Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home (UPDATE: 6 broken ribs)

[specsaregood]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...assault-on-landscaping-dispute-are-fake-news/. Just on from.rands Facebook page.

well that pretty much settles all that other BS from the windsock media.

 

[angelatc]

The communist media on this is atrocious.

They will be celebrating when the next asshole spools up and finishes Rand.

There is and never will be any working with or common ground with these people.

They are violent, dangerous, unhinged Bolsheviks.

Red pill II

 

[Krugminator2]

An hour and half after I made that post about the guy who the media quoted on the HOA stuff, Newsbusters wrote an article on the guy. I wonder if they read this site or someone who does tipped them off on that. It is kind of an obscure thing to write about. I only thought of it because I remembered his name from something I had read 6 or 7 years ago. https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/n...iously-injured-rand-paul-not-perfect-neighbor

Why wouldn't Skaggs, for the sake of peace in his community, want to see Boucher behind bars? What does he have against Rand Paul?
The answer appears to be "plenty."
Part of it, based on Novelly's dispatch and a related Monday item at the New York Times, may relate to Paul's resistance to homeowners' association rules in the gated community. Even if true, how does one get from there to seemingly being okay with a serious, possibly life-threatening assault?


Additionally, based on the following information easily obtained by searching the web and other news reports online, it appears that Skaggs, as an establishment Republican, also has a serious political axe to grind with Paul and other Republicans seen as interlopers:

• Paul rode the 2010 Tea Party wave to unseat the Bluegrass State Republican Party's preferred candidate. In 2014, the New York Times quoted Skaggs describing Paul as "a right-wing radical."
• Skaggs has a been a heavy Republican donor for over two decades. One telling item: He contributed to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign in 2012, but has not, as best I could determine, ever contributed to Paul.
• A January 2016 New York Times item on Paul's simultaneous presidential and Senate reelection candidacies opened by describing Skaggs as "a longtime Republican official and neighbor of Mr. Paul," and eventually got around to telling readers that Skaggs was "on the (state) party’s executive committee." (Recent news reports at CBS and elsewhere indicate that this is still the case.) The Timesalso noted that Skaggs was then backing Jeb Bush for President.
• An August Politico item noted that although Skaggs was one of Kentucky's 2016 Republican presidential electors, he "said he would cast his electoral vote for Trump but may stay home on Election Day."

The Monday New York Times dispatch mentioned earlier only described Skaggs as "a former leader of the county Republican Party."
Skaggs's apparent nonchalance over Paul's well-being after a potentially life-threatening attack, and his indulgence of alleged perpetrator Boucher, are intensely offensive.

 

[Jamesiv1]

So what the hell does the attacker say about why he did it? Or his lawyer?

 

[PursuePeace]

With all this HOA talk, did I read somewhere that Paul's house may have been there before this neighborhood was built around him?
Where the heck did I get that from?

 

[Matt Collins]

Nothing in there at all about building a wall

 

[Matt Collins]

- Going too far and for too long trying to gain favor with the far left therefore turning off the average Republican voter.

If you think that is what happened, then you are sorely mistaken.

 

[nikcers]

Once again, if we were even a shadow of what we were ten years ago, this guy would have been "doxxed" back twice as hard.

Now, Randal will be stuck with angry mobs of Social Justice Warriors pestering him around his home while trying to recover, poor bastard.

My theory is people don't understand Rand Paul's political tactics. He goes on the MSM too much and pals around with the "enemy". Lots of people are pissed off at the election, and its only getting worse as Trump shits the bed. Instead of Rand advancing liberty ideas through Trump, the establishment has kept Trump unpopular so Rand is just becoming more unpopular by proxy. I understood his goal originally was to push the good ideas and attribute them to Trump and then get Trumps supporters to make Trump advance liberty policies but I think its making Rand seem two faced and dishonest, and some people who don't understand his tactics think the is just one of them and hoodwinked people.

 

[kahless]

If you think that is what happened, then you are sorely mistaken.

It was just one of the points I listed, what about the others I listed and your belief on this topic?

 

[nikcers]

It was just one of the points I listed, what about the others I listed and your belief on this topic?

being frenemies with Mitch Mcconnell probably hasn't helped.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

So what the hell does the attacker say about why he did it? Or his lawyer?

I would assume nothing.

You generally don’t incriminate your client.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Red pill II

And a bitter pill it was...almost as bad as that huge horse pill I had to swallow to understand that freedom is not popular.

Fuck these people.

Some leftist foamer raises his fist at me, he's getting ventilated, this sad, sorry incident shows it does not take any sort of weapon to inflict mortal, or potentially mortal, wounds.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Update: Another Paul family neighbor, Lidija Loik, reached out, saying:

“My family is relatively new to Bowling Green Kentucky, having moved from Canada three years ago. The Pauls have offered their kindness and friendship to us. Their support while we settle into a new life was and continues to be a blessing. Both Rand and Kelley focus importance on community and friendship and their home is warm, loving and the door open to new friends and old. The Paul family should be highly regarded for the kindness they show and how they continue to embrace all those that cross their path.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...assault-on-landscaping-dispute-are-fake-news/

 

[Anti Federalist]

Oh, and I give thanks every day day that I have no "neighbors", at least as most people understand the word.

Amen.

 

[Created4]

Rand Paul neighbor pleads not guilty to assault on Senator, Paul disputes "trivial" claims

Senator Rand Paul's neighbor Rene Boucher has pleaded not guilty after being charged for attacking the Senator at his Kentucky home.

Paul is currently recovering after he was allegedly tackled from behind by Boucher for what Boucher's attorney told CBS News in a statement "was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial."

But Paul appears to be disputing claims made by his next-door neighbor's lawyer that a "trivial" dispute over landscaping issues were at the root of a recent dust-up that left the senator with six broken ribs.

The statement did not further describe what precipitated the attack. It did note that Boucher and Paul have been next-door neighbors for 17 years and said that the two, both physicians, had worked together when they were both practicing. "We sincerely hope that Senator Paul is doing well and that these two gentlemen can get back to being neighbors as quickly as possible."

But Paul's most recent tweets suggest the drama may not be as minor as Boucher's attorney makes it seem. Paul tweeted links to two reports by Breitbart News and the Washington Examiner, both claiming the reports of a "landscaping dispute" were erroneous, citing various neighbors of the Paul family.

"The stories of a 'landscaping dispute', or a dispute of any sort between Rand Paul and Rene Boucher are erroneous and unfounded. The reason for Mr. Boucher's bizarre attack is known only to him. Statements to the contrary are irresponsible and unnecessary," wrote neighbor Travis Creed in an email to Breitbart News.

This speculation regarding Boucher's motive, Creed says, "has led to an unfair characterization of the Pauls and their home."

Another neighbor, Dan Renshaw, told the Examiner, "This episode is so wrong on so many levels, to be absolutely blindsided and attacked while mowing one's lawn. I can't imagine being in my yard pulling weeds or mowing and being totally attacked by anyone, much less my neighbor? It's hard to believe he was out of jail the next morning on a $7,500 bail."

 

[PursuePeace]

 

[timosman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=69_DV3qWfQo

 

[nobody's_hero]

Din do nuffin

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Edit:

It seems that this DA does not handle more serious charges, if we can believe this story. Can the guy be charged twice for the same crime? Will this make him immune to other charges?:

Fourth-degree assault is the most serious charge prosecuted by the Warren County Attorney.

If more serious state charges are brought against Boucher, they would be prosecuted by Commonwealth’s Attorney Christopher T. Cohron.
...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...6fedc2-c561-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/928690790133583873

 

[nobody's_hero]

Rand Paul neighbor pleads not guilty to assault on Senator, Paul disputes "trivial" claims

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