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This is the face of the Republican party.

This is why there should be no Republicans elected or reelected to public office.

There is a cancer on the body politic of America its name is the Republican Party.

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The letter sent to the Times Dispatch by W. Micheal Stark:

Letter from Mike Stark
Richmond Times-Dispatch Oct 31, 2006


The following is a letter to NBC29 from Mike Stark, the man who was tackled for a comment he made at Senator Allen's campaign stop in Charlottesville on Tuesday.

My name is Mike Stark. I am a law student at the University of Virginia, a marine, and a citizen journalist. Earlier today at a public event, I was attempting to ask Senator Allen a question about his sealed divorce record and his arrest in the 1970s, both of which are in the public domain. His people assaulted me, put me in a headlock, and wrestled me to the ground. Video footage is available here, from an NBC affiliate.

I demand that Senator Allen fire the staffers who beat up a constituent attempting to use his constitutional right to petition his government. I also want to know why Senator Allen would want his staffers to assault someone asking questions about matters of public record in the heat of a political campaign. Why are his divorce records sealed? Why was he arrested in the 1970s? And why did his campaign batter me when I asked him about these questions.

George Allen defends his support of the Iraq war by saying that our troops are defending the ideals America stands for. Indeed, he says our troops are defending our very freedom. What kind of country is it when a Senator's constituent is assaulted for asking difficult and uncomfortable questions? What freedoms do we have left? Maybe we need to bring the troops home so that they can fight for freedom at George Allen's campaign events. Demanding accountability should not be an offense worthy of assault.

I will be pressing charges against George Allen and his surrogates later today. George Allen, at any time, could have stopped the fray. All he had to do was say, "This is not how my campaign is run. Take your hands off that man." He could have ignored my questions. Instead he and his thugs chose violence. I spent four years in the Marine Corps. I'll be damned if I'll let my country be taken from me by thugs that are afraid of taking responsibility for themselves.

It just isn't the America I know and love. Somebody needs to take a stand against those that would bully and intimidate their fellow citizens. That stand begins right here, right now.

W. Michael Stark

Read the response by the Allen campaign. Notice the slurs and smears that the campaign writer uses to characterize Mr. Stark and DailyKos.com. Notice too that the link in the letter to this supposed rant on Dailykos.com is invalid and brings this up:

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The reason for their presence may be a mistyped URL, but the URL may also be an attempt to trick you into visiting a website which you might mistakenly think is a site you trust.

Well I did find the diary post by Mr. Stark and the post is about the RNC in NYC and Bloomberg's turning his city into a police state.

There is nothing "violent" in the post except outrage at what Bloomberg did to Americans who protested and were summarily arrested in order to "please" the grand poohbahs of the RNC.

More lies and distortion by the Republicans.

Ken



Ken