I’ve never been one to defend John Kerry or people who allow Democrats to do things while Republicans can’t. However, there’s a little more to this controversy with John Kerry at the University of Florida. A student from UF sends along a first-hand account from the scene, to Michelle Malkin. There’s a lot of details, but here’s the part that seems to be missing from media reports:

However, while Senator Kerry was responding to a student’s question, all of a sudden Meyer rushed to the microphone with cops in pursuit. At that point no one knew what was going on. Could he have a gun, a bomb? Immediately, Meyer began yelling into the microphone that he had been waiting in line forever and that Senator Kerry should “spend time to answer everyone’s questions!” Senator Kerry tried to calm the student down by telling him that he would “stay here as long as it takes to get the questions answered.” The police approached Meyer who began taunting them by saying “what! are you going to taser me? are you going to arrest me?!” The police grabbed Meyer, but Senator Kerry asked the
police to let him go and that he would answer his question. Senator Kerry finished answering the other student’s question and then proceeded with Meyer…

Meyer approached the microphone and began to talk about a book he had which stated that Kerry won the 2004 election because of disenfranchisement of black voters and faulty voter machines that produced “Bush” as the winner. He then posed another question about why President Bush had not been impeached. “President Clinton was impeached because of a blowjob, why not Bush?”. The third and strangest question he posed to Senator Kerry was asking him if he was part of the skull and bones society with Bush at Yale. Meyer’s mic cut off after that, probably because he had mentioned the word “blowjob”. The cops grabbed him, but Meyer was able to get away several times. Eventually more cops were brought in to help subdue Meyer. Meyer continued to resist arrest, scream, curse; however he was enventually subdued by about six cops up around the entrance. As he is on the ground, he is told several times to put his hands around his back. He is also warned that he will be tasered if he does not comply. Eventually he is tasered twice.

Again, I don’t like Kerry, but he acted respectfully towards the student. The student didn’t share the same courtesy. Kerry was answering another student’s question, and then assured Meyer that he would get to his question and answer it as well. At that point Meyer should’ve sat down and shut up, but instead decided he was entitled to have his answered now.

On a side note, Meyer’s question was idiotic and could’ve been answered by a Google search. Bush hasn’t been impeached, as Meyer would like, because Democrats don’t have enough A) Votes B) Political capital. Of course there’s also C) that Cheney would come into office - someone they like less than Bush. As for the Scull and Bones Society, a quick Wikipedia search finds the answer: Yes.