Atrios has picked up the Parlock story

[wicket]

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_09_12_atrios_archive.html#109542699935507535

Great job DU!!!! :toast:

[whistle]

1. This sounds like a new epidemic: Munchausen Syndrome By...

...Republican :hangover:

As a comparison, here is an article on the child version.

<snip>

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy
From Mary Kugler,

A type of child abuse
". . . a victim of Munchausen syndrome my whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't 'til I grew up . . ."
--rapper Eminem, in "Cleaning Out My Closet"

These lyrics refer to a psychological disorder known as Munchausen syndrome in which a person makes him- or herself seem ill in order to get attention and nurturing.

A hypochondriac worries whether symptoms she has means she is ill; a person with Munchausen syndrome gives herself fake symptoms and insists she is ill. She is not looking for drugs or insurance payments (although those may occur), just for people to notice her and take care of her.


<link> http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/munchausensynd/a/091402.htm

[wicket]

2. Sickening...

[UdoKier]

4. Actually it's hilarious...

...and kinda sad. What child could respect a dad who makes them perform charades like that every year.

Pathetic.

[cheshire]

16. I so agree this guy is sick. This is how they raise their young. Ugh....

The kids have no chance of thinking for themselves. Sounds like some religions.

[Bongo Prophet]

39. Parlock Syndrome

Compulsive desire to set oneself up as a victim, usually with a pre-chosen "perpetrator" in mind.
Extreme cases will bring in friends or family members to enable them.

see also Reichstag syndrome....

[LTR]

3. Atrios grabbed it from another blog

And they reference DU:

http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2004/09/bogus-assault-father-freeper-of-year.html

And has also spread to Americablog:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2004_09_12_americablog_archive.html#109542825606731607

This is travelling very fast. Awesome work, DU!

:toast:

[wicket]

6. awesome!!!

[quaoar]

5. OK

Assuming the sign ripper was one of Parlock's sons, that means the photographer might have been in on it too.

Was it an AP photographer or a newspaper photographer?

In either case, complaints should be made to either AP or the paper. Even if the photographer didn't know about the sign ripper being Parlock's son, AP or the paper should do a follow-up to expose the fraud.

[Another Bill C.]

7. Parlock seems to have an "in" at the paper:

http://content.gannettonline.com/gns/iraq/20030719-26621.shtml
and a suspicious penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time:
"SHOT FIRED"
http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/showscripts/6fri.shtml

[wicket]

8. He's a professional disrupter

And loves to play the victim.

[johnlal]

29. NAACP involvement?

http://www.callmcguire.com/associates/agent-pp.shtml

What do you suppose this guy is doing in the NAACP?

[wicket]

41. Very weird....

Sounds like he might be a mole inside the NAACP for the radical right-wingers.

[LoZoccolo]

10. OH SHIT the SHOT FIRED thing is SERIOUS!

Good catch! He does seem to have a penchant for that, doesn't he?

[Guaranteed]

13. Do you REMEMBER that story?

It was just a couple of weeks ago!

[Guaranteed]

11. Jesus! Just two weeks ago...gunshots!

He was at an event where there were GUNSHOTS.

SHOT FIRED
By: Dee Delancey


PAT
LATE NIGHT GUNFIRE IN DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON.
THE TARGET? A REPUBLICAN POLITICAL GATHERING.
DEE DELANCEY JOINS US LIVE FROM OUR PUTNAM NEWSROOM. DEE, IT HAPPENED AS G-O-P FAITHFUL WERE WATCHING THE PRESIDENT ON T-V?
Dee Delancey
ON A NIGHT OF REPUBLICAN CELEBRATION NEARLY ENDS IN TRAGEDY IN HUNTINGTON.

NEARLY TWO DOZEN PEOPLE ESCAPED INJURY AFTER AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT FIRED A SINGLE GUNSHOT AT THE LOCAL G-O-P HEADQUARTERS.

Lyons; Maybe the guy will come back again and I can get a hold of him.
THE BULLET SLAMMED INTO THE FRONT WINDOW AS LOCAL REPUBLICANS WATCH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

Lyons; If they have a taget why don't they go get it? Face up! Whoever did it is nothing but a coward if you are listening out there. You come by again and maybe I'll be here.

DeLancey; There continues to be a serious impact for the Republican today. There office in Cabell County shut down due to this gunfire.
NO-ON IS TAKING THE VIOLENT ACT LIGHTLY.

Howard; To think now that's going to be in the back of our minds whether or not there's going to be somebody shooting at us. It's just insane. Definately crosses the line.

DeLancey; We're standing here right now?

Howard; That's right. We could be targets out here right now.
PEOPLE HERE SAY DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE THIS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE, THIS IS NOT.

Parlock; I think this is definately, definately an act that was by an extremeist kind of thing.

DEE
FORTUNATELY, NO-ONE WAS HURT. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. I'M DEE DELANCEY REPORTING LIVE IN OUR PUTNAM NEWSROOM.

[Guaranteed]

12. Holy SHIT! This was that incident a couple of weeks

ago where some "Democrat" fired a shot into the Republican Headquarters!!!!

PARLOCK WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!


So, did they set that up to????

[Guaranteed]

15. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

LOOK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=798277

PARLOCK WAS ****THERE******!!!!

They set that up TOO!!!!!!!!!

[wicket]

18. This is getting scary!!!!

[LoZoccolo]

25. Maybe he filed a false police report.

In which case, that's a SERIOUS FUCKING CRIME.

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. This guy is dangerous.

He needs to go to jail, now.

DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT COLLECT $200

[johnnie]

19. I wonder

If Huntington police were informed that this family of wackos have done this sort of stuff for the last 8 years, they might look in to them as suspects for this shooting. This is a serious crime, and it might be worth sending the Huntington police some of this information.

[Joanne98]

20. In LA the drug dealers have people fire off shots near their houses

when they get raided to force the police to leave for a higher priority call. The police all know about this tactic. I wonder if there's a cop connection here?

[Skinner]

30. Are we sure this is the same Parlock?

If so, this guy fucking stinks to high heaven.

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. I think it would be really odd to have two Phil Parlocks in Huntington

WVA...I did check the White Pages and only one comes up. I edited it to keep from getting into trouble:

Searched terms: "Parlock, Philip, Huntington, WV" New search | Modify search | Printer-Friendly
1 Result Search took 0.06 seconds





Parlock, Phil M & Elizabeth McQuaide
XXXX XXXXXXX Rd
Huntington, WV 25702-9754
(XXX) XXX-XXXX

[ewagner]

9. LOL

I love the moniker :Serial Victim

[yellowcanine]

17. Where was "junior" when the shot was fired? Can his whereabouts be

accounted for?

[janx]

43. Probably sneaking around outside with a firearm...

[johnnyrocket]

21. Bush supporters are criminals...well off corporate oppressors...

and ignorant fools.

Not a good group to control our society.

[LTR]

22. Wonkette picked it up

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/democrats-hate-children-but-so-does-phil-parlock-021497.php

Democrats Hate Children, But So Does Phil Parlock

So best: Phil Parlock, that guy whose kid was so upset by having her Bush-Cheney sign torn? Some posters at Democratic Underground (we know, we know), dug up a story from 2000 that suggests Parlock has some kind of weird fetish for putting a cute girl on someone's shoulders and then somehow arranging for her Bush-Cheney sign to be taken away. It's not exactly getting turned on by women stomping on small animals, but it is pretty weird:

Another incident involved Louis and a teenage girl he and Parlock said they met at the rally. They said they didn't know who she was.

"She walked up and said 'I'll get on your shoulders and hold a sign,' " Louis said.

While she was sitting on Louis' shoulders waving a Bush-Cheney sign, a man who identified himself as a volunteer for the Gore campaign tried to pull the sign out of the girl's hands, Parlock said. He pulled so hard that Louis and the girl fell over.



As workers cleaned up the debris from the rally in front of the Capitol after the rally, Parlock sat next to a pile of ripped up Bush-Cheney signs he had collected. He said he thought the people who took his signs went too far.

Still, he said he'd do it again.

At least he's honest! And hey, whatever works!. Kind of brilliant, really: Fuck talking about, dunno, "issues," Parlock just wants to illustrate an important point: Democrats hate children. You could say his stunts are, uhm, "fake but accurate."

As for a guy who intentionally makes his own kid cry in order to get his candidate elected? Well, Phil, we hear Karl Rove is sending you flowers.

[wicket]

23. It's spreading, woo hoo!!!

[Joanne98]

24. Someone who commented on Atrios blog had a good suggestion

If you live in West Virginia in particular, write the paper and let them know they've been hoaxed!

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/hdinfo/onlineform.html

You might also want to write the Washington Times which is now running the story:

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040917-010155-8041r.htm

And while you're at it, let Drudge know he's the victim of a hoax, since he's having so much fun with the whole CBS memo issue:

[e-mail]

Maybe if they get enough letters, they'll notice one of them. Include a link to the photograph of Parlock's family.

[Joanne98]

26. Keith Oberman did the Gold Star Mother story last night.......

Maybe we can get him to do this? E-mail Keith at:

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

[wicket]

27. done!

It would be awesome if he did a piece on this! :)

[Joanne98]

35. I e-mailed vetwife.........

she was furious about that 'Gold Star Mother" incident last night. it's stuff like this that is giving them the excuse to abuse our people.

[Joanne98]

38. Here's my e-mail to Keith

Subject: Gold Star Mother

Thankyou for doing that story last night. the Bush supporters think they have a right to abuse protesters or Kerry people. it's partly because they have operatives like this guy..
http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_09_12_atrios_archive.ht...
Running around faking attacks on his own children at Kerry rallies. Could you please do this story tonight. it's really important.

[gauguin57]

28. This sounds like it's right up Keith Olbermann's street.

The info has been emailed ... including the Washington Post item.

[slappypan]

31. the Joey Skaggs of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

Who is this clown? Is he on the GOP payroll? Hold any official position in the GOP? Makes you wonder how many of these guys they have running around loose ...

[shrub chipper]

33. This whole election cycle is reminding me more

and more of 1972.

Deranged and out of touch President, immoral and illegal war spiraling out of control and stupid, petty dirty tricks.

I am confident the election results will be different this time, though.

[Joanne98]

36. This is how the spitting hippie myth got started..........

They probably figure it worked so well last time, they'd do it again. BASTARDS!!!

[shrub chipper]

40. and it still lives today!!

Despite the fact that is is not true!

[shrub chipper]

32. This is also Daily Show material!!

Add in the "shot fired" story and this guy is treading into dangerous waters.

Ya know, this stuff is too amazing for anyone to make it up!!

serial victim, indeed!

[Joanne98]

37. He doesn't do a show tonight but

If we can get Keith Oberman to do it. Jon can follow up with it Monday. wouldn't that be great. Let's ask him.......

http://www.comedycentral.com/help/questionsCC.jhtml

[Viking12]

42. WaPo picked up Atrios story

Reality Checks

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonopost.com
Friday, September 17, 2004; 11:04 AM

Protester Watch, II
Bloggers of the pro-Bush persuasion, including Instapundit, have been furiously linking since last night to this photo, showing three-year-old Sophia Parlock crying while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, after having their Bush-Cheney sign torn up by Kerry-Edwards supporters in West Virginia.

But now, anti-Bush blogger Atrios, himself reproducing a post from Rising Hegemon, points out that Parlock has something of a history. "Amazingly, for the past three presidential elections he's managed to convince reporters that he's gotten attacked and gotten his signs stolen and destroyed. What are the odds?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28813-2004Sep17.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28813-2004Sep17.html

[wicket]

44. It just keeps on spreading!

Alright!!! :D

[grasswire]

45. If I lived in that county.......

...I'd be thinking about calling Family Services to check up on that home. I don't much care for Family Service interventions, but this little girl might be at risk in such a home.