Once again the cowards’ incite the masses to riot, and with their tails between their legs, try to cower into the darkness when confronted with their actions. Once again the rhetoric spewed by Republican conservatives who defy the rights of democracy, or the churning, caustic revelations of conservative talk show hosts who refuse to respect the office of the President harangue the hordes of self righteous bigots warning all, take arms, don’t become the victim and repudiate the results of their flammable fear. Once again the hate mongers, fabrication freeloaders, yell fire in the theater and quickly take the exit doors when chaos consumes the crowd.
Close to 100 Democrat members of the House of Representatives who voted in favor of the Health Care reform Bill have received email, U.S. mail, phone calls, or written notes threatening them, their families, and either their homes or offices with destruction of property, bodily harm and or death.
Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia had someone cut a propane line leading to a grill at his home in Charlottesville and a threatening letter was sent to the home of his brother after he (Perriello) voted yes on the Health care Bill. Rep Bart Stupak of Michigan received a letter that read, “…I hope you bleed… (get) cancer and die…”. He received a fax with the title “Defecating Bart (SS) Stupak” on it a noose attached. It was captioned “All Baby Killers come to unseemly ends either by the hand of man or by the hand of God.” One Congresswoman Louise Slaughter had a brick thrown through the office window of her district headquarters in Niagara Falls.
The response from the Republican leadership, as it typical of those who incite any act of violence are to portray themselves as the scapegoats for a public gone mad. The Republicans (who attended the Tea Party demonstrations), (who encouraged the John Birchers, ”birthers” to protest at any and all “town hall meetings held during the summer by Democrat elected officials), and (who never seemed to notice the signs with a noose around the Presidents head, or a gun pointed to the President, or who never heard Glenn Beck say if he could he would poison Nancy Pelosi), are of course backing away from the seeds of violence they planted by now standing upon a holier than thou platform. They are accusing the Democrats of dangerously fanning the flames of extremism and using reports of vandalism and death threats against pro-health reform bill lawmakers for political gain. Minority Whip Eric (we will stop Obama-care from succeeding by an means) Cantor from Virginia was shocked in awe as he stated “To use such threats as political weapons is reprehensible.”
Reprehensible indeed that Mr. Minority Whip Cantor did not go to the airwaves with his Republican brothers and ask his gang of goons to stop behaving in a threatening, harassing, and reprehensible manner. Mr. Minority Whip Cantor along with his cohorts Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and Mike Pence the number three “honcho” in the House all are pointing their fingers out and saying this stuff is bad, but it is made worse because the Democrats are making it an issue. No bully ever likes to be caught in the act, nor have any odor of the act drifting his way.
And of course, not be the center of attraction spewing up lies, hate and innuendo, good old (I play by rules and change them when necessary) Sarah Palin used some gun imagery in a posting on Facebook urging people to organize against 20 House Democrats who voted for the health care bill. Palin’s post featured a U.S. map with circles and cross hairs over the 20 districts. And Senator (running scared king of the hypocrites) John McCain defended Palin, saying it was commonplace and “part of the lexicon” to refer to “targeted” congressional districts. (Senator McCain once again denying reality and not seeing the real issue, just his reelection.)
This country has seen chaos, havoc and harassment of its elected officials in numbers so great that even the vandalism and threats surprised a researcher at a think tank that monitors extremist groups. “I think it is astounding that we are seeing this wave of vandalism,” said Mark Potok of the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center.
Many of us who remain silent, have allowed the screechy, disenfranchised, bigoted, biased and fearful to be led and guided by the mouthpieces of Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, McCain, Grassley, McConnell, Boehner, Cheney (Liz and Dick) go unchecked. We have looked in wonder at these buffoons thinking they are a small minority of people who will soon quiet down. We have tried to call them “grassroots organizations” overlooking who it is that created and funded these groups. We have given them status as a political group whose free speech rights need to be respected.
Now they are taking to the streets, and soon they will be taking to your home and checking on your political beliefs. They will listen to the bullies whispering in their ears from a safe distance, (those) who permit hate and loathing, jealousy, and bigotry to flourish. They will get the sanction to act out their own misconstrued anger, and rage in a manner that resembles the “brown shirts”, “McCarthyism”, and anti-democratic philosophy.
The Republicans are hoping all this turmoil, they created, will mold the election of 2012. Then if they are correct, the same corrupt, immoral Officials will try and sweep all of this horrible behavior under the rug. They will ask for a kinder, gentler America. But I am not sure if the monster they have created will not want more and more power. I am not sure if we wait until then to hold accountable the provocateurs of this madness the madness will cease.
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