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All hell is breaking loose. But why in the hell is the Allen campaign attacking civilians?
Good thing they didn't have a noose hanging around!
UPDATE (6:05 p.m.): Here's the latest from Greg Sargent. By
the way, Mike Stark is a former Marine and a veteran, a blogger, as well as
a first year law student.
Today the Allen campaign sent out a press release slamming Stark for “screaming”
at Allen, and charging that “Stark has a history of violent outbursts.”
The Allen release also noted that Stark's blog, “Calling all Wingnuts,”
is subtitled “Kickin' ass on the lyin' side: A never-ending battle against
stupid, ugly, deceitful and corrupt right-wing water carriers.” The Allen
release charged that Stark “pushed” an Allen staffer.But Stark claimed that the altercation was initiated entirely by the Allen
staffers. He says the first physical behavior came after he approached Allen,
and, standing a few feet away, asked Allen a question about the court records.
At this point, he claims, Allen's staffers started pushing and shoving him.Stark says that at this point, all he did was “stand my ground,”
without retaliating. “I didn't obey their physical coersion” is
how he describes what he did. “I never raised my hands…They were actually
physically pushing me away when I shouted to him, `is it true that you spat
on your wife'? That's when they said, `now you're getting personal' and tackled
me.”Stark described what he did as a legit effort to engage his elected representative.
“I got involved in the civic process,” Stark said. “This Senator,
true to form, had his people bully me. And this time it got physical.”So did Stark heckle Allen? That's what the Washington Post reported in its
news coverage of the scuffle. The paper called Stark a “heckler.”“Not once have I heckled him,” Stark said. “Hecklers interrupt
speeches. I waited till he was done. I wait respectfully until the end of
his speeches.”
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