Bellow Comments Shock, Cause Anguish, Uproar

Tactical police and medical teams were called to the scene of a political town-hall meeting after comments made by Senate candidate Wright Bellow incited a riot by the audience.

Immediately after his off-the-cuff comments, there was stunned silence, broken by a single shout of  "Get him!"

The Anthon Community Center was significantly damaged by the mob.  Witnesses described the scene as "chaotic."

"Men were shouting, children were howling, and women were weeping quietly. I don't know where the torches and pitchforks came from, but everybody had one."

(The editorial and decency standards of the Sioux City Pre-Intelligencer preclude us from documenting Bellow's exact statement.  -- editor)


Area hospitals admitted over 150 people who had attended the meeting.  Doctors report a large number of cases of post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts.

Dr. Horace Pathoot of the Oto Medical Center Emergency Center was on call after the furor:

"Psychological symptoms were much more common than physical injury.  It's as if these people have had their souls ripped from them.

"Other than those, we had two cases of pitchfork punctures and a first-degree accidental torch burn."  

This year marks Wright Yurname-Bellow's return to politics after last year's disastrous run for the office of Commissioner, Monona County Drainage District 42 (Northeastern Blencoe).

Bellow received only one vote, and was beaten by write-in candidate Trippeshannendoi Yingafoldan Svernisdaggen-Phaffenstein.

 Bellow is running for Tom Harkin's open Senate seat on the Tea Party ticket.