Syracuse woman explains why she spit at soldier

[nykiera]

"I was crushed that people saw this as an anti-uniform, anti-war gesture," Maggi said. Maggi said she is a registered Republican who twice voted for President George W. Bush and supports the administration's war effort and the soldiers who are carrying out that mission."


http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2007/03/syracuse_woman_explains_why_sh.html

[wryter2000]

1. Awesome!

The troop hater is a Repug/Bush supporter. :rofl:

Bookmarking for future arguments with freepers.

[aquart]

2. Of course it was a registered Republican.

Who else would consider that appropriate treatment of another human being?

[Supersedeas]

6. Chickenhawk Repig with no sense of dignity

[SpiralHawk]

16. the republicons are so low -- so lacking in honor

of course it was a republicon spitting

[AX10]

3. So the truth as surfaced. It is the Republicans who hate the troops.

It is the Republican party that spits upon our men and women in uniform after coming back from that Hell in Iraq. I see.

[devilgrrl]

4. There's is no doubt in my mind that it is people like this woman who gobbed the Vietnam Vets

Nice to see who the real spitters are - though I'm not surprised.

[AX10]

5. 100% correct!

[MethuenProgressive]

7. Wasn't there a debunked spitting story from the last DC protest?

Not last weekend's, the one before? The fellow who claimed he was spat at changed his story?
This is important to me, becuase I KNOW that spitstory will come up when I share this spitstory!

[gatorboy]

10. So much spit!

Where's Ozzie when you need him?

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Her party affiliation and voting record will get her off.

I'm sure if she doesn't get the punishment she deserves it'll be because because of her party affiliation and voting record.

[Fresh_Start]

8. Gee misplaced anger, must be a GOP trait

including blaming the Iraqis for 9/11

[Zywiec]

9. I was crushed that people saw this as an anti-uniform, anti-war gesture

What a bitch to spit into someone's face, especially a soldier.

[uppityperson]

14. Did you read the story?

It was personal, though it was very wrong to spit on 1 person because they had one characteristic of the one they were pissed at. Sort of like being mad at 1 (insert characteristic of a group) and spitting on another that shares that characteristic.

Edited because I was wrong. The uniform did have something to do with it. She was mad at being harrassed by 1 acquaintance in a uniform, so spit at another.

[Cabcere]

18. Welcome to DU, Zywiec!

:hi:

And, yeah. That's awful of her. :grr:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. I don't care why she spit on that soldier. It's FUCKING WRONG and there is NO excuse or reason.

[babylonsister]

20. Agreed. I guess being a rethug is her excuse. nt

[ThatsMyBarack]

12. Draft her now!

[Blue Belle]

13. Something tells me that it is Registered Republicans who trashed Congressman Roger's Office too...

Mich. Congressman's Office Vandalized
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070320/D8O051TO0.html

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Vandals upset over the Iraq war defaced U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers' office overnight, a spokesman said Tuesday.

The unknown individuals splattered red paint on the Lansing building and put up a sign saying the Republican has "blood" on his hands. They also spray painted the sidewalk with the words "no more deaths," glued shut the front door of the building and destroyed security cameras, said Andy Keiser, Rogers' chief of staff.

Sheriff's deputies were providing extra security at the Brighton home where Rogers lives with his wife and two children, Keiser said.

"The aggressive destruction of federal property and vandalism was a callous attempt to intimidate Congressman Rogers and his staff," he said in a statement. "We all are entitled to our own opinion on the situation in Iraq, but we are not entitled to destruction of taxpayer property and intimidation of federal officials."

The FBI, U.S. Capitol police and Lansing police were investigating.

Rogers has supported President Bush's decision to pursue the war in Iraq four years ago but has opposed Bush's recent plan to send extra troops to Baghdad.

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It's strange how war activism has suddenly become so overly aggressive... hmmm...

[Vincardog]

15. Typical RePigLickin behavior

Lauren Maggi had been verbally abused on the phone by a male acquaintance who is in the military at Fort Drum, and she "displaced her anger" when she encountered the victim as she walked through the airport, defense lawyer Louis Mannara said.


Authorities said Maggi had walked up to Jason Jones, 21, near the United Airlines ticket counter, asked him if he was a Fort Drum soldier and then spat in his face when he said that he was.

[bobbolink]

17. YET-it's the libruls who get blamed. Why am I not at all surprised????

Spit back atcha, sweetie!!

:puke:

[Tom Joad]

21. The idea that anti-war protesters during Vietnam error spat on soldiers is a myth.

and i just want to remind everyone here and now.

[bobbolink]

23. That's what I thought, too, but there are DU vets who will argue the opposite.

:shrug:

I can only take their word for it.. they suffered enough....

BUT.. I do wonder if it was agent provacateurs...

[Tom Joad]

28. I suppose there might have been isolated incidents...

There were hundreds of thousands -- millions probably, who protested the war... can't vouch for each individual.

[tom_paine]

22. OMG! Too much! She's a STINKING BUSHEVIK!

And this story, of course, without that last little key fact attached, will form the basis of the BIG LIE that now Liberals spit on Iraq War Vets, too.

Watch and learn how the Nazis, Soviets, and their spiritual descendants practicing BushPutinism, operate.

[EstimatedProphet]

24. There's only one thing to say to this story

:spray:

[Cooley Hurd]

25. But "SyrMom" says...

Hmmm, one of the forums on syracuse.com has her listed as a registered Liberal who only voted in 2000 and 2002. (according to the BOE).

She lied under oath?

Posted on 03/20/07 at 7:25PM

SyrMom, don't believe everything you read on the internets, dear...:eyes:

[woo me with science]

26. The problem with this story

is that it will be reported with essentially the same headline it is given here, and people who are too busy or lazy to read the story will OF COURSE assume that it is a case of that famous, media trumpeted antiwar protester practice of spitting on soldiers.

I almost skipped this post, because I assumed a story like that had been dredged up from somewhere, and I didn't even care to see the example. I'm glad I clicked on the post, but I bet there are LOTS of people who will see a similar headline and leap to conclusions based on what the media has historically loved to tell them about Democrats and liberals. IMO the party of the spitter should be in the headline, because that is precisely what makes the story important, as an object lesson in media myths and illusions.

[Blue_Tires]

27. ttt n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

29. What a pitiful thing to do to someone.