Witness (Staunch Miller Supporter): Reporter was rude but not a threat

[kpete]

Source: Alaska Dispatch

Witness: Reporter was rude but not a threat
Patti Epler | Oct 18, 2010

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Lolly Symbol says she drove in from Big Lake with her two young sons because she was a staunch Miller supporter and wanted to ask him a question about his stance on gun control.

She said she found the opportunity to speak with Miller when he stuck around after his town hall at Central Middle School and spoke with a few people outside the main room. She says she stood right next to the candidate as the scene that has captured national public attention played out.

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She said Miller tried to get away from the reporter and in doing so put his hand on her arm and pushed her aside. Her 8-year-old son, Vincent Mahoney, was standing right behind her, and Miller bowled him over in his attempt to get away. "I don't know if Miller didn't see him or didn't care, but he didn't say 'excuse me' or 'I'm sorry'. He didn't even turn his head," Symbol said. "He simply did not care at all."

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"The whole thing just made me sick," she said. "I was a big supporter of Joe Miller, I really was. But not anymore.

Read more: http://alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/7195-witness-reporter-was-rude-but-not-a-threat

[Angry Dragon]

1. That is correct madam

he cares nothing of others
standard republican stance

[nykym]

2. And this is exactly

how he will govern, "He simply did not care at all."

[Stuart G]

5. Thanks for posting this...K & R..

[karynnj]

3. He "bowled over" an 8 year old and pushe a woman aside?

The issue is not that he didn't say he was sorry, the issue is this is completely unacceptable behavior for an adult - much less one wanting to be a senator.

[Stuart G]

4. Excellent...I hope this gets real play in Alaska..Because

pushing a kid away, just to get away from a reporter doesn't sit well with "normal" people...

[alfredo]

7. Republicans will probably say the kid had it coming to him.

[Winterblues]

6. Rarely is one's cowardice so plain for all to witness.

Running over children trying to escape a few questions... Coward....

[MineralMan]

8. "Don't you know who I am?" Syndrome.

Seems like a lot of Republican candidates suffer from it. Closed events, refusal to answer questions from the press, antisocial behavior...that sort of thing. Learned it from Palin, I believe.

[bc3000]

9. I hope video of this surfaces.

[No Elephants]

10. A Republican pol who is both brutal and chicken. Some things never change, eh?