CBS 2 Reporter Files Complaint After Scuffle

[deminks]

Source: CBS

(CBS) JOLIET, Ill. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery has filed a complaint after he was shoved and sent down a flight of stairs while questioning a congressman Friday, knocking him into a woman who also fell.

The incident happened in Joliet, where Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) was announcing his intention not to run for reelection.

Weller spoke for about 15 to 20 minutes about his accomplishments in his district and in Washington, then he left with a phalanx of people around him, and "with no intention, evidently, of answering questions," Flannery said.

(snip)

"I began to throw out a number of questions regarding his controversial Latin American land deals," and asked if there should be a House Ethics committee investigation, Flannery said.

Weller did not speak, but instead went back down the stairs, still surrounded by a phalanx of aides, Flannery said. At that point, the scene began to turn ugly.

Read more: http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_264152104.html

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Repuglicans.

[Ian David]

1. They should re-hire Dan Rather to kick Weller's ass. n/t

[Roland99]

2. Nah...hire O.J. to taser him while John Kerry stands by and watches

;)

[Ian David]

9. Kerry tried to stop them. Watch the version that was on LiveLeak instead of the CNN version. Geesh!

[John Kerry VonErich]

10. Or bring out the Jena 6....

{current events joke)

[countmyvote4real]

3. This is why we have lost the media.

I don't mean Mike Flannery. He represents what is left of the 4th estate. Good on him. I hope his complaint succeeds.

I'm just saying this is yet another example of how this cabal dismisses and threatens the media when they ask tough questions or report too much.

[Lasher]

7. Brownshirts.

[DeSwiss]

4. Weller is pure slime & should be in prison.... K&R

[provis99]

5. think about this; Weller is one of the least repulsive Republicans

He is pond scum, that is true. But the others are worse: they are slimy pieces of amphibian shit. Just compare Weller with Stevens, Lott, Ros-Lehtinen, Tancredo, Pickering, the list goes on. Weller is like a mere hanger-on in a party composed of made Mafia guys.

[station agent]

6. Don't throw me down the stairs, bro! n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. What latin American land deals?

[formercia]

12. Conflict of interest:

Inside Rep. Weller's Nicaragua land deal

Illinois lawmaker benefits from trade accord, fails to report extent of his ocean-view holdings

By Andrew Zajac, Oscar Avila and Jim Tankersley | Tribune staff reporters
September 7, 2007

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-wellersep07,1,1967672,full.story

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua


The rolling surf of the Pacific Ocean crashes onto white sand beaches below a lush hillside in southwest Nicaragua, a picture of tropical paradise by anyone's definition.

These days, paradise is for sale. Contact the seller, Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.).

Weller, a southwest suburban congressman with a fondness for Latin America, has sunk a large share of his investment capital into a land development in Nicaragua. But he didn't declare the extent of his holdings on his required congressional disclosures, and he indicated dramatically different purchase prices for the land in American and Nicaraguan records.

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[formercia]

11. Weller decided to be a good dad....

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Illinois_Congressman.html

"I need to give my family the time needed to be a full-time dad and full-time husband," Weller said during a Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce luncheon. "I'm 50 years old; I've given half of my life to public service."




Is this before or after he goes to prison?....