Posted on 04/27/2014 6:19:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
During the Punic Wars Cato and other notable Romans argued that Carthago Delenda Est, that is, Carthage must be destroyed. Substitute sympathetic ordinary Americans, like Cliven Bundy, Joe the Plumber, and the superbly talented Sarah Palin for Carthage, and you have the rallying cry of the Democrats and their media enablers who will use any pretext to demonize those who dare to challenge their power..........
........... This week’s victim was a nice rancher, Cliven Bundy, who got the sort of isolate and target Alinsky-style treatment we’ve seen others get. His opponents hurl a false charge against him, rely on doctored quotes from an unsophisticated speaker and people who should know better run away from the forum for fear their sparkling white togas might get spattered with mud. They still don’t get it. Wait to see what the person actually said, instead of taking the word of Media Matters or the New York Times. Think about why the person is being attacked and by whom before you hoof it away.........
He is no more a racist than is E.W. Jackson, Thomas Sowell, or honest observers like the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Government welfare programs have destroyed the black family with horrible consequences. And the blacks who support Bundy and protect him have defended him against these spurious charges of racism.
But Bundy must be tarred because this latest government action against him exposes the corruption of Majority Senate Leader Reid, brings into question the continued control of such vast stretches of the West by the federal government and shows horrified Americans the brutal tactics, lies, and objectives of the Bureau of Land Management. It’s race used as a “look, squirrel” distraction from the obvious. Don’t be like the white toga ninnies. Do not flee from the forum.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“This wasn’t about the rancher, it was about the excessive use of force by the BLM.”
Exactly so. Which is why I stand with Mr. Bundy regarding the above issue, and detest the excessive abuse of governmental power that put the life and liberty of he, his family, and many supporters at risk.
But, while Mr. Bundy is an individual citizen like any of us, and has the Constitutional right to say whatever he wishes about other topics, there are times when it’s better not to.
He works for Beck.
“...But the damage is done.
It is not done. This “damage” needs to be highlighted for the lies it represents. Letting it go reinforces all the hateful characterizations the Left has hung on conservatives.”..
I think we can anticipate more of the media whores vial to fall upon Mr. Bundy for anything that he says. Indeed, the media twisted his point and used it against him, a common tactic of those who are desperate. This practice will continue and WHAT OTHER media, short of FOX, would actually speak the truth? It’s time to declare WAR on the media itself. They are NOT journalists, they are indeed WHORES to odumbo and his ilk.
Harry Reid will teach him to exercise his First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights!
We are going to end up dancing with the devil in the moonlight before this is all over.
Bundy was saved — by Donald Stirling
In the pale moonlight.
Well, he spoke truth to power.
... and then what happens ~
Agree, great summary and insight.
Yep! I heard Beck’s rant against the man.
My troops used to drive me nuts 40-odd years ago with a very dismissive ‘It don’t mean nuttin, LT’
Increasingly, whatever the left throws at us don’t mean nuttin.
‘There’s somethin happenin here. What it is ain’t ezactly clear.’
One of the best "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episodes ever, by the way.
Idiot
Your screen name and remarks seem to be in conflict.
Yep.
Many FReepers were shouting this very same thing the moment this “news” hit the street...
Unfortunately, we were having to tell fellow FReepers, many of whom remain convinced that Mr. Bundy Delenda Est because “he just shouldn’t have the nerve to talk like that.” “Who does he think he is? Some private citizen to whom the 1st Amendment still applies?”
No conflict. Truth is truth. Idiot
OK, I have had some coffee and things are making more sense. I misread “Majority Senate Leader Reid” and saw “Majority Senate Lucifer Reid” though. Another cup and I will try the whole article.
The militias protecting him should have sent some PR operatives as well. Our entertainment media complex, which is the high-ground controlled by the enemy, is where battles are now fought.
I will admit to brain damage form high explosives in Viet Nam and a decade of alcohol abuse and even some comprehension problems. I guess I don't know what an idiot is.
Lets add Megan and the big O and then I call all four fools that are not really reporting nothing more than the NYT. I dropped them from my TV since I have not heard a complete apology from three and a sad half hearted excuse for his stupidity from Hannity. Americans, the four are now trash and no excuse except maybe they should take a clue from Judge Jeanine.
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