Opinion: The truth behind the McClintock clash
By Marcos Breton, Sacramento Bee
Daniel Hahn, the chief of police in Roseville, wants to be clear: His department did not shut down a recent town-hall meeting staged by Republican Rep. Tom McClintock. Nor did it tell McClintock he had to leave for his own safety because of an unruly crowd.
Roseville police made no arrests related to McClintock’s Feb. 4 meeting at Tower Theatre. There were no acts of vandalism attributed to an estimated crowd of 500 people who packed the theater and the street out front.
Was it the biggest protest Hahn has seen in nearly six years as the Roseville chief? “Yes,” Hahn said. “But things went very well that day. They went as well as could be expected. … The people gathered weren’t causing problems.”
McClintock exagerate? What a surprise!
It is all about narrative. They so badly want to be victims that they will exaggerate, innovate and even stretch the truth to accommodate the narrative.
Especially since the new dear leader has arrived on scene. The truth is far less important than the image. The image can be adjusted as necessary for the narrative. The truth is more difficult to adjust so it is avoided.
Unfortunately, there are some good guys involved who have sacrificed their moral and ethical positions to be compromised by this paradigm.
The question is…where were you in 1968???
All the SAME players!!!the SAME..
‘They’ are now 70 years old, NASTY, and doing the exact same routines they did in 1968.