Joel Pollack is a Tea Partier who’s challenging Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. When asked about the apparent lack of diversity in the Tea Party movement, Pollack said au contraire and pointed to the example of Chris Broughton.
Remember him? He was the Tea Partier who brought the machine gun to the Obama event down in Phoenix last year.
Good times.
Earlier today we featured the story of Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) manhandling one of Andrew Breitbart’s videographer minions after the kid in question asked Etheridge what would appear to be a pretty innocuous question about whether or not he supported President Obama. Breitbart’s folks have a pretty bad record of selective editing. But this case really looks like it speaks for itself. And Etheridge has now issued an apology.
But when I first saw this thing the first thing that I thought was, why’s the kid’s face blurred out?
If he’d been a minor maybe or the victim of some crime, maybe. But his identity as one of Breitbarts’ merry pranksters? Seems like the Breitbart MO is one that puts some obligation on people to at least be open about who they are. Or is the idea that he’s like an undercover operative whose identity/legend needs to be protected so as not to compromise future missions?
These aren’t really rhetorical questions. Genuinely curious to know what’s up with that.
TPM Reader TK has had quite enough of BW …
I was raised in South Carolina from the age of 5 and have to respond to the rant you posted. Sounds like the complaint of a “damn Yankee” – probably from Ohio. We are very familiar with the type. They move here for the low taxes, beautiful mountains, gorgeous beaches and laid back atmosphere — and then proceed to tell us how everything was better back in Ohio.
Why do I feel like this dust-up between Breitbart Minion X (BMX) and Rep. Etheridge is sort of today’s replay the Mavi Marmara incident? And who am I offending more by saying so?
TPM Reader GB says don’t compare us to them!
I take serious issue with the “Carolinian” who wrote you earlier today. I currently practice law in Charlotte, North Carolina, but was born and have family still in South Carolina and I can tell you that the difference between the 2 states is night and day.
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