Politics Republican candidate 'body-slams' Guardian reporter in Montana

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Natebishop3]

This is how bad Democrats are.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/repu...id=clicksource_4380645_2_three_posts_vert_hed

Greg Gianforte wins Montana special election a day after being charged with assault

Not sure how you're tying this one together?

GOP candidate assaults reporter and still gets elected by his redneck constituents = Democrats are bad?

 

[Denny Crane]

Not sure how you're tying this one together?

GOP candidate assaults reporter and still gets elected by his redneck constituents = Democrats are bad?

They put considerable energy into beating him. Not even the body slam thing was enough to elect a Democrat. So yeah, they are that bad.

 

[The Professional Fan]

They put considerable energy into beating him. Not even the body slam thing was enough to elect a Democrat. So yeah, they are that bad.

Wrong. This says way more about the hillbilly's in Montana than it does Dems.

 

[Denny Crane]

Wrong. This says way more about the hillbilly's in Montana than it does Dems.

Whatever Democrats are selling, the people aren't buying.

 

[MarAzul]

GOP candidate assaults reporter and still gets elected by his redneck constituents = Democrats are bad?

Yea, yea. Why are you having a problem?

 

[MarAzul]

The last Democrat I voted for was Bill Clinton in 92. Twenty Five years ago. ugh! Screwed up.
I don't always vote for the Republican, but never the Democrat.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Whatever Democrats are selling, the people aren't buying.

Dude. It's Montana. The fact that he barely got 50% with many mail in ballots is no indictment of anyone except Gianforte. You might notice the libertarian candidate did pretty well.

Also, Gianforte basically looks like Michael Gaston. Which one is which?

 

[barfo]

Denny's team won. That's the only thing that matters.

barfo

 

[MarAzul]

Denny's team won. That's the only thing that matters.

barfo

 

[MarAzul]

Dude. It's Montana. The fact that he barely got 50% with many mail in ballots is no indictment of anyone except Gianforte. You might notice the libertarian candidate did pretty well.

Also, Gianforte basically looks like Michael Gaston. Which one is which?

Ha! You missed the salient issue. The Democrat did not win.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Ha! You missed the salient issue. The Democrat did not win.

Go sneetches?!?!

 

[Orion Bailey]

Jesse The Body has some competition now!!!

 

[The Professional Fan]

Whatever Democrats are selling, the people aren't buying.

 

[Denny Crane]

Dude. It's Montana.

Dude it's most states. A thousand elected positions won from Democrats since 2008.

Whatever the Democrats are selling, the people aren't buying.

 

[Denny Crane]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

 

[The Professional Fan]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

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Not sure what relevance that has. What I posted were results. What you posted were projections. But I'm pretty sure you know that

 

[Natebishop3]

Yea, yea. Why are you having a problem?

Because the guy is a piece of shit. I don't care if he's a Republican or a Democrat. He doesn't belong in the House of Representatives. It boggles my mind that this is the kind of guy that is making decisions that affect this country.

 

[MarAzul]

Because the guy is a piece of shit. I don't care if he's a Republican or a Democrat. He doesn't belong in the House of Representatives. It boggles my mind that this is the kind of guy that is making decisions that affect this country.

Well yeah! But one more voting with Pelosi is worse, even if he resembles the Pope.

 

[Denny Crane]

Not sure what relevance that has. What I posted were results. What you posted were projections. But I'm pretty sure you know that

Republicans won 3 of 4. The current narrative is the Democrats are going to have a "wave" election. So far, not so much.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Sinobas]

 

[Chris Craig]

Because the guy is a piece of shit. I don't care if he's a Republican or a Democrat. He doesn't belong in the House of Representatives. It boggles my mind that this is the kind of guy that is making decisions that affect this country.

But, he's a millionare. He is supposed to join the millionaires club in the Congress and Senate.

 

[jonnyboy]

This should carry him over the top with Montanans.

I know, right? That was my first thought

How many times have you guys been to Montana? Did you get assaulted? Those toothless, backwoods, gun-toting Montana hicks can be a real pain, huh?

Keep generalizing, im sure you'll get your message through to people by insulting them.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Worldstar University?

 

[MarAzul]

How many times have you guys been to Montana?

Are you kidding? At least half this gang has never been east of Rooster Rock.

 

[MarAzul]

Which reminds me, Rooster Rock is not the correct original name. Do you know the name?

 

[The Professional Fan]

How many times have you guys been to Montana? Did you get assaulted? Those toothless, backwoods, gun-toting Montana hicks can be a real pain, huh?

Keep generalizing, im sure you'll get your message through to people by insulting them.

They voted for a dude that body slammed a journalist. I need not know more. It's that simple

 

[barfo]

Which reminds me, Rooster Rock is not the correct original name. Do you know the name?

It used to be called "Oden's Dick".

barfo

 

[Jade Falcon]

They voted for a dude that body slammed a journalist. I need not know more. It's that simple

From what I'm hearing from various other sources is that this was actually a shove to the guy's neck area after he pushed his way into a private office and stuck a camera (or recording device) of some sort into Gianforte's face.

And no, I can't confirm the source of that. It's a brief summary from a quoted article that I read on another forum, which I don't have in front of me at the moment.

But, if that's true, then it wouldn't surprise me. Because, of course, to the media, shoving a pushy, trespassing reporter equals "bodyslamming an innocent journalist".