Reply #119: I worked in a large building....

[tirechewer]

with hundreds of others. We had to go through a checkpoint every morning. The guards knew us. They saw us every single day. We also had to wear ID but we didn't put it on until we were inside a specific, secured area beyond the guards.

She did say she regretted the incident, and I believe she is trying to move on. The Republicans are the ones not letting it go. It's payback time for an opponent. I'm not a big fan of hitting people either, but I do recognize that there are times and places when people have had all they can stand, and if a guard grabbed them at that point, they might very well get smacked. Also, given the tremendous regard the Bush administration has displayed toward black people in general, do you suppose she was treated with a great deal of respect as a rule?

If that had been any white Republican do you suppose he/she would have been grabbed like that? I don't, and I'm sure she was quite aware of the double standard too. It may have been a large source of her anger. I wouldn't have handled it the way she did, I hope, but I do understand her response.