Phil Parlock claims that he and his three-year-old-daughter were assaulted by Kerry supporters when he tried to show support for Bush & Cheney at a John Edwards campaign stop. Curiously, Parlock has been assaulted twice before, both times under suspicious circumstances.

The Times-Patriot explains:

Parlock's latest claim certainly is filled with the sort of drama that makes for a fine photo op. Sophia, his three-year-old daughter, was holding a Bush-Cheney sign when angry Democrats ripped the sign from her tiny hands, making her burst into tears. A photographer with the Associated Press happened to be right there to capture the heartbreaking tears leaking from Sophia's innocent eyes as she perched on her father's shoulders.

Compare this latest event with what allegedly happened to Parlock's family in 2000, when they tried to show support for Bush at a rally for Al Gore. At that rally, son Louis, then 12, had signs ripped right from his hands, according to a front-page report in the October 28, 2000, edition of the Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail. "I did not expect people to practically attack us," said Louis.

Is this just a really, really unlucky Republican who is always targeted by Democratic thugs? Attaturk posts pictures that show that the man apparently responsible for ripping the sign of his daughter looks quite a lot like one or the other of his sons. Attaturk also notes that Parlock was involved in an incident when someone shot at a GOP headquarters when people were there to watch the Republican Convention. If Parlock really is staging attacks, his stunts have escalated dramatically.

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