Web site says liberals beat student GOP leader; police say no

[proud2BlibKansan]

Web site says liberals beat student GOP leader; police say no
Police: Student picked fight with friends at party, got punched
Saturday, September 30, 2006
BY DAVE GERSHMAN
News Staff Reporter

Everybody agrees last Saturday night in Ann Arbor ended badly for Justin Zatkoff when the Republican student activist was hit in the face so hard that he couldn't recall the attack and would need hours of surgery.

But with weeks left before the November elections, rumors quickly spread in Republican circles that Zatkoff was viciously beaten for his political views in one of the state's bluest of cities.

In the days following the attack, the conservative student Web site Truth Caucus posted photos of his injured face, pronounced the incident a "hate crime,'' and speculated it was the work of "liberal thugs.'' A Republican organizer in Michigan e-mailed campus Republicans, warning them to travel in groups until the election was over. And pretty soon, the matter was fodder for major political Web sites, like Wonkette.

Ann Arbor police said Friday there's no truth to the rumors.

http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-19/115959860215660.xml&coll=2

[Seen the light]

1. Owned

Sorry, I couldn't help it. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. That's okay

Great description!

[LTR]

17. ROTL!!!

Pnwed!

:rofl:

[rockymountaindem]

2. Wow. He got messed up but somethin'

But I can't figure it out... are we liberals a bunch of limp-wristed hippie pacifists when we oppose the invasion of Iraq, or a bunch of violent hyper-aggressive intolerant thugs when a Republican organizer gets beat up for who knows what reason?

I guess we're just limp-wristed hippie thugs with a penchant for violence, eh?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. They are the thugs

I would rather be a pacifist.

[rockymountaindem]

11. If everyone could be a pacifist, I'd agree with you

But as long as there's one thug, I'm not willing to rule out a stick jab followed by a left cross.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. I'll watch

:evilgrin:

[LSK]

3. EVERYWHERE I LOOK, RETHUGS ARE LYING LYING LYING

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. That's why I posted this

[tom_paine]

12. Yep. This is some probably some bigmouth who got his face whopped

at a bar. For any number of reasons, probably he fact that he is an obnoxious asshole, as so many of these young Busheviks are these days.

And yes, they have taken lying to a new level...or possibly a very old one.

[Cha]

37. This punk's friend did it at a

drunken repuke party..the police have his statement.

[LTR]

6. Ehhh... conservatives are a bunch of whiny pussies!

Typical crybaby conservative.

Boo hoo! Life's tough. Wear a helmet.

Dumbass probably punched himself and blamed it on liberals. :eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. His 'friends' did it to him!

While at a party that began last Saturday night, police said Zatkoff picked a fight with some of his friends, and got punched in the eye. Police interviewed Zatkoff at a hospital the next day and he didn't recall what happened.

People who were at the party told police Zatkoff had too much to drink, said Ann Arbor police Lt. Mike Logghe.

"We interviewed the guy who punched him,'' said Logghe. "He admitted to punching him. He said he was a friend of his from high school.''

[donco6]

7. I've always said . . .

"Look out for those gangs of angry liberal thugs. They're everywhere." :sarcasm:

If it wasn't an outright lie, he probably got beat up by a pissed of leftie girl and is too ashamed to admit it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. My first thought

was that it was a young kid he had an email relationship with. :)

[donco6]

26. Oh, you're bad!

But knowing the Repugs, probably right! A spurned object of affection. That's rough. :sarcasm:

[Irreverend IX]

30. He wasn't spurned...

It was just a friendly bout of GOP rough trade.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I was rude today

At our peace rally this evening, when the war mongers drove by and yelled something rude, or made a rude gesture, I said "PEDOPHILES!"

[donco6]

40. Touche! that's good. eom

[C_U_L8R]

9. Boo Hoo Rethugs Love To Play The Victim

and EVERY time are exposed as liars.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Why do they bother??????
Oh nice shiner.. If the police are correct, he totally deserved it.

[C_U_L8R]

10. dupe

[mediaman007]

14. The face of ... a Chickenhawk!

[lies and propaganda]

18. liberal thugs? i thought we were all pussies

they can spin everything.

[Selatius]

19. Hey, the fucking idiot couldn't hold his liquor and picked a damn fight

There is no liberal conspiracy here. The only conspiracy is his fucking stupidity in drinking too much and getting too belligerant at a party.

[Swamp Rat]

23. AND publishing his photo on the 'Internets'

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. LOL!!

[Selatius]

28. What's pissing me off is that I WAS a victim of thuggery

In the run-up to the 2004 elections, we had entered a College Democrats parade float into the homecoming game. That night, we had a party and watched one of the Kerry-Bush debates. Around 2:00 I was knocked out, but I woke up when people panicked and rushed out the door. Somebody had torched the float that was parked right next to the house. If the wind was blowing the wrong way, it could've been a hell of a lot worse than it actually was.

Of course, I should've expected something like this. This is rural Mississippi, afterall. The only thing they forgot to burn was a cross out front.

[Swamp Rat]

35. Good thing for them I wasn't there.

Torching a float is a capital offense in New Orleans. ;)

[Kingshakabobo]

20. Phil Parlock in training. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. LOL It's about time to see Phil show up again

We know how he loves a campaign appearance!

[Swamp Rat]

21. This guy ain't too bright.

I bet he's the laughingstock amongst his high school peers, and now at his college. :eyes:

[Homer Wells]

22. Being thugs themselves

they have to believe that we are just like them. The small number of grey cells residing in their semi-hollow skulls doesn't allow them to see that there are people who have higher values than them.

:grr:

[LunaSea]

24. Bang,Pow!

More where that came from if you show your face around here again.....

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. I like your picture better!

Thanks.

LOL

[ellenfl]

27. looks like he was wearing lipstick . . . eom

[KAZ]

32. Dude got off easy.

You shred our constitution? Then I'll stuff your "free speech" down your throat.

[Old and In the Way]

34. The Face of Young Republicanism........

Is it genetic or environmental?

[Cha]

36. EWEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Poor fucking punk. So one of your friends beat your face in? Better you should hang out with Liberal thugs..they don't beat up on drunken assholes, that's what republicONS do.

[AspenRose]

38. OK...which is it?

How many times has the GOP insinuated Democrats as being weak, wussy, "bleeding heart"?

All of a sudden Dems are violent enough to jump a college Republican?

Make up your minds, people! Can't have it both ways!

[roguevalley]

39. my brother did that once swinging at a partially deflated basketball

with a bat.