McCain Supporter Had Own Ties to Radical Protesters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Wall Street Journal

OCTOBER 8, 2008, 10:09 P.M. ET
McCain Supporter Had Own Ties to Radical Protesters
By MARY JACOBY

The McCain campaign, in a continuing effort to link Barack Obama to domestic terrorism, released a statement Wednesday from a New York supporter, recounting how his family home was firebombed by the radical 1960s group founded by Obama supporter William Ayers. But the McCain supporter, John M. Murtagh, has his own ties to radical protesters: He served as a lawyer for a Catholic priest who led protests at an abortion clinic that turned violent.

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From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Murtagh served as a pro-bono lawyer for the Rev. John T. Murphy, a leader of a group of antiabortion protesters who spent years picketing outside Long Island Gynecological Services in Garden City, N.Y. Rev. Murphy ran a charity called "Save the Babies," records show.

According to a 1995 Nassau County, N.Y., court decision involving the clinic, the Nassau County Police Department was called to the premises at least 17 times in 1994 and 1995 to investigate reports of physical assault, harassment, bomb threats and in four cases, the firing of bullets into windows.

A 72-year-old woman who worked for another business in the building told police that two protesters grabbed her from behind, dragged her down a hall, and slammed her into a wall before running off, leaving her with bruises and back pain. She told police she believed the protesters had mistaken her for a clinic employee because she had been wearing a white nurse's uniform.


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[redqueen]

1. In the WSJ?

Hmm.

[Demit]

2. we-e-e-l-l-l...online, anyway. In a section called 'Columns and Blogs'. Baby steps!

[Number23]

3. Whoops!

((Reaches for napkin to wipe egg of of McCain's face))

[Heidi]

4. Kick.

:kick: