Staff held Jim Moran back from protesters

[47of74]

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

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

[onehandle]

1. He's a bad-ass. nt

[47of74]

7. Hot temperd Virginians make the best public servants

[Dappleganger]

20. Damn straight!

We kick ass with STYLE. ;)

[Posteritatis]

32. Something to be said for bosses flaring up when their staff are mistreated, too. (nt)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

35. He was born in New York and grew up in a Boston suburb...

and I definitely miss him as my congressman from my days in Arlington and Alexandria!

[tavalon]

2. That was a sweet moment! They got pwnd

[Dr.Phool]

3. Get a brain, Moran!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[zbdent]

The TeaBombers might have thought they had enough bodies on their

side of the fight to make it a "fair fight", in their eyes ... until the "bodyguards" showed up.

Maybe they would feel it would be a fair fight if they went one-on-one ... with a quadriplegic 7 year old girl on a gurney ...

[liberalmuse]

4. Weird.

I mean, the article is awesome, and we definitely could use more like this - but it's weird because we had a quarterly meeting at work and there was this really hot guy giving a presentation, and his name was 'Jim Moran'.

[47of74]

5. I wish we could have

150 more Jim Morans
150 more Alan Graysons

[countmyvote4real]

6. Nicely spun.

He's always impressed me as being very candid about the process in his interviews on Hardball, etc.

[williesgirl]

8. This is the man who would be VA Governor if Terry McAuliffe hadn't screwed with our politics.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

9. Actually, that was Brian Moran.

[spooky3]

29. I think you're thinking of Jim Moran's brother, who lost in the primary

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Didn't Moran offer to take Randy "Duke" Cunningham outside once ...

when Cunningham called Democrats sissys? IIRC, isn't Moran a former boxer.

[XRubicon]

12. Yes he did nt

[47of74]

16. Did "Duke" Cunningham take him up on that?

Or did he go running for the hills like many GOP blowhards do when actually confronted?

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Don't feck with the Irish! :P

[fascisthunter]

13. this half german/russian first generation American agrees

you should see my girlfriend get mad....

[whathehell]

28. You betcha...I've seen Jim Moran on Television...He must have just got

out of Anger Management class, 'cause he looked pretty mild.

Glad to see him getting his Irish up!:7

[edbermac]

14. He should have gone Billy Jack on their sorry asses.

[MisterK]

15. They are sorely mistaken

If they think Dems are not fighters. Im 6 2 and about 220 with a hot temper and a life thats been full of fisticuffs.

[pezDispenser]

17. I'll be the voice of reason

Last thing we need now is some congressman in a fist fight with a bunch of numskulls. I'd like to let the 20 year old me have a crack at some of these assholes, but we don't need pictures of Dems vs Repubs fighting on tv. It just makes us a version of them.

[gtar100]

18. Yea, that's kind of their strategy - sink us down to their level, then point the finger at us.

Typical bully tactic.

[No Elephants]

24. I agree with pez, but Rethugs point the finger at us, no matter what.

That's why we need to stop focusing on what they may do or say and just do the correct things ourselves.

[atreides1]

19. You know what?

There are times when you have to fight, and the Marquess of Queesbury rules don't apply.

[cap]

21. I disagree... an election is coming up and independents don't like brawling

keep it civil and call the cops.

[No Elephants]

25. Yes, if you're thug--or a Re-thug. Otherwise, you behave like civilized folk.

[spooky3]

30. He's my rep. - I wouldn't worry too much - the story is vague - I doubt Moran came close to

fisticuffs.

He's been in public office a long time and he knows how to handle himself.

He's also in a very blue district.

[BlueIris]

22. Oh, joy. Meeting attempted violence with attempted violence.

What next--brawls in the Senate house (again)?

Welcome to 1856, I guess.

[Gin]

23. I am shocked that protesters are allowed to protest inside the

building....I have never been there but when I go...I will behave respectfully.

[tom_paine]

26. Only RWers, because the are the mostest moral-ist peepuls in the wurld!

If the situation was reversed and LW protestors tried to get into a 'Puggies office, well then there'd be a Free Speech Zone ten blocks away to be herded into, plus a few taserings, beatings and arrests to top it off.

Authoritarian Totalitarianism sucks, especially if you are with the Liberals.

[spooky3]

31. Blue - don't fall for the initial story's juicing things up

It's from Politico, which is funded by a right winger. Check out the MANY questionable things Politico has said and done in the past as identified by mediamatters.org.

It's very short on details (I didn't see any evidence that Moran threatened violence), and Moran is NOT an idiot. I doubt very much that anyone was really worried about a fist fight's occurring. The rethuggies were just trying to be provocative.

I just searched the Wa. Post website for the story and couldn't find anything about Moran. The right-leaning editorial division hates Moran and loves to publish anything negative that they can about him--so much so, that they even criticize the voters in his district (their own customers!) for returning him to office, by wide margins, every two years. So I think if there were any legs to this story at all, it would be in the Post.

[whathehell]

27. GO Jimbo!

I believe they're seeing "bleeding heart liberals" turn into Kick Ass Liberals!!!YEAHAHAH!

[Arkana]

33. Ahahahahaha

"SO WHICH ONE A' YOU MOTHERFUCKERS WANTS TO DO SOMETHING? COME ON, DON'T BE FUCKING SHY!"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. Stanford Parris

(from the article):
"Moran once threatened to punch his predecessor, Stan Parris, and has been known to lose his temper at other times."

Stanford Parris just died.

Former US Rep. Stanford E. Parris dies at 80