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| A Second SEIU Attack in St. Louis: The Kelly Owens Story |
| 2009-11-12 |
| We've just started to lay the groundwork on the Kenneth Gladney story and the shameful failure of the county prosecutor Bob McCullough to pursue criminal prosecution of SEIU assailants. Left wing blogs, mainstream newspapers, and of course SEIU, having concluded a smear the messenger campaign, have now resorted to a blackout strategy. The first rule of union beatings is you do not talk about union beatings. With the healthcare bill having just passed the house, this story couldn't have come at a worse time for Democrats. Falling poll numbers for congressional Democrats and the President, waning support for the Pelosi/Reid bills, and renewed, often heated conflict between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic party gives a very small window to pass this bill. Discovering that the story of union members attacking a man outside a Townhall was covered up and ignored by politicians, unions, local papers and the mainstream media is a live grenade rolled into the middle of the healthcare debate. There is no hiding from the scandal if Gladney's story comes out. Careers and campaigns will be ruined in St Louis. Conservatives will have a convenient club with which to beat the St Louis Post Dispatch for their shameful coverage, and the strong ties of HCAN's Missouri members to the Obama administration will continue to taint all of the enablers. But this isn't just about Kenneth Gladney. Let's set aside that travesty of justice and focus on the second assault that night. After the police arrive, an OFA volunteer by the name of Cheryl Johner struck a Tea Party activist in the face. A police officer saw the assault, and immediately arrested Ms. Johner. Furthermore, the entire event was recorded on video, as the Tea Party Activist had her camera on the entire time. We see Johner approach the camera, punch the girl in the face, and then we immediately see Johner cuffed and taken away. There is no doubt what happened. There is no twisting of the video to suggest the girl threw her camera at Johner's fist. No amount of money from George Soros can make the second assault fade away, which is why Media Matters, Wonkette, Daily Kos, Think Progress, FiredogLake, The Washington Monthly, and others have ignored the affair. The second assault victim also hasn't sought the spotlight, even though her camera was broken. This is important, because there are no attempts to explain away what happened. The witness is a police officer and the event is on video. Johner struck the woman in the face, and was arrested. And yet, no charges have been filed in this case, either. As in the Gladney case, prosecutors have done nothing for three months. They have called no witnesses. They have launched no investigations. They simply sit on the charges, waiting for...something. The second video also covers the arrests and the aftermath. In that second video, we hear Perry Molens challenging a man to a fight away from everyone. We hear Molens proclaiming that violence is the union way. And then we see Molens and McCowan clam up and say nothing once the police arrive. The only words we hear from them for the next week come from Elston McCowan in the Post Dispatch, claiming he was jumped on the way to his car. That version of the story would change one week later when SEIU hired top defense attorney Paul D'Grosa to defend Molens and McCowan from the charges. D'Agrosa regularly defends Democratic politicians, and has been in the news this year for major stories of fraud, perjury bribery, and campaign finance cases involving Democratic State Senators and political operatives. Using D'Agrosa for misdemeanor assault charges is a bit like bringing the late, great Johnnie Cochran in to fight a five dollar parking ticket. The day after he took over, the case disappeared from sight. Cheryl Johner has been identified by local Tea Party activists who saw the picture that night, and her volunteer work with Organizing for America is still up on the site. Johner's assault, and any subsequent conviction, would be embarrassing to the Obama administration and the Democrats, who have sought to paint Tea Party activists as violent. And yet, the violence that occurred was not caused by high tensions on both sides as reported, but rather from these Healthcare Now volunteers and their union allies. Attacking Gladney, his character, and his reputation has been effective, and the attempt to use force to silence and frighten the Tea Party activists worked as well. Democrats like Missouri's Russ Carnahan were able to hide from the public after the event, refusing to face their constituents because of fears of further "conflict." Three months later, the issue is still not settled. Two assault victims have been marginalized, and the healthcare bill passed the House, with Carnahan's vote being one of the two needed. A story like this, filled with union violence, prosecutorial misconduct, the savaging of a victim's character based on false news reports, and a media blackout that went into place by the local paper isn't just a problem for the Missouri Democrats. It's a problem for the Obama administration and its national army of organizers, bloggers and media sympathizers, who have been unmasked as the sycophants they are. There are two assault victims who have not received justice from that night. Two assailants were ordered to the event by union bosses. McCowan even tried to claim workmen's comp for the incident. Cheryl Johner was urged to attend by OFA and HCAN leaders, and as planned, the story turned from the embarrassing performance of Russ Carnahan with constituents to a clash of protestors. That is a story that even the worst lickspittle reporter could cover. And yet you read it on Big Government. It's enough to make you believe in conspiracies. |
| Posted by:Fred |