"Anyone listening to John Kerry should be tasered" - that "joke" from a former homicide detective, one Rod Wheeler, who Fox News chose to have as a guest on Hannity and Colmes tonight.
Wheeler said a lot more - that Andrew Meyer clearly deserved to be tasered, that he was clearly threatening the police who were escorting him away from the microphone - even though the videos of the event clearly show otherwise.
But Wheeler is entitled to his erroneous opinion of what happened.
He's of course also entitled to his misguided sense of humor. I guess we should at least be happy that someone with his values is a former rather than a current homicide detective.
But where was Sean Hannity's outrage or even disagreement with his guest for taking such a tasteless shot at John Kerry's supporters, at a time in which tasering and politics and freedom of speech have become sadly intertwined?
Now, more than ever, we need candidates like Ron Paul who respect both the First Amendment and the necessary limits of police authority.
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Hello my friend I have not abandoned you I was away, you can read my blog. I did have trouble leaving posts here this week, I don't know why, it's having a hard time loading. Anyhoo this taser thing is crazy I thought we lived in America but then again I read today that The irain president was asked to speak at Columbia, what are your thoughts? Have a great weekend we'll connect monday
Hey Dawn - good to have you back ... I don't like the Iranian President one bit, I don't like him speaking at Columbia, I wouldn't have invited him to speak to my classes at Fordham...
But Columbia has a right to invite whomever they please ... however beyond the pale of reason that person may be.
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