Joe Miller Security Guards Handcuff Reporter at Alaska Campaign Event

Sounds like Murkowski will do anything to get elected. That lady is not going to go down easy. This mess reminds me of what's going on in Kentucky with Ran Paul. Look at all the garbage Dems went back thirty years ago to get on Ran, during his college days. A initiation in college turns into Ran worshiping a false God. This is the most disgusting election I've ever seen. Next I expect to see what happened when these candidates were in grade school. If people want to know what trash is....why not start with the Congress and Senate members (both Democrats & Republicans) background. There is where you will find real trash, greed and corruption. Especially the ones that have lived off tax payers all their life.

Although Joe Miller and his goon squad are a disgrace and a threat to our constitutional rights, it is a sad reality that many blind followers will overlook this incident and still vote for him. Acting this blatantly above the law is becoming commonplace among the Tea Party, and the powers that they are seeking will be the biggest violation of American's civil rights that we will ever face in this era.

It is my understanding after being a cop for eighteen years that the only way a private citizen can make a citizens arrest is if a felony had been committed. The private security gaurd if in my state would have been charged and arrested for unlawfull restraint at the very least. It is not their job or duty to enforce the Law that is waht the Police are for. I further take offense when the individuals involved in this stated they rented a room in a city school for a town hall meeting. This then means that the facility is open to the public, and the reporter had a right to be their. So then how could he be trepassing? I forsee I nice law suit out of this one as well as someone standing in front of a Federal Judge for a civil right violation!

Reporters are allowed to shoulder check people at the democrat ralleys and push on up to the canidates . This is ok to most of the bloggers on this site.

These examples of how the so called tea party candidates handle reporters demonstrate just how incompetent they really are. If they can't talk to reporters, what are they going to do in the congress and senate when bills are brought up for discussion? Do they think with their truly minority status, they are going to run roughshod over toher Republicans, much less Democrats and get their way? Or will they, like Joe Miller, send their private security thugs to cuff the senators and congressmen, in effect trying to overthrow the US government? Miller's security demonstrated a very Gestapo-like stance in their handling of the reporter. If Miller or any other tea partier can't handle answering a reporter's questions about what they want to accomplish, they have no business running for public office. Why? Because if they refuse to answer a reporter's questions and won't answer a reporter's questions, they won't answer any questions the private citizens may be asking. Ignoring someone's questions, whether that of a reporter or a private citizen shows an arrogance and contempt for the people they allegedly want to represent. That's the kind of supposed political arrogance the tea party voters claim they want to be getting this country away from. As an old rock song says, "Meet the new boss...same as the old boss!"

This is what Constitutional freedom looks like under the yoke of Tea Party extremists. Alaskan voters may not realize how close the 1935 Purity Tests really (the Tea Party & neo-cons already advocated their own version earlier this year). Joe Miller will decide just who gets to use the 1st Amendment.

I don't buy Miller's story for one second. If that reporter had been from WSN, or the Fox News website, no one would have given him a second look. But because he asked questions that Miller didn't like, he set his goons loose on him. Expect to see more of this crap if the Tea Party wins any seats in this election.

Is Miller afraid of something negative coming out concerning his past work or personal life? Sounds as though Drop Zone rent-a-cops think they're Secret Service people protecting the President. Mr Hopfinger should file charges against Drop Zone.

This is the same Joe Miller who marched at a local festival with his supporters who brandished rifles in a small town parade. I suppose they were just excercising their freedom to intimidate. Now he won't answer questions he doesn't like, and has his "bodyguards" handcuff reporters. All they need now are some brown shirts. I don't care what your politics are. These folks are not Democrats or Republicans. You better start reading about the rise of facisim in the 1930's. It's coming here under the pretense of patriotism and "freedom", just like it did in Germany.

If one wants to lay the blame on the crassness and dumbing down of America and Americans one only has to look at "political discourse" and its advertising. We hear lies and innuendoes spoken by candidates and wonder why the rest of the society has become as such. The same holds true for athletes and "entertainers" who are equals in anti-social behavior. We are a laughing stock to the world when it comes to selecting the "best and the brightest" to lead us. Instead, we get crackpots backing them will more easily control them.