Just a small sample of the LEFT HATE, smears and threats against Republicans that NEVER MADE THE EVENING NEWS (and never will)...
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Posted on 03/28/2010 10:10:30 AM PDT by freespirited
If you can’t stand the heat, manufacture a hate-crime epidemic.
After years of covering racial hoaxes on college campuses and victim sob stories in the public arena, I’ve encountered countless opportunists who live by that demented mindset. At best, the fakers are desperately seeking 15 minutes of infamy. At worst, their aim is the criminalization of political dissent.
Upon decimating the deliberative process to hand President Obama a health care “reform” victory, unpopular Beltway Democrats and their media water-carriers now claim there’s a Tea Party epidemic of racism, harassment and violence against them.
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a tepid, obligatory statement against smearing all conservatives as national security threats. But her lieutenants had already emptied their tar buckets. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Chris Van Hollen accused Republican leaders of “stoking the flames.” Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn accused the GOP of “aiding and abetting” what he called “terrorism.”
Yet, the claims that Tea Party activists shouted a racial slur at black House Democrats remain uncorroborated. The coffin reportedly left outside Missouri Democratic Rep. Russ Carnahan’s home was used in a prayer vigil by pro-life activists in St. Louis protesting the phony Demcare abortion-funding ban in Obama’s deal-cutting executive order. Videotape of a supposed intentional spitting incident targeting Missouri Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver at the Capitol shows no such thing. Cleaver himself backed off the claim a few days later. He described his heckler to The Washington Post in more passive terms as “the man who allowed his saliva to hit my face.” Slovenliness equals terrorism!
The FBI is now investigating the most serious allegation — that Tea Party activists in Virginia are somehow responsible for a cut gas line at the home of Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother. But instead of waiting for the outcome of that probe, liberal pundits have enshrined the claim as conclusive evidence of the Tea Party reign of terror.
Need more reasons to treat the latest Democratic hysteria with a grain of salt the size of their gargantuan health care bill? Remember:
— In November 2009, Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead in a secluded rural cemetery with the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest and a rope around his neck. The Atlantic Monthly, Huffington Post and liberal media hosts stampeded over themselves to blame Fox News, conservative blogs, Republicans and right-wing radio. Federal, state and local authorities discovered that Sparkman had killed himself and deliberately concocted a hate-crime hoax as part of an insurance scam to benefit his surviving son.
— In mid-October 2008, news outlets from Scranton, Pa., to ABC News to the Associated Press and MSNBC reported that someone at a Sarah Palin rally shouted “kill him” when Obama’s name was mentioned. In fact, the Secret Service (which was at the event in full force) couldn’t find a single person to corroborate the story — other than the local reporter for the Scranton Times-Tribune who made an international incident out of the claim. Agent Bill Slavoski “said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers, and not one heard the comment,” the paper reported in a red-faced follow-up.
— In late October 2008, a gaggle of liberal blogs spread the rumor that a Republican supporter of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s had shouted that Obama was “a nigger” during a campaign rally in Iowa. Video and firsthand accounts showed that the protester did not shout “he’s a nigger,” but “he’s a redistributor.” A lefty activist at the “progressive” Daily Kos blog confirmed the truth — but to this day, the crisis-manufacturing smear stands uncorrected and unretracted across the Internet.
— In September 2009, supporters of Colorado Democratic Rep. John Salazar falsely accused a town hall protester of hurling a death threat at the congressman. Liberal blogs again disseminated the angry Tea Party mob narrative. A week later, the local press quietly reported that Grand Junction police had investigated the incident — and determined the claim was “unfounded.” A police spokeswoman revealed that “people who witnessed the interaction between the man who made the complaint and the suspect confirmed they never heard any direct threats made regarding Congressman Salazar.” Witnesses included a Grand Junction cop “in close proximity when the interaction took place.”
— In late August 2009, as lawmakers faced citizen revolts at health care town halls nationwide, the Colorado Democratic Party decried a vandalism attack at its Denver headquarters.
A hammer-wielding thug smashed 11 windows and caused $11,000 in property damage. The perpetrator, Maurice Schwenkler, turned out to be a far-left nutball/transgender activist/single-payer anarchist who had worked for an SEIU-tied 527 group and canvassed for a Democratic candidate. Nevertheless, Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak continued to blame “people opposed to health care” for the attack.
Then, as now, being a Democratic Party official means never having to say you’re sorry for smearing conservative dissent.
The left creates "hate crimes" in the first place then uses this as a conduit to politicize.
It's like saying something absurd like "guns kill".
In a free nation anyone can love, hate, like, disdain, or whatever.
A crime is a crime.
Hate is an emotion and doesn't hurt anyone.
I saw this coming when I read two stories about the Michigan Militia in the Ann Arbor news the other day. The stories didn’t appear to have any relevance to anything other than an editor’s need to remind the reader that they were out there.
Sure enough there’s a massive raid going on in several states today.
We are seeing Reichstag and Kristalnacht lite from these evil fascist despots and their psuedo-media activists.
This is their evil equation.
USA conservatives 2010 = German Jews 1930s
We must pray that they do not act fully on their evil intentions.
We need to disseminate this info.
We may not change the minds of true believers, but people who don’t know need to know...and that’s the people we can reach one at a time, if necessary.
Just a small sample of the LEFT HATE, smears and threats against Republicans that NEVER MADE THE EVENING NEWS (and never will)...
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This is a defense mechanism that communism needs to survive. It needs to manufacture an “evil enemy” for itself to survive. Communist need someone to point at and scream, “Look! Over there! Bad guys!!” Without an enemy to distract the “unwashed masses”, the evil communist always find themselves in the spotlight. They do not ever want that. President Reagan’s ability to shine the spotlight back onto the Soviet Union is what caused that mess to collapse. IMHO. Gorby had nothing to do with it.
Gee, why no false reporting charges filed?
Yup. Same old “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it” rules-for-radicals MO.
Absolutely right, Michelle. No sooner had the health care enslavement act passed, then the DNC and State Run Media talking points went out on hate crimes. You don’t have to be a political rocket scientist to see what’s going on here.
Can't help but wonder if these were staged in the Cradle of Liberty... since the dates of these incidences were so close to Congress passing ObambiCare...
I see it the same way. I would not be surprised to see manufactured and orchestrated violence against one of their own, done by them, but blamed on “evil right-wing anti-choice, racist, bigot, homophobes” and probably soon. Likely during this Easter/Passover congressional recess. It will serve to justify their need to “control the incivility” of dissent. I have a very strong suspicion of who will be their choice as the “victim”.
Oh...wait...there aren't any.
Never mind.
Here's a photo of a famous Republican who marched with Martin Luther King [another famous Republican] for civil rights, instead.
[Pelosi and co. should be ashamed to compare themselves to those decent, Godly people]
There are a few things that just keep creeping into my mind about this ‘the right is attacking the left’ media scenario.
It seems ‘pre-emptive’, and very well organized, more like a ‘campaign’, not a reaction to actual or ‘perceived’ threats. Bill Clinton’s crew were masters at this; put the story out there, make it your own, before the real story is told. It’s as if they expect trouble. And knowing their own kind, I think they do expect trouble from their own side and are busy blaming us so they can excuse them when it happens.
Then there is that ‘never waste a crisis’ thing that Obama’s people practice so well. Say one congressman actually got a slur. Why not capitalize on it?
The hispanic caucus got Obama this healthcare bill. He promised amnesty for it. They know trouble is coming and what trouble the illegal alien promoters are. They constantly brag that they’ll get what they want if it takes violence, and they’ve proven that leaning for years.
I keep thinking about what John McCain said about France’s immigration/violence problem.
* Recently this headline, “Obama Warns Of ‘Quiet Riot’ Among Blacks”, (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845275/posts)got some conservatives upset. Is that really so much worse than McCain telling us there will be civil unrest among Illegal aliens if his ‘comprehensive’ reform wasn’t passed?
John McCain: no amnesty for illegal aliens could lead to France-style riots
...The man wasn’t satisfied with McCain’s answer. He asked McCain why the U.S. couldn’t execute large-scale deportations, as he had heard they did in France and other countries. The question seemed to pique McCain.
“In case you hadn’t noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France,” McCain said. “They’ve got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police can’t even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I don’t want that in the suburbs of America.”
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=John+McCain+France
Another lefty favorite: when in doubt, fake an epidemic of racism.
Tea Party Rage Is Not About Health Care. Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28rich.html?hp
Yep, not a shred of bad policy in the health care bill. The opponents are simply racists, but won’t admit it! Only in the left-wing echo chamber could such claims be stated with a straight face.
That pretty much sums up what a Marxist government does.
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That’s the one. They’ve got to Alinsky the good guys to keep the focus off of what THEY are doing. It’s just a commie thing.
Michelle M.’s a national treasure!
BTW, I think Heston was a democrat before he became a republican.
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