Grand Old Police Blotter: Long Island Iced Teabags Edition

A respectful Republican makes an appearance at an Iowan P.F. Chang's, explains the IOKIYAR principle to law enforcement officials:

Officer Chris Morgan said in his report that when he arrived, [Charlene Idelle Hunziker, 47, of Council Bluffs] reportedly yelled at him and said he didn’t need to be there because "she was a Republican."

Hunziker reportedly refused a sobriety test and admitted to having consumed alcohol, but insisted she was not drunk, according to the report.

A witness reportedly told Morgan that Hunziker was drunk and had been bothering other customers with her opinions about the previous night’s presidential debate, her support for Romney and her belief that “Obama had ruined this country and ... Muslims were causing America all these problems.”

The woman’s daughter proclaimed her mother "an embarrassment" and walked out of the restaurant, the witness said. When restaurant employees asked Hunziker to leave, she "got in the employees’ face and told them that she had rights and was refusing to leave."

After the woman told Morgan she was a Republican, he told her that he couldn't just leave – a statement she reportedly argued, according to the officer’s narrative of the encounter. The report said Hunziker kicked, screamed and struggled as Morgan and a backup officer tried to handcuff her and place her in the squad car.

These events reportedly unfolded at 3:45 p.m. on a Friday.

Before anyone suggests anything improper, I'm told Ann Althouse has an alibi. And hasn't seen her 40s in a dog's age.

Link via Wonkette