Matt's Chat
Tyler from Red Line Rants gets the hat tip for this one.What a despicable thing to do to a guy who has served his country with honor. Did John Kerry teach you guys anything? Oh, yeah, I suppose he did at that...
I hope this guy is caught and has the book thrown at him. I'm disgusted by my fellow Ohioan's behavior...
Insta-Update
Glenn Reynolds:Not anti-war. Just on the other side.It is all about that "climate of fear" here in America...
Mark's Remarks
This is disgusting. John Kerry and his Dim friends WANT this to be like Vietnam, complete with hating the very brave men and women who defend our freedoms. Thanks, John Kerry...thanks for bringing back the hatred, thanks for inspiring again people of ill repute everywhere to take potshots at our brave men and women. Thanks, libs, for creating a climate of acceptance of this atrocious behavior. Of course, you will bloviate and blame it on Bush, but the fact remains: you condone the Vietnamization of this war...you really do. You are so in love with your old memories of the bongsmoke-filled rooms, the free nasty love, the drugs, that you want to bring them back to hinder the cause of freedom, and to weaken the country. Get over it...the 1960s are over and dead...thank goodness....
9/23 Update: Fair and Balanced
Liberal blogger Roy Edroso asks a fair number of questions:
Other aspects of the story smell. For instance, it appears that the assailant has not been arrested. As one of the witnesses is described as "a friend of the alleged attacker," it cannot be that the cops are unable to locate him. If this assault is as the victim describes it -- unprovoked and severely damaging -- why isn't the perp in jail?Why isn't the perp in jail? I'll attempt to get the latest on this story to see where we're at with that. It is a fair question.
As my phony angle is as good, or as bad, as anyone else's, let me offer this: perhaps the bounder in question is a loyal Bush supporter and, having gotten a bellyful of Toby Keith's testosterone entertainment, went around looking to pounce on anyone who fit the profile of the enemy: i.e., a veteran with a Purple Heart.
Hell, if Barton were a multiple amputee, the guy might have killed him.
The "Phony Angle" is, I suppose, a possibility, however unlikely. Bush supporters don't usually go around smacking around guys who are serving their country, but I'll concede that it is a possibility. The idea that only Bush supporters would go to a Toby Keith concert is absurd though.
Ah, a Max Cleland joke for the finish! Excellent...
Note to Mr. Erdoso: I am NOT a journalist. I don't DO journalism. I'm an opinion writer, just like you. I have that right just as much as you do. Consider looking in the mirror before you criticize, chief. - MATT
