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Andy Dillon's thugs going national

By Nick, Section News
Posted on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:42:12 PM EST

Michigan's making national headlines in the blogosphere again but not for the sorts of reasons we'd like. Two weeks ago we told you about the sudden appearance of taxpayer funded union thugs surrounding recall petition signature gatherers down in House Speaker Andy Dillon's home district.

Detroit's WDIV sent a news crew out on the scene and sure enough, they identified several State employees harassing passersby in the middle of the day. If you haven't seen Mara MacDonald's report yet... well... what are you waiting for?

Late yesterday a post appeared on Red State, the nation's leading conservative blogging community and that was all the spark the story needed. It's taken off across the Right Roots nationally with coverage at The Political Forum, Principal Over Party, Mount Virtus and The Gateway Pundit just in the last twenty-four hours.

Meanwhile, the original Red State post has rocketed up the charts and become one of the most "recommended" stories currently on the site. (RS uses a form of user moderation... getting "recommended" is a good thing.)

And as the rest of the nation starts to realize the depths to which Michigan Democrats are willing to sink to protect their tax hikes... going so far as to send paid union thugs out on taxpayer time to physically intimidate voters... I figured it was worth a quick follow-up to see where we stood with the promise Dillon's spokesman made to WDIV.

Towards the end of the clip MacDonald reports that the Speaker's office promised to "get back" with the station regarding documentation to prove the State employees were actually using "vacation time" to harass voters. That they weren't doing it on-the-clock. Thus far, we haven't heard anything. Which really shouldn't be all that surprising.

Vacation time? Raise your hand if you'd spend your vacation time in the middle of March standing outside in Michigan trying to intimidate people. Yeah, that's what I thought. None of you.

Not that Bird and Dillon are above forcing their employees to fill out some paperwork attesting to the "fact" that that's precisely what they were doing. Which brings up another interesting question... why is the Speaker of the House compelling his staff to use their vacation time in his service?

Only the Democrats. And, sadly, only in Michigan.

Meanwhile, the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance is still offering a $250 reward for anyone who can identify the thugs at their new website DillonsThugs.com. With a name and a face a FOIA suddenly becomes a possibility. Until then taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for the Democrats' voter intimidation.

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Andy Dillon's thugs going national | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 hidden)

interesting (none / 0) (#1)
by whatever on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:33:28 PM EST

i find a pattern at work here (and elsewhere):

whenever union/dem people exercise their Constitutional rights (re: assemble, petition, etc), they are labeled "thugs" and their actions are "physically intimidating."

yet when a conservative ambushes, say, someone in a dark parking lot with a video camera and shouts questions at the person while he retreats into his car that's called being a good patriot?

hmm...

I see your point... by leondrolet, 04/01/2008 09:54:41 PM EST (none / 0)
Consistent by chetly, 04/02/2008 01:36:42 AM EST (none / 0)

And I'd just add... by Nick, 04/02/2008 07:20:39 AM EST (none / 0)

So, "Whatever" says intimidation OK (none / 0) (#5)
by Angry White Male on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 11:20:21 AM EST

Let it be noted that resident liberal troll "whatever" sees nothing wrong with surrounding private citizens who are collecting ballot measure petition signatures with state employees and union goons whose only purpose is to intimidate the gatherer and dissuade individuals from approaching to sign the petitition.

One wonders if this troll would be singing the same song were this a pro-"affirmative action" petition, the petitioners were black, and the thugs surrounding them white. Methinks that a federal civil rights suit would be filed so fast by the ACLU and other phoney 'civil rights' groups that it would make your head spin.

Fricking hypocrites.

angry=angry (none / 0) (#6)
by whatever on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 12:55:03 PM EST

there are treatments for that anger.

i simply pointed out a gatekeeper bias concerning the reporting of such incidents. aside from you flying off the handle with a plethora of logical fallacies, the other retort has been that such actions are deemed acceptable or not by some sort of ill-defined "physical rubric."

it's okay if you under___feet tall and weigh under____pounds. heck, why stop there. that's a slippery slope that should get us pulling out the race card before too long and other forms of profiling.

Leon already nuked your argument (none / 0) (#7)
by Angry White Male on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 02:01:49 PM EST

Leon Drolet's response already nuked your argument that this is some kind of "gatekeeper bias," so your response to my putting the correct label on your apparrent approval of anti-democratic thuggery - fascist - is a pathetic effort to dodge the truth by changing the subject.

You have zero cred here as anything other than a rabid partisan hack - as opposed to an honest liberal - until just one time you acknowledge that something done by the Left and by Dems is wrong and off-base. Lord knows I and many others here don't hesitate to criticize the Right and the GOP when they get out of line.

Until that happens, I won't hesitate to dump all over you, little man. When it does, I'll start give you the respect you will have earned - but you've got a long way to go.

By your criteria Whatever (none / 0) (#8)
by tenex22 on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 02:31:12 PM EST

The MSM commits thugery everyday when they question anyone.

lol... (none / 0) (#9)
by whatever on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 05:07:20 PM EST

angry white dude, you make me chuckle. i won't sink to your level with the juvenile name calling. that rah-rah chest-thumping just gets in the way of having a good debate. but knock yourself out. i'll make the popcorn.

back to the topic: i could care less about dillon. don't know him. he's not in my district. live and let live: the petition signers have a right to attempt to recall him. those urging people not to sign the petition have a right to assemble, protest, and exercise their first amendment rights.

the end. stop whining.

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