Face, Meet Boot. Forever.

Via the Fraters, this except from a letter from MN GOP chair Ron Eibensteiner to Ray Waldron of the MN AFL-CIO:

That is why I was shocked to learn that during John Kerry's visit to the State Fair today union members wearing "Laborers for Kerry" t-shirts physically assaulted two College Republicans.

These two college students were peacefully assembled to express their points of view, which is every American's right. What is even more troubling is the fact that this is not the first time that we have seen these tactics from union officials, and DFL and Kerry campaign supporters.

The interesting thing is not that the assault allegedly happened; if you've followed politics in Minnesota for any length of time, you'll notice that there is a constant stream of incipient violence under the surface with these people:

• In 1991, leftist students attacked pro-Kuwait Liberation demonstrators at the U of M with paint, spit and fists
• Republican lawn signs are vandalized in much of the Twin Cities in a manner that can only be described as systematic and comprehensive
• The local "anarchist" community has a long history of thuggery, from booing Jeanne Kirkpatrick off the stage in 1986 to burning trucks at a local meat wholesaler in 1992
• Now, this

...and others that I'm sure I'm forgetting.

No, the interesting part is how people on the left will try to justify that sort of thing. "We're under attack! We NEED to rough up the smirking fratboys!"

Count on it.

If it had been Republicans roughing up Democrat students...well, you know the drill.

Posted by Mitch at August 30, 2004 07:44 AM | TrackBack