Crowd laughs and applauds at Rep. Akin’s comment about lawmakers almost being ‘lynched’ at town halls.
Crowd laughs and applauds at Rep. Akin’s comment about lawmakers almost being ‘lynched’ at town halls.
At a “Freedom Conference” meeting earlier this week, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) mentioned that some Democratic lawmakers were almost “lynched” by angry protesters around the country at town hall meetings. In response, the crowd loudly laughed and applauded. Akin then lightly said that “we dont want to” approve lynchings, which generated more laughter:
Different people from Washington, DC have come back to their districts and had town hall meetings, and they almost got lynched. (APPLAUSE)
I assume you’re not approving lynchings, because we don’t want to do that. (LAUGHTER)
Watch it:
GOP lawmakers have been tacitly endorsing — and sometimes outright encouraging — these angry mobs to confront Democratic lawmakers in their districts. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) has said that the time for polite town halls is “over,” and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has said that Democrats will have a “very, very hot summer.”
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am-Isaac Asimov-
And hence the first choice of the GOOP.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:53 amLike how he tried to play that off as something funny. Shaking my head yes it is going to be a hot summer hopefully not a deadly hot summer.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:55 amYeah, just like “Obama’s a traitor — kill him!” was a real knee-slapper, too.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:56 amThe Rethugs ARE inciting their minions to violence.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:57 amThey claim otherwise, but look for the nods & winks all the while they are proclaiming plausible deniability.
They’ve turned into Clown Halls. If clowns were ignorant, armed and full of racism and hate, that is.
PEACE
August 6th, 2009 at 9:57 amLynching. Nice to know we’ve come such a long way towards civilized discourse in this country.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:58 amDoes any rational person think that this will not eventually lead to someone’s death?
August 6th, 2009 at 9:58 amAs a half crazy Vietnam vet I take this crap very seriously. We need to grow a pair and start facing down these idiots. This turning the other cheek stuff is getting very old.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:59 amRACIST SCUM BAGS
August 6th, 2009 at 9:59 amRep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) has said that the time for polite town halls is “over”…
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Translation: “Polite town halls will work better for the Democrats over the August recess than they will work for us, so we need to poison the well.”
I guess the Republicans figure the town hall meeting won’t be of any use to them anymore, now that McCain’s career is coming to an end.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 amDoesn’t this fall under the newly amended hate speech law?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 amWait…did he hold a hand to his neck and pretend to be choked?
This is supposed to be FUNNY to you?!
You want to see REAL people get angry over REAL things? How about this clip?
Apologize, Mr. Representative. Even JOKING about lynching sets our society back decades.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 amFred, it already has lead to deaths. The Unitarian church goers, the police in Pittsburgh, Dr. Tiller, the people at the gym in Pittsburgh. The list will only grow.
But the NRA ignores that “well regulated” part of the 2nd Amendment.
PEACE
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 amRight wing extremists killed JFK, RFK and MLK.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:02 amThe problem with using these tactics is that eventually they will be used on the Republicans.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:02 amWhat a bunch of hate-filled, racist, neanderthals. The Repugs are going to be the way of the Whigs. Look at the crowd. A bunch of old, white, demented, losers. What an advertisement for the GOP.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:02 amSo the GOP is the party endorsing higher health insurance premiums, less health care services for those higher premiums, insurance bureaucrats coming between patients and doctors, and higher administrative costs per dollar? We know what the teabaggers don’t want, what exactly DO they want?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:03 amSo… how long until realitychececk shows up on this thread to regale us w/ his wit and humor, and of course, to defend the brown shirts?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:03 amI assume you’re not approving lynchings, because we don’t want to do that, yet. (LAUGHTER)
August 6th, 2009 at 10:03 amLovely people. Christians, you say? Of course- Jesus loved a good lynching.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amunbelievable says:
Doesn’t this fall under the newly amended hate speech law?
You bring up a good point. not sure whats in the new law or how its written but sounds like a good place to start.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amFred says: Does any rational person think that this will not eventually lead to someone’s death?
I suppose it already has if you consider the shootings this year that took place after the talking heads at FOX Noise said that the black man was gonna take away their guns.
No doubt there will be more. The hypocrites love to tell you what good Christians they are, while making death threats to the Presdient because he’s half black…
August 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amDoes any rational person think that this will not eventually lead to someone’s death?
It’s already led to a number of political deaths. It’s sorta getting like India or other countries where each election cycle leads to people being killed.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:04 amThe GOP is now trash with cash.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:05 amNucking Fazis
August 6th, 2009 at 10:06 amIm willing to bet the wingnuts in the crowd thought of President Obama when the word lynching was mentioned.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:07 amThese people are dangerous.
texasrick says: As a half crazy Vietnam vet I take this crap very seriously. We need to grow a pair and start facing down these idiots. This turning the other cheek stuff is getting very old.
I agree. My Facebook page has become a war zone… ;)
Bullies almost always cave when you stand up to them, which is precisely why we should.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:07 amjust what until the sleeping ogres awake. Then the shit is going get really nasty…
August 6th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe real problem here is that the minions are so damned stupid, they are easily swayed to violence, acting against their self interest and violating the rights of others to assemble peacefully.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amMore security, please, and throw the disruptors out of the hall, where the paddywagon will be waiting to escort them to jail. Disturbing the peace at the minimum. Conspiracy to commit a violent crime is more like it.
kayess@25, That is why Sarah Palin fits right in. Intellegence does not apply. Just a couple of buzz-word laced with a smigen of racism. The Right eats and breathes this stuff.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:09 amWhat scary is that the irrational people know it is going to lead to someone’s death.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:12 amHere’s Akin’s office number: Voice: (202) 225-2561
Call and tell him that it is unacceptable and inexcusable to joke about lynching. I did, and I could tell by the tone of the receptionist’s voice that it wasn’t the first such call she’s received. Let’s make sure she gets lots more!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:14 amLynching.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:14 amThat’s the repugniscum first thought.
Southern “justice.” It was so effective on so many blacks, they just can’t give it up.
They are reducing themselves to the “dixiecrat” level of intolerance and violence. Soon the party will be condensed into a small, fringe, right-wing, radical group of marginalized losers, but who will nonetheless remain a potentially dangerous force against democracy.
joeyramonesmom,
August 6th, 2009 at 10:17 amwhen I called the number, the young lady abruptly hung up with a “have a great day.”
Pilotshark says: You bring up a good point. not sure whats in the new law or how its written but sounds like a good place to start.
No point in having it if we’re not going to enforce it:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/show
August 6th, 2009 at 10:19 am
For the opposition to be seen as an hysterical mob is fine by me.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:19 amWhy I Like the “Cash for Clunkers” Plan – By Larry Kudlow
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joeyramonesmom says:
Here’s Akin’s office number: Voice: (202) 225-2561
Call and tell him that it is unacceptable and inexcusable to joke about lynching. I did, and I could tell by the tone of the receptionist’s voice that it wasn’t the first such call she’s received. Let’s make sure she gets lots more!
Marie says:
joeyramonesmom,
when I called the number, the young lady abruptly hung up with a “have a great day.”
Smiles>>> thinking she the receptionist is having a bad day or at lease morning.
Thinking phone be put on busy hold soon
August 6th, 2009 at 10:21 amThere have only been one Congressman to be killed in the line of duty. Do the GOP really want to be responsible for the blood of more of their colleagues on their hands.
This is freaking reprehensible. When Leo Ryan was shot to death at Jonestown, it was outside the country. If a Democratic congressman is killed because of this kind of rhetoric, the far-right wing of the GOP can take pride that the deed was done on American soil.
These people should be ashamed to call themselves “Americans”.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:22 amMarie says:
when I called the number, the young lady abruptly hung up with a “have a great day.”
Yeah, she was rude. Did you get the impression she’s getting tired of hearing this? Good! I hope she hears it 500 times more before lunch!
Thanks for calling!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:22 amI’d bet over 90% of those protesters are covered by Medicare. Typical Republican mindset, I’ve got mine, and I don’t want anybody else to have as much as I do.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:22 amdbadass says:
just what until the sleeping ogres awake.
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Will that be followed by the fat lady singing?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:23 amShayne says:
I’d bet over 90% of those protesters are covered by Medicare.
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And from the general looks of them in pictures, they’re undoubtedly a drain on the system. I had no idea McDonalds and Krispy Kreme were “health care providers”.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:25 amPlease don’t vote for any repiggies in the fall elections for many local offices throughout the country.
No matter how sane and reasonable some repiggies may appear to be, they are all okay with folks like Akin and the teabaggers.
If they weren’t, they would not be repiggies.
By the way, Lou Dobbs is a moron.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:27 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I hope these FOOLS keep showing up at townhall meetings . .
The videos showing politicans NOT denouncing ‘out of control senior citizens’ IGNORANTLY shouting down gov’t run MEDICARE are sooo informative prior to elections, aren’t they?
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August 6th, 2009 at 10:33 amWhat’s “scary” about socialism? I really wish they were.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:33 amThe REAL Americans have already expressed their displeasure with the “conservative” movement… and they removed the terrible group of idiots last November.
…and it’s only going to grow.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:34 amThe Republic of Stupidity says:
So… how long until realitychececk shows up on this thread to regale us w/ his wit and humor, and of course, to defend the brown shirts?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:03 am
And the winning time is: 28 minutes!
Okay, who had 28 minutes in the RC pool?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:34 amSo, the White House was correct in labeling these people as a “mob”, cause from what I’ve read in history, lynching is what a mob does best.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:37 amRealityCheck
August 6th, 2009 at 10:37 amSo who are Real Americans? I like to know could you enplane it to me?
RealityCheck says:
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power!
This coming from our fake American.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:38 amJane E. Schneider says:
Okay, who had 28 minutes in the RC pool?
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Sheesh… I’m surprised it took him that long to find his way over here.
It’s only one thread away.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:38 amRealityCheck says:
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure…
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Sooooooo… REAL Americans are basically, bitter, overweight, balding, oddly sexless white males?
Who knew?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:41 amhmmmmm, lynching.
And what was the common skin color of those that were lynched by a crazed mob in our country?
hmmmmmmm.
Probably similar to the skin color of our current PRESIDENT.
If you can’t see the blatant racism and bigotry of this, YOU’RE NOT LOOKING!
Mucking forons!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:41 amThe REAL Americans are just a bunch of hopped up meat puppets being bused around by their abusers.
Not that this is anything new.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:42 amRealityCheck says:
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Dang… it only took 11 minutes.
Okay… who had 11 minutes in the RC Voted Down pool?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:44 amRealityCheck says:
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:31 am
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And what’s bad about Socialism, exactly?
August 6th, 2009 at 10:45 amGasoline, meet Match.
The Rethugs are playing with fire. And I most sincerely hope they get badly burned.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:46 amAkin then lightly said that “we want to” approve lynchings, which generated more laughter
Fixed it for you Akin because you truely ARE inciting violence and you MUST be held accountable should anyone get violently assaulted and possibly KILLED by your RACIST teabagger terrorist tinfoil hat followers.
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power!
Translation:
The Anti-American birther racist Teabaggers, like myself have started to express their displeasure with this REAL AMERICAN Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power through violence!
Funny you say that considering 76% of REAL AMERICANS want healthcare reform. Unfortunately, anti-Americans like you would rather see people who can’t otherwise afford healthcare insurance die unecessarily under the flawed system which you call the best healthcare system in the world. FOD A$$HOLE!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:46 amAimed at you (62) RealityChickenshit.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:47 amRealityCheck says:
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AHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It didn’t take long for this trollturd to get flushed.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am“Okay… who had 11 minutes in the RC Voted Down pool?”
Damn, that was quick! :D
August 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am“Okay fellas, That belly isn’t gonna get any redder”?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:03 amApologies to Jane E. Schneider for not knowing the exact wording of this…
Hmm, astro turf sponsored ill-informed LIV who are bussed around to other districts with the goal of disrupting and stifling meaningful discussion now = REAL Americans?
Maybe in your bizarro world RC.
LIV=Teabagger=Birther=Clown Hall Vigilante
The bitter, dis-enfranchised, misinformed, brainwashed and just plain old stoopid…the prime demographic recruiting target for terrorist organizations around the globe INCLUDING the GOP!
Ironic how RC seems to have hopped on the Regressive Crazy Train at the same time as Lou Dobbs. Both have become bitter and beligerent.
Does Reality Check=Lou Dobbs?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:04 amRealityChimp, Do you enjoy being so stupid that you’re too stupid to realize how stupid you are? I swear, you bring stupid to an entirely new level. Keep up with the stupid. It’s keeping us intellectual minded people well entertained.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:05 amAstroturf is artificial grass. Artificial like RealityChimp.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:06 amYes, I can see where a “Freedom Conference” would get a good chuckle out of lynching duly elected representatives. Lynchings are the basis of democracy.
Oh yeah…..
August 6th, 2009 at 11:06 amNo need for apologies, dbadass, I confess that I’m not sure of the exact wording, either, but thanks for the laugh!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:06 amAt least the artificial turf keeps RealityChump’s wife who is really his sister from grazing.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:07 amAt a minimum, these people should have no objection to being shouted down from the gallery at the Capitol. I wonder why no one in our “liberal” media has bothered to ask Boehner if he would have a problem with, say, Code Pink shouting at him when he tries to speak at the podium.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:10 amRealityCheck says
August 6th, 2009 at 10:31 am
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power!
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You sound a great deal like Trent Lott on election night, 1996 — when, despite state after state re-electing Bill Clinton, he maintained that Bob Dole would eventually emerge the victor, the GOP would strengthen their majorities in both houses, and we’d get our economy (which was booming at the time) “back on track”.
In other words, boastful trash talk such as yours doesn’t have to make sense, and most of us see it for what it is.
But here’s a tip if you’re really serious about removing “this terrible group of idiots from power” — try to come up with candidates who can be taken seriously. The Sarah Palins and Michelle Bachmanns of the world are great at providing giggles for us all, but they don’t do much to enhance the stature of your party beyond the kool-aid drinkers.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amWhy didn’t Boehner just say what he meant with his “hot” comment. Burn baby burn. Here’s more.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×6225972
August 6th, 2009 at 11:18 am***
from The Napa Valley Register –
“The display was unwelcome — and unsuccessful if it was meant to move health care reform supporters toward considering the concerns of the critics. Several callers to the Register on Tuesday reported they were repulsed by the aggressive tactics of some members of the crowd.
To the degree the catcalls, chants and shouts were organized — and it appears from events around the country that they were — we strongly suggest that the organizers find more constructive ways to get their message out.”
The Napa Valley Register a conservative paper that endorsed John McCain last year.
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h/t tpm.
:)
August 6th, 2009 at 11:19 amJane E. Schneider says:
“Okay… who had 11 minutes in the RC Voted Down pool?”
Damn, that was quick! :D
Who is handling the pool on how fast RC gets banned?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:20 amWhen I called Akin’s office and said I didn’t appreciate his joking about lynching, the receptionist told me he wasn’t joking. She hung up with the words “God Bless You”.
If you call be ready for ridiculous responses. I wasn’t and wish I had said “Not joking? Was he being serious, then?”
August 6th, 2009 at 11:20 amRealityCheck says:
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…
Wishful thinking. The tea baggers and astroturf protesters do not translate into any more votes in elections.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:20 amModerate Repugs and those Americans who are conservative on issues like fiscal and smaller government are appalled at these religious throwback freaks. They see the face of the GOP morphing into the lunatic on the corner screaming hate and jamming a Bible in people’s faces. This idiocy further isolates the GOP from thinking Americans, and although we will always have our racist, Jesus freak, tax hating rednecks (Reality Check anyone?)around but the party that caters to that crowd is DOA.
RIP Repugnants, can’t even say it was nice knowing you. Now let’s clean the corpse of the street and get back to work.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:22 amReality Chump must be grazing in the @$$holeturf.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:25 amThe headline on The Huffington Post:
TOWN HALL SHOWDOWNS
Unions Vow To Engage Protesters
Head On Over Health Care
Now we get to see the chickenshi* chickenhawks put their talls between their legs when they get confronted.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:28 amWayne says:
Who is handling the pool on how fast RC gets banned?
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He does provide comic relief.
He’s like one of those weighted punching bags. Smack him, he pops right back up.
Our own Wiley Coyote.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am***
rich h,
i saw that one too.
here’s the link.
:)
August 6th, 2009 at 11:34 amEssay from 2003:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:40 amArming the Left: Is the time now?
These people are very sick, and very, very scary. The true face of the un-American.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:51 amHis receptionist told me that his lynching comments were not racist and were not intended to incite violence.
“Even though we have a black President and words like monkey and lynching are designed to touch the primal raw nerve of the racists audience, you are going to defend his joke?”
“He calmed the audience down and it was just a joke.”
“I asked it to pass along my comments that we don’t appreciate our Representatives trying to incite violence and stirring mob hatred, and it isn’t constructive.”
And then it told me to have a “Blessed Day”, whatever the fck that means.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:51 amWas it a she PLC? I couldn’t tell. If it was, she had a mouth full of Ben Wah balls, I could hardly understand a word she said.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:52 amI just called and the lady said “he wasn’t joking”…WTF?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:54 amThis is all they got?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:54 amTo revel in inuendos about lynching???
What a picture; gop pols giving pep talks to their low-info base.
If there is a God and justice, hopefully the karma will come down on the gop and not the whole country; Lord knows they’ve F’d it up enough already.
Is this the New GOKKK?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am***
i got the “blessed day” thing too.
is that a day when they lynch someone
they don’t agree with?
:|
August 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pmI have heard of wash day, and pay day, and May Day, but blessed day? I have looked all through the calendar but didn’t find Blessed Day. Some obscure Canadian holiday maybe?
August 6th, 2009 at 12:08 pmLimbaugh, Beck, Malkin, etc., and the Republican Party have been playing a very dangerous game. They are fanning the flames of bigotry through their manipulative, disingenuous association of Obama, Congressional Democrats, and liberals in the general populace with terms such as “Socialist”, “Communist”, “Fascist” and “un-American”.
These hate-mongers have been encouraging their listeners and constituents to “take up arms” against those with whom they disagree, and also to direct their rage at non-English speaking immigrants, suggesting that these minorities are violent vermin engaging in criminal enterprises. Referring to abortion clinic workers as “baby killers” is apt to incite violence as well.
These demagogues claim to speak on behalf of most Americans, but they actually are primarily drawing the right-wing fringe to their cause. The Aryan Brotherhood, the KKK, the John Birch Society, etc regard themselves as their peeps.
The more that these bombastic, bellicose, self-serving commentators and politicians promote a message of hatred and fear about Obama and his policies, the greater the probability that yet another wacko extremist will take their message too literally and respond violently against anyone who they feel is not “pro-America” in their eyes.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:12 pmIf the neo-confederacy wants to throw down again, and find out whether they’ll fare any better now than they did in the 1860’s, then I’m all about letting them have that opportunity, and wish them a “blessed day” right back.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:15 pmEnough!
What this country needs is another civil war and the fighting shouldn’t stop until every last one of the republican pigs is nothing more than a grease spot on the field of battle. There’s no question the world will be a far better place without the GOPigs.
The war can be fought and won in a matter of weeks and REAL American casualties will be light considering the republican pigs are cowards and far out numbered.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:33 pmtombaker,
i second that emotion! btw, i honestly didn’t see your post before posting mine.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pmIt’s shocking to see that even the elected Republican leaders are complicit in inciting angry mobs to attack their colleagues in the House and Senate, even to the point of joking about them being murdered.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pmThis is starting to be like the American Period of 1820- 1860. With the coming of the American Civil War- there were heated words from both sides. Could it happen again????
August 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm#99 darnay
Yes. The seeds were planted in the Nixon years, got a large shot of fertilizer during Reagan/Bush, and started flowering during Bush/Cheney.
The revolution will be televised.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:08 pmThe Republicans have moved so far to the right if they do take control of Congress in 2010 it will be worse than anything we have seen in the U.S. I hate to be an alarmist, but these people are unhinged and powerful and seem to be gaining in numbers. I have tried to reason with right wing people I know and they just repeat the same statements over and over again that they learned from Fox.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:32 pmThere will not be another Civil War. The wealthy landowners in the south were just trying to protect their highly profitable slave-based economy. Plus, today almost every southern state is a “welfare” state that gets much more money from the Federal government than it gives back in federal tax revenues.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:35 pmThe beauty of this country was always that no matter what difference of opinions we may have the bottom line is that we are all Americans. From what I can see there are two Americas – 1 that wants goverment to completely take care of them and 2 the American that wants to pay as we go, take care of our own. Which one are you?
August 6th, 2009 at 1:40 pm***
there are many more americas than that.
there’s the america where you should get what you pay for
and the america where the rich steal from the poor.
which one are you for?
:)
good luck.
:)
August 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pmIf anyone else has linked this already, my apologies, but…
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August 6th, 2009 at 1:48 pmtrojten says:
From what I can see there are two Americas – 1 that wants goverment to completely take care of them and 2 the American that wants to pay as we go, take care of our own.
Under which category falls the financing of two foreign wars, massive corporate welfare and tax cuts for the wealthy by borrowing from China?
Seems to me that’s neither “wants the government to take care of us” nor “wants to pay as we go”.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pmDammit, let me try that again with better formatting:
Under which category falls the financing of two foreign wars, massive corporate welfare and tax cuts for the wealthy by borrowing from China?
Seems to me that’s neither “wants the government to take care of us” nor “wants to pay as we go”.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pmRealityPUNK. You ignorant worthless stinking pile of stupid. You scum sucking piece of garbage. It is so much fun to open your post and give it another smackdown without even reading it. Keep it coming. I just love laughing at morons as stupid as you.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pmtrojten says:
From what I can see there are only two kinds of Americans. MORONS and Progressives. Which one are YOU? Gee these false dichtomies are fun. I see another two kinds of Americans those who have sex with Pigs and Democrats which are YOU? Dude you do know you are pitifully stupid dont you?
August 6th, 2009 at 1:57 pmI’M SORRY TODD AKINS, BUT YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
BITE ME, YOU OFFENSIVE, RACIST, LITTLE PR!CK!
(WARNING! Link may be too graphic for certain viewers!)
August 6th, 2009 at 1:58 pmWhich one am I?
August 6th, 2009 at 2:01 pmThe one who’ll slap you upside the head for being such a dumb ignoramus, that’s who!
Attended the Akin ‘Freedom Forum’ local campus police were near the doors and a personal data card had to be filled out and tendered in order to enter the venue.
There should have been no fears, the crowd was very friendly – the only signs I saw said ‘Socialisn is Bad’ or along those lines.
Interesting and sad that Akin – a prostate cancer survivor – said that those with or have to deal with cancer “will not like the Obama plans” – so much for cancellations or non-acceptance! For the record, this was one of his ‘crowd pleasser – misleading statements – when in fact he does support many items included in the ‘Obama Plans’ = from his website “If an individual is currently insured, they cannot be dropped by a health insurance company due to a pre-existing condition.”
While ’socialized healthcare’ was booed – no questions were asked how many attendees were currently on Medicare. It would probably have been embarassing to see the results if the attendees were truthful. Or painful if no one raised a hand . . .
August 6th, 2009 at 2:03 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Sometimes I think about going to a GOPers town hall and standing and shouting and interrupting and demand that they speak out against the hooliganism. Put them on the spot and demand that they speak for civility.
Of course, that would be, er, “ironic.”
August 6th, 2009 at 2:05 pmAkin is home right now. His primary District office number is 314-590-0029; secondary office is 636-949-6826
August 6th, 2009 at 2:07 pmWhat is ironic is that I am a registered Dem as is my family and most of our neighbors, we all went to the last town hall meeting and heard from many other registers Dems who are not at all happy with what is going on. America is going to wake up no matter how many Ambien you shove down our throats.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pmYou may well be a registered Democrat, but you sure don’t sound like a liberal.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pmOh, and… you being a “registered Dem” and being “not happy at all with what is going on” is not ironic.
Look up the definition of “irony” the next time you want to use it.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pmtrojten says:
What is it with you REALLY stupid people who think you can read minds through a moniter screen? I make fun of the stupid in your post and you go straight to I am angry? Oh its what Rush told you to think isnt it that us lefties are all angry? I love to laugh at people as stupid as you. Its fun. Its how I amuse myself. Why would I be mad at you? You give me a free clown show. So now you are assuming facts not in evidence are you going to go down the list of logical fallacies and show us examples of each one?
August 6th, 2009 at 2:21 pmtrojten says:
Sure lots of dems are not happy about things. That is why Obama STILL has an approval rating above sixty percent. You are HILARIOUS
August 6th, 2009 at 2:23 pmi BET a lot of them consider themselves pro-life without getting the irony…
August 6th, 2009 at 2:24 pmtrojten says:
What is ironic is that I am a registered Dem as is my family and most of our neighbors, we all went to the last town hall meeting and heard from many other registers Dems who are not at all happy with what is going on. America is going to wake up no matter how many Ambien you shove down our throats.
You mean those “Democrats” want the Democratic members of Congress one step closer to death? *shocked
August 6th, 2009 at 2:26 pmGotta love the pubs.. thank- you for steering us down the path towards a third world country status… intimidation and violence towards our elected officials, end of civil discourse. Be so proud!
August 6th, 2009 at 2:33 pmare you that ashamed to run away from the GOP label? First, we have libertarians, then independents, former Dems, and then a so-called atheist, and now you, a registered Dem…There are plenty of Dems and liberals who are not pleased with President Obama, but they don’t need talking points and memos from lobbyists and corporations to express that anger and they actually have legitimate grassroots concerns such as Obama’s stance on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, etc. What do you guys have? OMG Obamacare will KILL our parents as if the health insurance companies’ culture of denial won’t first…
August 6th, 2009 at 2:33 pmRealityCheck says
August 6th, 2009 at 10:31 am
The REAL Americans have started to express their displeasure with this Socialist Administration already…and it is only going to grow until we remove this terrible group of idiots from power!
The only terrible group of idiots I see is the bunch of teabagger hooligans disrupting these town hall meetings and cheering on the violence, too stupid to think for themselves and too stupid to see the irony that many of them have Medicare yet rail against a public option and single-payer…There’s a reason why Glenn Beck asked you guys to chill, and it’s not because he legitimately fears for the safety of the Democrats, it’s because he doesn’t want any of you unhinged people shooting someone and “ruining the cause.”
August 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pmtrojten – one eye blind, and the other poked out.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pmwhat this Republican doesn’t realize is that lynching is no laughing matter and he and the bunch of thugs in the audience have trivialized the word and trivialized the deaths of thousands of African-Americans at the hands of racists…the video on Firedoglake makes it look worse than what we’re reading here…I encourage every one of you to see it.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pm**
“What is ironic is that I am a registered Dem…”
. . ..
of course you are.
and i’m joe mccarthy former republican senator
from wisconsin. before that i was a tail gunner
during ww2. now i’m spending an eternity in hell
dancing the macarena with eva braun.
.
ironic, isn’t it?
:)
August 6th, 2009 at 2:54 pmtombaker says:
trojten – one eye blind, and the other poked out.
by the very corporate lobbyists who would slit his throat if it weren’t for the fact he’s willing to in that class warfare…
August 6th, 2009 at 2:54 pmoh whoops it’s early and I didn’t realize that it’s the same video…
August 6th, 2009 at 2:57 pmtrojten says:
What is ironic is that I am a registered Dem
Yeah, Limbaugh encouraged a lot of you idiots to register as Democrats to disrupt things.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmWhen people laugh at the thought of lynching, they are clearly not identifying with the person being “lynched”. Here comes the liberals have no sense of humor thing, right?
The lack of couthe in the Bush administration seems to have concentrated in a much smaller group now.
August 6th, 2009 at 3:10 pmPags2 @ #16 says that the only problem with these tactics is that they will eventually be used against Republicans – quite true, and when they are, the right-wing blogosphere and right-wing radio will be screaming for blood, charging conspiracy, treason, and incitment to riot – not to mention playing the ever-ready race card.
August 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pmI didn’t realize that we were far enough away from actual lynchings to be able to laugh at them. Or is it that only those of us who were alive in the 50s and 60s who laugh at a ‘lynching’ joke didn’t really care much about what was going on at the time? There’s your republican voters.
I wonder if the ‘laugh squad’ was bussed in for this particular meeting, or if this is the standard MO voter… either way it is appalling
August 8th, 2009 at 12:47 amYeah, and I guess it is only ‘cute’ when republicans do that. When liberals disrupt meanings they are labeled as degenerate potheads and arrested. Maybe if you protest while looking the part of the average rural American… you know, a nice pair of jorts (jean shorts) and a big, gaudy American Flag polo, a mustache, and a bag of fireworks… then you’ll pass for one of them.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:53 am