Posted on 09/23/2009 5:57:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As the town hall meetings on health care started in early August, the Democratic Party's talking points accused the attending citizens of being "demonstrators hired by K Street lobbyists." Then they started calling them a "mob." Getting into the spirit of his party, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called those who oppose Obamacare "evil." Then House Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer called the dissenters "un-American." For good measure, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused them of being Nazis.
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter followed with the assertion that "racism" motivates President Barack Obama's health care opponents. The culmination -- so far -- of this cataract of calumnies was voiced by Pelosi, who, after calling her opposition Nazis, audaciously and chillingly implied that their rhetoric might cause an assassination (as she alleged conservative homophobic rhetoric did in the 1970s): "I have concerns about some of the language that is being used, because I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco. This kind of rhetoric was very frightening."
Then the president lamented the "coarsening" of the civic dialogue, observing over the weekend on CNN that "it's important for the media -- you know, not to do any media-bashing here -- to recognize that right now, in this 24-hour news cycle, the easiest way to get on CNN or Fox or any of the other stations ... is to just say something rude and outrageous. If you're civil and polite and you're sensible and you don't exaggerate the bad things about your opponent ... you might get on one of the Sunday morning shows, but you're not going to be on the loop.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
A November tsumami beckons.
Come off it Tony. This will never happen. And your cheerleading for the Stupid Party does nothing to solve the problem.
It makes me giddy just thinking about it.
He makes some great points here. One of the most interesting things he points out is the fact that it is the leaders of the Democratic party that are using the inflammatory rhetoric, while the Republican leadership are staying civil. Of course, the state-run media will never dare mention that.
The Democratic refuse will be washed out to sea ... leaving behind the Republican dreck.
Whoopee!
I would not bet the farm on it.
What’s with the The Washington Post as a source.
Blankley is a Times guy.
Perhaps we should refer to Pelosi as, "Nanzi" from now on...
That’s 2DV trying to eat a big, juicy pork steak w/fried potatoes and post at the same time.
The criminal enterprise leadership know what they would have done had the shoe been on the other foot. They would have hired demonstrators (probably from SEIU and ACORN, paid with taxpayer monies), would have used fascist viloence , etc. So, it’s no surprise that the democrats expected the Pubbies to do that same, except the Tea Party gathering protests were not Republican functions, they were conservatives’ functions.
Lol, no problems, I was gonna see if he went to the dark side, thats all.
The only question is who will act first.
My bet is Pelosi will order her team to assissinate Obama and Biden before they get off the dime.
This is a chance for Stenny Hoyer to step forward as a "real American hero" and put a stop to this.
"Burn Baby Burn..."
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