By all appearances the blogosphere has uncovered yet another hoax perpetrated on the mainstream media (and by extension, yours truly). I call it hoax because I can’t believe Phil Parlock (is it pronounced “poor luck”?) is the victim of three straight presidential-year assaults at Democrat rallies ? and a drive-by shooting.
Further details can be found here. I have personally verified the existence of the Charleston Daily Mail stories the blog cites. The blog also raises the question that the union “thug” who ripped his dauther’s sign was one of his elder sons. Note the family resemblence in the rally photo between thug, dad, and younger son, as well as the resemblence to the son in the gray shirt in the family photo:
