State Democrats to show stomping incident in TV ad against Rand Paul

[sabra]

Source: Lexington Herald Leader

SHELBYVILLE — The Kentucky Democratic Party is featuring video of a Rand Paul supporter stomping a liberal activist in a television ad that it plans to air Friday night in Lexington and Bowling Green.

Party spokesman Matt Erwin said the ad will appear only after 10 p.m., when children are less likely to see it.

"We think it's so frightening for children that we don't want parents to have to explain why a woman is getting beat up," Erwin said.

The party hopes to make other TV buys to air the ad, but it's scheduled to run only a limited number of times in Lexington, where the incident occurred, and in Bowling Green, hometown of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul, Erwin said.

The ad shows footage of Paul's now former Bourbon County campaign coordinator, Tim Profitt, allegedly assaulting liberal activist Lauren Valle after two men tackled her when she tried to approach Paul before a debate Monday night at Kentucky Educational Television in Lexington. Profitt was an unpaid volunteer for Paul's campaign.

The 60-second ad also displays the words "The Rand Paul Stomp," which the party says describes the effect Paul's positions on issues ranging from taxes to Medicare would have on Kentucky voters. It ends by asking for contributions to the party.



Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/29/1499830/state-democrats-to-show-stomping.html

[villager]

1. How disgusting -- some "pro stompers" on this board have already unrecc'd

n/t

[elias7]

4. Pro-stompers?

Could you link me to the some pro-stomping posts? I have not seen one person come out in favor of the stomping.

[kestrel91316]

5. Several people here on DU have said she deserved it. I haven't kept a list,

and won't name names, but the stomper has a few supporters here, believe it or not.

[BolivarianHero]

9. And why aren't they tombstoned?

You bash LGBT people, you're gone.
You oppose Choice, you're gone.
You defend Repukes acting like Nazis, ?

[kestrel91316]

13. Beats me.

[MNBrewer]

38. You bash LGBT people... not exactly gone....

it's a hobby with some here.

[Darth_Kitten]

45. It's merely a woman.

For some people, that matters. :eyes:

[Ter]

52. I'm pretty sure you can oppose choice here

I've seen some do it.

[fasttense]

56. That is not true.

I defended Iott and his right to reenact wars (while wearing a Nazi uniform). Though I later realized that there was more to it than simple war reenactments. But I'm still here and posting.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

59. LOL. The poster wasn't referring to the pudgy nazi dress up guys. He was referring to the nazi stomp

[Matariki]

15. Seriously - said she 'deserved' it?

That's disgusting. Hard to believe their posts stayed up.

[Tesha]

55. There are quite a few people here who routinely feel we shouldn't confront evil.

This ranges from folks who are too terrified to put a bumper
sticker on their car to people who believe we shouldn't speak
up when a loud bigot in a restaurant is espousing bigotry to
people who believe we shouldn't attend anti-war rallies to
people who believe the Democrats must always "play nice"
because we're somehow the better side and if only people
could see that...

Frankly, I think these people are best equated with Jews in
Germany circa 1933 or so, and the time for timidity has
*LONG SINCE PASSED*. Timidity only gets you kicked
again by the bullies and this time, the bullies are coming
at us (or, at the very minimum, publicly speaking about
coming at us) with deadly force.

Tesha

[tblue37]

21. I remember one poster who insisted that she brought it on herself, and that as

a former security employee himself, he thought that they were doing the right thing to take her to the ground, although he at least admitted that the stomping was too much.

[backscatter712]

24. He eventually saw reason.

After a bunch of DUers, including myself, told him to watch the video, he came to his senses, concluded that the curbstomping was waaaay out of line, and said the stompers needed to be prosecuted.

[olegramps]

42. Yes, he fially admited he was wrong. But it took many posts to convince him.

[tblue37]

58. Apperently it took many posts to convince him to even watch the darned

video before spouting off so insistently like that!

[tblue37]

57. Glad to hear it, but I wonder why he was so insistent on pushing his original

point without even having watched the video. Doing so seems to be illogical in the extreme.

[DoctorK]

40. here's why

she was taken to the ground:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLeud-sxrM&feature=player_embedded

When she tried to cram the moveon.org sign into Rand Paul's vehicle as he came to a stop the crowd restrained her.
Imagine the response if it had been Obama in the vehicle when she did a stunt like that?! Everyone would be calling for Secret Service heads.
Just thank god it was a sign and not a gun:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=da668XwQLuY

The guy who stomped on her has no excuse, but the other guy who took her to the ground until police arrived did the right thing given the circumstances.

The goal was a media event (presenting Paul with the Republicorp award), but this turned into a better mediabite than she ever could have hoped for.

[Kurovski]

51. Rand Paul is not the president, Rand Paul does not get 72 death threats a day,

No one gets very near any presidents car when he emerges.

i dunno why I'm posting this. Bored, i guess.

[Kingofalldems]

60. Hmmmm. Very familiar.

[ZombieHorde]

37. I saw one post, but the poster admitted he did not actually see the video.

I am hoping he has since viewed the video, and changed his mind.

[Iggo]

7. .

:rofl:

[elocs]

25. How nice of you to use the very 1st response to point it out. I'm sure they appreciate the attention

considering you have nothing else to say about it.

[No Passaran]

35. Just lurking freepers

[SoCalNative]

2. But they SHOULD show it at all hours

so that children can see what these teabag lunatics really stand for.

Then they will know to steer clear of them from an early age.

[LiberalFighter]

8. I agree

And if their parents support this type of activity or the Teabaggers the parents should explain their action to their children. Or give careful thought to the people they support.

[Beavker]

14. The irony is common

The adults, and I'd suspect Tea Baggers alike, would teach their kids that this is bad, yet do it daily, and support it as adults. They teach their kids not to lie, yet they do. They teach their kids to 'share' with other kids, but yet their agenda is to keep everything for their own, and sharing is bad. They teach their kids not to litter, yet their agenda's basically rape the environment. It's a common human thing that I marvel at, but it's ever so abundant in Repug land.

[olegramps]

43. Do you mean what they tea-bagging parents approve of?

There is no hope for these trash. Unfortunately, most of their kids will grow up to hold the same sick beliefs.

[PRYORcommitment]

3. Watch: TIM GRIFFIN gets stepped on by a fellow Republican David Iglesias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1BOTa-JJg

[avaistheone1]

6. I'm glad this video is going to shown far and wide all over the state

It shows the Rand Paul culture for what it is.

[Subdivisions]

10. The after 10pm thing is stupid. n/t

[bongbong]

36. Possible reason for 10PM

The 10 PM thing might be to "over do" the seriousness of it, so it seems worse than it looks. Don't get me wrong, she suffered a concussion, it was terrible and the Nazi that did it should be drawn & quartered (look it up, it's worse than CIA torture). But the average wingnut or semi-wingnut living in Amerika (land of the 24x7 repig-controlled media) might get bombarded by messages saying "she didn't die, she's fine, it was OK, she deserved it", etc.

[JDPriestly]

11. That ad should be shown all day long across the country.

It sums up the Tea-Bagger movement.

Yes, all the majority are, if not prone to violence, not very well informed, and certainly not very articulate, there are good, well-meaning, sane people in the Tea-Bagger movement. (And even a few intelligenct ones -- Denninger for example.) I don't agree with everything they stand for, but there are some.

But this video represents the underlying impatience, immaturity and anger of the Tea-Baggers

Why not show this all day? Why shouldn't parents have to explain the ad to their children?

If you could go back to Germany in 1938 and show the ordinary people who lived there a video of the crimes that were inflicted on the Jewish People on Kristallnacht, show it 24 hours a day, call them to respond with human compassion, wouldn't you do it?

Well that Rand Paul stomp was akin to the acts of the NAZIs on Kristallnacht. The people of Kentucky, all Americans, need to be shown just how ready the extreme right is to use terror and violence against those they don't like.

Did the Jews in Germany "ask for it"? I assure you that is how the NAZI attacks were rationalized. We need to go the American people and ask them for help.

Above all, yes, this should be shown to our children. It should be shown in our classrooms, and then the teacher should explain that we are a democracy. We vote with our ballots, not with boots to the heads of our opponents.

And don't call me out for the comparison to the NAZIs. If you prefer a comparison to the Red Guard in China or the events in the Soviet Union, be my guest. I just happen to know a lot more about the NAZIs than I do about those other brutal regimes.

[robbob]

12. It would be nice if they would include that quote

...from the stomper saying HE was waiting for an apology from Lauren Valle...

[IggleDoer]

16. Didn't Rand Paul once say ...

... That Obama would be putting a boot to the throat of taxpayers?

[avaistheone1]

18. Interesting... Rand's use of the word "boot".

Not like these guys operate like brownshirts or anything.

:sarcasm:

[Eric Condon]

31. His actual quote was him complaining about Obama putting his "boot heel on the throat of BP"

Not quite sure if that's better or worse.

[get the red out]

17. Wonderful news!

I am glad to see that the Democratic Party here is getting right to the truth. I might have to make myself stay up tonight and hope to see it.

If we don't make it clear that we are sick of this right wing violence, people getting stompped into the ground for their views could become a way of life in the so-called "land of the free".

[sce56]

19. Here it is on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmEQs58tOhs

[Shining Jack]

30. Thanks for the link. n/t

[loudsue]

32. They want you to sign up to watch the video.

That's pretty over the top when you consider the other videos on youtube that nobody has to sign up for.

[Ian David]

20. You Can't Stomp On Me

ou can't stomp on us! http://pol.moveon.org/cantstomp/photos.html

Last Monday night outside a senatorial debate in Kentucky, 23-year-old Lauren Valle was thrown to the ground and, while she was pinned, a man intentionally stomped on her head, leaving Lauren with a concussion. The next day the Paul campaign worker who stomped on Lauren's head demanded she apologize, saying "she instigated it!"

In 2010, in America, women deserve better than to be assaulted and then blamed for it.

In 2010, in America, engaging in political protest is not an invite for a beating.

MoveOn, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and CREDO sent out a call for people everywhere to join us in saying to Rand Paul, the Tea Party and anyone inflicting violence against us: "If you stomp on me, 1,000 more will take my place."

The response has been overwhelming. Look at the pictures here and add your own. Together, we can stop the violence.

More:
http://pol.moveon.org/cantstomp/photos.html

See also:

Let's List the violent attacks by the Right Wingers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9389907

[crim son]

22. There are some here, who, since they once chaperoned a middle-school dance,

now believe they understand all the ins and outs of crowd control and police tactics. :sarcasm:

[kath]

23. Dammit, it needs to be shown ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!

Dems, stop being so chickenshit - this election really matters, and the Teabaggers (and repugs in general) need to be exposed for what they really are.

[JohnWxy]

26. This will be the beginning of the documenting of the rize of Nazism in America. recommended.

[JohnWxy]

27. Why the Fuck aren't they going to show Republican campaign techniques nationally???

[Quantess]

29. It has gone international without the help of commercials.

A lot of people have seen it already.

[L. Coyote]

28. Rec 50. The news about the ad will be worth more than the ad buy!

[LisaM]

33. Good. I'm glad to see the Kentucky Democrats are fighting.

I'm glad that he did the Aqua Buddha ad, too.

[thereismore]

34. I have been to Kentucky. With apologies to the minority, the majority of people there are dumb. nt

[JustAmused]

39. I live in Kentucky

I appreciate being lectured by a learned neighbor form Ohio, where Boehner keeps getting elected. In my travels, I make sure I never have to buy more than a cup of coffee when passing through Ohio.

[thereismore]

49. Obviously you are in the minority then. As far as Ohio goes, half of the people here are dumb. nt

[alp227]

41. Oooh...pwnage

I've predicted before that Paul's opponent would use this incident to illustrate the problem with libertarianism. The perps just wanna get away with it.

[Ramulux]

44. They would be braindead not to use this

These psycho Paul supporters handed Conway this ad on a silver platter. Conway would have to be running the most retarded campaign of all time not to use this footage. If the tables were turned, dont think Paul wouldn't use footage like this in a heartbeat.

[indimuse]

46. !!!

!!

[Lindsey]

47. There was a really long thread regarding a "suppossed" DU'er

who was basically taking up for the incident. I haven't been able to find the thread so it was probably taken off (if they do that) and I'm hoping the guy was TS. This video should be shown all the time as it's an illustration if the true nature of the Teabaggers. I mean really, three grown men beating up a petite young women? WTF????????????????? Not to mention the fact that Rand Paul didn't come out in full force denouncing this behavior.

[2Design]

48. can't image this is a good thing and will backfire n/t

[Skittles]

50. I tend to agree

[farmboxer]

53. I hope the retarded Tea Bagger tries to stomp me!

That coward is a sick piece of fecal matter! It took five Nazis to beat up a 110lb woman! I am so tired of this crap! We need to fight back. (I rarely ever post anymore, but this crap makes me extremely angry!) I dare a Republican to try to stop me from voting!

[SemperEadem]

54. no, I think that parents should explain exactly why a woman is getting stomped

and why it is so repugnant to a so-called "civilized, judeo-xtian society" to
tolerate men hitting women.

There can never be toleration for assault and false imprisonment, which is the
criminal name for what these thugs did.

Part of the problem is that no one took Tim Proffitt and his partners in crime
aside as children and made that plain to them, that much is evident. He is an
abuser and he's used to doing this--hence his not employing any restraint or
xtian shame for allowing himself to be seen acting like this in public, let alone
captured for all posterity with the asterisk behind his name FOR.EVER.

Rand Paul pals around with woman-beaters.