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Investors.com
Union Violence In Michigan Is No Tea Party
12/12/2012 

Organized Labor: The assault on a Fox News contributor protecting women and seniors in a tent is but the latest example of the civil discourse and respect for democracy the president's union supporters really have. 

Imagine the outrage and the mainstream media feeding frenzy had it been a Tea Party member punching an MSNBC contributor covering a protest over ObamaCare. 

Or if Tea Party members had descended on a tent full of Occupy Wall Street supporters, flattening and tearing it apart with total disregard for the people inside. 

Yet that is precisely what happened to conservative comedian and Fox News contributor Steven Crowder on Tuesday as he tried to get between union thugs and a tent put up by the group Americans for Prosperity, which reserved the space to support Michigan's right-to-work legislation. 

When he was assaulted, Crowder was near the AFP tent, which in his words "was torn down with women and possibly children still (inside)." 

White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to condemn the violence and threats by union members in Michigan the day after President Obama made an appearance there to offer his support, merely telling reporters Tuesday that "the president believes in debate that's civil." 

This, of course, is the president who told supporters in 2008 regarding his opponents: "I want you to argue with them and get in their face." Well, they sure got in Crowder's face. 

When asked by a reporter about a statement by Michigan state Democrat legislator Doug Geiss that "there will be blood" should Republicans pass a union-choice law in Michigan, Carney professed ignorance. "I haven't see those comments," he said, "and I'm not sure they mean what someone interprets them to mean." 

We interpreted them to mean "there will be blood... 

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