Congressman assaults student on sidewalk * VIDEO *

These sort of videos are questionable to say the least. Remember the "hero" who took down Acorn with his undercover sting video. It was all over fox and it resulted in the complete collapse of Acorn and cost many people their jobs.

Well a couple of months after all is said and done a DA who was putting together a case to try each of the Acorn employees released the unedited videos. What did we find out, well first the video was cut to eliminate critical clips that showed that the employees were not compliant with the prostitution. For example one man was shown in the video offering his help in smuggling child prostitutes across the Mexican boarder. He asked questions like how many and where were they going to be smuggled from. What the movie maker failed to mention was right after that conversation the employee called his brother who was a police officer in the city and reported the incident and the officer turned it over to the division that handles those cases.

The point is don't hang this congressmen out to dry without first waiting to hear all the facts. It is very possible that what is not being shown are actions by the "students" that might have not been as nice as they imply. Trust me based on the opening question these "students" had all intention of using this video to attack the congressman. Hell if I walked into a tea party rally and started asking hostile questions I guarantee I would not be walking out with all my teeth.
You mess with the Bull you get the horns.

Who are you?

I would have told him, "your fucking boss", now get your hands off of me before I have you arrested.

I AGREE completely -- so would have I

I would have broken his arm/face in about 3 0r 4 places, then I would have said
"someone YOU WON'T put YOUR hands on, motherfucker."

Who are you?

I would have told him, "your fucking boss", now get your hands off of me before I have you arrested.

I AGREE completely -- so would have I

Geez-o-pete!

What is this congressman's name?
What he did is considered assault.

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)

I might be stupid, but asking people "do you fully support the Obama agenda?"

Those are fighting words, maybe insulting. You people do not get it, those are provoking questions in a government that still does not get rid of torture, and that still hands out trillions to bankers. People are balancing what they say everyday in Washington. This incident is a bunch of emotional hogwash on all sides. Just blame the Congressman, ask him if he has stopped beating his wife while you are at it.

This is really messed up.

What the hell are they putting in the water?

I can't believe that a congressman would do this, what kind of retarded human beings do we have running this country?

I could totally see him being in a rob zombie movie.

It's on Washington post now. Maybe this will not get shelved after all.

It's on Washington post now. Maybe this will not get shelved after all.

This will be on fox news in a day or so. This congressman has no right to assault him. The kid did right by not attacking him, because he now has a case.

Watch the video, these kids were abrupt and rude. You do not see the face of them, it is blotted out. You see a caption, not a continuous picture. That may or may not matter, but everyone has rights here, including this Congressman.

How do you know what he is going though on that day? Maybe some lobby is heavily pressuring him to vote against his conscience, for that matter for something Obama is doing.

Grabbing the kid was at least equal or greater than the rudeness of his question. But to make so many judgments about him, walk a mile in his shoes someday.

I do not trust the comments here that only too typically demonize a Congressman who is at some point getting little or no respect. "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?" Half the ordinary people here might get pissed off at that kind of question when they are just walking down the street.

You are either wacked out on crack, a shill, or a statist who believes the public should never ask even simple questions.

In the video we saw a young person dressed in a suit greet a congressman politely with "good morning congressman", call him sir repeatedly and ask one single question. "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?". Nothing about that is rude. It was way more respect than Rep Etheridge apparantly deserves.

I want to see that soon to be ex-CONgressman perp-walked by the capitol police for assault on tonight's news.

the kid's youtube account with both videos, from two different angles. They appear unedited. Both under 45 sec

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Beck played the soundbite on his radio show and will have it on his program tonight. This just went viral.

Yea, for example, Carly Fiorini saying Barbara Boxer's hair style is outdated. Watch that incident go unnoticed. She shpould be charged with assault.

This is really messed up.

What the hell are they putting in the water?

I can't believe that a congressman would do this, what kind of retarded human beings do we have running this country?

I could totally see him being in a rob zombie movie.


This is the type of people running this country.
The type thats for sell to the highest bidder,not to bright.

Who are you?

I would have told him, "your fucking boss", now get your hands off of me before I have you arrested.

I AGREE completely -- so would have I

I would have broken his arm/face in about 3 0r 4 places, then I would have said
"someone YOU WON'T put YOUR hands on, motherfucker."


hahaha i love internet tough guys

I might be stupid, but asking people "do you fully support the Obama agenda?"

Those are fighting words, maybe insulting. You people do not get it, those are provoking questions in a government that still does not get rid of torture, and that still hands out trillions to bankers. People are balancing what they say everyday in Washington. This incident is a bunch of emotional hogwash on all sides. Just blame the Congressman, ask him if he has stopped beating his wife while you are at it.

Honestly SpaceCommand that is why the Congressman should have said, "no comment" or just not responded in any way.

But for you to think that the simple statement of "do you fully support the Obama agenda" are fighting words or an insult is really quite laughable.

If you are for something stand your ground, if you are against something have the fortitude to stand behind your actions/decisions.

I agree with the other poster that something did spook him for a politician to react that way on camera and to such an innocuous question.

Geez-o-pete!

What is this congressman's name?
What he did is considered assault.

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)


He is a Dixiecrat, not a Democrat!


This, from his campaign site, says it all:

Bob and Faye remain active in their church and both teach Sunday School. For his diligent and decades-long work for the Boy Scouts, Etheridge has received the Silver Beaver Award; the highest award a Scout leader can receive.

"Hello Congressman, do you fully support the Obama agenda?"

No introduction, no asking a question "may we talk to you, we are from X University learning journalism?"

He is from the South, and they are practically asking him to jump off a cliff with their question out of nowhere.

So what does anyone expect? In Washington DC people play rotten politics, so he says "who are you," quite firmly. It could be someone sent to entrap him, who knows. Maybe he is having a bad day. But these kids were abrupt and rude asking him out of the blue in this context "will you jump off a cliff for me?"