"...and then they gave me a pretty flag to hold and said that later I could meet Ann Coulter! In person!"
I liked this movie a lot better (From David Neiwert at Crooks & Liars) --
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This weekend the righties got all worked up about the supposed "brutality" of union thugs in St. Louis who they say beat up a black conservative tea partier named Kenneth Gladney who came out to protest the Obama health-care plan on Thursday. They even had a big protest the next day, along with a press conference featuring Gladney in a wheelchair.
But take a look at the video of the supposed assault. It enters the scene a bit late -- an SEIU member is already on the ground and appears to be injured, but we can't tell what the cause was. As he's laying there, other SEIU members come to his protection, and one of them pulls down Gladney; both men fall to the pavement. Both quickly get back up. There appears to be little to it. [A section of the video showing the supposed assault is in slow motion.]
Indeed, it's readily apparent that Gladney seems completely unhurt. He wanders out to the crowd, chats with the cameraman, flags down a cop, and saunters back to where police decide to handcuff the man who knocked him down. As you can hear, the man protests that he was just keeping Gladney away from his fallen friend.
The next day, Gladney is at the press conference in a wheelchair. He claims to be too medicated to speak, so his lawyers and fellow tea partiers do it for him.
Does this seem real to you?
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-- when it was directed by Billy Wilder:
5 comments:
"Whiplash" Willie Gingrich! I'd forgotten all about him.
More things change, eh? 'Cause now Whiplash Willie works for insurance companies!
My French grandmother used to call my father a shyster (she learned all her American Slang from movies), so this show has a special place in my heart.
And it is soooo appropriate as a touchpoint for the story. Part of what really gets me about it is that Kenneth lost his job and his healthcare and is asking for donations to cover his bills.
You cannot make up stuff like this!
Regards,
Tengrain
And then Gladman has to solicit funds to pay his hospital bill!!
Kathryn in MA
I may be mistaken, but it seems like they are throwing up more and more desperate ploys, and more and more seeing them thud like a punkin off the overpass.
Nice trend.
Billy Wilder is awesome. :o)
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