Posted on 04/07/2010 9:12:16 AM PDT by Maelstorm
As an active Tea Party participant, I thought Donna Brazile's column in the March 29 Mercury calling for civility in public discourse seemed a little one-sided. Ms. Brazile confined her examples of alleged bad behavior to people presumed to be aligned with the Tea Party movement.
When I think of incivility, though, what I think of first are the folks on the other side of the political fence who express their opinions of us Tea Party folks with extended middle fingers or by rolling down their windows as they drive by and screaming things like "Idiots!" or "Morons!" or, of course, the F-bomb. We even had one fellow get out of his car and start spitting on people at a Tea Party at King of Prussia, and in contrast to the alleged incident in which a congressman was supposedly spat upon by a protester on Capitol Hill, this man was arrested by police and can thus be identified.
But it's not just people driving by in their cars who have expressed negative views of the Tea Party in a less than civil manner. The crescendo of accusations against us began with Nancy Pelosi's assertion that we were "Astroturf," meaning we were an artificial rather than a true grassroots movement. She additionally accused us of carrying swastikas. Then Harry Reid chimed in with the characterization of us as a "mob." President Obama said we were spreading "lies and misinformation." Finally, Jimmy Carter hurled the ultimate accusation: he said we were racists. In other words, we wouldn't mind President Obama's spending the nation into near-bankruptcy if only he were white.
Now we hear from the same quarter the charges that we either "chanted" the N-word at some congressmen, or as Ms. Brazile tells the story, one man "screamed" the N-word at Congressman John Lewis. I wish folks could get that story straight. Was it a group of us, and when I say "us" I do include myself, because I happen to have been in that crowd in front of the Cannon building when Congressman Lewis came through, or was it just one guy screaming? Funny thing, I was there, but I didn't hear anyone at all utter the N-word. I didn't hear anyone use any racial slur that day.
What most people probably don't realize is that it's a little unusual for congressmen to pass through throngs of chanting protesters in order to go vote. I used to work on Capitol Hill, and the normal way to travel from one building to another is to take the elevator down and go through the underground complex known as the catacombs. There's even a little electric subway down there to speed you on your way.
Although several Republican congressmen came out to shake hands and speak with the crowd, few pro-health care bill congressmen showed themselves that day. Among them were Barney Frank and the black congressmen who were allegedly spat at and called names. Barney Frank was reportedly verbally abusive towards at least one woman, hurling the F-bomb at her with no apparent reason, and Congressman Lewis proudly announced to people chanting "kill the bill" that he was going to vote for the bill. It appeared that they were hoping to incite incidents that they could then report to the sympathetic news media to be broadcast all over the country. Whether any of the alleged resulting incidents actually occurred is a matter of dispute.
Only the incivility of those opposed to President Obama's agenda seems to be an issue for Donna Brazile and most of the news media. It is presumed that the persons who threw bricks through windows were somehow associated with the Tea Party movement, but whoever did these things certainly did, inadvertently or otherwise, serve the purpose of what appears to be an orchestrated smear campaign against the Tea Party.
Least we forget the enemy we fight.
How can these Anarchist be for No Masters, when they support the Democrat Party?
The hard left is too damn stupid to realize that attacking the tea party doesn’t help them. It just helps the GOP.
For 8 years we had Code Pinko depicting Bush as Satan, Hitler, etc. etc. etc. And all conservatives as KKK members, in poster, language and signage.
And these people have the audacity so suggest WE are not “civil?” It is THEY who now use the filthy term “teabagger” for us who are attempting to protect the Constitution.
The hypocrisy as almost overwhelming.
Donna Brazile, who in the 2000 election, referred to George W. Bush as a "no-good, white cracker." That Donna Brazile.
This morning on Fox & Friends, they showed results from a poll that said that 63% of all Americans agree more with the positions of the Tea Parties than the TOTUS-reader.
I remember last year when the Left simply snickered at the Tea Partiers as irrelevant.
They’re not laughing now... in fact they’re quite frightened, thus the attacks.
That’s right. and photograph and film EVERYTHING at TP rallies.
Get the organized disrupters on vid.
See tagline.
I hear more about the Tea Party on MSNBC than Fox.
BUMP
I’m sorry... I know it’s not right to say, but that last pictures grates my soul so bad...
If I saw some punk taking a dump on the American flag, I would break his jaw and make him gum down his own sh*t. Sometimes the only way is the hard way.
Ok, back to civility...
>>If I saw some punk taking a dump on the American flag, I would break his jaw and make him gum down his own sh*t. Sometimes the only way is the hard way.<<
Usually, am against self-help (vandalizing signs, etc.). BUT in this case I am with you. The law does recognize (narrowly but it is there) the idea of “fighting words.” That action is in that category IMHO. With his pants halfway down you could put quite the proper beat-down on the punk — sensitive areas all exposed and ready for boot toes.
That is the the dagger pointed at the elections in November of this year. The tea party people are a reflection of America today. The Demonicrats also read the polls. They know if they can not destroy the tea party movement they will suffer a defeat in November of historic size. They are trying to make us look like we are out of the mainstream. You can also rest assured that at this very moment they are infiltrating the movement and will try and cause outrages to smear us.
Their operatives will and are scouring forums such as Free Republic to try and pick out any outrageous statement an individual makes and try and paint this as the face of the Free Republic and or the Tea Party.
Note that the 63% approval of the Tea Party movement on Fox and Friends is a generic poll. If this was a poll by Rasmussen of likely voters the numbers would be even greater. The Demonicrat party is terrified by the numbers and the tea party.
Donna (Don’t let the white boys win) Brazile is a stone cold racist.
“You can also rest assured that at this very moment they are infiltrating the movement and will try and cause outrages to smear us.”
Amen. From the League of Women Voters, to AARP, to the AMA,
the left infiltrates every group that it can and redirects
the organization. That they will attempt to infiltrate the
Tea Party organization in order to destroy it is almost a
given. People must remain vigilant, ready for all sorts of
crap headed in our direction.
I'd settle for just rubbing his face in it.
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