Grand old party of muggers

[Citizen Daryl]

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Grand old party of muggers
Sep 5, 2004

Paul Vitello

I once saw a man mugged on a street in New York City. I was half a block away when the mugger ran up behind his victim, pulled the victim's suit jacket up and over his head inside out, yanked the wallet from his back pocket and fled. The victim, a man in his 60s, was shaken up badly but not seriously hurt. The whole thing took three seconds.

I saw something similar happen again last week in New York City. This time it was a gang. They straight-jacketed their mark with jeering and contempt. Then they stole his wallet in a symbolic way - yanking his identity from him with broad distortions of the truth. The victim was a 61-year-old man named John Kerry ...

[olddem43]

1. Kerry won't be 61 until December - Give him a break!

From another Dem who was born in '43.