This has Gotten Out-of-Hand
It’s bad enough that we had to endure a Summer and Fall of “Crazy Eileens” disrupting meetings with their anti-health care reform rhetoric and their crazy birther BS, on Congressmen calling the POTUS a liar while on the floor of the House, of self-styled commentators on FAUX news calling progressives a cancer on socitey, but now they’ve gone too far – http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/tea-partiers-call-lewis-nr-frank-ft-at-capitol-hill-protest.php?ref=fpblg. When did it become permissable in the course of debate to call people N***** and F****t? I’m not asking my fellow progressives on here, I’m directing this at those conervatives that read this blog and comment here, either openly or anonymously.
I was surprised this was covered by the main stream media.ABC at 6:30.
The people responsable for whipping these saps into this type of frenzy[Beck,Limbaugh,FOX News et al.]should be indicted for inciting a riot.The Republican party has some responsability for their continuing lies and distortions about the pending health-care legislation.Peaceful demonstrations are fine.MOBS are dangerous.
Yes, the racial and sexual epithets have made the national news (but not the gun threat posters). Teabaggers have outed themselves in full public view.
Plus, all week long teabaggers have been trooping in to meet their representatives directly, to personally display their derangement, misinformation, and sheer craziness. Those meetings must be excruciating.
I think the teabaggers may have finally neutralized themselves. The fact that their epithets are making mainstream news is a sign the establishment is no longer giving them a pass.
here is my shocked face.
The dog whistles are now in audible range.
The “N” word, the “F” word, spitting on Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-M.D.), a brick thrown through U.S. Rep. Slaughter’s office window and signs that read “Warning: If Brown Can’t Stop It, A Browning Can.”
So many lines crossed, and only a fool can’t see where this is heading.
No ones surprised, the slurs and threats were always there, just muted. Now it’s out in the open and likely to be far worse when the bill passes. Look on the bright side: America gets to see the Tea Party for what it really is.
The class shown by Cleaver,Frank and ?[brain freeze]in the face of such despicable,uncivilized behavior was sublime.
I found this part of the story very disturbing:
WTF is wrong with the Capitol police? This makes me extremely worried for the safety of members of Congress. If the Capitol police were understaffed for the job, they should have not let so many people into the building. This is just unacceptable.
The media had to cover the issue, at least two organizations were present when the events occurred – CNN and NBC.
Also, I think members of the Republican party, the ones who have been addressing the crowds should address what happened and apologize. I know of at least 2, Michele Bachmann and Mike Pence.
And there is a need to tie the GOP to the teabaggers every chance we get. They are in bed with each other – I’m hoping we don’t see what type of bastard children are born of that marriage.
WTF is wrong with the Capitol police?
This needs to be investigated. Either they were understaffed, or made a serious error in judgment, or were in cahoots.
Skippertee, one of the victims was civil rights hero John Lewis, who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here are some good links:
A first hand account of the mood and disrespect of the protestors from a Congressional staffer.
The New York Times covers the incidents.
The man that spat on Rep. Cleaver was arrested, but Cleaver is not pressing charges.
Here’s a link summarizing the various incidents.
Clyburn diagnosed the cause exactly right:
Will the media finally, finally notice that a lot of this anger is motivated by racism?
I agree with Tim Ryan. Members of Congress who addressed the Tea Party rally need to apologize:
First off:Thanks, UI.
Second:I will always respect Congressman Ryan for taking to the house floor and calling for an apology from Bachman,Pence et al.
I’ll probably never agree with him politically,but I WILL respect him.
Skippertee,
I think you’re thinking of tea-partier PAUL RYAN from Wisconsin. He’s a GOPer who’s in tight with the Tea Party folks. This is Tim Ryan, Democrat from Ohio who’s given some fiery floor speeches in the past.
I stand,actually sit,corrected.
For the record:I HATE PAUL RYAN!!!
Ah yes, Paul Ryan, the guy who wants to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into vouchers. Yes, it would have shown some class if he had denounced the teabaggers. From the Republican side we’re only hearing crickets right now.
But they no longer have any credible cover to claim that there is nothing about the teabaggers that isn’t about their bigotries.
And isn’t it amazing that none of them sees fit to apologize or call for better behavior.
“The man that spat on Rep. Cleaver was arrested, but Cleaver is not pressing charges.”
If Cleaver is not pressing charges, he’s a punching bag and deserves to be spat on.
A punching bag and deserves to be spat on? Come on, delacrat. What’s to be accomplished by pressing charges other than giving this nutcase a platform? Let’s leave the low road to the tea partiers – they soooo own it.
And no one – ever – deserves to be spat on.
Pelosi that twit just killed Alan Graysons Medicare for All amendment…the fix is OUT! States ability to enact their own single payer plans…OUT! These dems will pay hell for there stupidity in not protecting the citizens to continue to fight for a better bill. There will be NO amendments permitted….vote on this awful screwed up insurance company giveaway! Only the dumbed down, and libs will be celebrating this mess.
Man from Tan was just on Meet the Press looking a whiter shade of pale.
Let me say this again, JK, “The states ability to enact their own single payer plans” is NOT OUT. There’s something called “The Waiver for State Innovation”. You can find more info here. To the best of my knowledge, this is still in the bill, as Bernie Sanders referenced it a week and a half ago. It’s not the ideal situation, but it does open the possibility that a state could try a single payer plan. If it succeeds, it’s inevitable that it would spread to other states. But again, I’m pretty sure your comlaint is not valid.
Republican leaders are now denouncing the incidents:
Aw, the Dr. Frankensteins are shunning their creation now?
Precious.
Very Clever, skippertee!
Wonder how many of these fools will take to the floor of the House today to apologize for the teabagger behavior.
Newt Gingrich today:
So, Gingrich is anti-civil rights? He thinks you shouldn’t do the right thing if it means you might not be re-elected?
Conservative bloggers haven’t gotten the memo. Ann Althouse responds with a so what? Instapundit Glenn Reynolds thinks Clyburn owes the teabaggers an apology.
From Twitter (and I can see this): Appropriately, the Tea Party logo looks like a dick wrapped in a flag.
I find it ironic that the teabaggers and Lyndon LaRouche cultists (yes, they’re still around) compare POTUS and the Democrats to the Nazis. By their very actions of shouting people down and advocacy of mob rule, they are emulating the very brown shirts that were responsible for bringing Hitler to power.
I hope this isn’t a repeat, but Rob Tornoe has reports a first hand account of the teabagger behavior yesterday, including:
They are who we always thought them to be.
The comments were vile and disgusting, as are the people who made them. But are they illegal? People are allowed to say stupid, distasteful things without interference from the government. Maybe that’s why the Capitol Police didn’t do anything. Unless threats were being made, I’m not sure there was any legal recourse.
Spitting, on the other hand, is assault. That would explain why that person was arrested.
Another Mike,
With all due respect if you think incitement to violence and despicable (not merely distasteful) comments are appropriate and free speech protected than you are either a total moron or an apologist of the type who facilitates the violence that eventually follows the acceptance and excusing of such behavior. Shame on you as well as them.