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talkpoliticsNo, not this guy:
THIS guy.
His name is Nick Popaditch. He was the Tea Party Candidate in San Diego for Congress, and was recently featured on Sean Hannity’s “Great American Panel.”
Here’s what his opponent, Bob Filner is talking about – and what Popaditch was apparently reacting to in the snapshot. For those unable to view videos:
In the second video, at the 1:58 minute mark, you can see a little boy. He doesn't look much more than 13. I don't know whether he was with the Filner group, or the Popaditchers, but either way, the behavior he's seeing from the Popaditch supporters isn't exactly edifying. He's either getting a lesson in just how frightening a mob can be, or he's learning that spitting, screaming, and threatening is an appropriate reaction to an election not going the way you'd like it to.
And lest anyone mistake this for a momentary aberration of high emotion sparked by losing an election by 20 points – here’s how some of these supporters see themselves and their behavior on November 2:
Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes
Democratic Congrssional Candidate Bob Filner minutes after being harassed by a mob of his opponent’s suppoerters:
I’ve been through worse violence than this. I was in the Civil Rights movement in the 50s and 60s, I’ve been attacked with clubs and sticks by far better people than these. They really don’t understand what civil discourse and politics means. Politics has to be a civil discourse…
Filner talks minutes after being harassed on Election Night from Southwestern Sun on Vimeo.
THIS guy.
His name is Nick Popaditch. He was the Tea Party Candidate in San Diego for Congress, and was recently featured on Sean Hannity’s “Great American Panel.”
Here’s what his opponent, Bob Filner is talking about – and what Popaditch was apparently reacting to in the snapshot. For those unable to view videos:
From East Country Magazine:
Multiple credible news sites have reported that after Democratic Congressman Bob Filner was declared winner by a 20-point margin, a mob of Popaditch supporters, including Tea Party and white supremacist members, cornered and spat on Popaditch’s opponent, Filner. Video by the Chula Vista Star News reveals that Popaditch cursed at Filner, called him a liar, and made no efforts to calm down an increasingly virulent mob that forced Filner out of Golden Hall’s Election Central and into the lobby. Filner told CityBeat that he was shoved by Popaditch.
In the second video, at the 1:58 minute mark, you can see a little boy. He doesn't look much more than 13. I don't know whether he was with the Filner group, or the Popaditchers, but either way, the behavior he's seeing from the Popaditch supporters isn't exactly edifying. He's either getting a lesson in just how frightening a mob can be, or he's learning that spitting, screaming, and threatening is an appropriate reaction to an election not going the way you'd like it to.
And lest anyone mistake this for a momentary aberration of high emotion sparked by losing an election by 20 points – here’s how some of these supporters see themselves and their behavior on November 2:
Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes
