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BRAD BLOGBrad on KPFK: Radio Host Nicole Sandler on Her Arrest, Overnight Detention, Macing after GOP Rep. Allen West's Town Hall Last Night in FLAlso: Quick WI Supreme Court election 'recount' update...
On my KPFK show (L.A.'s Pacifica Radio affiliate) today, I was joined by RadioOrNot.com's Nicole Sandler, fresh after her release from the Broward County, FL Jail earlier today. (
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8494) She was asked to leave the meeting after asking questions about the GOP's attempts to end welfare as we know it.
Nicole, who hosts her own progressive talk radio show and is the regular fill-in guest host for Randi Rhodes, was held overnight (several hours of it in solitary confinement, during which she was
maced by guards), after her arrest at a Fort Lauderdale town hall event held last night by freshman "Tea Party" Republican Rep. Allen West (FL-22). Though she is a constituent of the insane Congressman, she was not allowed to ask questions, as West decided last night that he would only take pre-selected written questions. That, after town hall events have been turning into embarrassments for the GOP over the past week as they've faced questions from constituents angry about their recent vote to make drastic changes to Medicare by replacing the popular single-payer health care system with a voucher program.
We covered the whole sordid affair earlier this morning in detail, including videos of the arrest, etc., as Nicole, my friend and colleague, was unreachable (still in jail) and her wherabouts were still unknown…
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