Freshman Dem physically assaulted by the astroturfing loons
By John Amato Thursday Aug 06, 2009 9:00amFOX News has been trying to paint Code Pink as a group that goes out and attacks politicians when they protest. That's a big, fat lie. I guess their blinding pink t-shirts causes retinal damage to conservative eye balls. However, Rep. Gerry Connolly has some disturbing news, but not surprising.
As lobbyist-run groups encourage conservative activists to “rattle” members of Congress at local town hall events, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the president of the freshman Democratic class has revealed that “at least one freshman Democrat” has already been “physically assaulted at a local event.” Connolly warned that conservative groups had taken things to a “dangerous level“:
“When you look at the fervor of some of these people who are all being whipped up by the right-wing talking heads on Fox, to me, you’re crossing a line,’ Connolly said. ‘They’re inciting people to riot with just total distortions of facts. They think we’re going to euthanize Grandma and the government is going to take over.”
Nancy Pelosi is the next target by the Malkinites and that could get really ugly.
Frank Kratovil was hung in effigy. Chris Dodd was told to go kill himself. Gerry Connolly says that one Freshman was assaulted, and Brad Miller got death threats.
Nancy Pelosi is showing up to support Diane DeGette and Jared Polis at an event in Denver tomorrow, and the Malkinites are going to be out in force. If you're in Denver, please show up and support Democrats against the thuggery of the insurance industry-funded GOP astroturfers
Don't forget to send all videos or tips about town hall disruptions to crooksandliars@gmail.com and crooksandliarsvideos@gmail.com.
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I've heard this claim everywhere today. I don't doubt it--it's the next step for these thugs. But who is it? There's no value to hiding the information. We should be brandishing the evidence of such thuggery--once we see the evidence.
Until then it's hearsay and speculation.
and if evidence of this thuggery exists, perhaps an assault charge can be laid and the criminal prosecuted.
That's how it should be handled.
and CPRights all paid for by United Healthcare... It is time to call in the cops for these townhalls...My rep, DeGette, is calling for a phone meeting but she has never been one with a strong backbone!
This is like the thugs of the '20 and '30, working on busting unions or vice versa! The White supremists bit is most disturbing and God knows the southern white boys and girls are the horrid and unpredictable!
I must be getting tired,
I thought you said hearsay and ejaculation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh3m1aN9B5Y
heresy and ejaculation.
I'd also like to know....don't doubt that it's true, but really would like to know.
> There's no value to hiding the information. We should be
> brandishing the evidence of such thuggery--once we see the
> evidence.
I agree completely. Until I see some hard evidence that this did indeed happen, as far as I am concerned, it is just a myth like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy.
Just because a liberal site says something doesn't mean that it is true. Without documentation or evidence, it ain't necessarily so.
The Thinker
The loonies do not mean to be harmless.
and that is why they are THUGS.....
Republicans and their associates are THUGS and DO RESORT to VIOLENCE!!!!
Don't be shocked or surprised that these GOP THUGS use Violence as part of their SHOCK Strategy and to Intimidate and Coerce in order to scare and keep others away and on notice they are also subject to being targets of such violent behavior....
Authoritarian Republicans and the Christian Right do Justify Violence and still resent the "interference of the state" for not allowing families to establish their own discipline rules for children...Yes, the right wing resent the State Dapartment of Children and Family Services whom investiage child abuse and violence against children from parents.....this is another element of why the GOP seek to undermine/cut off social service spending as well.
She just used a lot less words. Read what she wrote again. She said they INTEND to be violent.
is there a way we could get the astro-dorks to opt-out of any and all govt healthcare? medicare, medicaid, the VA, whatever. let these puppets put their money (or health) where their mouth is and let them opt-out of any and all govt health plans.
key word...option.
They don't seem to want to understand that part though.
..understand much of anything.
and easily manipulated.
Seriously, do you see anything of ANY substance coming out of the mouths of a republican (other then vile, filthy rhetoric that is)? What do they offer?
*tax breaks for the rich
*No health care for millions who currently don't have it
Well, trickley-down economics didn't work for Reagan or the Bushes. It isn't likely to work for anyone in the future. What else do they offer? snark"Nothing, but let's be sure no one else can offer anything else and then maybe we'll be in a position of power again so we can make the wealthy wealthier again."snark That's what the Teabaggers are fighting for! Senseless if you ask me but if thats their bag then so be it!
most of the crap they say I am totally amazed how anyone could support it...I guess they think the same about us...but damn...at least progressives are more willing to listen to alternative viewpoints without shouting them down...
Which...I must admit...I am starting to get to that point, whenever I hear one of these neanderthals repeating this garbage.
OK, I deserved that one, appypollylogies to the SM and C&Lers. Still, I stand by the second part of my comment, to wit:
The next thing Beck and Orally should start encouraging is to pick a night when all the teabaggers can go out and break the windows of Democrats and libruls. They could pick some sort of catchy name for it, night of the breaking glass, or some other such thing. That would be sweet.
Yeah, they haven't been real great at naming their little movements.
Was that you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxYRhnBzp8U
Krystalnacht is already taken.
They could make sure to label anyone who criticizes their glass-breaking night as Nazi's who want to take away their "rights".
The Kristallnacht, only instead of Jews it's against liberals?
You know what, I see any fucktard Republican on my property throwing bricks or something into my house, he's getting a soft point .303 British round to the ass. And because a brick to the head can kill you, lethal force is allowed under self-defense.
These moronic asswipes are going to have to be taken out in a civil war if the government doesn't stop these corporate fascist nazi's.
But since the corporate fascists run our country - look out!
Thanks again bluedogs for stalling on healthcare. Everyone of you bastards should be primaried out of a job. AND STRIP BAUCUS OF ANY AND ALL CHAIRMANSHIP'S AND POWER!
Because they thought they had That under control (twiddling bits in the electronic voting machines).
There was a backlash against Rethugs in 2006, and then an even bigger backlash against them in 2008.
We really need Dr. Dean and his reinvigorated 50 state strategy to kick out as many Rethugs, DINO's,
Blue Dog Democrats, and Corporatist DLC Democrats as possible in 2010. Any and All ass-hat Congress-critters that oppose the single-payer universal health care legislation need to be challenged, both in the primaries AND the general elections.
Personally, I am inclined to organize write-in candidates wherever bona fide political competition at the ballot box in jurisdictions that do not provide a choice of liberal representation.
Problem is, these moronic asswipes are the ones who have gone out and bought all of those guns when Obama was elected.
I encourage liberals to buy fire arms of their own. Just get one that has sights your comfortable with and get as good as you can with it.
So long as these moronic asswipes think they're the only ones with guns, they'll continue to have the balls to act like they do. Once they realize other people put together can make their compounds look like Stalingrad, I think they'd curb their enthusiasm a bit.
public option legislation should be crafted (looking at you rep anthony weiner) to remove any politician from their govt-sponsored healthcare who votes against it
a guy can dream, can't he?
for millions of people to petition the FCC to pull FOX noises broadcast licenses. They are using OUR airwaves and OUR bandwidth to incite crimes. You would have to be brain dead to believe that they are upholding their legal obligations to serve the public's interests.
I do hope the justice department is monitoring things. The lobbying companies who concoted this plan and the propaganda networks who are fanning the flames are guilty of a number of RICO crimes for their roles in creating and commissioning these crimes. They should be held accountable.
..I had the thought to write my cable supplier, Cablevision. I've written them about removing MSNBC from my basic cable package, leaving it out of any other package I do have and leaving me with FAUX and CNN which I don't watch. I can continue to harangue them about that but I'm also going to tell them to stop broadcasting FAUX because of their desire to instigate violent outbursts at Town Halls and because Beck called the President a rascist. I don't expect much out of the Dolans who own Cablevision but I sure as hell can try.
GOPers can't win with ideas, so they resort to violence.
Agree with us or get it in the kisser. We don't have original solutions so....shut up.
You can't really blame the RNC for the violent actions of individuals. That they lied to in order to get them there. And told to use "any means necessary" to stop meaningful debate. And who is just so afraid of socialism without knowing what it actually is, because we told them to be. And is afraid of their Rebublican-given "freedoms"(guns) being taken away by the gays and libruls. Who they might have led to believe that the so-called "President" was, in fact, a secret Muslim/Illegal Alien/Terrorist Sympathiser and (hush, hush) Black Man.
I mean, how could you blame the people who told the violent thugs what to believe, and what to do about it?
They always seem to want to "smite" something.
"flagellate" themselves...ugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWBnXIOnCJk
There's a joke in there somewhere. Don't have a set up, really, but after a pointed question from a recently deceased conservative type (hilarious circumstances needed), God replies, "Well, I smite. But then again, I smite not."
And then the conservative asks for smores,
And God says, "Whoo boy, are you in the wrong place."
What?
God has a cleft palate?
Whodathunkit?
"smite my shiny metal ass!"
the moms pushing baby strollers at these rallies. It looks like a day at the fair, and they are walking among the thugs. The same folks who likely can't stand the "dirty hippie protesters" and are doing the exact same thing.
These people have lost their minds.
We are dealing with crazy people
They're just sad, scared individuals.
Apparently, they don't want to turn to Jesus when things get to scary for them.
The violence will escalate as long as these people are allowed to behave in such a manner.
Somebody in a previous thread asserted that shooting video was a good idea - and so it is.
Videotaping of the thugs is a way of getting the job done.
Shouting back at the thugs will be videotaped in kind and trumped on FoxSleaze.
... behavior without consequences.
Bill-O, Beck, Rush, et al carry out their daily bloviations because there are no repercussions for what they do. That's why they rail against any hint of a revived 'Fairness Doctrine,' and why they twist the First Amendment into a shield for their racist diatribes - because they don't want to be held accountable.
I'm worried we are headed in that direction- and when it happens, the right will deny any responsibility...
We can't be worried about that. We have to stand up to these assholes. We can't go hide behind out keyboards. As long as we act like a bunch of whiners instead of a group that will not take this shit we will be run over by their steam roller. Look at what the people in Iran had to put up with. What do you think they are thinking about us. We have to get out and get in their faces. I could not give a good god damn what Fox News might do.
"ooh, i don't want to do that because Fox News might use it against me."" What the hell is that all about???
Going to town halls and other political activities because of that, the inmates would have taken over the insane asylum.
Unless you live in California, if lunatic with a gun is a real concern for you, go apply for a CCL and get yourself a .45
So, anyone out there in the area gonna respond to the request to come out in Denver and help "protect" Degette and Pelosi's backs?
I wouldn't doubt that fresman dems have been assaulted.
Legally all that means is they were pigeon-holed,
Battery is a beating.
However, I think it's illegal to block someone from entering or leaving a building, or to block sidewalks, unless it's first-responders with a safety issue.
..."button-holed"?
Just curious--I didn't understand.
The religious right are a bunch of button-holing teabaggers?
We do live in interesting times.
That's the one. Pigeon-holed refers to small opening in desks.
It meant something, either way. Just wanted to be sure I was on the right end of things, so to speak.
That freshman ought to sue the hell of everyone involved. He could collect compensatory damages, and the financial ass rape, punitive damages.
It can't just be health care. There's an army of mobilized angry people willing to destroy their own interests. After health care, then what?
Which means to supress and treat black people, gays and women like inferiors, and to reintroduce Jesus into the classroom...
It must be the C-Street version of Jesus. Because the Jesus in the Bible preached about love, protected the widows and the whores, cured the diseased and blessed the children.
I'm concerned for Alan Grayson:
[ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id... ]
I've been looking for the youtube clip of him on the floor with Frank... don't touch this ysb, I'm warning you! :)
Anyway, it was something to do with the banks and that evil witch Virginia Foxx was given him the major evil eye, like her head was about to explode. :) There were only a few on the L & R that were arguing the banker pay cap or something?
Oh... he is a big boy and I'm sure he could easily handle himself... but not against these true believers or martyrs if I may.
Virginia Foxx:
[ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id... ]
..I hope he's OK (#1) and I hope they got the guy who did it!
I hope he spends quite a while in jail comtemplating his transgressions.
Get the Unions out to Denver!!
I hope the Union workers speak up and quiet down these right wing fascists- But i don't want to see violence-The right wingers may try and provoke violence....We may be headed that way- IF violent brawls break out-How will the so called mainstream media cover it?
Crazy liberal bloggers?
"Crazy lib'rul bloggers" don't come out from behind their keyboards? Isn't that what Manatee claims?
WE need to respond the way we did in the 60s. What did Nixon's reaction do for him?
I sure as shit wouldn't back down from these throwbacks.
Will there be any doubt that the right wing extremists provoked anything that might happen? The way that it has been covered until now these assholes have been shown to go over the line every time. How can the left possible be accused of causing this?
As this will show their ignorance to the world...when they wave Bibles, or spew blithering ignorance- footage of such will discredit anything they have to say..
My favorites are clips of right wingers who are ON MEDICARE saying they don't want the government getting involved with health care.
Idiots.
WE already have video. We need to get in their faces. Tell them how they are being punked by corporations who don't give a god damn about them. That they only want their money. and are being used. And I mean using the same tactics they are using.
that I want to get in their faces and ask is "why do you want me dead - why do you want my kid to be an orphan - why are you working to get me killed"?
I have money but am denied coverage and I exist and I'm angry and I want to know what they think I'm supposed to do.
Its just money to them. For me, its my life. Guess who is more motivated.
out of my conservative Republican Mom to turn to our cause.
These "meetings" need to be made orderly. That means no interrupting during the initial speech and people queue for Q&A and wait their turn to speak. Any outburst or disruption should result in the offender being frogmarched to the door, photo'd, finger printed, and posted on a web site so they can be screened and banned from other meetings.
I don't object to people of all views coming to listen and discuss. I object to disorderly conduct and willful disruption of communication
Pretend terrorism is turning into real terrorism... call the police!
for the Democrats to demand police protection and police control of the event in Denver. There is no excuse for this event to take place without the proper authorities there to make sure people act in accordance with the law and respect for the proceedings or get removed it they do not. This should be a first priority and one the sends out a strong message across the country for future townhalls. These fake protestors are disallowing democracy to take place. Arrest those that warrant it, and remove the others for disorderly conduct. This is hate, pure and simple, and should be treated as such.
I can't imagine there won't be huge police protection. God damn the speaker of the House. I hope the belligerent Geritol group get their head pounded.
Connolly said. ‘They’re inciting people to riot with just total distortions of facts. They think we’re going to euthanize Grandma and the government is going to take over.”
Point #1: This only proves these people are too stupid to even know their too stupid.
Point #2. Sooner of later one or more of these stupid Americans will show up with a gun.
As a gun owner I have to say publicly the last gun club meeting I went to in NEW YORK mind ya... was like a KKK meeting without the hoods and crosses. I can not believe the hate these people have... well yes I can.
I wouldn't be able to get enough people here to counter-protest, but I'm a creative guy. Pulling a fire alarm usually will clear a building.
It was just a joke.
I don't see why those inciting this behavior, lobbyists, wingnut shock jocks, Faux news in general, shouldn't be charged with sedition. It is a crime to incite others to violence against the government.
Of course, if we have to rely on Congress, it'll never happen. What's it going to take (a greater majority than three-fifths?) to simply reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, which would eliminate cabal news? To arrest people for disorderly conduct? If it were Republicans on the dais and Democratic activists protesting, we know what would happen.
I keep seeing "Malkinites" used here and I was wondering if I might suggest an alternative.
How about "Malkintents?"
Why don't you quote something from RedState?
Don't ask me how, but, maybe not.
You just proved how out of touch these people are.
I guess they don't bother doing their own research.
They just listen to limbaugh and the like. I guess this proves you do the same. have a nice night.
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