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Politico's Ben Smith got confirmation from the Manhattan DA's office about an incident last month where a female McCain supporter was assaulted at Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. According to conservative blog The Silent Majority, a man--without provocation--grabbed the woman's McCain sign, ripped it up, and hit her with it, bruising her face. The victim followed him into the 6 train subway station and found police officers on the platform; she added that he was only arrested after she showed the cops her bruised face. The assailant allegedly said, "I don’t know why I did this. It’s just those signs, and this election, it has me so upset.” Smith reports that the man, Bernard Feuerman, was charged with second degree assault and has a January 23 court date.
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Oh goodie, another liberal teaches us "tolerance" , "non-violence" and "conflict resolution" by example yet again.
Democrat motto: "Free speech for me, not for thee."
The perp is obviously down a couple of quarts,
This is gonna be milked!
Milkmen, minutemen...
Now that's a real subway hero!
#1: Probably a fresh convert from the Republicans. He has much to learn. Assassinations, beatings, and physical violence are definitely the right's mantra.
Republican motto: Spin everything, steal everything.
If the sign holder was a man who could clock Bernard Feuermam, it's doubtful we would see so much "passion". Hope he finds some passionate guys on Rikers'.
let's take it up a notch! bamm!
I did notice more mccain palin T shirts out there now but not from an old lady. she's old timey racist, you can't change that.
you saw some at the pro term limits hearing. my vid capture card was working overtime.
I can understand that he was mad but to state the obvious that was a pretty crappy way for him to handle it. A middle-aged woman? wtf?
On a related note: if you add up all the isolated instances of violence that have resulted from this election so far and compare it with, say, a European football match... we're not doing too bad.
Post #1 got it spot on.
[1] You sound very bitter. You must already know McCain has no chance of winning. Given how badly this country has suffered under Dubya, I can't say that I'm sad about that.
Just another dumb ass New York lib.
Oh, and I suppose McCain's supporters are as pure and peaceful as driven snow, right?
Woman in Albany attacked wearing Obama button:
http://www.connectorlocal.com/voice/US/NY/article/obama_supporter_attacked_in_bethlehem
Home of Obama supporter vandalized, Austin:
http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=97c3cb17-8f64-44e6-a5d5-7955e6488bb9
Racial slurs painted on Obama supporter's house, Iowa:
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/500947.html?nav=5005
Swastikas painted on home of Obama supporter, Maryland:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/17723485/detail.html
We could go on. The bottom line is that idiots, creeps and assholes aren't exclusive to one party, and this election has inspired abhorrent behavior on both sides.
This sort of hostility and intimidation towards anyone daring to support a republican in NYC is not an isolated incident.
There was a pro McCain march on the upper west side recently and the marchers were subject to verbal abuse and obscene gestures that reminded me of the angry whites who taunted black students trying to attend college classes following desegregtion. Hatred pure and simple.
Big city liberals pride themselves on being enlightened, non-prejudicial, rational and open-minded.
They are not.
"1] You sound very bitter."
Bitter? I'm not the one physically assaulting people I disagree with politically.
actually a gang of old mccain supporters attacked a couple guys in Mass. he showed his bruise to the press.
the pro mccain supporters also reminded me of the venom and hatred shown following the desegregation ruling. bet they're still at it.
ides_of_march,
I would hardly characterize this douche bag as your typical big city liberal.
#17- Read some of the comments posted by some of the more liberal on this very site would say otherwise.
Being a McCain supporter in a very liberal and democratic New York City is not a good mix.
Obscene gestures?! *SHRIEEEEEEK!*
McCain supporters are usually so passive and reserved. They would never shout things like "Kill him!" and "terrorist!" at their rallies.
A. Isolated incident. who cares...
B. ides: again, your idiocy rules.
C. if you commit a crime, please stay out of the subway. you will cause delays.
19 - dare I say she deserved it?
people like this guy make democrats look bad. and I am saying this as a democrat.
Why can't people in this city just mind their own business & keep their hands to themselves?
and the republicans and their kill him are A-OK.
want to go tit for tat? the right are much much worse with their bombings, lynchings, beatings, assaults, Lies, and more Lies.
no contest.
yeah, poor woman...
Dick-heads (the assailant ) are dick-heads regardless of who are they voting for.
In comparison republicans would have a tougher time hiding the animosity against liberals.
That is even launching wars and totally using the military to assure resources around the world and that is perfectly ok, the corporate fraud impunity is also perfectly fine...
Liberals don't milk this type of events becoming heroes of their own fulfilled plots against them, like republicans do...in fact the only thing they do is to formulate plots, even when facts point at them as the only cause.
Fear of change is tool number 1 of republicans: anybody but them is the enemy:
even EDUCATION and of course civility in all its forms.
he could be a republican upset with the way McCain ran the campaign and lost the republicans the executive office. no more 8 year.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/does_joe_the_plumber_matter_in.html
#18, I'd be willing to bet a dollar that most of these democrats you're talking about are all talk no walk. Actually beating someone seems excessive... I hope.
This may be a true story, it may not. It's plausible, not necessarily TRUE in this case.
"Republican motto: Spin everything, steal everything."
Sure. I guess that's why none of the attacks by Obama supporters on White people have even been mentioned on CNN, MSNBC, or FOX, huh?? God forbid anyone mention blacks committing crimes. Why, that's just "racist"! Google 'McCain supporters attacked', and quit blaming "whitey" when it's black people that are committing hate-crimes!! Oh, I suppose I'm a "Nazi" now for speaking the truth, huh?