MyDD :: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP official!

IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP official!

by Veteran75, Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:36:23 PM EST

Sorry for the rush job on this diary . . .

Republican staffer attacks reporter
By RICK YENCER
ryencer@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE -- A Republican voter registration deputy faces battery charges after he tackled a newspaper reporter and hit the Democratic 6th District congressional candidate after a contentious Delaware County Election Board meeting this afternoon.

The meeting had just ended when Will Statom, GOP registration deputy and secretary of the local Republican Party, attacked Star Press reporter Nick Werner while Werner was interviewing Ball State University student Johanna Perez about hundreds of last-minute voter registrations for Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign.

“He did not seem very happy that we were stating our opinions,” Perez said afterwards about Statom. . . .

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dl l/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS06/80409025

MORE background story here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/9/2 05124/1050/228/487934

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4 /9/20221/63663/292/492955

Barry Welsh, courtesy of http://www.barrywelsh.org/

Tags: Barry Welsh, Indiana, fight (all tags)

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Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (2.00 / 1)

Please let there be a youtube video.

by johnnyappleseed on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:50:10 PM EST

Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (2.00 / 0)

I thought it would be some young activists . . . then I saw poor Barry's website!

This should help his chances, as Obama fans rally to Mr. Welsh's cause!

NO 100 year WAR, NO McConnell run Senate, & NO GOP-led Supreme Court!!!

by Veteran75 on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:53:12 PM EST
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Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (2.00 / 0)

The general populace of mydd may not like this story for 2 reasons:

1. You linked the great orange Satan; and

2. The story mentions that the Ball State student was dropping off hundreds of last minute voter registration forms for Obama.

by johnnyappleseed on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:53:21 PM EST

Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (2.00 / 2)

DKOS had the background story.

I could care less what they think . . . this is a fellow DEM that got punched by a ReTHUGlican.

NO 100 year WAR, NO McConnell run Senate, & NO GOP-led Supreme Court!!!

by Veteran75 on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:00:17 PM EST
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Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (none / 0)

Agreed.... the names were listed, so Google it if you don't want to go to Kos...

We are still Democrats and/or left leaning Independents here, right...?

Like the nominee, don't like the nominee... Our nominee is still better than John McCain...

by JenKinFLA on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:51:57 PM EST
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Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched by GOP (2.00 / 0)

I suppose they might not like the story for those reasons...if they were complete and utter snobs who can't see past the point of their own stuck up noses.

I for one dont think MyDD is like that.

That being said, I would like to declare to everyone that I claim the title of "Great Indigo Satan". I realize that MyDD is very blue and indigoey but YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! It's MINE!

Ha!

by DawnG on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 11:13:36 PM EST
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I'm reminded of Bob Dornan (2.00 / 0)

when he grabbed the necktie of a Democratic representative in a fit of rage on the House floor years ago.

Ah, B-1 Bob. Your mental instability was a spectacle to behold.

You haven't seen impatient until you've seen a monkey waiting for a donut.

by bjones on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:56:38 PM EST

Re: I'm reminded of Bob Dornan (2.00 / 1)

I was soooo happy when he was defeated. I grew up in OC.

NO 100 year WAR, NO McConnell run Senate, & NO GOP-led Supreme Court!!!

by Veteran75 on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 09:59:07 PM EST
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Wow. (none / 0)

Is there room on the rec list for this? One would hope so.

"This election is not about ideology, it's about competence." -Michael Dukakis

by MBNYC on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:07:56 PM EST

Re: Wow. (none / 0)

There is HOPE!

The feel good "Obama returned my money" story made it!!!

NO 100 year WAR, NO McConnell run Senate, & NO GOP-led Supreme Court!!!

by Veteran75 on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:18:20 PM EST
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Re: Wow. (none / 0)

I am still in shock!

by FOB92 on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:19:14 PM EST
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Some of the recommenders (none / 0)

may simply have been inattentive and thought it was a diary containing bad stuff as they went down the diary list recommending anything even vaguely anti-Obama :-)

"This election is not about ideology, it's about competence." -Michael Dukakis

by MBNYC on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:32:03 PM EST
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Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched (none / 0)

Well as a Barry (Welsh) supporter, I am just horrified. What in the h**l is going on here?

by Demo Dan in Dayton on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:19:06 PM EST

Re: IN-6 Candidate Barry Welsh (D) Punched (none / 0)

Does Welsh even have a chance against the incumbent?

Will this badge of courage help?

by FOB92 on Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 01:11:50 AM EST
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Why are Republicans so violent? (none / 0)

Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.

by sricki on Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 02:12:09 AM EST

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