I'm not surprised that it happened. I *am* surprised that the culprits were union guys rather than university guys.

We had an incident similar to this here in Philly during the 2000 election fiasco. Again, union members roughing up the opposition- not unusual in East Coast politics.

Hey, Boston is Berkley-By-The-Atlantic. This is the capital of the state that gave you the current Temporary Democratic Nominee, after all...

Heh. The hard-hats were anti-Bush.

That's the REAL story here.

Yeah, union guys who follow the party line, who are the only ones who ever go to events like that, got violent, and it's news? Come on guys, were you all born yesterday or what? %-)

I didn't meet a single one that knew a thing about their candidate, the issues, or why they were so pissed off. They were there because they were told to be.

Assholes spring eternal from Beantown.

Yes, but STUPID assholes spring eternal from unions.

So true, dave. I don't suppose that Boston has concealed carry laws. Amazing how often that correlates to rude behavior.

Lessee now. It's March 26, Ohio's concealed carry law goes into effect on April 8, looks like I'd better get on the stick and get the preliminaries finished.

Yikes, almost forgot about the Ohio CC thing. I better put bullet-proof glass in the smoking section. My bar in Toledo has been kind of an unofficial Ironworker's HQ. Bush-haters all from what I can tell. Actually they just can't stand anyone in charge who makes more than them and thinks they have the right to tell them what to do, from the government, cops, union reps, contractors, OSHA and especially ex-wives. I love these guys, especially when they pay their tabs.

Speaking of concealed weapons, wasn't there for a number of years only one state where one did not need a permit to carry one? Let's see. Hmm. Was that not Vermont? Ah, and was it not Howard Dean who signed it? His actual views were actual quite good. They were the best of the lot. People seem to ignore these points about him.

I dated an Ironworker once. Dumb as a stone but damn he was HOT!

Stupid assholes, Dave? My own people have always been involved in unions (Republicans, as well), and many of the union members there voted for quite a number of Republicans, Scranton, Scott, Heinz, Specter, Ridge, etc., and one of the larger unions in our commonwealth has advised its members to switch parties to vote for Specter. Their head I do not believe is a Democrat. The way he spoke made me think quite the contrary.

There are some communities who have been helped by union over the decades, some of whom are Republican, but many other would be if they thought the current GOP was less hostile to unions. Look how well Republicans did in the past there. Look at Chris Smith in NJ.

Does not painting the people in communities one knows nothing about with a broad brush also count for being a stupid asshole?

Regardless what the union members you're used to seeing are like, Lib, every single one I saw last night was a rude, foule, aggressive, immature assmunch.

Gee I'm reduntant, the left hates the truth, hates free speach, desires dictators and loves despots.

well, I'm stil alive everyone!

Dean:

You're old enough to remember Reagan Democrats. Maybe you even lived around here when Macomb County was a bellweather county.

Sounds to me like that's all gone now, along with their jobs.

Maybe they should just start an LLC?

Ara: You're grasping at straws if you think a handful of union goons roughing up Republicans equals a groundswell of anti-Bush sentiment. You think that stuff wasn't going on in 1980?

More to the point, I'm rather disappointed that you aren't outraged and embarassed by these goons' behavior. It speaks volumes that you seek to view it as a positive for your partisan agenda rather than as something ugly.

Apparently, it represents where you think the Democratic Party should be today?