Lefty spin on finger-biting incident: Hey, at least the guy had Medicare; Update: David Shuster picks up lefty spin
posted at 5:32 pm on September 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
When partisan violence gives you lemons, make lemonade. I like to imagine that Josh Marshall and Air America wrote two versions of this story before everything was straightened out about which protester did what to who. If the victim turned out to be pro-ObamaCare and therefore politically useful, they’d run the copy expressing their outrageous outrage; if not, they’d run this. Think of it as a tiny, surreal illustration of Chappaquiddick logic: Sure, the incident is, er, “regrettable,” but it’s fully redeemed by lefty policy.
MKH spoke to the victim, who’s strayed very far indeed from The Narrative:
Rice drove himself to nearby Los Robles Hospital after the incident for treatment. One report said his finger was reattached, but Rice told THE WEEKLY STANDARD in a phone interview that’s not the case.
“They weren’t able to attach it because a human bite has so much bacteria,” said Rice, who also said Wednesday’s rally had a different feeling than other local health care events he’d been to recently.
“It had a Code Pink element that I’d never seen before and it had a MoveOn element I’d never seen before,” he said, calling some of the Obamacare supporters “borderline emotionally out of control.”
It’s a shame they couldn’t reattach it, but let’s look on the bright side: If you believe The One, the doctors probably wanted to amputate his whole hand.
Update: From the nutroots’ lips to Shuster’s ears. Carry that water, David.
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Tonsils,feet,circumcision,fingers.
It’s all just body parts.
portlandon on September 3, 2009 at 5:33 PM
MunchOn.com.
Jim Treacher on September 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM
If this were the other way around the victim would be on with Diane Sawyer as she cried and hugged him.
D0WNT0WN on September 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM
these are democrats, and a frenzy of hatred is who they are.
rob verdi on September 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM
MoveOn.org, the political dog. Taking a bite out of dissent.
lorien1973 on September 3, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Skin in the game…
myrenovations on September 3, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Like the blogger said “Yes We Cannibal”!
Did he collect his $40k or $50k reimbursement?
Dr_Irish on September 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Obama supporters are cannibals!
Is that a bit strong???
LOL
redshirt on September 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Druge reports more details. The 65 yo has a son that is a Marine officer.
sonnyspats1 on September 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM
My collie says:
The next time I go to Tea Party, I’m bringing Lorena Bobbitt with me.
CyberCipher on September 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM
When they try to bite your finger, apply the Jaws of Life to their face.
Coronagold on September 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM
I live very close to where the finger incident occured. TO is ordinarily a very peaceful, quiet town. But I guess the great divider has even created conflict in what used to be a sleepy town. What the press won’t tell you is that the perp had to cross 6 lanes of busy traffic to confront the 65 year old.
jbh45 on September 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Perhaps the victim has Munchausen syndrome.
Bishop on September 3, 2009 at 5:38 PM
We are going to see this as the lead story on the alphabets tonight? Right, right?
jukin on September 3, 2009 at 5:38 PM
These morons don’t understand two things:
A) Medicare is in deep sh*t as it is.
B) Medicare poses less of a threat to private industry and has less of a negative impact than ObamaCare would because the former has a much small segment of people who qualify.
amerpundit on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I love how the left is trying to make an issue out of the guy having Medicare. Well, what about the fact that when you are 65 and older Medicare is pretty much the ONLY OPTION you have for health insurance?
Queasy on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I would tweak that just a bit. I think this describes leftists, and not really moderate Democrats – though I think their party has been almost completely taken over by the raving, hysterical, hate-filled nuts on their left wing.
capitalist piglet on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Oh…and if you even think of trying to bite off my finger or anything else, I’m activating your dental plan.
Bishop on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Would it be bad to hope that the victim had a blood pathogen that might cause the Obama-bitter to become violently ill?
NAH.
portlandon on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
It is too late.
He has been bitten by a MoveOn zombie!
Soon, he will be one of them!
pilamaye on September 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Attacking Big Finger!
TexasJew on September 3, 2009 at 5:40 PM
My question is:
If the perp is found, wouldn’t he or his insurance have to pay for it?
lorien1973 on September 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Stein (filling in for Rush) interviewed a witness (the guy who found the finger). He said the MoveOn guy crossed a street acting mentally disturbed and menacing. Then he singled old man — who presumably looked tasty.
tommylotto on September 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Dog bites man? Not much of a headline.
It’s a shame they couldn’t reattach the pinky.
Will the nerves reconnect if you reattach a severed finger? In other words, would there be a reunion of pinky and the brain?
Narf.
Daggett on September 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Allah, more fingers of happiness here. Just for you.
lorien1973 on September 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Get in their faces…
and then bite off their appendages.
Enoxo on September 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Dude needs to check his tonsils and feet….
love the LA Times spin….”Obama backer attacked”….uh mr. editor you forgot “65 year old protestor” in the headline sir…
sven10077 on September 3, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Please forgive the off topoic post but
Olympia snowejob needs to be stopped !
Call her office and say you are from Maine and represent a group of seniors against obamacare. It doesn’t matter if you don’t live in Maine. Find a zip code and town name off the net and call her now. Or say you are a moderate dem who voted for her, and you are against obamacare or any public option. We need to burn her local Maine offices as well as Washington. Call her now before she caves to the libs. Call her now!!!!
texaninfidel on September 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM
BiteMe.org
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM
There’s just still too much missing out of this story (and I didn’t mean that as a pun).
I think I’ll withhold comment until some more facts come in.
RushBaby on September 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Send BiteMe.org to chomp on her…..
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 5:46 PM
The whole incident was just a demonstration of how Obamacare will cut the costs of surgical procedures such as amputation.
malclave on September 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I saw a picture of the supposed “jaws” the finger eater on Cavuto…he looked like a real winner. He’s hiding under his mom’s bed.
d1carter on September 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM
He may want to remove the whole finger, them libs got some scary bacteria in their mouths. No telling what was in it before the attack.
la.rt.wngr on September 3, 2009 at 5:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDlGmFKro5w&feature=player_embedded
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I like the idea of giving them the finger, but not literally.
Vashta.Nerada on September 3, 2009 at 5:49 PM
The bite heard around the world…
Seven Percent Solution on September 3, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Pinkys tonight?
What’s on the menu for tomorrow??
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Hey, everyone’s expendable if they are on the wrong side. Did you learn your lesson, Gramps?
theotherKate on September 3, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I think this a Taliban tactic, cut/bite off the finger that votes against ObamaCare. Uh, wrong finger?
d1carter on September 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Comment from HuffPo on this story:
Can we say unhinged?
Joe Caps on September 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I smell a beer summit.
farright on September 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM
If that’s true, leave the perp alone. Just give the son his address. It’ll save taxpayer money and justice will be delivered. A win-win.
TXUS on September 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Follow-up:
Obama Bites Hand of American People.
profitsbeard on September 3, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Brooks will bemoan the fact that the guy doesn’t hold out his pinky when he picks up the mug.
lorien1973 on September 3, 2009 at 5:54 PM
If it was my blog, YOUR lyin’ behind would be stopped. I am more and more convinced that you are a lib trying to lure conservatives into a trap so they can be discredited.
Allah, Ed, isn’t it time for a little “end of life” counseling for this troll?
RegularJoe on September 3, 2009 at 5:54 PM
wassup, i thought only doctors wanted your body parts,(for profit) now leftist liberal oboobibot canibals. sheeeesh.
SHARPTOOTH on September 3, 2009 at 5:55 PM
So what if he had medicare? Just about everyone over 65 had medicare whatever their ideology might be. It might also be true that he pays an additional $500 a month for additional health care coverage or that he paid cash for the visit to the hospital. Who knows? My guess is that whatever kind of coverage he has, if he can find the crazy bastard who bit him…said crazy bastard will be paying for this.
Maybe they can take up a collection at MoveOn to help their guy pay for the damages.
Terrye on September 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Kind of related. My dad mashed his left hand in a industrial accident and his pinky never did heal right. It ended up bent at the first knuckle which made it worse then useless. He finally asked his doctor to rustle it but he refused on the grounds it could open him up to a lawsuit. Go figure.
RobD on September 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM
The fact that this man decided to get in the face of the one of the older, smaller people in the group says everything for me. Typical bully tactics. I am sure he didn’t expect Mr. Rice to come back at him. So gross that someone could do this, the second joint of his finger, yuck.
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I can offer a description of the biter:
Tall black male with a bald head and wearing glasses. He was heard muttering something about green jobs and how all Republicans were a**holes. I swear I saw his picture in the news recently…
Jussi on September 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I guess a tea summit would be awkward, with the victim’s pinky finger being missing and all.
“Fingers within fingers”.
venividivici on September 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I hope he got a rabies shot too.
angryed on September 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM
The guy was on Cavuto today, telling the story. He looked younger than I expected. He made a point to call the troops heros.
Monica on September 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM
For all the Left’s proclamations of independence and rational thought, they always manage to Stand By [Their] Man, don’t they?
Sometimes its hard to be a Dem
Giving all your love to just one man
You’ll have bad times
And he’ll have good times
Doing things that you don’t understand
But if you love him you’ll forgive him
Even though he’s hard to understand
And if you love him
Oh be proud of him
‘Cause after all he’s just a Dem
Stand by your Dem
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your Dem
And tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your Dem
Stand by your Dem
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your Dem
(with profuse apologies to Tammy Wynette…offered to ACLU, NOW, and Mary Jo)
Wanderlust on September 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM
So…lemme see. Tonsil Thieves, Foot Rustlers, what’s next? Finger Filchers?
hoosiermama on September 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM
seconded
thomasaur on September 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Agreed. When I read that post, my first thought was that it was written by some a$$hole pulling a “moby”.
Wanderlust on September 3, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Looking at the Weekly Standard stories and the links in it, I had forgotten about the assault on the doctor last month.
I will repeat what I said before in a different thread–both sides have ardent adherents, and emotions will run high, but it is my firm personal belief, essentially affirmed by these two incidents, that in Ventura County there is a strain of liberal supporters who have apparently developed a brand of group-think that I would say that, while it doesn’t cross over into the psychopathic, does nevertheless firmly reside in the amoral territory of (almost) “anything goes” when it comes to action against the “enemies” of liberalism, and that I firmly believe the two actions against ObamaCare opponents are the natural result of this group-think.
I in no way assume this is the view of more than a handful, or that the majority of those holding to liberal views in Ventura County are in any way, shape, or form linked to these folks, but I do have to say heaven help anyone who gets in their sights, because I do not think the rules of polite society will save them.
Horatius on September 3, 2009 at 6:05 PM
The bit about the guy having medicare and getting his finger re-attached is a lie… the doctors couldn’t reattach it.
Enoxo on September 3, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Here’s the video from Cavuto today on Breitbart.
Monica on September 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Ed and Allah: Don’t know if texaninfidel is a troll or not, but he’s been posting the same thing on a number of threads today, which needs to be stopped. Don’t mind a little OT every now and then, but when it’s done on numerous threads, a line is crossed.
TXUS on September 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Beautiful.
misslizzi on September 3, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Does the guy work at Wendy’s, by chance?
Oh, well… I’m guessing the perp is about to wish he had supported tort reform…
txhsdad on September 3, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Is this before or after the tonsillectomy and circumcision?
Jorge Bonilla on September 3, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Why all the biting?
You know, most Tea Partiers would probably just give these scumbags the finger.
TMK on September 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Yeah, I bet he did all that just in case he was confronted by and bitten by a nice calm Obama supporter, then he could make this outrageous fake claim – yeah, that’s the ticket!
Cause, that kind of thing happens all the time, err, no, I mean . . . the wingnuts can pretty much prepare themselves to fake injuries when attacked by The Obama’s supporters, err . . .no, I mean when they “CLAIM” to have been attacked . . .uh,Yeah . . . they probably staged the alleged attacker too. Has he been interviewed, do we know he’s one of us . . . uh. . . I mean, they can’t really count on being attacked all the time, can they . . . or errr . . well … right?
Uhm . . . where was I again?
/s
Fatal on September 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM
That is just wrong.
deidre on September 3, 2009 at 6:10 PM
It started this trolling session sometime last week and has been asked for links to no avail. Besides it’s Snowe, who is really surprised? Our time would be better spent on Blue Dogs.
thomasaur on September 3, 2009 at 6:11 PM
This assault should be blasted among all conservative sites and made known by all right-wing pundits nationwide. Maybe to the international press as well.
There’s an up-side to an assault by a radical Leftist on a mere political opponent? I’d love seeing Obama’s team spin this better than we can tell the truth of the matter.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 6:11 PM
you should put up Cavuto’s video. Guy punched him a couple of times it appears. His hand landed in his mouth, and the dude bit it.
deidre on September 3, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Bare Knuckle Stout?
Jim Treacher on September 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Naw, I’ll place a barrier over my fingers and soak the barrier in cyanide…go ahead move-on and union thugs, make my day and bite my finger off, I may lose a finger but I’ll be laughing at you while you drop DEAD! /sarcastic fantasy
Liberty or Death on September 3, 2009 at 6:13 PM
I live very close to this incident. Though I was not there, I can say with certainty that the 65-year-old was not likely to start the fight. The elderly in the Thousand Oaks area are very benign, and the area is VERY Republican. However, my moonbat mother-in-law is a Democrat operative out there and claims the county will be Democrat in 2010. She does this by going to senior homes and assisted living facilities to get them registered Democrats. Of course, she lies to get them to register by not telling them they could also register Republican. She’s scum.
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 3, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Wait, I thought Soylent Green wouldn’t be implimented till Obama’s second term?
Holger on September 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Pretty easy, the guy threw a punch at him, his fist ended up in his mouth, he bit off his finger. Self-defense baby–that is what they are going to go with!
deidre on September 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM
The pinky defense.
farright on September 3, 2009 at 6:16 PM
You must really love your wife, man.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I agree about the Democrates. There are a lot of older people who have no idea what happened to their party and still believe in the old principals it held. As far the party being taken over, it was. In 1998 the socialist began helping to elect democrates to congress that pledge their support and affliation to the New Party. Obama was closely associated to them, if not one of their members. The original plan was to get enough democrates elected that they could split off and establish themselves as a far left socialist party. To their surprise, they ended up with control of the whole democratic party.
On another note, there is so little difference anymore between the two parties that we really do need a third party that is based on the constitution and in touch with the people who elect them.
If we can not have that, then maybe a mandate that sets aside two months of each year and requires every representative to appear and answer the questions of those they represent, with the number of meetings and locations being appropriate to insure that those they represent have an unrestricted opprotunity to meet with them and a requirement that the representative answer all questions or provide and anwser within ten days to the person or persons who asked the question.
Franklyn on September 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Sheeesh!!! I was getting inspired to sew on and make a replica of St.Jeanne D’Arc’s banner, America style not French.
At this rate, I might fetch a whole top body armor with my skirt underneath. Anybody got a St. Catherine’s sword? Just got bloody in America.
ProudPalinFan on September 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM
….but SEIU promised us pre-made signs and finger food.
jbinnout on September 3, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Here’s a pretty clear picture of the MoveOn pansy. Cops have it. They’ll find the guy soon enough.
Criminal lawyers out there, give us a ruling. They can go to the known MoveOn scum and ask them to identify the guy, and anyone who lies can be prosecuted for obstructing an investigation, no?
Jaibones on September 3, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Ah, but how long does it take to bite off a man’s finger? A large animal could do it fast but not a human. That had to take a while, several seconds. And how did the attacker unclench that pinky finger from a closed fist to get it to happen?
Biting to this kind of end indicates a messed up psychology on part of the biter. If I’m in a bear hug and need to bite to get him to release, I’m not going to keep at it till I take a bloody chunk of meat in my mouth.
I prefer my supper cooked.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Perfect song for the Obots, Stand by Your Man.
But, somehow, I don’t think Tammy would’ve sung it if her man had beat her to a pulp, taken all her money, and burned down the house.
OTOH, the Obots just might.
TXUS on September 3, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Let me get this straight. You get in someones face and yell at them and they pop you in the nose you are justified in biting off their finger. You are a terrorist and it’s a crime against humanity to waterboard you? I guess this means cutting peoples finger off is not torture.
gwelf on September 3, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I see your point, but since when do liberals ever worry about facts. Obama was never friends with Wright or Ayers you know ;)
deidre on September 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Yes, I know. But the court case, if there is one, will be interesting to watch. Obama might well have to stack some courts to get this biter off the hook.
If this case doesn’t show the Left’s amazing dementia, nothing ever will. I can’t wait to see the ‘reasons’ this happened and is ‘justified’ on Huffpo, Olbermann, and the rest of the MSM.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 6:28 PM
You have my condolences!
Esmerelda on September 3, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Allah,
Don’t know if you saw it, but the detail about Medicare was actually in the AP update to the story.
I read it as a “gotcha!” from the liberal AP. Others certainly seem to have read it that way as well.
John on September 3, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The one thing I can tell you that that is the punishment in Saudi Arabia for stealing.
ProudPalinFan on September 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Maybe I will look good in this outfit…
http://maidjoan.tripod.com/standard4.jpg
ProudPalinFan on September 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I am a bit tired of all the Medicare gloating from the Left. It’s not like you have a choice once you reach a certain age, you are forced to go on Medicare. I can’t speak for Mr. Rice but I would rather keep my current coverage if I could.
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2009 at 6:32 PM
The biting incident was a preview of how the ObamaJokerCare death panels will work.
The feds will ID the oldest, weakest person in the crowd and assign to him as his case worker a deranged zombie-type Dem piece of astroturf.
The case worker will then approach, introduce himself and consume the oldster whole. Cash bonuses will be paid to case workers who consume their clients fastest, cleanest, completeliest.
FlameWarrior on September 3, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Maybe the biter has dental through United Health or something….so flippin’ what. Weak sauce, Shuster and co.
stldave on September 3, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Fully agreed! But, too, by Federal mandate, a man his age has to be registered with Medicare. that’s obvious but many don’t fully know the law.
So, my next question is about whether the guy used Medicare or a private insurance carrier covered the bill. Or if bites by humans and/or domesticated animals aren’t covered anywhere and the man has to pay out-of-pocket.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 6:33 PM
cannibals are in charge!
/getalife
venividivici on September 3, 2009 at 6:34 PM
So I take it that Shuster then believes that people that have private insurance have no grounds to push for a public option? Well, of course he doesn’t. That is different.
stldave on September 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM
That, and the fact that he ran away afterwards and hasn’t been heard from since!
Bully + coward = Moveon.org.
LASue on September 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Couldn’t see pic of outfit with the link you posted…
Liberty or Death on September 3, 2009 at 6:35 PM
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