A couple of national political sites, as well as the Washington Post, are talking about the bar brawl witnessed by Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta.
The Hill has a story quoting Victoria Bonney:
"Frank Guinta's actions raise many questions about his leadership and character," said Victoria Bonney, a spokeswoman for the New Hampshire Democrats. "Why did Frank Guinta run?...Leaving the scene before paramedics arrived and waiting to report a violent assault is unacceptable behavior for the city's highest elected official."
The Mayor's spokesman has an odd response:
"Mayor Guinta accompanied a friend who was trying to help a troubled individual and left once this unfortunate situation was resolved," he said. "The mayor has a strong record of assisting his friends and fellow residents of Manchester, and he hopes that Mr. English gets the help he needs."
He left when the "unfortunate situation" was resolved? The ambulance had not arrived yet, and no one called the police. Time to go back to spokesman school.
Note to congressional recruits: It's generally not a good idea to be present during a barroom brawl, even as an innocent bystander.
But that's the situation Manchester, N.H., Mayor Frank Guinta finds himself in after he went to a bar and found himself watching the aftermath of a heated fight that left one of his friends with a badly broken leg. Guinta didn't immediately report the incident to police.
Is reality TV having a trickle-down effect on politics these days, or what....
Meanwhile in New Hampshire, the mayor of Manchester, Frank Guinta, who is a highly touted Republican candidate for Congress, is being questioned for his involvement in a bar brawl that reportedly left one man's leg severely broken. Guinta is running to oust Rep. Carol Shea Porter, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the country.
