(11-04-2017 04:21 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I'm hoping that this attack isn't based on political beliefs. And the most important thing is Paul is okay (which apparently seems to be the case).

5 broken ribs with trouble breathing and life-threatening possibilities is not a ‘minor injury’ as media claimed. WKNY also said that the FBI said the attack was political. Other reports suggested there was an ongoing feud. Both could be true.

The Latest: APNewsBreak: Paul recovering from 5 broken ribs

(11-05-2017 08:24 PM)MJG Wrote:  My guess Paul 's dog kept crapping in his yard. The guy has anger issues. I like Rand' s dad not sure about Rand. Cruz is the only I thought was worse than Trump.If Paul was president Obama care would already be gone.

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well, as it is, rand paul was one of three reasons that ACA is still here; McCain, Collins, and the senior senator from pomposity.

Neighbors Say Rand Paul’s Attacker Was An Avowed Socialist

Quote:The man responsible for attacking Sen. Rand Paul Friday afternoon was an avowed liberal who frequently fought with his neighbors about politics, according to a report Sunday from The Washington Post.

Local citizens say Rene Boucher, the 59-year-old man who assaulted Paul, was a socialist who frequently fought with neighbors about health care policies and other liberal issues. Boucher and Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, are on the opposite end of the political spectrum, they told reporters.

Jeff Jones, a registered nurse who worked with Boucher at the Bowling Green Medical Center, described Paul’s attacker’s politics as “liberal.”

“He was active on social media and said some negative things about the Republican agenda,” Jones said of Boucher, a Bowling Green, Ky., citizen who lives in the same gated community as Paul. “I think it was unfortunate that they lived so close together.”

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(11-04-2017 03:28 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Registered demoncrat.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/11/04/ra...ucky-home/

What does his political affiliation have to do with this assault?

(11-06-2017 10:46 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(11-04-2017 03:28 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Registered demoncrat.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/11/04/ra...ucky-home/

What does his political affiliation have to do with this assault?

You have to agree that his friends (both personal and social media) and family need to be looked into right?

I know it's insignificant but I do think it's refreshing that Rand Paul still mows his grass.

(11-06-2017 11:20 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I know it's insignificant but I do think it's refreshing that Rand Paul still mows his grass.

And he has a pretty big yard.

broke 5 ribs and bruised his chest... probably another antifa member.

(11-06-2017 10:46 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(11-04-2017 03:28 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Registered demoncrat.

http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/11/04/ra...ucky-home/

What does his political affiliation have to do with this assault?

It spurred him to violence?

Something like that?

Why didn’t he attack the neighbor on the other side, or across the street?

Next you’ll play the dummy card again and ask what did the political affiliation of the Alexandria shooter of Scalise., etc., have to do with that attack...

Cmon.

I don't know the whole story. I'm being serious when I ask if his political affiliation had something to do with it.

I mean, Rand Paul has been doing stuff that I agree with and I'm a pinko commie so not sure what a democrat would be upset about.

Besides, liberals are a bunch of wussies remember? All we do is slap with limp wrists. Can't break ribs doing that.

Can you imagine the press that would have been generated if a Trump supporter had assaulted a Dem Senator. The lack of coverage of this is not surprising. WaPo at least dug into this attacker's past and exposed him as anti-Trump and a big liberal.

Arrest record just says the guy ran onto his property and tackled him from behind.

Attackers attorney says it has nothing to do with politics.

If either one of them are like my idiot neighbor, I can easily see how it could lead to this...lol

Will the alt-right ever provide any proof to back up it's claims? Or will they just do what the president does, and hope people just forget?

(11-05-2017 07:29 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Paul with 5 broken ribs and bruises to his lungs. Pretty significant injuries. I still think there is more to the story - maybe something as stupid as the one guy who attacked Paul was pissed at him for mowing his yard and not Paul's (or perhaps there was a dispute over where their respective lands began and ended).

Politics doesn't make sense in this case. They were neighbors and Paul was mowing his yard with headphones on. Why would the guy take a flying leap on someone on a riding mower, unless there was a long-standing feud between the two over something.

Looks like my theory over a landscaping dispute might be right after all. Kronke and the others here who love to immediately jump to conclusions on the alt-left should start paying attention to me more. I have a better track record than the sites they're visiting. This wasn't some nutcase traveling half the country to find some Republicans to kill, this was Paul's neighbor for 18 years and someone who used to work at the same hospital as him.

If you don't want to read the link, basically the New York Times story infers that the two were neighbors for 18 years, and while they did disagree on political issues, the bigger problem for the two was an ongoing dispute over neighborhood landscaping regulations. Several (Republican) neighbors agree that the fight wasn't political but both were headstrong and at the opposite end of the spectrum in their interpretation of HOA rules and regulations.

I'm not trying to downplay Mr. Boucher's attack because he needs to face charges for what he did. But this explanation makes a ton more sense than immediately claiming the attack was political in nature.

“They just couldn’t get along. I think it had very little to do with Democrat or Republican politics,” said Jim Skaggs, who developed the gated community and who lives nearby. “I think it was a neighbor-to-neighbor thing. They just both had strong opinions, and a little different ones about what property rights mean.”

Asked about long-leveled allegations that Mr. Paul had disregarded neighborhood regulations, Mr. Skaggs, who is also a former leader of the county Republican Party, said that the senator “certainly believes in stronger property rights than exist in America.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/po...-says.html

(11-07-2017 07:25 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(11-05-2017 07:29 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Paul with 5 broken ribs and bruises to his lungs. Pretty significant injuries. I still think there is more to the story - maybe something as stupid as the one guy who attacked Paul was pissed at him for mowing his yard and not Paul's (or perhaps there was a dispute over where their respective lands began and ended).

Politics doesn't make sense in this case. They were neighbors and Paul was mowing his yard with headphones on. Why would the guy take a flying leap on someone on a riding mower, unless there was a long-standing feud between the two over something.

Looks like my theory over a landscaping dispute might be right after all. Kronke and the others here who love to immediately jump to conclusions on the alt-left should start paying attention to me more. I have a better track record than the sites they're visiting. This wasn't some nutcase traveling half the country to find some Republicans to kill, this was Paul's neighbor for 18 years and someone who used to work at the same hospital as him.

If you don't want to read the link, basically the New York Times story infers that the two were neighbors for 18 years, and while they did disagree on political issues, the bigger problem for the two was an ongoing dispute over neighborhood landscaping regulations. Several (Republican) neighbors agree that the fight wasn't political but both were headstrong and at the opposite end of the spectrum in their interpretation of HOA rules and regulations.

I'm not trying to downplay Mr. Boucher's attack because he needs to face charges for what he did. But this explanation makes a ton more sense than immediately claiming the attack was political in nature.

“They just couldn’t get along. I think it had very little to do with Democrat or Republican politics,” said Jim Skaggs, who developed the gated community and who lives nearby. “I think it was a neighbor-to-neighbor thing. They just both had strong opinions, and a little different ones about what property rights mean.”

Asked about long-leveled allegations that Mr. Paul had disregarded neighborhood regulations, Mr. Skaggs, who is also a former leader of the county Republican Party, said that the senator “certainly believes in stronger property rights than exist in America.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/po...-says.html

Aka, attacking someone because of local politics. That they differ on national politics as well can be proven via social media.

I just hope the Republicans still have a comfortable majority in the House in 2018 and not a razor thin one. I could see some leftist group going after House and Senate members to try to tip the balance. Paul has broken ribs and one of the other Republican senators has heart issues.

(11-06-2017 12:49 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(11-05-2017 08:24 PM)MJG Wrote:  My guess Paul 's dog kept crapping in his yard. The guy has anger issues. I like Rand' s dad not sure about Rand. Cruz is the only I thought was worse than Trump.If Paul was president Obama care would already be gone.

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well, as it is, rand paul was one of three reasons that ACA is still here; McCain, Collins, and the senior senator from pomposity.

Still here because Trump hasn't pushed and Republicans haven't put forth a repeal bill. Rand would vote yes for one.

(11-07-2017 07:25 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(11-05-2017 07:29 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Paul with 5 broken ribs and bruises to his lungs. Pretty significant injuries. I still think there is more to the story - maybe something as stupid as the one guy who attacked Paul was pissed at him for mowing his yard and not Paul's (or perhaps there was a dispute over where their respective lands began and ended).

Politics doesn't make sense in this case. They were neighbors and Paul was mowing his yard with headphones on. Why would the guy take a flying leap on someone on a riding mower, unless there was a long-standing feud between the two over something.

Looks like my theory over a landscaping dispute might be right after all. Kronke and the others here who love to immediately jump to conclusions on the alt-left should start paying attention to me more. I have a better track record than the sites they're visiting. This wasn't some nutcase traveling half the country to find some Republicans to kill, this was Paul's neighbor for 18 years and someone who used to work at the same hospital as him.

If you don't want to read the link, basically the New York Times story infers that the two were neighbors for 18 years, and while they did disagree on political issues, the bigger problem for the two was an ongoing dispute over neighborhood landscaping regulations. Several (Republican) neighbors agree that the fight wasn't political but both were headstrong and at the opposite end of the spectrum in their interpretation of HOA rules and regulations.

I'm not trying to downplay Mr. Boucher's attack because he needs to face charges for what he did. But this explanation makes a ton more sense than immediately claiming the attack was political in nature.

“They just couldn’t get along. I think it had very little to do with Democrat or Republican politics,” said Jim Skaggs, who developed the gated community and who lives nearby. “I think it was a neighbor-to-neighbor thing. They just both had strong opinions, and a little different ones about what property rights mean.”

Asked about long-leveled allegations that Mr. Paul had disregarded neighborhood regulations, Mr. Skaggs, who is also a former leader of the county Republican Party, said that the senator “certainly believes in stronger property rights than exist in America.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/po...-says.html

Occam's razor.

You give the failing NYT enough time and resources, and they'll spin what is obvious into something else completely -- as they're done here. I'm not interested in their fake news.

So, what was this so called landscaping dispute about that caused that idiot to bum-rush Rand Paul?

(11-07-2017 10:17 AM)VA49er Wrote:  So, what was this so called landscaping dispute about that caused that idiot to bum-rush Rand Paul?

An elephant shaped topiary?!