Former House member (r) charged with assaulting man who defeated him(d)

[AlCzervik]

You lost-get over it.

Witness says Rick Green hit Rep. Patrick Rose at Dripping Springs polling place; Rose says punch missed
By Laura Heinauer
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

A former state representative from Dripping Springs has been charged with assaulting the man who defeated him in an extremely close and frequently nasty race four years ago.

A witness said Rick Green, a Republican, shoved and then punched state Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, as they stood outside a polling place Tuesday morning at Sunset Canyon Baptist Church east of Dripping Springs.

Rose, 28, who was leading in his bid for re-election Tuesday, said Green, 35, shoved him but didn't land a punch. "Rick lost his temper," he said. "It's unfortunate that something like this happened on Election Day."

more at link
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/08/8rose.html

[TexasLawyer]

1. TEXAS!!!

I knew when I saw the title that this must have happened in Texas. This is the land of hot heads and brawlers.

[AnneD]

2. My money

is on the DEM. You have to be able to kick ass if you are going to admit to being DEM in Texas. Any wussy can be GOP in Texas. DEM's will get the last laugh.

[Up2Late]

4. That's funny, because for some unknown reason, I was thinking Pennsylvania

Land of cry-baby Republicans.

Don't ask me why, I don't know. That was just my first thought.

[Justyce]

6. Well, the calm Democrat in the story

is also from Texas.... :eyes:

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Thank God neither one of them has a license to pack a gun.

From what I understand, a couple of our city commissioners and possibly others in our city government have one. That should tell you something.

[codjh9]

3. Rose is in MY DISTRICT - yeah, get over it, Green!

[Longhorn]

13. Howdy, Neighbor!

I live in Dripping Springs and was standing in line waiting to vote when this happened, though we didn't see or hear anything. In fact, I was chatting with Patrick at around 11:15 and this apparently happened at around 11:30. I didn't know about it until I got back to work and read about it in DU.

I'm glad Green's punch missed because Patrick has such a handsome face. :)

[badgerpup]

5. Talk about insult to injury...

Not only did the guy make himself look like an ass by throwing an unprovoked punch...
he missed.
:rofl:

[TheBaldyMan]

15. No, no , no - the sneaky democRAT ducked !

it was an honest republican punch. :sarcasm:

[flamingyouth]

7. My fiance's former district

He used to live in San Marcos! We heard about this last night and could not believe it. :D

[davidinalameda]

8. no offense to anyone from Texas

but Dripping Springs sounds like a social disease

[Javaman]

9. I live in austin and I refer to it as drippy dick springs. lol

I'm not the least bit surprised that this happened there. Lots of ultra righies still live out in that neck of the woods.

[Longhorn]

12. I DO live in Dripping Springs

and Hays County went almost completely blue, from the county judge to our county commissioner.

Yes, Rick Green is an ultra-right jerk but guess what? He's not actually from around here. His wife is from here. His name was mud around here before this happened and it's going to be worse now.

The city is named for the natural springs that are in the center of town next to an historical marker and a fire ant mound. ;)

[0007]

14. It does for sure!

Tom DeLay has been showing off his anger on TV as of late also.

[Quantess]

11. Four years ago! Time to move on, Mr. Green.

Some people really have trouble moving forward with their lives.