Wow. Spitting on a one-legged war vet. Oh well, they knew he couldn't chase them down.

NYT quote:

Later, as antiwar protesters passed where he and his group were standing, words were exchanged and one of the antiwar protestors spit at the ground near Mr. Sparling; he spit back.

Besides the fact that Mr Starling had a history of being attacked by the left, notice the difference in your account of the incident and the NYT account.

Funny too that the NYT reporter does relate the exchange between Mr Starling and the DFH prior to the exchange of spit, save for the mention that "words were exchanged".

Also the reporter mentions that Mr Starling spat back, did that mean he spat at the ground as well?

And then there is Starling's revised version of the events, which differ from the NYT account.

On Hannity & Colmes, Sparling offered details, claiming that a man wearing an 82nd Airborne badge was one of several people who spit at him, and he asserted, contrary to the Times report, that he did not spit back at the protester. Sparling also "clarif[ied]" his quote from the Times article, claiming that he was referring to just "the vulgar people."

Media Matters

And as to your larger currently unstated, but oft repeated, point:

Fifteen years ago, sociologist and Vietnam War veteran Jerry Lembcke researched spitting stories in the media during the 1960s and 70s. He told us two years ago that not a single first-hand account was published.

The man presented himself as having Parkinson's....and the reaction was this disgusting taunting....The guy throwing the money had no way of knowing whether or not the man really had Parkinson's.....but he taunted him nevertheless.

But it is to be expected:  He was acting just like Rush, who taunted and mocked Michael J. Fox after all.

But now that even Dennis Kucinich has signed on that possibility has become slimmer.

This bill is about paying off the Insurance companies, not health care.

It is just an exorcise in power between the Left and the Right.