Man Throws Tomatoes at Palin, Misses and Hits Cops

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The fail is epic. Unprecedentedly epic, as the president might say:

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) – A man was arrested for throwing tomatoes at Sarah Palin during her book signing on Monday at the Mall of America. Jeremy Olson, 33, allegedly threw two tomatoes from the second balcony, however did not come close to hitting Palin. Bloomington Police report that Bloomington Commander Mark Stehlik was struck in the face with one of the tomatoes and may face charges for assaulting a police officer. Olson was booked at the Bloomington jail. He was arrested for suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct.

I sure wouldn’t want to jump to any conclusions about this man’s possible political motivations… After all, he could have been a friendly, Minnesota liberal just strolling through the mall doing some Winter Solstice shopping when he was driven to the brink by the sheer horror of coming across 1,000 Sarah Palin supporters and the woman herself. The Tea Partiers have succeeded in sending yet another kind-hearted, intellectual left-winger into irrational behavior. How have they become so powerful? They trained on Rep. Alan Grayson, the soft-spoken Harvard man, and now they’re zapping innocent passersby, who happen to be carrying organic tomatoes from the farmer’s market, with their invisible rage rays. I can’t wait for the wall-to-wall reports on the dangers of simmering left-wing anger and violence in this country. Flashback: Left-Wing Extremist Plot to Bomb RNC Leads to Copious National Media Coverage, Hand-Wringing Over Dangers to Republic

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