Mugger story: Does anyone remember PHIL PARLOCK?

[Julius Civitatus]

I'm not saying the story is not true, but something rings weird about the whole affair.
I was just reminded of professional Republican victim Phil Parlock. Remember him?

http://rw-infopedia.pbwiki.com/Phil+Parlock

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x872445

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/171.html

"They just pounced on us," said Phil Parlock, "She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her." My God - will those evil Democrats stop at nothing? John Kerry must hate children! Actually, it looks like it's Phil Parlock who hates children - see, this isn't the first time Mr. Parlock has made it into the papers after being "pounced on" at a Democratic rally. After he and his 12-year-old son Louis smuggled Bush signs into an Al Gore event back in 2000, Louis apparently hoisted a girl onto his shoulders. According to the Charleston Daily Mail, "'She walked up and said 'I'll get on your shoulders and hold a sign,' " Louis said. While she was sitting on Louis' shoulders waving a Bush-Cheney sign, a man who identified himself as a volunteer for the Gore campaign tried to pull the sign out of the girl's hands, Parlock said. He pulled so hard that Louis and the girl fell over. 'That sounds like an exaggeration,' said Sarah Feinberg, spokeswoman for Gore's West Virginia campaign." And - would you believe it - Parlock was a victim of nasty liberals at a Clinton campaign event back in 1996 as well! Again, according to the Charleston Daily Mail, "The Huntington man said he was knocked to the ground by a Clinton supporter when he tried to display a sign that read 'Remember Vince Foster' ... 'It must have been a strict Democrat who did this,' Parlock said." Yup, our Phil certainly has a habit of complaining to the media about Democratic "thuggery." Kinda makes you wonder why he took his young daughter to the event last week. But then, once you realize that Parlock appears to have a relationship with the photographer that snapped the above pic, and that the man wearing the union shirt holding the ripped up sign looks suspiciously like one of his sons, and that Parlock even happened to be around when his local Republican party headquarters were shot at by a unknown assailant ...well, it just kinda makes you think. Funny how our Phil always seems to end up in the wrong place at the wrong time - with the media in tow.

and also...

The 2000 'attack'
"Phil Parlock didn't expect to need all 12 of the Bush-Cheney signs he and his son Louis smuggled in their socks and pockets into the rally for Vice President Al Gore. But each time they raised a sign, someone would grab it out of their hands, the two Huntington residents said. And sometimes it got physical."

and also...

The 1996 'attack'
Phil Parlock said he was knocked to the ground by a Clinton supporter when he tried to display a sign that read "Remember Vince Foster," the deputy White House counsel who committed suicide in a Washington, D.C., park.

This needs to be investigated further.

[AllieB]

1. I just mentioned that incident on two threads.

I'm amazed that we haven't heard from Parlock during this election!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7578532&mesg_id=7578821

[ReadTomPaine]

4. You haven't heard from him lately because he ditched his wife and family for a newer model.

No joke. He's been laying low since.

[AllieB]

7. Ah, yes. Republican Family Values.

:eyes:

[casus belli]

2. TMZ and Smoking Gun have both picked it up.

It's tabloid fodder. TMZ is already reporting that authorities are skeptical. It won't be long before they're declaring it a really bad choice by a girl in need of professional help.

[Sparkly]

3. Oh phooey, I didn't see this and just posted about it!!!

You answered my question!!! :hi:

[merh]

5. Believe it or not, Michelle Malkin agrees with you

and the investigators are skeptical too.

[Julius Civitatus]

6. Not surprised. The "black eye" doesn't look real at all.

[merh]

8. I don't doubt the black eye is real.

Just not as recent as she claims the attack.

and one thing that makes no sense to me, if it is politically motivated, one would think an "O" would be easier to form and have the same political impact. Its McCain v Obama not John v. Barack.