New World Order Arrives in Fredericksburg, VA

Check out this story from the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:

A Fredericksburg man was arrested Saturday on charges he assaulted three strangers at their home during a dispute over politics, police said.

According to a Fredericksburg police report, the suspect went to a home in the 900 block of Marye Street about 5:30 p.m. after finding one of the resident's name[s] on a Republican Web site.

The resident and his two roommates engaged in a discussion with the suspect, though none of them had ever met or had contact with him before.

The argument got heated and the suspect learned that the young residents had not enlisted in the military and "put their all" behind the Republican-led war effort in Iraq, police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said.

The suspect refused to leave the home after repeatedly being asked to do so, police said. The three roommates were hit multiple times each as they attempted to get the suspect out of the door, authorities said.

The suspect continued to be aggressive and disorderly even after a city police officer arrived, the report states.

Andrew Stone, 23, was charged with three counts of assault and battery. A magistrate released Stone on his own recognizance and he was ordered to have no further contact with the victims.

Reporter Keith Epps, who up to this point has written an exemplary newspiece, just can't resist ending the piece with this sentence, however:

It was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting.

You've got to be kidding, Keith. If it literally wasn't "clear in the report," well, then, you shoulda done some sleuthing. What kind of journalism is this? It's pretty obvious that Andy ain't a conservative, right? (On the other hand, if he HAD been a conservative, this would have been duly reported, although the label would have been "right wing extremist.")

In the last two presidential elections, most Northern Virginia Republicans of Wonker's acquaintance were careful not to affix pro-Bush bumper stickers to their automobiles. They were and are well aware that such shows of support for the good guys would earn them flat tires, "keying" of new finishes, and other types of damage as punishment for exercising their right to free speech. The criminals? A few were caught, most were not, but it's pretty clear that all were Idiotarian, Marxist-Leninist supporters of Gore or Kerry, engaged in political debate at a level that matched their adolescent intellects.

But now it appears that, in Fredericksburg, at least, you don't even need a pro-Republican bumper sticker to invite a violent attack from the nutroots in your own home. They now track you down via the web, violating your privacy as well as your sanctuary. Isn't home invasion a felony?

Then again, being a Democrat is never having to say you're sorry. We, however, are sorry that Keith Epps didn't bother to finish his story, which describes quite accurately the kind of political terror that has become a Nutroots stock-in-trade. We've often accused these people of being closet Stalinists. Now it looks like one of them, at least, has come out of the closet. Looks a lot like proof to me.

Hat tip to the invaluable Little Green Footballs which has been tireless in its efforts to dig these destructive termites out of the walls and expose them to the daylight where they can't long survive.