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  •  c'mon guys (4.00 / 3)

    It's reasonable for the FBI to detain the guy just to make sure he's not off his rocker.  He's a huge hero to me, but nothing the government did seems unreasonable.  There have been many assassination attempts over the years and they had an obligation to check him out.

    by WinSmith on Fri Sep 09, 2005 at 01:44:00 PM PDT

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    •  I disagree to an extent. (4.00 / 4)

      They did not have to cuff him.  They could have done a quick stop & search (with Dr. Marble's consent) & asked him some questions, but there was no need to slap him in handcuffs.  That was extreme.  Especially since he was no longer in the vicinity of the VP at the time.

      The Best Anti-McCain Ad [-4.25, -5.33]

      by GTPinNJ on Fri Sep 09, 2005 at 01:58:56 PM PDT

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      •  Even this... (3.90 / 10)

        ...shows how much our sense of basic freedoms has been eroded. Being pissed off at the Vice President and expressing it (without verbal threats) should not be cause for even a stop and search. It is free speech, period. If you're going to have MPs of the SS snooping into your life for expressing it, that's intimidation, and it is not free anymore.

        by miholo on Fri Sep 09, 2005 at 02:26:31 PM PDT

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    •  I disagree (4.00 / 3)

      Shouting an obscentity at the VP is not worthy of cuffs. I am reminded of the woman who shouted at Clinton on the beach in CA after Monica, the Secret Service just stood between her and him but didn't arrest her.

      you scratch a redneck and you will find a liberal underneath.....

      by Schtu on Fri Sep 09, 2005 at 02:28:49 PM PDT

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