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Today's Philadelphia Inquirer describes how Curt Weldon (R-PA-7th)'s campaign called out the police when faced with an 18 year Eagle Scout who was taking notes at a campaign event. The Eagle Scout, Ross Deppelt, was writing down Weldon's remarks for his Democratic opponent, retired Vice-Admiral Joe Sestak. Here's excerpts of the article:
"I wasn't completely sure why they came up to me and no one else," Doppelt said of his meeting with Springfield's finest. The police officer was equally perplexed, apparently. When he didn't find any marchers or placards, he approached Weldon's staff, who pointed out Doppelt "as a possible protester," said Police Lt. William Clark. "He wasn't doing anything," Clark said. The police wouldn't intervene in a lawful protest, he said."
Excerpt continued:
"...Weldon's campaign had been given an e-mail from MoveOn appealing for volunteer protesters, said Michael Puppio, his campaign manager. Given the "occasional extreme quality of organizations like MoveOn, we thought it was prudent to notify law enforcement," he said. That will be the Weldon campaign's standard campaign practice, he said.
"Weldon is someone who believes that the jury is still out on weapons of mass destruction, so he has a habit of perceiving threats that are not really there," said Sestak spokesman Ryan Rudominer."
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The last paragraph is beautiful - Weldon still believes Iraq had WMDs and keeps trying to uncover conspiracies that could be used to blame Clinton for 9-11.