Wow…now this is just cruel. I almost feel sorry for the guy.
I love the campaign season because the ads are so fun to watch (obviously I’m talking about the mean ones). It is too bad that the best the Dems can come up with is Bush’s slacking while in the National Guard. I really liked the Move-On.Org commercial that aired during the State of The Union Speech this year. Where are the people who made that one? Why are they being so quiet now?
Here is a story that is being posted on several blogs. Apparently a man and his 3 year old daughter were assaulted by Kerry/Edwards supporters during a brief appearance of John Edwards at a small airport. The little girl on the dad’s shoulders is crying because the mean people tore up her sign. People who would do that are thugs and absolute scumbags.
They aren’t the only ones deserving a derogatory title in this story though. Anyone who would drag his 3 year old little girl to a pro-Kerry/Edwards event and then try to use her as a shield so he could antagonize those who are there to see their candidate is an idiot and a terrible parent. That guy should have known better. He deliberately created a very stressful situation for his little girl. Why? Because he wanted to say he did his part as a good Republican by trying to heckle Democrats during one of their campaign events. Nice job jerk.
(Picture and story via AP)
UPDATE: Someone in the comments to this post said that my criticism of this guy is similar to those who would blame a rape victom for the crime perpetrated against her because she was dressed slutty. All I can say in response to this is that I can’t stress enough how important it is for people to actually read what I write before commenting about it. I never said that anyone was justified in assaulting the man and his three year old girl. Far from it. I referred to those who did this (assuming the whole thing isn’t a fraud as some have asserted) as thugs and scumbags. The father is just a foolish parent. If he had gone out there on his own to have a fun time aggravating the leftists I’d think it was just a case of a guy being obnoxious. I support people like the protest warriors and counter protestors who want to get their message out by doing this type of thing but anyone who doesn’t expect it to be a confrontational situation where a 3 year old doesn’t belong is being foolish.
A response to recent reader comments is forthcoming…I’ve been very busy lately and haven’t had much time to blog or even go online. I did finally get online this morning and found out about the big scandal about the forged documents CBS did a 60 minutes segment on. Here is a summary of went down.
The power of the internet to vet news stories is incredible and blogs are playing a central role in the process. Here is what the folks at Power Line, the blog that started the ball rolling on this whole thing had to say about these events:
Tomorrow morning, dinosaur media across the country will be headlining the 60 Minutes “scoop” as a blow to the Bush campaign. Before their newspapers are even printed, not only is the story obsolete, but CBS is in full retreat. As Stephen Hayes reported earlier today, Power Line “led the charge” against the 60 Minutes hoax today. But the credit really goes to the incredible power of the internet. We knew nothing; all of our information came from our readers. Many thousands of smart, well-informed people who only a few years ago would have had no recourse but perhaps to write a letter to their local newspaper, now can communicate and share their expertise in real time, through sites like this one. The power of the medium is incredible, as we’ve seen over the last fourteen hours.
I’ve complained in the past about recent campaign finance reform threatening our rights to free speech but to a large extent my concerns are probably being overtaken by events. The Internet is quickly becoming the medium that can be trusted while the older, more traditional news sources are becoming less reliable. When someone in the blogosphere breaks a big story it can be fact checked in real time by thousands of experts and ameteurs who may or may not have an interest in the outcome. It is much easier to get the truth in an environment like this than when the media is controlled by a few influential gatekeepers. The blogosphere is smashing CBS today. I think that’s pretty cool but I’d bet Mr. Rather doesn’t agree.
(image courtesy Drudge)
