Pat Buchanan Sprayed With Ranch Dressing

I was going to think of a better, more wordplay-esque headline, but in this case, nothing is quite as amusing as the truth. Check out this video of Pat Buchanan having ranch dressing thrown in his face by an unnamed assailant during a Q&A session at Western Michigan University.

Ha ha! A dip being hosed down with dip! It's like a visual pun.

According to this article on the incident, the protester yelled "Stop the bigotry" before splashing an entire bottle of dressing in Buchanan's face.

After he was hit, Buchanan cut short his question-and-answer session with the audience, saying,

"Thank you all for coming, but I'm going to have to get my hair washed.'' The demonstrator, identified by authorities as a 24-year-old student at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, was arrested and faces a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace. He was released on a $100 cash bond, pending his April 14 arraignment.

"He could have faced a felony assault charge, but Pat Buchanan decided to not press that charge,'' university spokesman Matt Kurz said.

Okay, so, we're more than halfway through that news article, and there has been nothing about why the man might have actually thrown dressing at Buchanan. The only point they've made so far is that Buchanan was a good guy for not pressing charges.

But check this out:

Buchanan's visit had evoked controversy on campus because it fell on the birthday of the late Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez. Buchanan favors tighter controls on immigration.

Well, I'm not saying that it's neccessarily a complaint worthy of splashing ranch dressing on someone, although I do think it's terribly amusing. I'm just saying that this protester may not have just been some lunatic looking for attention. He might genuinely be trying to bring attention to a worthy cause, misguided though he may be.

But now here's my favorite part - insane conservative whackjob Michelle Malkin on why I'm a bad person for finding a clip of PB coated in Ranch funny:

The assailant doused Buchanan's face completely with salad dressing. He screamed, "Stop the bigotry!"before charging within inches of Buchanan and nearly hitting him in the head with the bottle as well.

If you think this is funny, you are sick. This is madness and it is chilling.

I've give Michelle this...She doesn't beat around the bush. No explanation, no warning...If you think a public official being embarrassed by having ranch dressing thrown at them is in any way amusing, you're sick. Case closed.

Well I am not sick. Pat Buchanan was not hurt, he was fine. He even joked around right after the incident, saying he had to get his hair washed.

And I have no idea where she's getting that "nearly hitting him in the head with the bottle" line. I watched the video, and the bottle comes somewhat near his head, but it's clear the guy isn't trying to actually assault Buchanan in any way. The doesn't even touch him. Yeah, maybe it's uncivil and inappropriate, but Patrick Buchanan is a rather outspoken racist and elitist, so you've got to expect a little friction when you appear in public at a university.

These unhinged moonbats have more thoroughly exposed the great myth of liberal tolerance than any conservative critic could. For that, I suppose we should be grateful.

It is time, however, for the Left to get a grip. Get back on your meds. In the end, you are only harming yourselves.

Okay, fine, whatever. This is just more conservative blather that we can safely ignore. I just wanted to point out that these sorts of comical attacks on conservatives are funny, but in the end, they do more harm than good. Morons who read and believe Michelle Malkin constantly conflate young, outspoken, radical leftists with other, more moderate liberals. Now they get to argue that "The Left" is out of control and attacking people. It just fuels the propaganda machine.