Login HereGeorge Allen had his divorce records sealed and the DSCC wants to know why. So did Calling All Wingnuts blogger (and previous FDL contributor) Mike Stark. In the citizen journalist tradition Mike has pursued so honestly and relentlessly, and as a Virginia resident he decided to ask his US Senator himself.
Allen is characterizing these questions as "inappropriate" and had his goons assault Mike for asking them. Watch Allen smile with sadistic joy at the results in the YouTube above.
Share This 
Spotlight
fitz
Jim Webb!
If you watch the video that is shown on the news coverage, it looks to have been deliberately cut to make it appear as though the physical manhandling began on both sides. It starts with the Allen goon having his hands on Stark’s arm and then Stark pulling away and pushing to loosen the guy’s grip. The video is pretty obnoxious as it powerfully dilutes Allen and his henchmen’s culpability in the matter.
“Why did you spit on your first wife?” is probably gonna get a reaction. It’s designed that way.
On the other hand, if Allen can’t simply answer, quietly and convincingly, “I never did” then he’s got a problem.
If it wasn’t for Mike Stark’s question about Allen’s use of the N word I don’t know how competative this race would be right now. Mike is awesome. He’s not afraid to ask the questions that reporters should be asking. I can only hope that someone picks up on the fact that he was assaulted for asking an uncomfortable question and not characterize him as some kind of loony.
Rasmussen shows Webb ahead of Allen by 2 points
Sorry about the duplicate.
Thank you, Mike! The more discussion of Allen’s divorce, the better. :)
Cnn on Allen now. Let’s see if the scuffle is covered too.
Something amiss.
No youtube, and no refresh comments button
Allen’s next campaign appearance will be at the maul.
refreshing comments begins a five minute process. Perhaps that’s why the button has disappeared.
refreshing comments begins a five minute process. Perhaps that’s why the button has disappeared.
Head on - Apply directly to the forehead!
Head on - Apply directly to the forehead!
Head on - Apply directly to the forehead!
:-)
HA! CNN playing the assault!
One word for the echo chamber.
ATTACK!
Over at Kos there’s a link to a blogger site with excepts from Allen’s sister’s book where she alledges abuse from her brother.
The indications are there, can it be said, “He just isn’t right?”
punaise, thanks for the link, downstairs, I left an opinion.
Inappropriate?
Maybe someone might want to ask Dear George what he thinks of the sitting vice president telling a member of the US Senate to f*** off.
(Of course, the questioner might want to ask it while standing behind a friendly linebacker or two.)
YES! OMG, the Allen campaign is imploding. A Virgina resident questioning his senator now results in a tackle. This isn’t a football game, it’s real life!
Allen is toast. Crispy, crunchy toast.
During this brief interlude I’d like invite (with Ms. Hamsher’s permission) any Atlantans that want get involded in Steve Sinton’s campaign this week to leave me a quick note.
Thanks.
Thanks John Swiftly
dailykos
VA-Sen: Allen’s sister recounts beatings
by kos
Tue Oct 31, 2006 at 11:21:52 AM PST
As if this race couldn’t get even more bizarre…
“No wonder Allen’s thugs beat up Mike Stark. They are taking their cues from their boss. […]”
I am so not getting any work done this week…
Hats off for the newest fighting Dem, Mike Stark.
Such wonderful timing, too.
John Casper @ 22
gotcha, thanks
(here’s what we’re talking about: New ad gay-baits RNC chief Mehlman)
Well if there is any good to come out of this, it is that this should help Felix sink lower in the polls AND drain a million from Felix that will go into Mike’s pocket.
the tube isn’t posting for me guys, got a direct link?
See below a quote from Allen’s sister by kos today:
********************************
“Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I’ve had a fear of heights.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach’s Daughter, page 43]
“We all obeyed George. If we didn’t, we knew he would kill us. Once, when Bruce refused to go to bed, George hurled him through a sliding glass door. Another time, when Gregory refused to go to bed, George tackled him and broke his collarbone. Another time, when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach’s Daughter, page 22]
********************
Sounds like another Repug sociopath to me.
Patrick 4/4 @ 27
just this week? lucky you.
Psychopaths, the lot of them, no respect for voters or democratic process, let alone physical well-being of others.
Boot them ALL out of office.
Vote straight Dem.
So damned gratifying today to hear regularly from voters that 1) they already voted, and 2) that they already proudly went straight ticket Dem.
Well, wonder if the headlines in the news weeklies week after next will have a picture of G. Felix Allen and: “The Man Who Pissed Away the Republican Senate.” ???
In case you missed this, this is how you fight back.
Yesterday, Senator kerry, in talking about education, said something like, if you don’t get a good education, “you wind up in Iraq.” So the WH/RNC jumps all over him for suggesting only dummies would be part of our armed forces. Here is the MSNBC video of Kerry’s response:
Kerry’s response to attack on him
AmericaBlog has frame shots of the take-down.
John @ 25,
It’s alleged, undocumented, and potentially hearsay, BUT IT’S HIS SISTER!
I guess I should not be surprised that hubris play a leading role in the unraveling of these narcissistic assholes, but I gotta ask, if he did these things–behaved in these deplorable manners–didn’t he think he’d get caught. I still have an emotional scar from stealing a 2 penny gum whistle from the 5 and dime when I was four years old. Why don’t these people seem to expect a cummuppance? It truly boggles me. Perhaps someone with an education in human psychology can enlighten me.
Meanwhile, back at KOS… RE: Rover
Emptywheel says “As I understand it the GJ voted to indict, but there were problems with both the primary witnesses against: Matt Cooper and Richard Armitage. So Fitz decided not to take a case he couldn’t win.
So I think anything further would come at the trial (perhaps after Dick has to answer questions under oath?) or if, lacking a memory defense, Libby’s lawyers opt to avoid an embarrassing loss and try to deal.”
Have I been asleep at the switchero?
The GJ wanted to indict? If so, this makes
me so fucking furious?
Or am I missing something?
Pleeeez help me
Jack
Jane, I don’t know if I’d play the “goon” card on this one. Did you see the old bespectacled fart that took him down?
For a guy that likes to act tough, Macaca has some pretty soft staffer/goons. I think Stark could have whipped them all, had he not taken the non-violent approach.
JohnSwifty: sociopaths, that’s all.
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/sb.html
Wow. And talk about your liberal media. Thanks for letting us know Allen is ok,jeebus,what about Mike? He’s the one that got assaulted. Allen didn’t get so much as a hair mussed.
Disgusting.Ack.
Peterr,if you are still here. RE; saving bookmarks. Thanks for that. It took me a while to figure out how to git’r'done, but I got’er.
oh, thank goodness Felix Macaca is unhurt, that was my first worry after I watched his goons take Mike down to the floor.
things are goon to hell in a hand-basket for Allen
An Angry Old Broad @
37
Mike says he’s okay, but knowing Mike, I would not expect him to go home and just let this lie.
Go Mike. He’s a hero.
I think John @Americablog has it right. Mike Stark is about to come into some serious money.
scarecrow @ 34
THX for the link. Kerry has been practicing that speech for years. Nice ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK! Reading TRex/FDL I see.
OT…a bit
CNN reporting that the Preznit will comment on Kerry’s statement at 5 PM. Am not sure I can stomach hearing that. Strange days when it’s Kerry talking about “mangling” words.
Am late to the party today and have just finished reading through the earlier threads. Congrats to Christy about the CNN gig.
Don’t think we have to worry about ReddHedd taking on Kyra though. Ms. Rethug has looked pretty miserable since they partnered her recently with Don Lemon. Just let her stew…and continue to add stRipes to her hair for attention.
jayt @ 42
let’s drain the felix swamp of its liquid assets
Bit NOLA @ 40
come on . . . if mike — who was a Marine, fought back then he would have responded how they wanted . . .
this was not a fight it was ASSAULT. granted by a soft middle aged chickenhawk but still.
STARK IS A HERO.
Get Mike interviewed and on CNN at once!
CNN had it as “breaking news” and seemed to report it pretty well.
They do not believe in civil discourse. They believe in the facsimile of reason, but there’s autocratic brutality right beneath the surface.
OT - lawsuit filed in San Diego over voting machine “sleepovers”
this is a link to a video of a parody of the Corker/Ford race baiting ad (that Mehlman said he thought was just fine).
http://www.blogactive.com/
I see from the video that Felix the Shat has finally got himself an adult brute squad. Last time I saw him, his entourage was a bunch of downy lipped boys in ill fitting suits and high-heeled cowboy boots. (One of them in charge of carrying the football, in case Felix got an urge.)
Finally, someone who can speak on Deadeye’s level.
ALL-OUT WAR
REP. RIPS ‘S.O.B.’ AFTER TAX ASSAULT
By GEOFF EARLE
‘Charlie doesn’t understand how the economy works.’
- Vice President Dick Cheney on New York Democrat Charles Rangel yesterday.
October 31, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel yesterday blasted Dick Cheney as a “son of a bitch” after the vice president said the Harlem lawmaker would raise taxes and destroy the economy if Democrats take control of the House.
snip
My bold.
http://rawstory.com/showoutart....._earle.htm
Here’s a little more on one of the goons…
(bold mine)
http://www.dailyprogress.com/s.....&path=!news
Also from TPM:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
The ReTHUGlicans will DO ANYTHING to win, and they will SAY ANYTHING too. They have no respect for human life, and they have no respect for real pain and real suffering. My patience for their reprehensible tactics has fully attenuated.
obsessed @ 49
This one is good too: CALL ME… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....&eurl=
Delurking for a moment… Before anybody jumps all over the media for their “concern” about Allen and lack thereof for Stark, take note of the heading they flash on the screen while Allen is schmoozing with Liddy: “Stomping For Votes.” That’s no typo, folks. They punked Allen with that one, and they deserve a pat on the head for it.
Bustednuckles @ 43
Glad to help.
Birdman @ 48
It’s a good day to start a law suit. But perhaps criminal charges and a police report will come first.
BuggyQ– they sure did! The reporter said the condition of the assaulted one was not known…
leaves the door wide open and begs for f/u and concern from the teevee audience.
The CNN video had nice audio, hope it is played a lot…
BuggyQ @ 55:
Heh, noticed that too. Something tells me that Stomping for Votes might backfire as a campaign strategy.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200610310008
I KNEW air america was the MOST popular talk show!
here in new york, EVERYONE i KNOW listens to people like randi rodes
so the advertisers are BOYCOTTING and THAT’S the reason they need chapter 11 protection
I THINK WE NEED TO BOYCOTT THE BOYCTTERS
angie @
36
Geez angie, you nailed that on the head. Even a layman approach to psycho-anna-lies-in will uncover an absolute bumper crop of those behaviors in this authoritarian administration. Surely people recognize this. We’ve pointed it out again and again; if they haven’t gotten it by now, angie, you can’t say we didn’t try.
I heart Jane,
I’m in agreement. Stark did a fine job. Kept his cool, even though the targets were ripe.
BuggyQ @ 55
Reads almost like The Daily Show or Colbert.
Bit NOLA @ 62
oh ya . . . knowing of Mike he is going to make hay of this : SPITTLEgate!!!
heh, good one JohnSwifty! :)
CNN covering Macaca and it’s not pretty.
Dana Bash virtually bashing the racist thug and showing video of Webb pushing Max Cleland’s wheelchair…
me to me @ 60
angie @ 65
Whoops. Looks like Felix the Rat may have jumped the shark this time.
OK…Wolfie has just “jumped the shark.” He referred to Mike Sark only as a “yelling protestor.” Followed up that comment by noting that he’s not just “any” protestor..but a contibuter to “Daily Kos.”
How much penance is Big Dick demanded for Wolfie’s temerity in taking on Lynne?
Isn’t Mike Stark a veteran?
Did George Allen’s goons attack a veteran?
RBG @ 70
Yes to both.
AP writ-up that just showed up on the S.F. Gate site. I love the “just the facts” jack reporting - like the use of “Heckler” in the title ~ I really can’t stand the media as a whole in this country. That’s why I lurk here:
Heckler Subdued at George Allen Event
- By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
(10-31) 13:15 PST Richmond, Va. (AP) —
A heckler who confronted Sen. George Allen at a campaign appearance Tuesday was put in a chokehold and slammed to the floor by three of the Republican’s supporters in an incident captured on video.
Mike Stark, a liberal blogger and first-year University of Virginia law student, approached Allen at an event in Charlottesville, loudly asking, “Why did you spit at your first wife, George?” according to witnesses.
Three men, all wearing blue Allen lapel stickers, immediately grabbed Stark, dragged him backward and slung him to the carpet outside a hotel meeting room, according to video captured by WVIR-TV in Charlottesville.
Stark said later in a telephone interview with The Associated Press: “I am a constituent. I am allowed to ask my U.S. senator questions.”
A new statewide poll conducted for CNN showed Allen’s Democratic challenger, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb, with a slight lead in a bitterly contested race that could help determine whether the GOP retains control of the Senate.
In a Monday posting on “Calling All Wingnuts,” the blog Stark publishes, he hinted that he would attempt to provoke Allen before the TV cameras.
“Im also trying to `Roger and Me’ George Allen whenever I can,” Stark wrote, referring to director Michael Moore’s 1989 documentary in which he repeatedly tried to confront former General Motors’ chief executive Roger Smith about the company’s downsizing.
In August, Stark similarly approached Allen after a speech at a hotel near Staunton, loudly asking if he had ever used a common six-letter epithet against blacks.
That was two weeks after Allen, at a rally, referred to a Webb volunteer of Indian descent as “Macaca,” which is considered by some to be a racial slur.
Must have missed something (hate when work gets in the way) - whazzup with the reference to Christy & CNN?
Jane(nyc) @
68
Well, Blitzer’s still alive, for now. But I bet he won’t be taking any light aircraft lately; and, certainly, grouse hunting is out of the question. Is there a mobile Kool-aid unit that they can dispatch in emergency cases like Wolf’s, or has he kissed the ring again of his own accord?
I can’t really get too upset about him. He’s a MSM guy. He’ll say whatever’s on the teleprompter. I think the problem with Mean Lynne was that some producer thought it was ok to let Wolf ad lib and a leetle humanity leeked out by accident.
Lou Costello @
43
Rove is atacking on this; already Bush has spoken and is going to hold a Presser in the net hour against Kerry.
And when Felix tries to distance himself from the actions of his brute squad, remember that George “hrh Humperdink” Allen is on record as having said (about Democrats)that he wished he could “Knock their soft teeth down their whining throats”.
I know Wolfie’s MSM but I just sent CNN a scathing email about their sloppy reporting.
Their presentation completely ignored any of the salient facts about who Mike is, i.e. that he’s a veteran, a law student, and Felix’s constituent.
Told them that it appears as if they subscribe to the “Fox School of Journalism” when they stoop to such lazy reporting.
Go Mike Stark! And who was the young “reporter” I saw this morning getting pushed by Angie Paccione’s vile opponent? Is it Musgrave?
First they frame the dissenters as the enemy, now they physically attack them/us for asking the tough questions…hardly a surprising turn of the character from these hypocrites.
jinny @ 74
OK, let’s keep score. But we have to be compassionate, and Bush is an idiot. How many mumblefucks should we spot him?
Here’s more from Allen’s sister’s book:
JohnSwifty @
66
Agree with you and think that this is something we should tackle after the election. Bottom line, for instance, is that very few wealthy R’s shop at such places as J.C.Peney. They and similar corporations are in business thanks to we Democrats. I believe snail mail letters to the corporate HQ would most likely have more impact than emails.
They’ll just delete the emails in Fortune 500 and only the tech staff will have seen them.
E.J. Dionne on Allen’s campaign smears:
E.J. Dionne on Sen. Allen
me to me @ 60
Everyone needs to print a copy of the list and carry it with them whenever they go shopping. I am and I’m going to give a copy to my wife. I always figured something like this was going on. Franken beats Oliely almost everywhere he’s up against him. The same with the rest of the AAR line-up. Hit the bastards in their purses.
Diane @ 73
AFAIK, CNN hired her to do election night commentary.
Rumor has it that President Clusterfuck has scheduled a special meeting with the press to drop a load of shit on Kerry. What other president has ever been so petty or so stupid?
Unbelievable the degree to which he has dragged his sacred office through the slime.
here’s Mark Plotkin on Allen from today’s chat in the wapoo before the proverbial sh*t hit the fan:
and
emphasis mine.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....00921.html
Diane @ 78
Christy’s going to be part of an election night group of bloggers (from various political perspectives) holding forth at CNN next Tuesday evening . . . details to follow.
Jinny –
Yes, Rove sees an opening with Kerry’s careless first words, but it’s also a risk, because Kerry’s response so far is very hard hitting. It hits Bush in all the right places. And if the President responds, then Kerry can respond again. And this will become the lead news item. So what else gets pushed out?
It’s possible that as the CNN types run the exchanges over and over, they’ll show film of IRAQ in the background. This is not the issue Rove wants Bush to be out there talking about; so even though I expect Bush to try to make this an attack on the troops, Kerry has already signaled that Bush is even more vulnerable about putting the troops in harm’s way and not supporting them with a strategy, enough boots, enough armor, enough allies, enough flexibility, enough realism, enough funding of vets afterwards — If Kerry does this right, he reaches more of the Indies and fires up Dem base; if Bush does this right he just fires up his own base. Raw politics, and it’s all theater; nothing has really changed overall.
After watching the video of Allen’s goon squad hit job, I would say that a criminal battery complaint and a civil lawsuit for damages are in order.
Lou Costello @
63
Shouldn’t this be stomping on voters?
John Casper @ 83
“hired”? or invited to comment with other bloggers? I assumed the latter.
Off topic, but I just called my Congressman’s office about HR 4239, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which severely limits the rights of animal welfare advocates “for any action that can be linked to a loss of profit to any company classified as an “animal enterprise”. An “animal enterprise” would include anyone who produces or distributes animals or products from animals, animal entertainment - including rodeos, circuses, zoos or aquariums, research facilities, pet stores and even animal fighting.
This means that legal activities such as peaceful protests, consumer boycotts, media campaigns legislative proposals, or even telling the public what happens in puppy mills, factory farms, or canned hunting facilities, could be classified as acts of terrorism.”
Hope everybody takes action on this.
JohnSwifty @ 74
Wow. Wolf Blitzer is able to show a human side?
Huh. I didn’t realize that was possible.
I learn something new every day on Firedoglake.
p.s. I hope Mike Stark is alright.
/delurk
Here it is, the boycott list straight from ABC:
http://mediamatters.org/static.....031-lg.jpg
here’s a link to the media matters story:
http://mediamatters.org/items/.....0610310008
Put your money where your mouth is, or rather don’t put your money where THEIR mouths are.
jinny @
81
Not to mention Wal-Mart…do you suspect the right wing upper 2% is buying their fall fashion at teh Mart!
In a lovely bit of irony, it is Air America that keeps me up to date on just how poorly WalMart treats their employees; how damaging the ‘big box’ mentality is to a community.
Of course they want to shut Air America down. Who else broadcasts the truth about health care costs being driven up by minimum age workers getting less than 30 hours a week and NO health care, by design, from teh Mart’s managment. Sure as hell they want to shut them down!
scarecrow at 90 — I’m not hired — just invited along with a group of other bloggers. As soon as I have details beyond the sketchy bit I shared this morning, you guys will be the first to know…(well, okay, the second, after me and Mr. ReddHedd…)
How can a candidate claim to be from the “family values” party, then refuse to answer questions about his own family? How can the wife of the vice-president of the “family values” party lie on television about the lesbian scenes in her books (I don’t care if the scenes are in there; but don’t lie, lady)? How can the “family values” party condone the actions of a Congressman who makes sexual overtures to underage pages (I don’t care what sex either is! These people are underage!)? Isn’t it clear to all Americans: this is NOT the family values party!! Attention, voters: this is just a preview of what a future President Allen would be like. Dissent and you will be thrown to the ground — or worse.
Nothing wrong with refusing to advertise on Air America as long as they refuse to advertise on Rush too.
JohnSwifty @ 94
Believe it or not, Wal-Mart has donated to the campaign of one of the most deplorable human beings in existence. I have never shopped there, but I wish they would issue a comment on the commercials of their chosen candidate, Delores Brewer.
Anyone know anything meaningful about OCR technology or know someone that does? Trying to look further into a project on LieberCash?
Boycott list:
http://mediamatters.org/static.....031-lg.jpg
AP write-up that just showed up on the S.F. Gate site. I love the “just the facts” jack reporting in this - like the use of “Heckler” in the title ~ I hate the media…why I lurk here at FDL:
Heckler Subdued at George Allen Event
- By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
(10-31) 13:15 PST Richmond, Va. (AP) —
A heckler who confronted Sen. George Allen at a campaign appearance Tuesday was put in a chokehold and slammed to the floor by three of the Republican’s supporters in an incident captured on video.
Mike Stark, a liberal blogger and first-year University of Virginia law student, approached Allen at an event in Charlottesville, loudly asking, “Why did you spit at your first wife, George?” according to witnesses.
Three men, all wearing blue Allen lapel stickers, immediately grabbed Stark, dragged him backward and slung him to the carpet outside a hotel meeting room, according to video captured by WVIR-TV in Charlottesville.
Stark said later in a telephone interview with The Associated Press: “I am a constituent. I am allowed to ask my U.S. senator questions.”
A new statewide poll conducted for CNN showed Allen’s Democratic challenger, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb, with a slight lead in a bitterly contested race that could help determine whether the GOP retains control of the Senate.
In a Monday posting on “Calling All Wingnuts,” the blog Stark publishes, he hinted that he would attempt to provoke Allen before the TV cameras.
“Im also trying to `Roger and Me’ George Allen whenever I can,” Stark wrote, referring to director Michael Moore’s 1989 documentary in which he repeatedly tried to confront former General Motors’ chief executive Roger Smith about the company’s downsizing.
In August, Stark similarly approached Allen after a speech at a hotel near Staunton, loudly asking if he had ever used a common six-letter epithet against blacks.
That was two weeks after Allen, at a rally, referred to a Webb volunteer of Indian descent as “Macaca,” which is considered by some to be a racial slur.
It’s quite funny that the label on the video is “Stomping for Votes.” I assume they meant “stumping,” but maybe someone in that TV studio has a sly sense of humor.
Stepping back, it seems that this election is in the process of flipping perceptions. The Dems are not just pulling ahead; they’re fighting back, punching the cowards and bullies that have dominating the Bush regime right in the nose. Look at Webb’s response to Allen on the novels — he’s the real soldier while Allen was at a “dude ranch.” Now Kerry — amazing rhetoric about how the Bush crowd are not just incompetent and liars; they’re cowards, phony warriers, “creating strawmen because they can’t face real men”; look at what Ms. Benson is doing in Alaska. Now Ned has Lieberman driving cars into brickwalls, and the NATO Supreme Commander says, looking right at you, “this guy Lieberman has made serious mistakes.” Bill Clinton taking on Fox News. The whole theme of “we’re damn mad and we’re not going to take it any more.” Even Blitzer is pissed. Many other examples.
It goes against the CW of every negative stereotype the trad med has pinned on us as being weak, cowardly. And now the label is being pinned on the Republicans.
I think this will work. This is Cleland’s revenge.
LandOfTheFree @
p.s. I hope Mike Stark is alright.93
/delurk
I asked Mike. He is okay.
scarecrow @
88
I think that Bush will make this an attack on Kerry’s patriotism and elitism - comparing him to the regular men and women in the military.