble. I don’t know that they were Conway supporters so much as they were Obama and Reid and Teamsters supporters.
  
  I‘m also wondering if Jack Conway didn’t know what he was getting into when he got into this race. He looked a bit frightened when he came in. He spoke to no one, shook no hands and nearly ran into the building. I wonder if he‘d been warned that there was trouble brewing and hustled inside so he wouldn’t get blamed. Dr. Paul took the time to shake hands and greet supporters, and that gave her the opening.
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- CAPTAIN
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 6:15pm
  Completely agree.
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wj35
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:53pm
I hate how the right gets into trouble when the left sends in one of there minions
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freedomwatcher
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:51pm
Any violence on either side is inexusable. WIth That said, this MoveOn.Org person got exactly what she was hoping for.
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:05pm
  Has Conway apologized for sending one of his supporters to attack Rand Paul ?
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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:11pm
  She got what she was hoping for AND what she deserved. Contrary to what the lawyers are saying now, she was not hurt badly. Just a little sore. She could have been injured worse buy mistake. She was looking for trouble and she got it. I feel bad for the man because he will be facing legal challenges that he does not deserve, IMO. Paul had to cut him loose for appearance sake if nothing else. The man was pumped up from the scuffle and went a little too far. But it’s not that bad. Again, IMO. If it plays out the way I think it should, the courts should slap them both,(man and woman), on the wrist and let it go. Something should be said or done to the woman in an effort to keep this kind of behavior from happening again. Lets face it! She started it! If you don’t like the way the man handled the situation, then scold the people that started it and warn them not to do it again. How were these people supposted to know that she didn’t have a gun or some other evil intention. The scuffle looked alot like the scuffle that took place when Reagan and Oswald got shot……….
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- CYCLONE
  Posted on October 27, 2010 at 3:29am
  very rational reply “RartionalMan”…
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AquaBuddha
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:50pm
The dems can do what ever they want and get away with it, so they think anyway.
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:03pm
  What if instead of Rand Paul,
  this incident had happened when Hussain Obama was getting off his vehicle ??????
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- untameable-kate
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:13pm
  What about the guy selling stuff at a teapart event that got beat up by SEIU
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DimmuBorgir
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:48pm
i still see the “protester” smiling the entire time like she’s pranking everyone
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- untameable-kate
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:07pm
  At first it looked like she was trying to fall and they were trying to hold her up, but that guy should never have put his foot on her and push her. If I didn’t know better I would have thought he was a plant by that behavior.
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- HKS
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:05pm
  Looks like a show to me, Maybe if she sues we will know for sure.
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- JMS
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:30pm
  Untabeable-Kate, I don’t think he was trying to step on her. It looks to me like she is shoving her back onto the soul of his shoe. Anway, it’s clear she is trying to bust through a line of supporters to confront Paul, so I think the initial takedown was definitely justified.
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- untameable-kate
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 7:21pm
  JMS when I say it looked like she was trying to fall I mean she was TRYING to fall. Trying as in putting on a show, the people around her looked at first like they were trying to keep her upright but she wanted it to look like she was being attacked.
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cheezwhiz
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 3:47pm
How about that tranny – in – transition from moveon.org ? Has he / she apologozed ?
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- John 1776
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:06pm
  Wondering if the stepper and steppee were both plants. Looks almost planned out. The guy is just too laid back to look like someone who was out of control. If it was for real, then the clown should be arrested. You just don’t step on a woman on the ground.
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- snowleopard3200
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:10pm
  Most likely this was a set up right from the beginning to cause a reaction the left can use against us with complete footage. Even if the man stepping on her neck apology is accepted, they will still use the apology in a distortion of reality and lies.
  
  http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
- dkhartman
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:28pm
  John – from what I’ve read it was apparent that she was a woman.
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- Danglinbags
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:36pm
  Looks like one seksie hombre to me. Kinda Maddow-esque.
- janedough1
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:48pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ
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- uusecommonsense
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 4:53pm
  The lady/man is smiling as she is being “stomped”. Either she is a sick sado-masochistic freak who wanted to be hurt for her precious gay agenda, or the stomper was a plant as well. It would not surrise me to find out he had been planted in the RSC and the Rand campaign all along. The obama scam has been in the works since 1991. I bet you money that Soros has been planning to install obama in 2010 for at least 10 years if not longer. This whole incident stinks to progressive Luciferian Alinsky Hell. This communist destruction of our freedom and values has been taking place since the very fall from Heaven, possibly before.
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- patriotatheist
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:00pm
  uuse… wowers, what historical context….
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- A1955Rosie
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 5:48pm
  Cheez, they will not apollogize and the point is “2 wrongs don’t make a right.” JUST KEEP IN MIND THIS IS THEIR PLAN AND I DON’T LIKE BEING REPRESENTED BADLY.
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 6:14pm
  I was not there but from my take through the lens is that the stepper was a bit overzealous with what appears at that moment someone who went down and was not seemingly combative any further and someone was holding her down as well. If her prior actions had been more threatening or violent (I don’t know if they were) then it would seem that more force would have been neccessary than what was actually done. Looks like he took a cheap shot and therefore should sit on the sidelines. I don’t know about the whole set up thing!
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- jzs
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 9:34pm
  I have to comment. The video is humor, designed to get out the young vote. And pretty well done you have to admit – great graphics. And I read a complaint from Snowleopard, who regales us daily as God’s profit of the Apocalypse, of the election being a contest between the Army of God and the dark forces of evil embodied by Democrats, who are doing the bidding of Satan by wanting to help the poor more than the rich (sounds more like Jesus that Satan, but that’s just me).
  
  I read support for Palin, someone regarded as unqualified to be President by 70% of Americans. The false outrage of her being portrayed in a negative light is deafening considering how President Obama is daily reviled by many here as the Antichrist who is deliberately destroying our country, etc. I hear support for Paladino (who thinks Palin is unqualified to be President by the way), the “family values candidate” who forwards email videos of bestiality as racists jokes and has a family with a mistress.
  
  Folks, you need to listen to your hearts. When you see a bunch of big guys throw a woman to the ground and one guy stomp on her head, that’s bad. Most of you are saying that it was justified or provoked, but he’ll be convicted of assault you can be sure of that (the court won’t buy your justifications – you just don’t wrestle down and stomp on a nonviolent protester). Yes, it makes the TP look like goons (the foot stomping guy was a Rand Paul volunteer), but if you were to say that “he doesn’t represent us” that would cut losses. Every side has it’s crazies. But when you defend the guy, you look crazy.
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- CowwFace
  Posted on October 26, 2010 at 11:11pm
  Hey Folks,
  
  There is no question in my mind that this was all a fake. The Progressive/Lib’s stages both sides of this.
  
  The “step-er“ gently places his foot on the left shoulder of the ”step-ie” and forcefully presses her body down a few times. There is NO momentum of that step-ers right leg/foot when it meets her back. His right toe is even pointed downward.. STOMPING would be with the toe of the foot moved toward the shin, and more of a heel action.
  
  Also notice how the video fully frames the “Rand Paul” shirt while re-locating to the action. In my Humble opnion: This is obviously a ploy to subliminaly link Rand Paul with the event.. it’s pure theater .. We will probably see it on TrueTV very soon.
  
  Carry on
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- paleoconservatarian
  Posted on October 27, 2010 at 1:25am
  @cheezwhiz – No, she hasn’t apologized and will never have to because we have lost the moral authority to demand one from her (and, more importantly, those who put her up to her stunt) when Tim Proffitt, the guy in the glasses, stomped on a person who had been already been restrained.
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- AnnMarie
  Posted on October 27, 2010 at 7:30am
  I wonder what the Secret Service would have done if this person had been running towards the President, as she was at Paul? Does any candidate have the right to protect themselves from possible harm???
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- JayCee
  Posted on October 27, 2010 at 8:45am
  She is a pro lefty actvist. She was arrested and charged with felony last May.
  
  http://www.lpso.net/pressrelease.asp?id=927
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