Posted on 04/08/2010 7:09:45 PM PDT by kristinn
Out of a nation of more than three hundred million Americans, only forty-two threats against Congressmen and Senators were reported in the first three months of this year. However, the Democrats and the news media have made it seem like Congress is under siege from right wing Tea Party terrorists ready to slaughter representatives over the health care takeover bill.
The Washington Post reported tonight that threats have increased "nearly threefold" over the fifteen threats received in the last three months of 2009.
The Post headlined the article with the ominous sounding "Anger over health-care reform spurs rise in threats against Congress members".
The Post cites Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer as the source for the numbers. Gainer also described the nature of the threats:
"The incidents ranged from very vulgar to serious threats, including death threats," Gainer said. "The ability to carry them out is another question and part of an investigation to determine what, if any, appropriate steps to take."
Gainer told The Post that 'nearly all of the (42) recent threats appear to come from opponents of the health-care overhaul' and that House members were targeted "significantly more" than Senators.
Statistically speaking, 42 threats over three months out of a pool of 300 hundred million is insignificant. Even if one were to include only the pool of the tens of millions of Tea Party participants around the country it is still statistically insignificant.
If the 42 threats came from CNN's Anderson Cooper's prime demo audience of 25,000, then there might be cause for concern.
The Washington Post may think they are helping the Democrats fan the flames of anti-Tea Party hysteria by publishing their article about a slight increase in the slight number of threats, but what they have done is show how peaceful and respectful are 99.999999 percent of the Tea Party participants.
I stopped listening to them a long time ago..Lies, lies, lies.
Yep, I didn’t catch the new democrat’s name that’s going to try to win stupaks seat. They say he’s pro-life. Yea right, just like judas stupak.
I hope not. Is he the doctor?
Dr. Benishek is a conservative Republican. But, I heard them talking on the radio yesterday about another demoRAT and I missed his name, that will probably run against the Doctor. Stupak won’t be running. This might make it harder for the Doc to win. He’s obviously not a politician but, I bet that demoRAT is.
Boing to be interesting for sure. Never know, people are sick of politicians. He may just do it...
Going to be interesting for sure. Never know, people are sick of politicians. He may just do it...
“If you can’t change the liar, change the lie. If you can’t change the lie, change the liar.”
That’s what I figured they were doing. We have to keep repeating that there is no such thing as a “blue dog Democrat.”
Yep, that’s what I’m hoping. I know I am sick to death of all the polished, slick politician types. I’m ready for a regular real American. I’m 100% certain, this is what our congress looked like in the 1700’s, and who our founders were.
Me too. I’m so sick of not having term limits I can’t begin to tell you how sick of it I am...
Me too!!! I don’t know how we could change that. You know these politician’s won’t go for it. We will have to force it down there throats. They shouldn’t have a lifetime job, nor get retirement and all the other perks they have. I don’t mind paying them well, or maybe even giving them something for serving but, this lifetime stuff is wrong. They get entrenched and many become corrupt over time.
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