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Fortunately (or unfortunately) it is AMBUSH season for politicians. How many politicians can you get in a season? Hopefully, this may actually do some good as it will expose many of those without character.

Well, two things.

First of all, this video is heavily edited. We don't know what happened before this video was shot, how long these "students" were following the Congressman, or if the clip shown is all that actually happened. It could be these guys were follwing Etheridge around for quite sometime before this, and he was feeling harrassed and stalked.

That being said, he had no right to put his hands on anyone. He should have called a cop. He's lucky if he's not charged with battery.

Go Democrats!!

Regardless of the extent to which this video was edited, there's no reasonable excuse for justifying Etheridge's choice to go physical.
However, I'm highly suspicious of the video. If I read correctly elsewhere, this footage first appeared on Andrew Breitbart's website. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he financed it in its entirety and had his people edit it to hit just the right Teabagger nerve. After all, we do recall the ACORN hooker video, right? The one that effectively ended ACORN, despite being later revealed to have been a complete fraud (also the work of Bretbart) that had been heavily doctored?
I can already predict the next several comments, all of which submitted by people who are 100% incorrect about nearly everything:
Democrat- "Uh... they were in his face. What would YOU do? Why wouldn't they answer him?"
Repub- "Obama! Socialism! Sarah Palin! Nazi! Glenn Beck! Tea Party for the win in 2010, baby!"

This punk is looking for a time slot on FOX with Sean Hannity.
This is too fishy. He doesn't identify the school he is from, he never gives his name, he blur's his face and does some really extensive editing. He nearly wet's his britches when Congressman Etheridge pulled him closer for a hug. Good job Congressman for standing up to those jerks.

the world now sees the democrat party exposed. angry, bitter, godless fools. bob etheridge, had he any sense of decency or morality would resign. i do imagine this video will resurface closer to november. along with another showing the angry democrat raging against a voter at a town hall meeting.

Etheridge, another Bev Fartonyou Perdue and Obama protegee. He hasn't seen a tax he doesn't like and his arrogance has always shown, if you look. Yes, he always has that look in his eyes or face.He reminds me a lot of Tim Valentin a former US House Rep who actually cussed me on camera on the White House steps many years ago. Not that I hold much difference between democrats and republicans, but Fartonyou Perdue has to go from NC politics and so does Etheridge. Then maybe Kaye Fagan or is it, er Hagan? Too many taxes, to many freedoms lost or now constrained. More laws and taxes is NOT the answer! It's past time to throw the taxing bums out, republican or democrat. But here are 3 of the worst from NC......

While Rep. Etheridge should have shown a bit more restraint, the fact that these "students" have yet to be identified makes it clear that the congressman was set up. The TeaBaggers must've figured that whoever their guy is in Etheridge's district needed some help.

I wonder if a Republican had done this what the reaction would be. Probably presented in media as a crazy. This is another example of Dems attempting to silence their critics using bullying tactics.

Mr. Ethridge had the guy's hand in a defensive hold. He couldn't have grabbed the man's hand like that if the man hadn't offered it to him. It is a typical hapkido defensive hold. My bet is that the man reached out to Mr. Ethridge in an aggressive manner. Of course, this was edited out. The harrasser should have identified himself.

People in this conversation hate taxes, that's for sure. I once lived in a place where taxes were really, really low: Mexico. The infrastructure there was terrible. If we don't start investing in our infrastructure, we're going to pass down a pile of ruins for the next generation to fix and repair. It's totally irresponsible! Most people don't understand that the corporate tax in NC is one of the lowest in the nation, and the federal income tax today is much lower than it was during the Reagan administration. Our children are going to pay for what we squandered away.

Panacea,
Please notice the moving cars!
Then tell us the video is edited.
I go to the same far left internet sites as you, they tell you what to blog.
If a tea party patriot had did this this paper and the far left media, would be having 24-7 on this.
This guy is a complete jerk.

OK, so, after reading the comments about a set-up/ambush and video editing.... why did the ccongressman apologize? In his apology, did he say one word about defending himself? His words AND actions will say more than the video.

So, Congressman, what is the answer to the legitimate question? Do you fully support Obama's agenda?