Tea Party protestor punched

I'd like to start off by asking a question. Has anyone seen this tape on CNN or MSNBC? I've been watching for it but haven't seen it. I won't say that they're not airing it, but I have yet to see it. And I would also venture a guess that had it been the other way around, with the white cameraman punching the black solitary protester, it would be all over the place with "racism" somewhere in every single title. Beyond that, I'm not a bit surprised here. We're told repeatedly that the Tea Party folks are violent, etc. But other than a few unsubstantiated reports of supposed "Republicans" throwing bricks through windows, and an already debunked racial slur incident, there's nothing to go on. But on the other side of the aisle, there's already been a guy jumped by SEIU thugs, a man with a finger BITTEN OFF, now a person punched, and nutty spoilt brat protesters tearing up property, and anti-illegal immigration protester in Florida beat to sht in broad daylight, and on and on it goes. All I would like in this country is some MF'n honesty. Is that too much to ask for? If the Tea Party folks show any racism, call them racists! If they show any violence, call them violent! Until then, stop making stuff up. Because in order to keep up this false premise of right-wing terrorism in waiting, the left media has to bury or twist every other story (like MSNBC's editing of a black man to play the white racist presidential assassin angle) and that much blatant dishonesty is only keeping people polarized to the point of wanting to fight. Does anyone honestly think the puncher in this scenario came to the "all Bush's fault" conclusion on his own? A little more honesty and less blatant partisanship in the mainstream would be appreciated. And how's this to start - if the Tea Party was even 1/10,000th as violent as it's portrayed, the puncher would have been jumped on by the other standby domestic terrorists and beat to a pulp. I'd like to see them be honest about that, maybe with the line "Tea Party shows restraint while assaulted by disgruntled liberal."

It will be interesting to see what comes of the complaint the narrator says he's going to file with the police; and if an unedited copy of the tape comes to light. Given that the filmer has the man stating that he was pushed first, it's not clear that we currently have the whole story.

no, they guy needs to get over the bush crap. someone needs anger management

Is there really any question to it? One does not wade into a group of protesters like that with an opposing opinion with amicable intentions. He tried to take a man's camera from him because he didn't liked being taped. It was one of those "Me-big-man" chest thumping moments. There's no reason to try and take another's property from them and then hit them or push their spouse when they try and stop you. I'd be willing to bet he was looking for a fight - but that's only my opinion.

It's another instance of another liberal activist interrupting a peaceful protest. I can't fault Tabor for pushing this guy away from his wife. He didn't do anything else though, it was the interloper who threw a punch. Tabor received a visible injury and right there on the video you can see that the activist was unharmed. I think the video is an excellent idea, and from now on they should make sure people are taping every peaceful Tea Party gathering. I know the MSM won't play this tape or even report on this story. There will be millions who never hear of it. They will continue to report on the angry Tea Partiers and try to paint them as a crazed, angry mob of yahoos. I am glad that Tabor didn't throw any punches in retaliation. I am glad he video-taped the guy leaving. I know that this guy has filed charges against Tabor as well, but I hope that a judge will be fair and reasonable enough to weigh the video evidence and dismiss those charges. If a man can't defend his wife from a stranger who assaults her on the street, there's not much in America left of common sense.