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Weller Aide Pushes Reporter Down The Stairs
It looks like Congressman Jerry Weller (R-IL) — the son-in-law of a former Central American dictator — is going out in style.
After Weller's retirement announcement today, CBS Chicago political editor Mike Flannery and a camera crew followed Weller and asked him about a suspicious land deal in Nicaragua that some believe may have led to Weller's sudden retirement. Weller's aides, who surrounded him as a sort of security squad, got messy:
"There's a large man, who begins shoving reporters around, including yours truly. He shoves me one way, then he goes after another reporter with CLTV ... There's an opening in the doorway, and I begin moving through that doorway, and he shoves me down the stairs; he shoves me into a railing on the staircase and also into a woman in on the staircase who was traveling with Weller," Flannery said.
Weller then began yelling at the reporters on camera, threatening to call the police against them for having pushed the woman.
Flannery says he plans to press charges against the Congressman's staffer.
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That's f*cked up. Good thing dude's a republican.
September 21, 2007 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is video of the incident up on the CLTV website: http://cltv.trb.com/
September 21, 2007 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm, that's the second Republican we know of building a hidey-hole in Latin America (the first being the Bush family in Uruguay).
I wonder how many others are doing the same thing?
September 21, 2007 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excuse me. There's something wrong with this sentence:
"After his retirement announcement today, CBS Chicago political editor Mike Flannery…"
Flannery is retiring?
September 21, 2007 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh, fixed. The decision to put a paragraph break there, necessitating the specifying of Weller as the subject, was a last-moment thing.
Thanks.
September 21, 2007 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
===Flannery is retiring?
We don't have 'tort' reform here. That could be worth a couple million.
Flannery is known for persistence, not so much intelligence.
September 21, 2007 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought the thug-bunker was in Dubai.
September 21, 2007 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
CBS also has a video posted (slightly different angle)
www.cbs2chicago.com
September 21, 2007 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Right is becoming testy because their night at the fascist ball is coming to an end. They are beginning to show their true brownshirt colors. The Dems have got to stop allowing the Rethugs to bully them.
September 21, 2007 7:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is the Bush bunker in Uruguay or Paraguay?
September 21, 2007 7:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait. I saw Downfall, the bunker is definitely in Berlin. When Lynne Cheney is putting the kids to "bed" she mentions that they are in Berlin.
September 21, 2007 7:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now we know why Weller is comfortable marrying into a dictator's family.
September 21, 2007 7:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Weller wants to spend more time with his family. Does that mean he'll be moving to Guatemala to spend more time with his fascist father in law. now that the GOP's fascist reign is in shambles?
September 21, 2007 8:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Geez, is CLTV owned by Rupert Murdoch, too? The video on their site of Weller making his retirement announcement labels him as a Democrat.
September 21, 2007 8:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
They are getting very desperate. Another open seat? Goody.
September 21, 2007 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
If he had Blackwater guards, that reporter would be dead.
September 21, 2007 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not much to see in the video but I'm glad the cop that was trailing the entourage was so helpful. If you or I had pushed someone down the stairs our ass would have been in jail.
U
September 21, 2007 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is something really weird about Rep. Welles behavior. Why is he avoiding the press about this, or refuse to talk about the land deals. Some of the deals were known before the mid-terms in 2006, and I would think he would be prepared for questions. There is something deeper why is avoiding the media and questions about these deals. Something is going on. Most poliiticians retiring, like Senator John Warner, is like a huge weight off their shoulders, no more fundraising, etc.. Welles is 50 years old, he had his child one or two years ago, there is something not right about his behavior.
September 22, 2007 2:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's apparently only a matter of time with the GOP-ers until we hear him arrested for raping children or soliciting men in bathrooms too...
Good thing God is on their side. Oh yeah the priests rape kids too...
September 22, 2007 4:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Tommy Udo lives!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039536/
"Widmark's portrayal of Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death shocked audiences nationwide. When Widmark tied up Mildred Dunnock and threw her down a flight of stairs, gasps aplenty came from audiences."
September 22, 2007 8:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
God, I've been waiting for people to pick up on the lovely 11th district of Illinois - where I live - for years. This place is ripe for a D pickup, and before Weller, it was Dem territory for some time.
Everyone that I know here, who once considered themselves Republican, now call themselves "independent." In other words, they can't bring themselves to put the Elephant label on.
Jesus God! Pump some money our way and you'll have another Democratic Congressman - no problem!
September 23, 2007 1:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
FASCISM, FASCISM EVERY WHERE AND THE REPUKLICANT SUPPORTERS STILL HAVE THEIR HEADS TUCKED SAFELY WHERE RECTAL THERMOMETERS GO.
September 23, 2007 2:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
The article says, “CBS Chicago political editor Mike Flannery and a camera crew followed …”
So where is the video?
I don’t believe that this happened the way that it is being described. If it had, it would have made national news and by the reporters own account, there should be a video.” I say release the video that you have (the camera is never off,) and let us decide what happened.
September 23, 2007 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
philnyc wrote on September 22, 2007 4:18 AM:
It's apparently only a matter of time with the GOP-ers until we hear him arrested for raping children or soliciting men in bathrooms too...
Good thing God is on their side. Oh yeah the priests rape kids too...
Eric says:
Seriously...you believe that's what we are? What ever happened to "Progressive?" You're just a bigot who aims his prejudice at political and religious affiliation.
September 23, 2007 3:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
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