A group of about 16 people brought their against Del. Pat McDonough right to the doorstep of the Pikesville radio station where the Middle River Republican hosts a Saturday night talk show.
The group held their protest Saturday night along Reisterstown Road near the . They held signs calling McDonough a "racist bigot," and some in Spanish, called for the passage of a bill that would grant in-state tuition rates to some illegal immigrants, and chanted "Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Pat McDonough has got to go."
The event was designed to bring negative attention to McDonough's recent comments about violence near the Inner Harbor, which he attributed to "" and the delegate's opposition to the illegal immigrant tuition bill.
Andrew Castro, a local organizer with the Baltimore Chapter of the ANSWER Coalition, called the delegate's "Speak English" campaign "completely xenophobic."
"We feel Pat McDonough is a racist bigot that manipulates facts to demonize, criminalize black and Latino youth, and he's had a very long history of demonizing undocumented Latinos here in Maryland," Castro said.
The ANSWER Coalition supports the tuition bill and has criticized McDonough for his involvement in an effort to place the issue on the ballot in November.
The group set up outside on Reisterstown Road near the studio hoping that McDonough would see them as he arrived for his 8 p.m. show. One protestor said she thought she saw him pull into the parking lot and run right into the station.
But the sighting didn't happen.
McDonough was finishing up a week of vacation in South Carolina. His radio program was a repeat from earlier in the year.
Reached by phone, McDonough said his opponents were the ones using "hate speech."
"They're nothing but a left-wing group that likes to throw around hate speech to demonize people who are doing their jobs," McDonough said during the phone interview Saturday night.
McDonough shrugged off accustions that he's a racist.
"The idea of me being a racist is ridiculous," McDonough said. "The things I am doing would not even qualify me for membership in the Klan."
1) Now the Muslim brotherhood have gained power and have already caused aggression against Israel. The military will not support a muslim brotherhood candidate and civil war will ensue shortly. Great call on that one. 2) The call to take out Osama was one that even Jimmy Carter would have made. To make it sound like it was some bold strategy, you are exaggerating. By the way, the intelligence to find the driver and trace him to pakistan came from where/ 3) He got the intel out of Pakistan and revealed his asset to the ny times. Since then pakistan has roadblocked our access to roads and caused us billions in dollars doing so. Secondly, the asset is being tortured and will spend 33 years in jail. That is incentive for middle eastern citizens to never stick their neck out again for us. 4) Drone strikes were started by bush, the technology to use them came about during obama's tenor. Did obama support drone strikes or their technology before he came president? The answer is no. 5) By leading from behind in Libya, the obama administration taught those in the middle east that the usa will not back them. 6) His handling of Iran and Israel, as well as Russia is a joke 7) Afghanistan and drone strikes are worthy of a peace medal? That is quaint.
Read this and then I'll read your link about the neocon smokescreen. Try to find a normal site to backup your claim.
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/?section=money_topstories Fortunately, most Americans see it for what is is and aren't duped by the likes of Issa and Boner.
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Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who "willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment. Before a Congressional witness may be convicted of contempt, it must be established that the matter under investigation is a subject which Congress has constitutional power to legislate . http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contempt_of_Congress
Are you saying those who don't agree with your point of view are "haters"? I call it exercising the rights that the men and women in the armed forces have fought and died for in protecting those rights and YOUR right to say whatever you feel. Just saying.
I disagree with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it. Voltaire Just saying.
He will vote the same Democratic ticket as he always has. Steve make the definition of insanity correct. "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" That's what he does and will do in the future. Poor Poor Steve he only has a one track mind if he has a mind at all.
What did Li'L Bobby Stinky Cheese accomplish when he was Governor?? The "Flush Fee".