Humphries: Maybe Dems vandalized Giffords’ office

by David Safier

As I already wrote this morning, The Star's paper edition did everything it could to downplay the vandalism of Giffords' office. The Star's online edition, however, ran a story with a photo. That's where I first learned of the story.

Now we have another online story, this time from Bodfield in the Pueblo Politics blog.

So what's the blog story?

Local tea party condemns vandalism and epithets

The story could have been "Local Democratic Party condemns act of vandalism." Under that head, and with that emphasis, Trent Humphries still could have said he was against the vandalism. But the purpose of the story is to give Humphries a chance to distance himself from the incident.

And even then, Humphries shows what an ass he is.

“If those events happened," he says at the beginning of his statment.

If those events happened. Who you gonna believe, Humphries or your lyin' eyes?

Humphries said for all he knows, the accusations didn’t even happen, or might even be traced back to a Democratic operative.

To make that statement, Humphries had to conflate the racial and anti-gay statements of anti-health care reform protesters with the local vandalism. Sure, Trent, when the N-word was chanted 15 times at Rep. John Lewis, those were plants. And when anti-gay epithets were hurled at Rep. Barney Frank and the crowd burst into laughter, those were plants too. It couldn't have come from the crowds of good people shouting "Kill the Bill" and putting Hitler mustaches on Obama. Not them.