What Happened to Kissing Babies?
I am speechless. Is this what the Democrats are coming to?
Someone, please give me one good reason why these people should not be disenfranchised. Via Captian Ed, who unfortunately [UPDATE: make that
Michelle Malkin has more liberal loveliness.
UPDATE: Attaturk notes that the father in the picture, Phil Parlock, has alleged politically motivated assaults from the last two presidential elections. Based on this and a vague physical resemblance between the union thug on his left and two of his sons, Attaturk conveniently concludes that Parlock is lying. I don’t think that follows at all. Crap like this happens all the time, especially among lefties, so it should come as little surprise that an individual who attends counter-rallies in three consecutive Presidential elections might get assaulted all three times. It does mean, however, that by now Parlock should have known better than to bring three year old daughter to an event like this. Accordingly, I hereby retract my previous criticism of Captain Ed’s criticism.
UPDATE x2: No, I’m not saying that only left-wingers resort to crap like this. The left controls the lion’s share of political violence, but thanks to that idiot Scott Robinson, they don’t enjoy a total monopoly.
FINAL UPDATE: IUPAT, to its credit, has rightly apologized (h/t: Michelle Malkin) for the incident that Attaturk wrongly dismisses as a hoax. It looks like the Puppy Blender was right after all, before he was wrong. And afterwards.
UPDATE x4: Now Captain Ed is suspicious, too. Meanwhile, the union appears to be investigating the individuals involved, which shouldn’t take very long if those individuals turn out to be Parlock’s sons posing as union members. Stay tuned.
FINAL FINAL UPDATE: Per Michelle Malkin, IUPAT has identified the thug in the picture, and has assured her it is taking action against him. Query whether this will be enough to silence Attaturd’s silly conspiracy theory, however. Like Malkin said earlier, the left is desperate for a hoax, so I don’t expect them to let this one go without a fight.
September 16th, 2004 at 11:21 pm
I understand that a Bush supporter/employer in Alabama fired a Kerry supporter simply for the act of publicly supporting Kerry. Is that what Republicans are coming to?
September 17th, 2004 at 2:24 am
Freedom Of Speech, Not For The Democrats
First the Democrats punch a Bush supporter and now we once again have Democrats showing their true thoughts on free speech. Yahoo/AP Three-year-old Sophia Parlock cries while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, after having their Bush-…
September 17th, 2004 at 6:10 am
Washington Times Picks Up Democrat Sign Ripping Story
The Washington Times has picked up the story of little 3 year old Sophia Parlock. Sophia was photographed crying after a Labor Union Democrat Supporter tore the sign from her hand and ripped it up. The blogosphere exploded with this…
September 17th, 2004 at 12:24 pm
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2004/09/bogus-assault-father-freeper-of-year.html
Before anyone says more…:oops:
September 17th, 2004 at 4:56 pm
The slander that the union thug is the father’s son comes from the Demo[n]cratic Underground. See LGF for details…
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12666_Kerry_Fans_vs._3-Year_Old_Part_2#comments
September 17th, 2004 at 5:29 pm
Since my above quote I checked out the Captain’s Quarters link.
So Phil Parlock told his daughter, “Your brother’s going to rip the sign from your hands and tear it up … then you turn on the water works, k? We need a good photo-op.”
At this point I doubt the Parlock family staged the event (though my view on the matter is subject to change as events warrant).
Finally, has anyone sourced that photo of the Parlock family used to suggest that the union thug is actually one of Phil’s sons? I hope the photo didn’t originate in Abilene. :-O
September 18th, 2004 at 12:36 am
I would fire any Democrats I had working for me.
Why should I economically help them out?
September 19th, 2004 at 11:50 am
Behaving Badly
By now the picture of the crying little girl has made it through the blogsphere. Digger posts a nice little piece about it, and the following Bloggers have all done something similar. | Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler | Wizbang! | Blogs…
September 19th, 2004 at 4:06 pm
Behaving Badly
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one…
September 21st, 2004 at 2:34 pm
SAC: The union has identified the perp, so I think by now we can safely conclude he is not a member of Parlock’s family. :oops: is right.