William Kostric appeared at a New Hampshire Obama town-hall bearing a pistol on his thigh. He had a license to open-carry and had been approved to be there by the Sheriff and Secret service. Our friends at MSNBC, however, completely flipped out.
My favorite quote, “My question is, why cant we get rid of him NOW?” Of course, each anchor makes not-so-subtle suggestions that Kostric is likely a racist assassin.
Chris Matthews hosted Kostric in a follow up interview on Hardball and Kostric handled himself exceptionally. Matthews repeatedly attempts to corner Kostric and marginalize him by asking him about his views on Obama’s presidential legitimacy (are you a birther) before attempting to frame the argument against gun rights.
Kostric does a great job re-framing the conversation while staying calm, demonstrating his well reasoned positions.
Do a quick search for William Kostric and you’ll find a slew of liberal blogs painting him as a home grown terrorist. Some, like the Daily Kos, go as far as actually tagging the story as such.
Daily Kos uses tags to slander William Kostric
I find it extremely disturbing that the very fear many had about the previous administration’s loose use of “enemy combatant” suddenly becomes O.K. when it’s someone you don’t agree with.
Sounds like a witch hunt is brewing.