{"id":6817,"date":"2009-12-08T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/tomato-thrown-at-palin-during.html"},"modified":"2009-12-08T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:20:08","slug":"tomato-thrown-at-palin-during","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/tomato-thrown-at-palin-during.html","title":{"rendered":"Tomato thrown at Palin during book signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A guy throws a tomato at Palin during her book signing at Mall of America in Minnesota and hits a cop instead:<object width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1vIo21piPdE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1vIo21piPdE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><\/embed><\/object>I think it would have been better for him to have protested Palin by buying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0670021334?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=lifeunderth0d-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0670021334\">Plouffe&#8217;s book<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=lifeunderth0d-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0670021334\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> instead. At least he wouldn&#8217;t have been arrested (possible charges of assaulting a police office) and <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/12\/08\/man-tosses-tomato-at-palin-hits-cop\/\">ridiculed for his ineptitude<\/a>. BTW, Plouffe&#8217;s is currently at 154 on Amazon so I guess &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/beat-palins-book-for-a-day.html\">Beat Palin&#8217;s Book for a Day<\/a>&#8221; is actually working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A guy throws a tomato at Palin during her book signing at Mall of America in Minnesota and hits a cop instead:I think it would have been better for him to have protested Palin by buying Plouffe&#8217;s book instead. 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