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Pat Salad? Buchanan gets doused in dressing
Michigan student disrupts commentator's university appearance
Pat Buchanan cut short a session at Western Michigan University Thursday night after being drenched in salad dressing.
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:25 a.m. ET April 1, 2005
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan cut short an appearance after an opponent of his conservative views doused him with salad dressing.
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“Stop the bigotry!” the demonstrator shouted as he hurled the liquid Thursday night during the program at Western Michigan University. The incident came just two days after another noted conservative, William Kristol, was struck by a pie during an appearance at a college in Indiana.
After he was hit, Buchanan cut short his question-and-answer session with the audience, saying, “Thank you all for coming, but I’m going to have to get my hair washed.”
The demonstrator, identified by authorities as a 24-year-old student at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, was arrested and faces a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace. He was released on a $100 cash bond, pending his April 14 arraignment.
“He could have faced a felony assault charge, but Pat Buchanan decided to not press that charge,” university spokesman Matt Kurz said.
Buchanan’s visit had evoked controversy on campus because it fell on the birthday of the late Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez. Buchanan favors tighter controls on immigration.
The pie incident
Kristol, editor of the influential conservative magazine The Weekly Standard and former chief of staff to Vice President Quayle, was splattered by a student during a speech Tuesday at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind.
Members of the audience at the Quaker college jeered the student, then applauded as Kristol wiped the pie from his face and said, “Just let me finish this point.” Kristol then completed his speech and took questions from the audience.
The student, who was not immediately identified, was suspended and could face expulsion following a disciplinary review, Earlham Provost Len Clark said Wednesday.
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Why salad dressing?
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Peeps wrote:
Mitchell613 wrote:
Peeps wrote:
this is why people are complete douchebags, oh no, someone doesnt agree with me, im going to do something to them
it's called protesting.
no, protesting is carrying a sign, throwing stuff on people is called being a douchebag
aka "a misdemeanor"
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Peeps wrote:
Mitchell613 wrote:
Peeps wrote:
this is why people are complete douchebags, oh no, someone doesnt agree with me, im going to do something to them
it's called protesting.
no, protesting is carrying a sign, throwing stuff on people is called being a douchebag
I think it's hilarious when people get pied/ranched. Especially douchebags like Pat Buchanan, who has constantly spewed his vile rhetoric throughout his career. Fuck him. You think the guy that threw the ranch is a douchebag? How about a look at how Pat Buchanan feels about blacks, Jews, gays, and women?
this is why people are complete douchebags, oh no, someone doesnt agree with me, im going to do something to them
it's called protesting.
no, protesting is carrying a sign, throwing stuff on people is called being a douchebag
I think it's hilarious when people get pied/ranched. Especially douchebags like Pat Buchanan, who has constantly spewed his vile rhetoric throughout his career. Fuck him. You think the guy that threw the ranch is a douchebag? How about a look at how Pat Buchanan feels about blacks, Jews, gays, and women?
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I don't approve of this sort of behavior. You wonder why President Bush doesn't ever allow anyone who hasn't been tattooed with an elephant into his speeches. Maybe if people could speak freely without fear of assault there'd be more free speaking in this country.
In the end, who looks like more of an ass?
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Buggy wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
In the end, who looks like more of an ass?
uhh...the guy with the crap all over his head, I imagine.
See I think that's where you're wrong. Pat Buchanan played this off really gracefully. If he had gotten all pissed off an ranting, then yeah, he'd look like an ass. But Pat Buchanan has a good sense of humor, even about himself, as you can tell from his appearances on The Daily Show, and especially on Da Ali G Show.
Buchanan's politics suck. But the person who ranched him is just a dick. It's just vandalism and it makes the perpetrator look like the bad guy. Grow up.
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punkdavid wrote:
Buggy wrote:
punkdavid wrote:
In the end, who looks like more of an ass?
uhh...the guy with the crap all over his head, I imagine.
See I think that's where you're wrong. Pat Buchanan played this off really gracefully.
I dunno. I imagine most people think politicians are jokes worthy of being made fun of. Dumping dressing on one may be a little extreme, but I think generally speaking, because he is a politician, it makes it funny. I dont care if it's Bill Clinton or Ralph Nader. People will think it's funny just because they are politicians.
It doesnt change that the guy who did it is a prick. But that also doesnt change how funny/lame it makes the intended target look. Which is why they do it.
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punkdavid wrote:
I don't approve of this sort of behavior. You wonder why President Bush doesn't ever allow anyone who hasn't been tattooed with an elephant into his speeches. Maybe if people could speak freely without fear of assault there'd be more free speaking in this country.
In the end, who looks like more of an ass?
I absolutely agree. It accomplishes absolutely nothing and it's completely childish. If someone you meet at work or in a restaurant says something you disagree with, do you throw stuff all over him/her? Just because he's an asshole and famous doesn't make it acceptable.
And it's a total waste of salad dressing.
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