House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We’re Both An ‘Oppressed Minority’
House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We’re Both An ‘Oppressed Minority’
Trying to take political advantage of the Iranian protests, Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) declared that there was “more freedom” in Iran than in the U.S. Congress, after House ended debate last night:
“I wonder if there isn’t more freedom on the streets of Tehran right now than we are seeing here,” ripped Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.), the ranking Republican on the Rules Committee, to Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) at the raucous hearing.
Dreier’s not alone in making such absurd comparisons. Nico Pitney, blogging on the Iranian protests at the Huffington Post, points to a tweet from Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), comparing Iranian bloggers and Twitter-users to the House Republicans’ Twittering last summer, when they protested rising gas prices:
Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) joined Hoekstra, claiming that House Republicans are just like the Iranians because they are an “oppressed minority”:
In comparing themselves to the Iranian dissidents, Dreier, Culberson, and Hoekstra offensively discount the great personal risk many Iranians are taking by continuing to blog, Twitter, and protest. The Iranian National Guard told bloggers to take down any material that might “create tension,” or face legal action. One Iranian provincial prosecutor warned that the “few elements” behind the protests “could face the death penalty under Islamic law.”
The worst Hoekstra and Culberson faced during their so-called Twitter revolution? Inadequate lighting.
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Here we go again with GOP comparisons making about as much sense as a lengthy Bush speech after he went on a week-long drinking bender …….
June 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pm“Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”
June 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pmOH MY GOD. The stupidity and martyr complex of the rightwing is just flat insane.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pmTheir eight year ride just fried their little bitty brains!
June 17th, 2009 at 2:40 pmIt’s always been the “conservatives” accusing leftists of having a “victim mentality,” but no one can whine up a storm like a Republican. And the hyperbole is beyond belief.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:40 pmYeah, remember that Iranian guy drunkenly tweeting, “i m on skedul worknWKEN! im nut hamar IM NAIL!!!!!!!!”
No, me neither.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:42 pmWahhhh, Wahhhh, Wahhhhh.
What kind of cheese do you asshats want with your whine?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pmIran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute
So much for “we shouldn’t be seen as meddling” by obama, ay? See what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm“Oppressed minority” my ass. They’re a minority because they got elected out of office. What a bunch of idiots and fools.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:44 pmCould you imagine how these whiny cowardly babies would react to real repression?
They just have no clue. No clue whatsoever.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:45 pmJust more standup comedy from the Republicans.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pmRepublicans are now whining that they are “oppressed?” Oh, gee, after goose-stepping along with the Bush gangster regime for eight years, these GOP clowns have been finally reduced to their well deserved minority status. What is a gang of thuggish right-wing bullies to do after they have been tossed out of power? Twitter away, issue racist and sexist comments about Ms. Sotomayor, and in general, carry on like a bunch of spoiled three-year-olds. Heck of a manning up, GOPsters…
June 17th, 2009 at 2:48 pmKeep it up, Culberson and Hoekstra — it’s in no way demeaning to compare people who actually struggled and died for basic rights to you being prevented from hijacking the legislative process to enrich your friends and cronies.
And tomorrow we’ll hear you complaining about how minorities don’t trust the GOP.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:50 pmJust think about this for a minute.
People actually voted to put these morons into office…
WTF were they thinking…..
June 17th, 2009 at 2:50 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute
So much for “we shouldn’t be seen as meddling” by obama, ay? See what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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Oh, please. Iran was going to accuse us of meddling no matter what we do. This response by Iran is about as surprising as an idiotic American Patriot post.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pmAt times like this I think it’s worth remembering the words of that old sage, Jon Stewart:
“I think you may be confusing tyranny with losing.”
June 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pmSee what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
Reza says if you think that’s funny, he’s got a strap-on he wants to try out on you. But on the bright side, at least you won’t have to worry about catching some disease.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pm“BOMB, BOMB, BOMB IRAN”
~~~John McCain (2008)
What’d I miss?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
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Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute
So much for “we shouldn’t be seen as meddling” by obama, ay? See what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Copying and pasting crap off of The Weakly Substandard on-line isn’t exactly “solid evidence” , dipshit………..
June 17th, 2009 at 2:54 pmWhat’d I miss?
Teh bombs…
June 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pmCopying and pasting crap off of The Weakly Substandard on-line isn’t exactly “solid evidence” , dipshit………..
It came from the radical left wing yahoo news, asshat.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pmSomeone needs to give those brave men medals, the way they legislate under fire. Normally i wouldn’t think brave soldiers should toot their own horns, but the sacrifices these poor minority Republicans are making cannot go unheralded.
I just prey their mommies are there to tuck them in at night.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pmIt really amuses me to see rich white men who hold some of the highest positions of power in the country whine about being oppressed…
really, it does….
June 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pmchiroptera toasterhead Says:
Oh, please. Iran was going to accuse us of meddling no matter what we do. This response by Iran is about as surprising as an idiotic American Patriot post.
Earlier this morning I read an article about the Iranian government accusing the British and the Americans of meddling, but I couldn’t be bothered to dig it out just to respond to the idiot troll. I figure it’s either a knee-jerk response from Iran, or they’ve got some auto-response software running. And, after all, it’s not as if they had no experience with British and American meddling. . .
June 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pmOh the short memories and the large egos of the remaining GOP. Can’t come to grips that they don’t have the power they once foolishly squandered and can’t admit to the blunders that got them to where they now find themselves.
They’ll keep twittering into obscurity
June 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pmAmerican Parrot. My GOD you are stupid. Just go kill yourself. You are too stupid to do anything else to benifit mankind. Go slurp some Raid. Go to the garage and do the right thing. Give everyone who knows you the best present you can ever hope to deliver and just kill yourself.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pmDo the GOP really understand what’s going on over in Iran? What a bunch of “stupid imbeciles?”
Make sure these “oppressed” (laughing) GOP stay far, far,away from foreign policy. What a bunch of “cry-babies.”
June 17th, 2009 at 2:57 pmradical left wing yahoo news
OMG
That’s funny!!
Thanks for that, I needed to laugh…
June 17th, 2009 at 2:57 pmThese people are so pathetic. Cry me a river, you morons. Look back over the years you had the majority. Remember your mother telling you that what goes around comes back around? Well this is what she meant.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:58 pmAM Parrot can’t grasp that the people “meddling” in the Iranian election are GNOPers. Who called on President Obama to denounce the election? Why that would be John McCain and the stale old neocons!
Obama is absolutely correct in his demeanor.
AM Parrot says “Polly wanna talking point. SQUAWK!”
PEACE
June 17th, 2009 at 2:58 pmAmerican Parrot?
What did you miss?
Critical thinking skills?
A funtioning cerebral cortex?
Self respect?
Decency?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:58 pmEugeneDebs Says:
You keep posting your hatred and I’ll keep forewarding them. :)
June 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
What’d I miss?
Teh bombs…
June 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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You truly have no clue, do you?
Here – this will enlighten you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyLYEfE90g
June 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pmYep they’d be screeching like Pat Buchanan about how Sotomayer is a racist trying to keep the white man down.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pmHoekstra should be worrying about helping the biggest industry in Michigan instead of twitting about another Country.
Culberson should be fronting Mexican diplomacy efforts to prepare for his new position as the Mexican consulate after Perry secedes from the Union.
They really are ‘twits’, aren’t they?
Small minded people with gigantic agendas…Republican’ts.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pmA funtioning cerebral cortex?
Self respect?
Decency?
Cojones?
June 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pmAccusing and proving are two different things. Bush accused Iraq of having vast stockpiles of WMD’s, including nuclear and biological weapons. Never was proven.
Besides, what do you think a regime teetering on the brink of destruction would do. Of course it would try to point the finger at an old enemy.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pmAmerican Patriot,
What exactly is your complaint? That Obama was too soft to the Iranians or that he pissed them off by meddling? Wouldn’t the Iranian complaint indicate that they think Obama is indeed fostering democracy in Iran?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pmbarfly Says:
A funtioning cerebral cortex?
Self respect?
Decency?
Cojones?
A job?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute
So much for “we shouldn’t be seen as meddling” by obama, ay? See what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pm=========
Un-American Patriot, no wonder why your “unintelligent” who called the Iranians terrorists?
Wow. This must be the most offensive reich-wing meme I’ve seen yet.
There are people actually out there on the streets dying in the name of political freedom, and these twits claim to be like them because someone turned the lights out and ruined their made-for-CSPAN photo-op.
What complete and utter wastes of carbon and water.
Oh, and BTW, I agree with Mr. Debs–please remove yourself from my reality, Mr. so-called Patriot.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:03 pmAs much as aI hate to give Pee any attention, I think it should be pointed out that by claiming Yahoo News as “radical left wing”, our Parrot friend here has reduced the phrase “radical left wing” to utter meaninglessness.
I guess that will happen when a troll continually uses words without ever investing them with any meaning or sense.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pmAmerican Parrot
You only come here to screw with us and heap your contempt on us. You dont even deserve the way I hold back on you. I should get really mean. You are a puhk and a weasel and if you cared in the least about America you would just go kill yourself. Forward whatever you want whereever you want you punkass BIATCH. You like to dish it out then snivel like the punk you are when we throw it back at you. Shove it your tarhhole PUNK
June 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pm….apologize for terrorists? Is he referring to the Bush administration?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pmNever was proven.
Hussein never gassed his own people?
March 1988
Saddam gasses Iraqi Kurds
U.S. hopes for a civilized Iraq are shattered when Iraqi forces unleash a devastating gas attack in the town of Halabja, killing an estimated 5,000 Kurds.
Richard Murphy, the State Department’s top Middle East diplomat for most of the 1980s, told FRONTLINE in 1990 that after the attack at Halabja, the U.S. expressed its dismay at Iraq’s use of chemical weapons. He recalled that Secretary of State George Schultz persuaded the Iraqis to “articulate a position that they would forswear future use of chemical weapons.”
June 17th, 2009 at 3:05 pmThe Republicans sure have a persecution complex. They ride in their chauffeured vehicle from their palatial D.C. home to their high security offices all the time penning screeds on their BlackBerry about how they feel kinship to people who are truly putting their lives on the line to fight for what they believe in. Pathetic. If lunch is so much as late I bet these guy throw a serious tantrum.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pmI should get really mean.
Let er rip, honey.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
“Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute”
Hey Assbrains, guess what? It’s one of YOUR guys, duh…
http://washingtonindependent.com/47308/mike-pence-pushing-for-an-iran-resolution
Please R’s leave diplomacy for the grownups.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:07 pmYeah American Parrot. He gassed the Kurds back when he was our good ally. THEN Raygun stopped a UN investigation into Halabja and tried to blame it on Iran. Then we sold him MORE precurers to make MORE chemical weapons directly to his military. THEN we gave him a one billion dollar loan. You ignorant punks NEVER know what you are talking about.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:08 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
As much as aI hate to give Pee any attention, I think it should be pointed out that by claiming Yahoo News as “radical left wing”, our Parrot friend here has reduced the phrase “radical left wing” to utter meaninglessness.
Pee has been doing his best to reduce the English language to utter meaninglessness for a long time now. It’s a mistake to attach any significance to anything it posts.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm“Iran poses a grave threat.” obama
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pmThis is disgusting. I’m tired of right-wingers who confuse being a political minority to being a real minority. Tell me, Republicans, most of you are straight, white conservative Christian, upper-class men, right? You have no clue what being a real minority is like.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
I should get really mean.
Let er rip, honey.
>>>>>>>>>
You are barely worth the half a hemisphere of my brain I use to amuse myself slapping you around moron. Why havent you killed yourself yet?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:10 pmHAHAHAHA America Terrorist is siding with the Iranian Government!!
Your desperation is showing, again.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:10 pmYou are barely worth the half a hemisphere of my brain I use to amuse myself slapping you around moron. Why havent you killed yourself yet?
Is that all ya got? Weak at best.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:10 pmThis is TOO frickin’ funny coming from the re-Thugs.
Do they think we have no memories of Bush’s eight years? Or Reagan and Senior?
Oppressed minority? ROTFLMAO!!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:11 pm*
American Patriot Says:
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“Iran poses a grave threat.” obama
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“American Parrot is a colossal imbecile” – MCMetal
June 17th, 2009 at 3:12 pmAmerican Parrot Says:
Your desperation is showing, again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Your stupidity shows everytime you post you pathetic moron
June 17th, 2009 at 3:12 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
HAHAHAHA America Terrorist is siding with the Iranian Government!!
Your desperation is showing, again.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:13 pm===========
It looks like your showing the desperation and which Iranian Government are you talking about?
“He recalled that Secretary of State George Schultz persuaded the Iraqis to “articulate a position that they would forswear future use of chemical weapons.””
Um, you realize that this undermines your point, right?
I mean, if after their use of chemical weapons in the 80’s the Iraqi government “articulate[d] a position that they would forswear future use of chemical weapons,” then was later found not to have chemical weapons in the wake of our invasion in 2003, then it’s hardly a ringing endorsement of Bush’s pre-war allegation that he had weapons.
I know it’s probably asking too much from a winger, but please at least try to think before you say something.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:14 pmAmerican Parrot
Weak is all a punkass troll like you is worth. Weak is still better than anything you have ever brought you worthless punk. Just do us all a favor along with your sister/wife and go kill yourself
June 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pmIt looks like your showing the desperation and which Iranian Government are you talking about?
Well, according to your leader aka obama, there are 2 Irans. One that poses a threat and one that doesn’t. Maybe you should ask him.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pmYou poor, poor oppressed millionaires.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pmYou know, the problem in Iran isn’t oppression of a minority, it’s oppression of the majority. I seriously think these wingnuts have no idea what they’re talking about, about anything.
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American Patriot Says:
Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute
Um, here’s how you do it:
Iran accuses U.S. of meddling in election dispute. See, that way people can go read the article. But you wouldn’t want that, would you?
They aren’t calling out the U.S. government, just private entities in the West. Did you even read the article, or did you not manage to get past the headline? Hooked on phonics worked for me!
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American Patriot Says:
See what happens when you try to kiss ass and apologize for terrorists?
Wouldn’t know, as nobody did any such thing. To what would you be referring, specifically? I don’t know why I ask, you don’t have any idea. You might as well be barking at us for all the sense you’re making.
.
American Patriot Says:
…radical left wing yahoo news…
Say what? Is this freestyle poetry or something? Because the words don’t refer to anything in reality when you put them together like that.
Actually it traces back to the radical left wing Associated Press.
I’m gonna go to radical left wing Starbucks and get me a radical left wing mocha now.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:16 pmAmazing how the party that controlled all branches of the federal government three years ago has reduced itself to a pack of snivelling seven year old boys playing Red Dawn. Hoekstra et al would crap their pants if you placed them in the middle of one of those protests with no protection from the Iranian National Guard and militia thugs.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:16 pmIran poses a grave threat doesn’t equate to lets meddle with their elections.
Acknowledging the differences in other countries does not mean we should get involved with altering any outcomes within their borders.
That may be hard to swallow coming from the Bush/Cheney camp but remember way back when the republicans didn’t want to be the world’s police?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:17 pmSahu Says:
Wow. This must be the most offensive reich-wing meme I’ve seen yet.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
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You know, I say that with every offensive meme they come up with, but they never fail to outdo themselves with something even more disgustingly offensive.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:18 pm“Iran poses a grave threat.” obama
Sigh, it’s too easy to debunk you assclowns. It was:
Obama: “North Korea poses a great threat to the world“
June 17th, 2009 at 3:18 pm(ABC News) Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., says the president’s stated reason for terminating Inspector General Gerald Walpin is ‘not sufficient’ …
June 17th, 2009 at 3:19 pmThey prayed to their God to stay in power, and their God failed them. That’s gotta hurt.
Rupert Murdoch in Pain
June 17th, 2009 at 3:20 pmThe decision to not post is not the same as being forced not to. Really idiotic analogy.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:20 pmWe sure used to have a better class of trolls coming here then we do now. All were stuck with is AmericanPee who can do nothing but sling insults, and even those don’t make any sense. Its like trying to talk to a five year old about the meaning of life. Makes you wish for the good old days.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pmAmerican Parrot
Why havent you killed yourself yet? You insufferable piece of garbage. You dont even TRY to make sense or make reasonable arguments. When your only reason for living is to annoy people smarter and better than you are ever going to be its time to realize you are a loser and a punk and just go kill yourself
June 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm(Sacramento Bee) Some are charging Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s ties to the president played a role in the dismissal of a federal investigator …
Shocker!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:22 pmBecause there is no more victimized group in the world than wealthy, powerful white men. Sheesh!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:23 pmSDEROT, Israel (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a “grave threat” and that the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pmCulberson and Hoekstra, ok which is the idiot and which is the moron?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
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(Sacramento Bee) Some are charging Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s ties to the president played a role in the dismissal of a federal investigator …
Shocker!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Because cronyism/political ideology never played a role in the godawful Bush administration …………….You’re retarded.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pmOh, did we shut off their microphones again? Make them meet in the basement? Insist on only considering issues approved of by a majority of the majority?
Ooops! It was the Republican majority (2000 – 2006) I was thinking about. Sorry.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pmBecause cronyism/political ideology never played a role in the godawful Bush administration …………….You’re retarded.
Is that the “2 wrongs make a right” argument?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pmWell, the (current) minority in Iran didn’t ruined the country over the last 8 years.
So, well.. ya’know… there is that.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:26 pmPo oppressed Republicans. They only have an owned media putting their whine out at about a 70:30 ratio on national media with one network they can call their own.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pm@76
…And that has what to do with Republican claims to being an “Oppressed Minority” analogous to the Iranian protesters?
Because that’s the topic here. If you want to talk about a fired IG, then go talk about it on that thread. Or at least put an “OT” in front of it.
Otherwise you seem to just be desperately trying to change the subject from an argument in which you are being totally annihilated.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pmI’m kind of enjoying Pee’s frantic display, trying desperately to change the subject.
It’s so pathetic it’s almost cute.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
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SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a “grave threat” and that the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
That isn’t what you posted earlier , you lying sack of shit …..
American Patriot Says:
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“Iran poses a grave threat.” obama
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
June 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pm…
am. pat.
missed you at the
senator ensign post.
busy?
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
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Because cronyism/political ideology never played a role in the godawful Bush administration …………….You’re retarded.
Is that the “2 wrongs make a right” argument?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Please direct us to all the criticisms/critiques you posted of the horseshit Chimpy administration during your entire worthless tenure here , d-bag ………..
June 17th, 2009 at 3:29 pmpsssssttttt,
June 17th, 2009 at 3:29 pmcancervatives, you’re the minority because you had your chance and you fcuked up EVERYTHING including the GLOBAL economy. And the only “oppression” you’re feeling is when the members of your own party shove their stupid noses where they don’t belong.
Ease up on American Parrot, he’s in a bit of a funk since he found out that ensign only cheats on his wife with women…
June 17th, 2009 at 3:29 pmMCM, don’t take the bait. Pee will spin up to launch velocity so much more quickly if we just let him whirl.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:30 pmI still just love the fact that the Republicans are claiming Iran as their bosom buddies when just last week they were thinking bombing the crap out of them was a great idea.
Republican ideals. Virtuous hooker. Whatever it takes to make a buck.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pmYou need to watch this
June 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ooTLtGg0E
“Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…”
obama 08
June 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pm…
am. pat.,
no love for
michelle?
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pmAmericanPee, now now, mommy has told you its not nice to interrupt adults when their talking. Why don’t you be a good girl now, and go back upstairs and play with your barbi dolls and let the adults talk.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pmirnonically,
June 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pmmost americans would naturally associate cancervatives with the ayatollah. Both fix election (remember 2000/Florida) and both are religious fanatics
Oh, give me a break. This is on a par with Rudy Giuliani comparing torture at Guantanamo with campaigning for office.
Last I heard, Republicans still have access to e-mail, facebook, twitter, etc., they haven’t been threatened with death, and they speak freely into any microphone they’re given.
But much in the same way Rudy’s comment diminished and mocked real torture, the Republicans’ frivolous comparison to the Iranian protesters shows how seriously they regard the situation.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pmReally!?!?!?! What a bunch of whiney little babies. My life is so hard as a politician!!!!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:34 pmIt was less than a year ago the Republicans wanted to bomb the shit out of Iran, and now all of sudden they’re identifying with the protesters…….feeling oppressed?! I’ve been to Capital Hill. Opression is not a word I would use to describe DC. It’s more like Sex, Drugs, fascinating, historical and f**king fun. Opressive, not even close!
GROW UP!
hey stupid@ 95, care to provide a link to that quote?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:34 pmThe Irani’s are just like the oppressed republicans, eh?
Is this why their republican President and VP for 8 years called the Irani’s part of the axis of evil and still to this day most republicans want to bomb Iran and its people into oblivian even if it bankrupts America doing so?
Someone get this republican a sharpener because this republican pencil is in dire need of sharpening.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
“Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…”
obama 08
***
that was then,
this is now.
***
try to keep up.
…
twitter?
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 3:37 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
It looks like your showing the desperation and which Iranian Government are you talking about?
Well, according to your leader aka obama, there are 2 Irans. One that poses a threat and one that doesn’t. Maybe you should ask him.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:38 pm=============
I already did and Obama your Commander-in-Chief told me that, “it’s not productive given the history of US and Iranian relations to be seen as, the US President meddling in Iranian elections.”
…
am. pat.,
meanwhile the right wing
murder spree marches on…
:|
June 17th, 2009 at 3:39 pmAnd a step up from Mitt Romney claiming his sons were “serving their country” by working on his campaign.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:40 pmSociopaths (R) were the same ones wanting to capet bomb these same people demonstrating less than a year ago and “nuke it to a glass parking lot.” If we on the left had not put up such a fierce outcry for those years, Cheney would have.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:42 pmHe’s been reduced to one line responses and stealing other’s work. Good job all.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pmjoe canthink Says:
The term is “flip-flop.”
June 17th, 2009 at 3:47 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
MCM, don’t take the bait. Pee will spin up to launch velocity so much more quickly if we just let him whirl.
Beat me to it. Ignore the little idiot and his wildly off-topic comments.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:49 pmAnd the lame attempts to change the subject! Don’t forget those!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pmI’m still pissed off and always will be that we were put through that by (R) Freaks.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pmfor once i agree with stupid@109,
June 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pmjoe canthink, unlike it’s stupid arse
…
i’ve challenged am. pat.
to learn twitter.
…
let’s see what happens.
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 3:52 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
joe canthink Says:
The term is “flip-flop.”
June 17th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
…
see what happens when you rush?
calm down.
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 3:54 pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
OMG, that’s truly hilarious. *wiping eyes*
June 17th, 2009 at 3:56 pmIf these Republicans think that they are oppressed as a minority then they see a fault in the United States Constitution because the Democrats have not changed the rules of Congress.
And if they feel the Constitution is wrong then would that mean that by their own standards that they are “un-American”?
June 17th, 2009 at 3:56 pmAmerican Patriot neglected to post the full Obama quote. Marc, I hope you are a better truck driver than you are a blogger.
“So let me be absolutely clear. Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program, it supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq, it threatens Israel’s existence, it denies the holocaust. But this threat has grown, primarily – and this is the irony – the reason Iran is so much more powerful now than it was a few years ago is because of the Bush-McCain policy of fighting an endless war in Iraq and refusing to pursue direct diplomacy with Iran. They’re the ones who have not dealt with Iran wisely. Make no mistake, Iran is the single biggest beneficiary of a war in Iraq that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged. Thanks to George Bush’s policies, Iran is now the greatest threat to the United States and Israel and the Middle East for a generation; and John McCain wants to double down on that failed policy.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:57 pmRethuglicans are oppressed? And here I’ve been thinking all along that they were repressed. Silly me.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:57 pmTalking to a Troll is like is like telling a joke to Sarah Palin.
It’s a waste of time and the Troll hasn’t been taught to listen.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:00 pmIf I might add this,
As an Iranian who was born in London, I travelled through my home country during election and I was there for the till tuesday morning.
you might think im overly sensetive but I find the right wingers comment about whole the whole ‘iranian bloggers are just like us’ absolutly disgusting and offensive to myself and my people who are getting shot and beaten for their freedom.
I witnessed how a young woman was shot in leg and how people sacrifised their safety to get her out, while GOP seat in safety of their home and compare our situations.
I’m sorry but I find it offensive
June 17th, 2009 at 4:11 pmbarfly Says:
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A funtioning cerebral cortex?
Self respect?
Decency?
Cojones?
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June 17th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
It’s the Republic Fascist Parties own fault, your policies are regressive, immoral, corrupt and not helpful to America, hence your loss at the polls.
Get used to it cry babies, America figured you out and now they hate you.
Fcuk the epublic Fascist Party
June 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pm…
zim,
there’s a very special word
i think of whenever i read a
comment from our good friend
am. pat.
….
do you know what that word is?
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“hope”
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June 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pmAh, another free the oppressed..must go to war to free the oppressed Iranian people. The same people that Jimmeh wanted to nuke to smithereens last week.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:19 pmBoo frickin’ hoo.
How very disgusting. Iranian protesters are quite literally putting their lives on the line to try and get their government to do the right thing.
These Republican congressmen Tweet on their top of the line Blackberries, from their cushy chairs, in their luxurious offices, inside elegant office buildings — and the only risk to their well-being is choking on a drop of Perrier water or stubbing their toe on the leg of their desk, for which they have the finest socialized health care coverage in the land.
Life is tough, huh?
June 17th, 2009 at 4:24 pmWhat A Bunch Of BullCrap!
The only similarity I can see is both are trying to take down their elected government. But this comparison is a gross insult to the Iranian people.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pmRead ALTERNET today!!!!
This is of very importance. It is one thing which is missing in TP since ObaOba took office…
Shame: The ‘Anti-War’ Democrats Who Sold Out
ALTERNET
June 17th, 2009 at 4:27 pmTalk about being “oppressed.” the defunct Whig Party (it received electoral votes in elections 1836 -1852) must feel very “oppressed.” May the GOP follow the Whig Party into obscurity and the proverbial dust-bin of history…
June 17th, 2009 at 4:29 pmGuys PLEASE i’m beggin you….
STOP FEEDING THE TROLL…
He obviously doesn’t even keep up with his own party trying to push a “Republican” backed declaration of support for Iran’s opposition party sticking their di**s into another country’s business and ticking off the regime…
Peace.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pmNote that he, (R)Culberson, said ‘House republicans’
The people apparently wanted change in the house and the result is you are in the minority. You are not oppressed. Now stop flailing your arms, kicking your legs, sobbing uncontrollably and pick yourself up off the floor and get back to work.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pmThe Angry Republican Says: stop feeding the trolls.
I’ve tried several times this week to stop feeding the trolls. I’m getting sick and tired of treading around all of the droppings.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pmtried s/b asked. sorry.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:34 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
The Angry Republican Says: stop feeding the trolls.
I’ve tried several times this week to stop feeding the trolls. I’m getting sick and tired of treading around all of the droppings.
It is irritating, but as long as they find crumbs they’ll stick around — just like rats. Because they’re desperate little attention-sucks, we’ll never get rid of them entirely because TP is lax on monitoring the comments. But at least some will get easily bored and leave.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:35 pmShame: The ‘Anti-War’ Democrats Who Sold Out
Shocker!
June 17th, 2009 at 4:36 pmOppressed Minority? These people are seriously deluded. Oppressed minority?– more like depressing mentality.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pmOh there you are…
June 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pmSo how’s work today? What was it again that you do? How’s Sam doing? Are the ladies still ignoring him?
June 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pmAs an Iranian who was born in London
Suuuuuuuuuuure you are.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pmamerican patriot, do you have a defense of the republicans that now claim they are oppressed? Also, do you think that anyone here doesn’t love this country and wants to see the best for it?
I’d like an honest answer.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pmShocker!
What shocker? The strap on? Reza promises he’ll be gentle with your virgin butt.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pmShocker!
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June 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pmTwo in the pink…
I’ve got all not my little friend…
Suuuuuuuuuuure you are.
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June 17th, 2009 at 4:40 pmAn American Patriot?
Sowhat were those patriotic acts agin? Dicking around endlessly in search of attention?
If the fascist Republican Party thinks is an oppressed minority now, just wait until 2010 and 1012. The oppression against the Fascist Republican Party has only just begun.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:44 pmOops, thats 2010 and 2012 and I still didn’t catch it with preview.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:45 pmLevi, it could possibly be that in 2010 there will only be 1012 GOP office holders nationwide (thats local, state and federal).
June 17th, 2009 at 4:49 pmAre they actually saying things are better in Iran ?
America – love it or leave it!
If it is better over there, why don’t you get a ticket and go ?
June 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
As an Iranian who was born in London
Suuuuuuuuuuure you are.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
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Just because your username is a lie doesn’t mean that EVERY poster is lying. What reason do you have to doubt that Alixman984 is Iranian?
June 17th, 2009 at 5:22 pmSomeone needs to tell the GOP that it’s not always about them.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:31 pmSomeone needs to tell the GOP that it’s never going to be about them again.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:33 pmRepublicans always make awkward, cumbersome, false analogies.
It’s like they learn from the real world, but they learn the wrong things. They learn only selfishly convenient things.
Republicans are not the kind of people that should be given the responsibility of power.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:06 pmI wish I could be oppressed to the tune of 5 billion in corporate bribes over the last 10 years.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:07 pmAlternate reality comes to mind. The Republicans are down right delusional. They expect the country to trust them with leadership after these comments. I really don’t think they have a clue or they think I am dumb as hell.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:15 pmat this point…. I am just embarrassed FOR them.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pmThey have protests over a rigged election confused with b*tching about losing elections. B*tch, b*tch, b*tch.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:10 pm…
am. pat.;
“hope”
:)
June 17th, 2009 at 7:35 pmAmerican Parrot
Why havent you killed yourself yet PUNK? You are a degenerate brainwashed piece of filth and those are your good qualities. Go spell your mommy and sister/wife. Their knees must be getting sore by now blowing all those leperous truckers for pocketchange. Do the entire world a favor and just kill yourself
June 17th, 2009 at 7:37 pmYeah, being a hyperbolic drama queen is a sure path back to relevance. Will middle-aged male white American right-wingers ever be able to accurately portray how put-upon they are, how unfairly life has treated them, how utterly devoid of hope their lives are. It could be a movie of the week on Lifetime, if Lifetime’s target demographic were whiny middle-aged male white American right-winger pussies.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:11 pmDoes he think everyone has forgotten the “free speech” cages and the inauguration that looked like a warzone?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:49 pm“I wonder if there isn’t more freedom on the streets of Tehran right now than we are seeing here,”
Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.)
That’s as foolish as all those posts we used to see that equated living under the Bush administration with living in Nazi Germany. ;)
June 18th, 2009 at 8:13 amDear republicans,
June 18th, 2009 at 10:37 amYou have oppressed, threatened, lies, cheated and made a mockery of the Constitution for the better part of 30 years. You brought this on yourselves. So get over it.
“Trying to take political advantage of the…” is a snarky way to begin this article considering Think Progress used the shooting of a security guard at the Holocaust museum as a way to help promote the Free Choice act.
When the right does it, it’s taking political advantage. When we on the left do it… it’s the exact same thing.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:49 amHa haa, check these out.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:22 pm