Geez. What the hell has gotten into Illinois lately? I mean, I knew the 2010 election rhetoric was getting nasty and stuff, but holy effing shit!
What started as an argument between two elderly men over political yard-signs in Wilmette turned physical, police said.
LOL. Oh my. Words fail, but laughter ensues.
It began at about 2 p.m. on Oct. 4 in the 1300 block of Sheridan Road, along the sidewalk of a vacant property just south of Langdon Park. An 85-year-old man with a walker apparently pulled two political yard-signs out of the ground and tossed them aside.
The property’s owner lives in the house next door – a 60-year-old woman and her 92-year-old father. The woman’s father began picking up the signs when the 85-year-old started yelling at him, according to a police report.
I require a parody of this immediately. IMMEDIATELY! Unless somebody videotaped the entire thing, because that would surely suffice.
The woman came to her father’s defense, but when she tried to plant one of the signs back in the ground, the 85-year-old grabbed it. During the ensuing tug-of-war, the man allegedly hit the woman in the side of the head and shoulder. Then he lost his grip on the sign, and fell backwards over his walker, police said.
ROTFL! Dude, do not finish what you can't start. You're not 35 anymore.
Apparently, the woman was not injured and refused to press charges. I figured that the 85-year-old man was, of course, a surly Republican, but waddya know? A quick Bing search has turned up that the picture included in the above link says "Dold for Congress". Robert Dold is a Republican candidate for the US House.
So, ya know, please donate to his challenger, Dan Seals. :)
(h/t to Jason Linkins at HuffPo and Wonkette for some hilarious commentary!)