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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 07:32 PM
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Staff held Jim Moran back from protesters
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Source: Politico

Tea party activists nearly messed with the wrong congressman when they got into it with Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) in his Capitol office Sunday.

Moran, a thickly built Virginian with a temper that runs hot on occasion, was summoned from his inner office by the noise of angry protesters interacting with his staff, according to the congressman's account.

He confronted the protesters, prompting staff to step between them and the activists to ask whether Moran needed "bodyguards" to protect him.

"We're not protecting him from you, we're protecting you from him," a staffer explained, according to Moran.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34959.html



The teabaggers almost learned the hard way that there are some on our side that really should not be F'ed with.
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