Columbus GOP heckler (Chris Reichert) of man w Parkinson's apologizes , says he's scared

Health-reform rally heckler says he's sorry and scared
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:19 PM
BY CATHERINE CANDISKY
Columbus Dispatch


The man who berated and tossed dollar bills at a man with Parkinson's disease during a health care protest last week says he is remorseful and scared.
"I snapped. I absolutely snapped and I can't explain it any other way," said Chris Reichert of Victorian Village, in a Dispatch interview.

In his first comments on an incident that went viral across the Internet and was repeatedly played on cable television news shows, Reichert said he is sorry about his confrontation with Robert A. Letcher, 60, of the North Side. Letcher, a former nuclear engineer who suffers from Parkinson's, was verbally attacked as he sat before anti-health care demonstrators in front of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's district office last week.

"He's got every right to do what he did and some may say I did too, but what I did was shameful," Reichert said. "I haven't slept since that day."

"I made a donation (to a local Parkinson's disease group) and that starts the healing process."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/24/dollar-bill-throw.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

Scared? a little bad karma, hey?

He'll be drummed out of the Tea Party by 5 PM

I doubt he would be anywhere contrite at all if he hadn't been exposed. It's the Republican way.

A little shame never hurt anyone when caught on the wrong end of right. He's still a dick, btw.

at least he has the decency to be embarassed when he gets caught on tape. some teabagger fucks don't even reach that high.

Good first step. Now apologize to Mr Lechter and prove you mean it.

but I do believe in redemption. I really hope that he is sincere, because he's right. What he did was just shameful.

Maybe he's just ashamed to be caught and fears an ass kicking, but at least he feels shame. That's a good sign. Most of these jerks feel no shame at all. When caught doing something reprehensible, they manage to find a way to deny, deflect, minimize, blame others, and move on. They don't actually admit they feel they did the wrong thing.

This guy might be salvageable.

is going to be??

And then he will crawl into a pile of salt.
Karma's a bitch.

and you got caught on video being an asshole and the whole world saw you. THen you find out the guy is a nuclear engineer and now you are remorseful? FUCK YOU. You are also a liar.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

and the lunacy of crowds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du1GpAPFcpk

Matthew 6: 15

That was a mob. I hope he has trouble sleeping for a very long time. And I wonder if he'll go follow the angry mob again.

If that hadn't happened, he'd STILL be high-fiving his douchebag friends and laughing over it.

Chris Reichert's only embarrassed now because his despicable behavior was caught on tape.

Only supporting Obama and this HCR bill will be accepted.

He would have "snapped" Letcher's neck if they had been alone in the woods together.
I say he is a thug and is not sorry.

I'll bet his employer didn't like the bad press.

He probably has a lot of face time in front of potential customers and buyers...Good luck trying to sell anything now...

??

just a lot of talk about how it's had a negative impact on himself.

because they're obviously driving him crazy.

Of course, nobody's going to tell him that and he's too dumb to believe them if they did.

Expect him to "just snap" again.

cowards. It's my guess that if you singled out all the tea party people, got them alone they would shit their pants! That use to happen a lot when I was in the army. We had a large group of racists and as a group they were tough but yank one of them out of the pack and they cried like babies!

In other words, he was out there shouting and protesting and harassing without a fucking clue. Imagine that.

The good news:

"That was my first time at any political rally and I'm never going to another one," Reichert said.

"I will never ever, ever go to another one."

He was holding a sign that said "I Am AFP" - which is these people:

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/national-site

maybe it'll be a wake up call for at least one of these thoughtless fools.

in the entire neighborhood. What a douche.

skin-wasting disease. The man deserves to be haunted in his sleep the rest of his life for being such an overt asshole to Mr. Letcher.

They have been told 24/7 to be afraid that the horrible socialist monster is coming to do something terrible to them. It's not even clear what they think will happen. These are the gullibles. They are easy to lead and have been whipped into a frenzy by the reich-wing as an arm of the corporate-cabal. They will commit acts of violence in their frenzy. But the scariest part is that their actions make a good cover for actions by agents like the CIA or Blackwater or whoever might want to change the leadership of this country. I fear for the safety of our president.

I hope he wrote a check this time.

"I snapped. I absolutely snapped and I can't explain it any other way"

So many people are at that snapping point these days and given the right situation - they are subject to snapping as well. Fortunately this guy was only throwing dollar bills and wasn't throwing rocks or bottles or worse yet have a gun strapped to his body like some of the other 'nuts' we've seen pictured.

I'm really fearful of what this may become - if not quelled right now - and by the very people that are using the MSM to incite this type of behavior. It appears that we are being set up for a major confrontation - that if it happens will be catastrophic.

Again - given past such incidents - we won't be proactive in stopping this - but we'll wind up having to be reactive - after maybe somebody/ies get hurt.

And the GOP leadership, to take this back down...And with clear terms, this is violent behavior, and should be stated as such, with no excuses.

Cooler heads need to come forward in the Media and GOP..They are here to inform and lead us, not lead us in mob mentality.

I am afraid what the GOP did last weekend, standing on the balcony of the Capitol, cheering this on was in very poor judgement. It is like giving permission.

i will take him at his word, that once cooled down, he saw something he really didnt like and will be a better person for it

and didn't make a standard, "I'm sorry that you were offended" BS apology.

Looks like he learned from the experience, and that makes a difference.

Sure, this guy may be an asshole and may only be sorry he got caught, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. If he hasn't already done it, he should reach out to the guy he insulted and apologize personally.

he's just upset that his stupidity was caught on camera.

What more can be said?

:puke:

realizes it now--and expressed sincere remorse and made a donation. Assuming he's being truthful, that oughta end it. Good of him to own up to his behavior.

would he have apologized?

Somehow I doubt it.

GOP/Teabaggers. They HATE people that are on disability. But....they believe themselves to be Christians.

George Allen had no remorse either until he and everyone else in the world saw the video tape.

Christians my ass.

The bully just got hit back. Now, he'll be a typical bully, and try to make it seem like he's the one being persecuted. :nopity:

I also don't buy that he's "not political," and "this is his first protest." Total crap. If it was, he wouldn't have been so arrogant and show-offy.

It's like von Trier's Antichrist, for anyone who saw it. I wonder if he's going to take some scissors to himself.

Screw him. Mob mentality is the reason and it's not an acceptable excuse.