Name that party -response

Posted on April 30, 2008

I’m careful about who I allow to post comments on my site. people who assume names of bizzare counter culture fictional characters at Hotmail do not get access - but some such fictional person responded to my piece about Fosters Daily Democrat failing to name the party of a Democrat state Rep. being arrested:

You forgot about former Rep Doyle from Windham, who was arrested for assaulting an election official.

You could be honest and admit it happens to members of both parties.

And no I did not forget- from the archives at Fosters :

Windham rep arrested in alleged assult of town official
WINDHAM, NH (AP) — Rep. Christopher Doyle, R-Windham, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony assault for striking an election official when he lost re-election to the town board of selectman, the state attorney general’s office said.

That is exactly my point - when a Republican was arrested - they named the party right away, when it was a local Democrat - they did not mention it at all.

WMUR-TV wrote:

ROCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire state representative has been arrested for the third time in two months.

Rep. Nancy Warren, D-Rochester, was arrested Friday and charged with stalking a neighbor and trespassing on his property, both violations of a bail order from a previous arrest.

The whole point is that Fosters has no difficulty naming the party when it is a Republican but this Democrat doesn’t get the same treatment.

Oh and if you really want to post comments here - use a real name!

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