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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 03:50 PM
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Tim Profitt -- and a Contemporary History of Republican Political Thuggery
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Mike Lux Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be
Posted: October 26, 2010 03:34 PM

This http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/moveon-members-head-stomped-rand-paul">appalling story of a woman MoveOn activist in KY being grabbed, pushed down to the cement, and having her head kicked by a Rand Paul supporter, as terrible as it is, only becomes the latest in a long line of political violence in the past few years. From relatively isolated incidents to ones even more violent and troubling, there's a growing pattern here, and as someone who reveres American democracy, I find it quite frightening. Here's just a few examples from the current era: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-lux/thugs_b_774283.html


Rand Paul owns this...


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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 03:52 PM
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1. His best defense will be: Rand Paul was his eye doctor and he couldn't see what he was doing.
I hope they nail the scumbag. Maybe it'll help prevent more cowardly RW thug attacks.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 03:53 PM
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2. they are going to compare her with sirhan... and claim a state of fear
its coming up already.

the cops had checked her out right before the beating and said she was no threat.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 03:57 PM
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3. I hear he created his own board to certify himself for security work.
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 03:58 PM
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4. nice pic, paul
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 10:02 PM
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5. .
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