Posted on 02/14/2010 4:33:18 PM PST by kristinn
Edited on 02/14/2010 6:19:16 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Two of the most popular liberal news sites are calling for violence against Republicans for obstructing the radical agenda of Barack Obama.
CNN and Huffington Post have each published op-eds this week by regular contributors with headlines that explicitly call for Barack Obama to use violent gangland tactics against his political opponents.
CNN published a column by Roland Martin on February 11 with the headline, Time for Obama to go 'gangsta' on GOP.
Martin concluded the article with a plea for Obama to emulate the violent tactics of the Prohibition-era Chicago mob boss Al Capone.
Obama's critics keep blasting him for Chicago-style politics. So, fine. Channel your inner Al Capone and go gangsta against your foes. Let 'em know that if they aren't with you, they are against you, and will pay the price.
The Huffington Post followed-up with their own call for gangland violence against Republicans with the publication on February 14 of a column by David Bourgeois with the title, Obama Better Start Breaking Kneecaps.
Bourgeois concludes his article with this call for gangland violence.
You've given it your best shot, you've tried numerous times to talk with the Republicans, to negotiate, to meet them halfway on every single matter before the American people. But they hate you for many reasons. It's time you break kneecaps (bold in original). It's time to destroy the Republican Party. They don't deserve a seat at the table when all they want to do is score political points by being the Party of No.
In case the message wasn't clear, Huffington Post illustrated the call to violence with a wooden baseball bat with Obama's first name on it in large letters.
Huffington Post publisher Arianna Huffington recently excoriated Fox News chief Roger Ailes for allegedly provocative rhetoric by Fox host Glenn Beck.
HUFFINGTON: Well, Roger, it's not a question of picking a fight. And aren't you concerned about the language that Glenn Beck is using, which is, after all, inciting the American people? There is a lot of suffering out there, as you know, and when he talks about people being slaughtered, about who is going to be the next in the killing spree...
SNIP
It's not about the word police. It's about something deeper. It's about the fact that there is a tradition as the historian Richard Hofstetter said, in American politics, of the paranoid style. And the paranoid style is dangerous when there is real pain out there.
Ailes defended Beck, saying he was accurately talking about the governments of Hitler and Stalin.
Violent rhetoric such as that espoused by CNN and the Huffington Post is usually found in the bowels of Internet discussion forums, not as sanctioned op-ed headlines on news sites with White House press passes.
CNN and Huffington Post would be well-advised to retract the calls to violence and issue apologies to Republicans before Obama supporters are incited by their violent rhetoric and start going gangsta and break kneecaps of Republicans.
If they won't do that of their own volition, then White House press secretary Robert Gibbs should shame them into doing so. Surely the Obama administration does not countenance violence against their domestic political opponents.
LOL! That little pussy would run and cry like a girl, telling his butt buddy Reggie to protect him.
Got it, screen shot.
bflr
thanks for posting this
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR ME TO ADVOCATE-Especially with the Right being equated with Defending the 2nd Amendment in America, and our personal rights for safety): For US to beat them at their own gang: NO, but I say this is wrong, I am currently watching ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING (The Story of Esther) on TBN, and WE MUST DO THIS GOD’s WAY!
IF it comes to this: God will defend us, and we must have mercy/love for our enemies (I do not know you so you may not agree with me, but I fully believe this, and intend to respond this way: It has reminded me of God’s love, and His defence of His people, both in ancient times, and modern (([Some would even say in our own history]))! J. S!
If this had been a conservative site that urged Republicana to (metaphorically I hope) break kneecaps they would be accused of racism for wanting to “lynch” Obama.
But you still have enough training to be able to silently kill a man armed with nothing more than a few uncooked strands of spaghetti.
Do they really want a piece of THAT?
Follow you anywhere, bro.
I’m your huckleberry.
Gangster tactics don’t work well from the grave
I hope it never comes to that.
>>And, as every liberal knows, politics is a more life-and-death situation than a war.
Actually, if you look at the history of the 20th Century, many more people died at the hands of Leftist governments in democides than died in the military fighting wars.
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM
Conservatives realize this, too. That’s partially why there was the unprecedented purchasing of firearms and ammunition for the last 16 months.
Agreed! As the (preposterous) dream fades the scapegoating and persecution begins. History reveals this about Leftist ideologies again and again and again....
Thanks kristinn.You've given it your best shot, you've tried numerous times to talk with the Republicans, to negotiate, to meet them halfway on every single matter before the American people. But they hate you for many reasons. It's time you break kneecaps (bold in original). It's time to destroy the Republican Party. They don't deserve a seat at the table when all they want to do is score political points by being the Party of No.In case the message wasn't clear, Huffington Post illustrated the call to violence with a wooden baseball bat with Obama's first name on it in large letters.
CNN and Huffington Post would be well-advised to retract the calls to violence and issue apologies to Republicans before Obama supporters are incited by their violent rhetoric and start going gangsta and break kneecaps of Republicans. If they won't do that of their own volition, then White House press secretary Robert Gibbs should shame them into doing so. Surely the Obama administration does not countenance violence against their domestic political opponents.
All mouth, no action.
Looks like the lefties are itching for CW2.
I assume you meant the War of Northern Aggression 2.
You can assume all you want. I mean’t exactly what I said.
Honkey Bonkey really aint going to like meeting Mr Katana or perhaps more likely Mr Smith&Wesson.
There are several out there some with even higher FPS and LBs pull which equates to hiting power. See the Sports shop near you and tlak to archers.
Yes it most certainly will 8*}.
I WANT ONE OF THOSE !!! I REALLY REALLY WANT ONE OF THOSE!!! 8*>
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