Pat Buchanan Doused With Salad Dressing

Yes, Virginia, there is salad dressing. This one's real.

Pat Buchanan Doused With Salad Dressing

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.

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...."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050401/ap_on_re_us/buchanan_attacked


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I'm luvin it! (none / 0)


Just another Jesus followin' Green for Constitutional Democracy. :-)
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by JamBoi on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:01:11 PM EST

Food fight! (none / 0)

A delicious expression of citizen participation and the dissent of the governed.
by Gary Boatwright on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:29:32 PM EST

smooth move (none / 0)

not to press charges
DAGGER
by goplies on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:49:25 PM EST

What's his choce really? (none / 0)

Court documents indicated that Mr. Buchannan has pressed felony charges for being assaulted with salad dressing...

I just don't think that would fly very far in the media, but would make for good copy on The Daily Show.

Witty comment goes here...
by michael in chicago on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 05:46:14 PM EST
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Here's the ads on the CNN Buchanan story page (3.00 / 0)

You can't write this stuff. Go look. It's hysterical.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/01/buchanan.attacked.ap/index.html

by afs on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:56:35 PM EST

It's too bad. . . (none / 0)

. . . The Ann Coulter pie attack failed.

That would have been even sweeter!

by bellarose on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 09:05:55 PM EST

truly (none / 0)

i would've paid money to see an splatter head to toe with meringue.
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by annatopia on Sat Apr 02, 2005 at 04:20:01 PM EST
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