ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday condemned the arrest of a University of Florida student at one of his speeches, saying that he was engaged in a “good healthy discussion” with 21-year-old Andrew Meyer when he was Tasered and taken into custody.

“In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way,” Kerry said in a statement. “I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention. I asked the police to allow me to answer the question and was in the process of responding when he was taken into custody.”

“I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building,” he continued. “I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were injured. I regret enormously that a good healthy discussion was interrupted.”
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For anyone else NOT on the “Ignore List” it should read “Library” not “Libary” above, but please let me know if you have a hard time looking up those words as well.

Did you have any problems with the Clinton Libary link I provided?

Using a far looser standard that included resignations, David R. Simon and D. Stanley Eitzen in Elite Deviance, say that 138 appointees of the Reagan administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were criminally indicted. Curiously Haynes Johnson uses the same figure but with a different standard in “Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the Reagan Years: “By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever.”

Joke has a hard time winning these debates – even with himself as the only person not on the ‘ignore list’. Where’s Uncle John? He’s not on the list….

What about that poor University of Florida student questioning Kerry that was tazered.

Comment by Jake D. — September 18, 2007 @ 12:04 pm

I wish I had blinders like Jake’s. Life must be much easier when you are able to ignore facts for a dream world.

Also consider, that so far the Bush administration has refused to answer subpeonas. I think once admin officials start testifying under oath, Clinton’s record will be broken quickly.

Comment by Jake D. — September 18, 2007 @ 11:39 am

Strawman. We’re not comparing the 2 admns. We’re talking about Bush and why the Cabinets are “rejecting’ the budget proposals. Jerk said he’d trust the Cabinet officials. I say they’ve proven to be incompetent.