Decorated Soldier Reportedly Attacked At Concert (Toby Keith)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/3746350/detail.html

A local soldier back from the war in Iraq said he was beaten at an area concert because of what was printed on his T-shirt, NBC 4's Nancy Burton reported.

Barton, 19, of Grove City, received a Purple Heart for his military service in Iraq. He almost lost his leg last month after a Humvee he was riding in ran over a landmine.

Barton said he was injured again Friday night in a crowded parking lot as he was leaving the Toby Keith concert at Germain Amphitheatre. The solider was injured so badly that he can't go back to Iraq as scheduled.

"I don't remember getting hit at all, really," said Barton, a member of the 1st Calvary Division. "He hit me in the back of the head. I fell and hit the ground. I was knocked unconscious and he continued to punch and kick me on the ground."

Barton and his family said he was beat up because he was wearing an Iraqi freedom T-shirt.

This story sure doesn't smell right. At a Toby Keith concert? And no one came to his aid? Maybe it happened but it sounds like a setup.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Isn't Toby Keith a Republican Country Singer?

[carpetbagger]

28. No. He's a Zell Miller-like "democratic" country singer.

He can't tell Iraq apart from Iran. Good thing for him it's not his ass on the line.

[Career Prole]

2. Private Parlock, reporting for duty! n/t

[RamboLiberal]

4. ROFL - my thought exactly

or maybe a way to get out of going back to Iraq but still be a good little Repug.

[Cocoa]

3. this seems kind of Parlocky to me

I wonder what relation this guy is to Phil Parlock, cousin? Nephew?

[zappaman]

Man, this smells like

Bullshit! The guy has an "Iraqi Freedom" shirt on at a Toby Keith concert and gets beaten up? I'm not buying that for one second.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Probably hittin' on the wrong girl

that'll get you in trouble every time.

[goodboy]

25. nope.

[sniffa]

18. ooh, a new word - "parLocky"

parLock

[Eye and Monkey]

47. Serial Parlocky. Assault and Parlocky. HIgh Crimes and Parlocky.

Has a certain ring to it, yes?

[EST]

52. Shades of darkness...Clouds over the moon...nasty evil awaits

PARLOCKIAN...misty, drizzly darkness (rumble, rumble)

[VolcanoJen]

45. Not sure the guy is pulling a Parlock...

... but I love the term, and Parlocky.

I can't help but wonder if the assailant misunderstood the guy's t-shirt, thinking he was pro-terraist or something.

At any rate, I never pass up a chance to type:

futk!

:-)

[wtmusic]

5. Sounds like another Parlock n/t

[pretzel4gore]

44. hahaha....

parlock's frigging gene pool needs work!

[neuvocat]

6. Seems pretty convenient if you ask me.

How do you avoid going back to Iraq? But the crap beaten out of you then blame it on liberals.

[htuttle]

10. But Toby Keith fans aren't liberals

:shrug:

Maybe some idiots couldn't read very well, and thought his T-shirt had an anti-war slogan?

[neuvocat]

46. That's where it smells.

I'm sure the GOP will come up with something like "A band of liberal insurgents infiltrated this blessed concert full of patriotism and family values in order to try and take away our freedoms, but all they could do was beat up some soldier to the point where he couldn't fight for his country anymore."

[gratuitous]

7. A very incomplete report

Six of the guys' friends say he was jumped from behind; one of the other guys' friends say that Barton was the aggressor. The cops say that the word of six friends on one side outweighs the word of one friend on the other side. No identification whatsoever of the alleged assailant, but it turns out that the "local soldier" won't be going back to Iraq thanks to his injuries.

{Sniff, sniff} Something smells here.

[Cha]

39. ANd how does he know it was his damn "tee shirt"

that did it?

I'm not reading the whole story..maybe it's in there but toby keith would have mostly bush supporters..would he?

So don't try and blame it on pacifists..ya dumb shit!

[Cha]

41. On a second look at the story..it sounds like

a rove plant story..whether it is or not..it sounds like it.

[DoNotRefill]

53. gratuitous, read the article again.

"According to a Columbus police report, six witnesses who didn't know Barton said the person who beat him up was screaming profanities and making crude remarks about U.S. soldiers, Burton reported."

It wasn't six of Barton's friends, it was 6 people who he didn't know but who witnessed the attack.

[sjdnb]

8. I'd guess they thought it was supporting

"Iraqi Freedom" (whereas, they support Iraq freedom in the form a a massive US occupation). Perhaps, they thought he was supporting the insurgency?

[Cocoa]

9. getting run over by a Humvee,

and almost losing his leg, doesn't keep him from going back to Iraq.

But he breaks his nose in a fight, and he can't go back?

[kymar57]

36. I'm thinking the same thing Cocoa

[atreides1]

12. This Story Kind of Stinks

According to the story there were 6 witnesses who watched the fight and didn't help the guy, and I'll bet that no one knows what really started the altercation.

For all they know this soldier could have said something to provoke his attacker.

And don't you just love the little snide remark his mother made, about the insurgents being cowards, like her sons attacker. But being the good "christian" lady she is, she say a prayer for him. I wonder if shes praying for the children of Fallujah?

I see that this troop is in the 1st Cavalry Division, wasn't that the unit reported on by Reuters, something about abusing Iraqi civilians?

Maybe there is a reason why Mr. Barton doesn't want to go back to Iraq right now.

[Lefty48197]

13. I think his mother did it

You nearly got killed and you want to go BACK? THUD!

[tekriter]

14. My bullshit-o-meter just blowed up

Blowed up real good.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

20. Well, like they say

"May the Good Lord take a likin' to ya' and blow ya' up real soon!"

[Parche]

15. toby keith

His hearing was probably injured from the crap that toby keith
tries to sing

[Cronus Protagonist]

16. The key sentence here is.....

"The solider{sic} was injured so badly that he can't go back to Iraq as scheduled."

How conveeeenient.

[starbuck6446]

34. My very first thought...

and I don't think I really blame him. Of course, if *I* wanted to get a good whuppin' at a concert to avoid Iraq... I'd choose someone other than Toby - what a hack!

[Cronus Protagonist]

48. Yeah, I understand the motive, it's the method that's nasty

He could have just gone to a gay bar in uniform, after all.

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[MichaelHarris]

17. think about it

brain-dead rednecks + beer + horney soldier home on leave + looking at some guys girlfriend wrong = ass-whupping

[NewYorkerfromMass]

19. I did

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x843741#843785

[MichaelHarris]

21. yup

hiitin on a farmer's wife wearing a "wife beater" t-shirt will get ya an ass-whuppin' everytime, unless you give um a beer.

"wife-beater" t-shirt = greasy tanktop

[jimshoes]

54. Zackly

My thoughts exactly.

[carrowsboy]

22. Freeps already onto us, LMAO!!!!

http://www.lucianne.com/threads22.asp?artnum=170905

Reply 4 - Posted by: Superchuck, 9/21/2004 5:55:25 PM

I'm sure Democraptic Underground is right now saying its a hoax, that the soldier hit himself from behind....

Chuck


Reply 11 - Posted by: TiminPhoenix, 9/21/2004 6:20:57 PM

I can't the slime that did this, but I also choose to focus on the fact that this soldier is wanting to get back to his unit, back to the war.

That's the type of person the left simply will never understand, in that they have no honor and he personifies it.

[Chovexani]

30. "Democraptic"?

Is that really the best they can do? :crazy:

Morans.

[henslee]

33. The whole administration is a hoax. BTW, what up with Rummy's troubles?

Speaking of hoaxes.

[Bluebear]

23. "ALMOST lost his leg"

Will the RNC be wearing purple heart band-aids and making fun of his injuries?

[goodboy]

24. It's probably the other way around...

He's probably not a * supporter, and had an anti-bush t-shirt on, and the repukes hit him.

[Gin]

26. this is the clue!........................

enuff said.

[goodboy]

32. word.

[spanone]

27. Feller probly hit him with his leg. He almost lost his leg 'last month?'

healed pretty quickly I'd say. This does stink.

[liberalmuse]

29. Poor guy probably had someone hit him.

Hell, would you want to go back to Iraq? The fact that he is trying to promote the noxious right wing 'freedom' bullshit counts against him, of course, and makes the story unbelievable--he should have left that part out. I suppose getting someone to hit you so hard you are unable to return to active duty beats shooting yourself in the foot.

[w4rma]

31. He got beat up at a concert full of Repugs. Probably by one. (nt)

[truthisfreedom]

35. when you are hit on the back of the head and knocked unconscious, how

do you know why it happened?

[soothsayer]

37. * and co attacked a decorated soldier---Kerry---so they set this example

a-holes

[yelladawg]

38. Toby has raised money for Democrats in Oklahoma

Toby has raised money for several different Democrat candidates in Oklahoma. He helps to support the troops in Iraq.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

40. Another Rovian setup, just like Mr. Parlock!

[bobbyboucher]

42. That story sounds like a glurge.

I expect it to start freely flying through the internet universe. The way he wants to get back to Iraq to help his buddies who were just attacked, what a hero. The way his mother wants to pray for the attacker, what a Christian.

I don't buy this shit for a gaddamn second.

[MrBenchley]

43. Guess the folks who mocked wounded GIs with Purple Heart bandaids

decided to take it one step beyond. Toby Keith is the fuckwit who attacked the Dixie Chicks. He's outspokenly pro-Bush. I doubt there was anybody but right wing loons at one of his concerts.

[trapper914]

55. Toby Keith

I'm not complete;y certain of Toby's politics. Sure, he's jingoistic ("Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue") and he's incredibly supportive of the soldiers ("American Soldier"), but I've never heard him say anything overly supportive of the Republicans. I've heard him interviewed once or twice, and he was somewhat evasive.

If memory serves, the Toby/Dixie Chicks feud started when the Chick went after him for the lyrics to "Courtesy..." If so, I don't blame him for firing back. Like the Chicks, Toby writes much, if not all, of his own music, so I'm sure he might take that personally. And like the Chicks, Toby is not all about the PC soundbites, so he would certainly speak his mind if he felt insulted.

As for the soldier who took the ass whoopin', I agree with the others here. It seems like the "anti-soldier" antagonist would get his ass handed to him at a Toby Keith concert. I won't say the soldier did it to get out of going back, but this plays very well into the current right wing agenda: painting the left as anti-military and anti-American...the exact words Rush Limbaugh used on his show yesterday. They just don't seem to understand that we care more about the soldiers than they do and refuse to sit idly by while they're sent to die in a politically manufactured war.

[oasis]

49. He had his pals kick his ass to prevent him from returning to duty.

And it worked.

Or he was a boisterous, obnoxious asshole and he had it coming.

[0007]

51. My bet is that he was drunk as a skunk and got beat up by a old lady

because he was being a boisterous, obnoxious asshole.

[illuminaughty]

50. Toby Keith fans suffer from Rove Rage