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And, increasingly, it’s not just about screaming epithets.
U.S. House leaders of both parties condemned threats of violence directed at Democratic lawmakers following approval of the U.S. health-care overhaul.
“We’ve had very serious incidents that have occurred in the last 48 or 72 hours,” Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland told reporters today. “Anyone who feels at risk is getting attention from the proper authorities.” He said “a significant number, meaning more than 10” members received threats. [...]
Slaughter said Republican leaders appeared “to be fanning the flames with coded rhetoric.” She cited a National Review Online article in which Boehner was quoted as saying that Ohio Democrat Steve Driehaus might be a “dead man” politically in his congressional district.
The article, published on March 18, said Boehner predicted political consequences for anti-abortion Democrats who vote to approve the bill. Referring to Driehaus, Boehner was quoted as saying, “He may be a dead man. He can’t go home to the west side of Cincinnati. The Catholics will run him out of town.”
Boehner spokesman Don Seymour said the Republican leader “does not condone violence and his remark was obviously not meant to be taken literally.”
Of course not! I mean, who’d be crazy enough to take assassination threats by a sitting Congressman literally?
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In your guts you know they’re nuts.
Unfit to serve, unfit to govern.
The irony is that these guys are the reason Goldwater left the GOP before he died. And as he said, it wasn’t because he’d grown more liberal – they’d grown more crazy.
And that was in the early 1990s. The craziness has only escalated since then, with the media’s active aid.
Ok Dems we warned your Healthcare bill sucks and we are not going to back you. Lets see how well you defend yourselves. Now if we had National Healthcare, paid by the rich, with drug Prices the same as Canada and Mexico then the Left would be backing you like we backed Obama from Joe the Plumber.
It sucks not having any friends doesn’t it.
Ummm. It’s epithets.
/picky, picky
Morning, all!
[MODNOTE - thank you.]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
They are coming for the Democrats and the Democrats thought it would be Gays, Hispanics, African Americans or Women who would get hit first.
It does, but didn’t you love the Repubs wallowing in their warped minds?
Yes watching the GOP destroy themselves extra bonus points that they are attacking the Democrats who betrayed us.
Has anyone seen Juan Williams on Fox lately? (i know i shouldnt but i was a lil bored yesterday) but he is actually speaking up against the Borg, only to be repeatedly shouted down and unable to finish a thought. I wonder what has gotten into him?
Gotta love those pro-life people…..
So, the violence is okay by you because you don’t like the health care bill? You won’t stand up against the hatred because you disagree with the political stance of the targets of the violence? Nice.
How can I keep on standing up for people who not only won’t stand up for themselves but everytime I stand up for them they attack me.
Obama bragged about not listening to the Left on Healthcare, Rahm called us retards you can’t save people who don’t want to be saved.
These are the “Real American Patriots” that Simple Sarah & John Boehner hold in such high regard. I went to a rally in Frankfort Kentucky to protest against the Teabaggers. They seemed to leave me alone, of course I am 6’6″ & 260 lb. Funny how bully’s lose their fervor in the face of resistance. Time for liberals to realize this isn’t an intellectual exercise, this is a street fight.
A spine?
Mornin’, BT, pups
Out of all the races in FL this year not one socialist is running. Guess it’s time to fire these people up.
SD!
Heyyyyy, what’s happening? Long time no see.
Hey, I’m 5’3″ senior woman and I have stood up to bullies verbally, and politely. You don’t need to be physically intimidating to do it. In fact, Lee Copperman, my boss’s boss, once accused me, in my annual review, of bullying him. He’s one of the biggest bullies I’ve ever met.
LOL. That’s a win-win as far as I’m concerned.
His color. He’s finally figured out that he is on the other side of the bar.
We know Liberals know that the Dems and the Press don’t. The Seattle town halls were fun the tea baggers when they see they are outnumbered just become annoying. I think we need more public events to show turnout.
Baystatelibrul does have the right idea about how to handle situations :)
Confucius said: “Live by the mindfuckery, die by the mindfuckery.”
Oh, no, that was just me lol.
They love America, but hate liberals. They love America, but hate blacks. They love America, but hate unions. They love America, but hate immigrants. They love America, but hate gays. They love America, but hate Democrats. They love America, but hate moderates. They love America. They just hate 90% of the people who live here.
No, he can’t go home to Cincinnati, because the Catholics will run him out of town.
But if the Pope goes to Cincinnati, after he let a deaf childrens’ molester escape justice, they would welcome him with a parade!
This is the complete and utter stupidity of the people Boehner is talking about.
The irony is the real impact of this is it may re-motivate the left base. Yea, the dems suck really really badly but their not total whackjobs. Despite all my rants to the contrary it makes me want to support the DCCC. (slap own hand, try to wake up…)
A bit of medical leave. Feeling much better. I have been monitoring from the sidelines, though.
Nice angle during the election the GOP will run against Gay Marriage with Catholic ads backing them. But now we can link the GOP to Catholic money and 200 kids molested by one Priest and the Pope covering it up.
Fifty years ago these same people were screaming about the Catholics taking over the government if some dude named John F Kennedy were elected president.
How times change.
Ah so. Hold up, man, we need all the help we can get.
They were right, at least wrt SCOTUS.
I need to be re-motivated. As much as I hate violence—I just can’t get worked up—don’t know what is wrong with me.
Perhaps that’s the reasoning behind it. Win/win for crazies. Elect Repubs, get their own legislation. Elect Dems, get Republican legislation. See? They always win!!
This could be a great post. They love Freedom they just hate art, rock and roll, movies they just hate expressions of freedom.
They love Religion but only their religion and they insist everyone worship their way. They love Human Rights unless Bush says he needs to torture someone.
Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.
US KIA Irak: 4,836
US KIA Afghanistan: 1,027
Iraki and Afghan casualties: estimates vary to over 1.5M
US MBS 2010: 10,292 and counting
Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.
Namaste
From Think Progress:
Good! Now that it has to go back to the House of Representatives anyway, they can add the public option, right? Since we KNOW the House has already passed that and it has to go back anyway, no harm, no foul. I wonder what excuse they will come up with now?
They love Free Markets that is until Chrysler, the Savings and Loan industry, the Airlines, GM, the Banks need a bailout.
They Love Socialism for the rich, but Hate it for the rest of us.
(did I forget any Government bailouts there have been so many.)
They are pro-life, but they are always ready to kill somebody.
If anyone can save the Democrats from themselves, it’s the Republicans.
For pro-lifers once a newborn takes its first breath it’s eligible for the death penalty.
They Love Freedom but not Freedom of Choice, They Love publicly love the Family but secretly the Red States love Porn.
They hate Affirmative Action but elected a President who got into college because of a Legacy admission.
They hate schools that don’t educate kids but elected a President who passed with Gentlemen’s C’s.
And torture but Gay Marriage between consenting adults Noooo! 200 kids get molested by one Priest don’t call the Cops two Gays shack up…the Cops would get called if the Pope ran things.
“eligible for the death penalty”
If it’s poor, practically deserves the death penalty. Fixed it for ya.
Morning BT, pups.
Now that the health care reconciliation bill will have to go back to the House anyway, should we start a pool on the new excuse the Democrats will have for not putting in a public option?
Not that it really matters to me. If they do buckle to pressure and put one in, I’ve got a pretty good idea about how real and how effective it would be.
Aloha Ya’ll…! Can you believe this…
Was it a double fudge cake?
Good Morning, All
I do not condone violence even against corporate whores who sell out their fellow man for their own selfish ends.
But at least the corporate democratic establishment can feel what its like to be under daily assault. Its what the general american public experience from our elected officials daily. They assault our civil liberties and economic security daily.
Doesnt feel good does it you democratic establishment corporate whores?
Oops…looks like I have already run out of pity for them. I am sure they can go for a two-fer..give a huge, absurd contract to Blackwater to protect them, thereby selling us out and getting protection. That sounds about right for our politicians.
I want the press to start calling these threat makers what they really are, namely “Republican terrorists.” Even HuffPo avoided tying these assholes and their despicable behavior to the Republicans:
This behavior shouldn’t be tied to “activists”. Many of us here are activists. This is Republican behavior egged on by Republican leaders.
IMO, it doesn’t help the people to have the pols think they are invulnerable.
Posted as ‘They Love America’. Thanks!
Jeez! Some of you think it will improve the character of people like John Lewis or Barney Frank, and help them better understand the suffering of the average American, if they are subjected to Brownshirt bullying. You’ve gone as far beyond the pale as Glen Beck and his wall-eyed, frothing followers. Good day.
Nobody referred to John Lewis or Barney Frank. Can’t you think of any others whose fearlessness has contributed to this POS bill, and all the mindfuckery that went into it?
Would you prefer to send them a cookie?
First off this article is a total waste of type and brain power. Who the hell cares if the dirty dems of our party runs scared and crying like little wussies, after what they have put us all through with all the lies and back room deal to assure that Obama’s policys meet republican standards?
Let’s Face it most of them need a good ass kicking or two. Hell they would such shit through a straw if the administration approved it.
Come Nov,2010 my support and vote will go to whoever is running against the incumbent democrat that is.
Many, many, many years ago, I had a “Peanuts” poster that had Lucy saying, “I Love Mankind! It’s People I Can’t Stand!”.
Everyone (on the left) who has really protested (not just holding signs at a streetcorner) over the last 10 years knows these violent acts are often staged. SETUP. That is why you would see certain violent “protesters”, in the G-20 protests, for example, be pounced-upon by other protesters and beaten. I saw this many times. They knew who the enemy is and what they are capable of. Righties will learn… Same crap, different crooks.
This is all trash, plain and simple. Instead of having any shred of decency or holding the principles from his “Special Comment on Health care”, it is “BOOGIE BOOGIE… LOOK AT THE SCARY REDNECKS.. LOOK AT THE HATEMONGERS”
Yes, they are idiots. Yes they will eventually do something stupid that will cause us to trash the Bill of Rights even further. The problem is this is all smoke and mirrors away from the fallacy of healthcare and that this was any sort of bill worth this ignorant response.
You would all have thought they passed single payer the way they are acting. The stupidity of the masses is irrelevant. The bigger story is the travesty of health care that was passed.
My friends the Right Wingnuts are not happy about we have done.
They are seething and upset and getting violent.
Because their insurance company masters have told them to do “whatever is necessary” to get that health care bill for America repealed.
We must not be intimidated by Thugs and Anti-American, Anti-Freedom, Dark forces against us.
They did not flinch after social security passed, the voting rights act passed, medicare, medicaid and we will not flinch now.
Hold on, the American people will respond to these thugs in November by voting these Republican Corporate BullyMongers out of office.
America has passed access to health care into Law and has done the right thing !!
Believe it !!