Broun calls Pelosi a ‘domestic enemy of the Constitution.’
Broun calls Pelosi a ‘domestic enemy of the Constitution.’
At a town hall last week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) continued his campaign to inject over the top, paranoid rhetoric into America’s political discourse. “I’m chairman of the Second Amendment Task Force fighting for Second Amendment rights. Those gun rights are actually critical to prevent treason in America,” said Broun, according to Athens Banner-Herald reporter Blake Aued, who provided a transcript of Broun’s remarks to TPM. Broun then said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of the “domestic enemies of the Constitution” that he says he swore to defend against:
I’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas are the only ones who have any concept of what the Constitution is supposed to be and, and do what they’re supposed to do as justices by upholding the Constitution. But, in fact every, when I was sworn into the Marine Corp, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution against every enemy, foreign and domestic. We’ve got a lot of domestic enemies of the Constitution (applause) and one of those sits in the speaker’s chair of the United States Congress, Nancy Pelosi.
Previously, Broun has said that President Obama wants to go “down the road” of Hitler and has the pieces in place to “establish an authoritarian government.” He has also said that Obama, Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are part of a “socialist elite” that wants to declare martial law in America.
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Just another cracker lilly white ass old southern sourgrapes kkkongressjerk.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pmKeeping it classy I see.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pmThis pos’ statement sounds more like a confession than an accusation.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pmWhat an a$$ and I mean that in the way it is stated.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pmA sexist, racist Southern Rethuglican?
Aren’t these getting old?
Rethuglicans = Dixiecrats.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pmRep Broun’s endorsement of Scalia and Thomas is reason enough to begin to reevaluate the credentials of both and start the process of impeachment.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Essentially, Broun is accusing Pelosi of treason. Fine. He should immediately start the process of bringing charges. Let’s see if he’s got the stones to stand behind his rhetoric.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:39 pmIf anyone is a domestic enemy, it’s you, Congressman, and the Grand Old Predators.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:42 pmWingers will call anyone a traitor. But never to their face.
A Pig of a Bill
October 8th, 2009 at 3:44 pmBroun sounds like an enemy of the Constitution to me. His followers must be Broun-shirts.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:47 pmAs the Republican Party gets smaller and smaller, as the impurities of the moderates are burned away by the flame of righteous indignation, we’ll be left with higher and higher concentrations of toxic wingnuttery like this.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:48 pmBroun, claiming he’s critical to preventing treason in this country.
Orwell would be proud with that logic.
Also, who needs guns…when Broun commands an army of bears set to overthrow the communist/socialist/marxist/fascist/nazi/multicultural dictatorship we’ve so obviously slid into.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:49 pmBush: The Constitution is just a go**amned piece of paper
Obama: Constitutional Scholar from Columbia and Harvard
Who’s really the domestic enemy of the Constitution?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm“Those gun rights are actually critical to prevent treason in America,” said Broun…
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Is Broun suggesting that the only way to deal with “treason” is to shoot people? And what does he consider “treason” — any opinion he doesn’t agree with?
Since he considers Nancy Pelosi a “domestic enemy”, does this mean he wants her shot?
At what point does free speech become a danger to society?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:51 pmanother cry from yet another elected loon saying please don’t take me seriously.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pmSomething in the Georgia water that has been spiked. I think there is wingnut race between South Carolina and Georgia lawmakers. You have lovebitten bug Guv Sanford and You Lie Rep. Wilson in SC and Lady Graham and domestic enemy expert Rep. Braun in GA. Braun must be either looking for his 15 minutes fame to steal from Rep. Wilson or pimping for dough for his own Congressional district. After all, Braun became a Congressman in 2007.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pmWith all of the vile crap coming out of Broun’s mouth, is it any wonder that we’ve got rightwing lunatics with guns threatening to overthrow the government?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:53 pmBroun should be stripped of his position. How do they allow these treasonous a$$holes to run any aspect of government?
Um…what’s the bear for? Did Broun misread the second amendment and think it has to do with the right to arm bears?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:53 pmWTF is it with repiggies and projection?
Every act, every republlic party bill passed, every utterance by the GOP for years has been treason.
Patriot act
warrantless wiretaps
abolition of habeus corpus
signing statements
torture
“free speech” zones
Total Information Program
“I am the decider”
“it would be easier in a dictatorship, just as long as I’m the dictator”
“the Constitution is just a God damn piece of paper”
These acts have been instituted and sponsered by a knuckledragging neanderthal administration for the last 8 years. Sure sounds like enemies of the Constitution to me.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:56 pmI’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas are the only ones who have any concept of what the Constitution is supposed to be and, and do what they’re supposed to do as justices by upholding the Constitution.
Now if the Constitution was/is what its supposed to be, you wouldnt be talking to Clarence Thomas, you’d be his owner, dumbass. But I’m sure he wouldnt mind that, hell he’ll probably even like that.
RIP
October 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
It’s Marine Corps, not Marine Corp
October 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm“Gun rights to protect against treason”? Pelosi “a domestic enemy of the constitution”? Is Broun calling for a coup, an armed uprising?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pmThis Broun (DRT-AU*) is a real piece of work. I really thought that no one would ever be able to top Imhofe for sheer lunacy but he has gone and done it.
Seriously, I am really worried that nut-balls like this are actually serving in Congress (serving — no; I should have said “keeping their seats warm”). I notice that most of them are from southern states. They are mentally imbalanced and psychologically damaged. Must be the result of generations of inbreeding and incest.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pmOops. I forgot to add:
*DRT-AU = Dining Room Table-Alternate Universe
October 8th, 2009 at 4:00 pmSomeone needs to ask Broun what he would call Bush for saying the Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:01 pmBroun and Co. must give three examples of how privately owned firearms have saved our country from Treason– or anything else.
Mind you, I’m not referring to military arms, I mean private firearms.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:01 pmThey’ve all got the gop flu.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:02 pmSymptoms:
paranoid
unable to distinguish truth from fiction
reacts Pavlovian style to certain buzz words
Trajan
YOU are a real punk. Go kill yourself
October 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pmWhile talking with O’Reilly about Pelosi, Dennis Miller proves he can be blasphemous, racist, and misogynistic, all at the same time.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=3088
October 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pmThe Republican Party will continue this rhetoric until there is a civil uprising with blood on the streets and martial law.
As long as there’s a profit to be made from it, Americans will kill other Americans.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:04 pmYeah, those democrats, liberals, progressives are all treasonous, anti-American Nazi wannabes. Rep. Broun is just another republican tool with nothing of substance to offer this country except fear.
Well, I must live up to my liberal vices and start boiling babies and eating puppies with my new Hitler stick-on mustache.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:04 pmsnark/off.
EugeneDebs says: … (#33)
That’s uncalled for. Even Trajan likely has family/friends that would be seriously affected by a suicide. (and, yes, I’m speaking from personal experience).
Peace
October 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pmIs every single Republican a creep?
This would not happen if there was another opposition party to contrast against this disgrace. Republicans have become enemy of the state.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:08 pmwhere was rep. broun when his idiot-king was illegally wire tapping american citizens prior to 9-11?
October 8th, 2009 at 4:09 pmsorry about the bold in my prior post. meant to hit italic but was rushing as I had more work being handed to me.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:12 pmWho’s running against Broun in the next election?
October 8th, 2009 at 4:12 pmI’ll donate everything in my piggy bank to his opponent!
The Democrats should demand an apology from Broun. His statement was out of line.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:16 pmAre thse politicians in the south ALL NUTZ??
No disrespect to our posters from the south but it appears all these politicians are frauds and mysogenists, any exceptions . .
Anyone see HBO’s OUTRAGE [verrry interesting] lotta closets to be emptied!
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October 8th, 2009 at 4:16 pmBroun-noser?
missmolly, surely you know Colbert doesn’t support the ‘right to arm bears’. I do, but only for progressive bears!
October 8th, 2009 at 4:17 pmspeaking of moonbats. hi ginslinger
October 8th, 2009 at 4:18 pmI’m a true blue liberal. I have seen NOTHING that I wanted from Obama or the Dems yet. And these morans continue to insist that we’re being run by an ideology TO THE LEFT OF ME.
Nothing they say means anything.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:19 pm#42:
So?
October 8th, 2009 at 4:20 pm“are the only ones who have any concept of what the Constitution is supposed to be”
Well, aren’t they special.
#30
October 8th, 2009 at 4:24 pmIt’s okay. Bush isn’t one of the only two people who understand the constitution.
Those gun rights are actually critical to prevent treason in America.
Then, by all means please feel free to blow your brains out with one, TRAITOR.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:25 pmlefty says:
As for me, I’m so far left, that I ought to be carrying Mao’s Little Red Book on my person.
time for me to make like a banana and split.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:26 pmScalia ? Seriously ?
The Supreme who said that the law doesn’t forbid the execution of an innocent person.
Yeah, that’s who I’d want on my side.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:29 pmFaire. I have also faced that pain. My wife was schitzophrenic and comitted suicide about 7 years ago. However no one could take it seriously that someone would actually commit suicide because an anonymous poster on a website told him to. I am just returning the contempt FOR trajan that he heaped on us
October 8th, 2009 at 4:35 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Mr.Duke says:
The supreme court will decide what is or isn’t constitutional.
No kidding? Wow, you’re a real authority on the subject.
Heh.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:37 pmdear gumjobber,
progressives don’t fall into lockstep like your clowns.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:40 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
“He may know the constitution. But that doesn’t mean he likes the constitution. Huge difference.”
yeah, assclown. because so many lawyers go into constitutional law because they hate the constitution.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:46 pmIf this were any other country, Broun would have been arrested and jailed by now. He is another Republican embarrassment. Broun should crawl back in his hole or trailer.
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rep broun is a typical repukelican pussay…picking a fight with a woman. ten buck says he beats his wife
October 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pmd-bag at 60,
October 8th, 2009 at 4:50 pmyou’re the one who proposed an assumption @57. now, prove what you claim is true.
WaltTheMan says
October 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
It’s Marine Corps, not Marine Corp
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Yeah, but we can’t pin that one on Broun — it was a spoken remark, not a written one. Blame the transcriber.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:51 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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“He has also said that Obama, Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are part of a “socialist elite”…”
Hahahahaha! Harry Reid! Reid is so pathetic that he cannot be a part of anything – other than a 10-pack of weiners that is.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:53 pmCould Broun challenge Crazy Shelly for the title of “most inflammatory bomb thrower in the House”?
October 8th, 2009 at 4:53 pmQ: what’s the difference between the taliban and a born christian politician from the south?
a: jesus.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:56 pmEight years of Bush/Cheney, combined with the antics of repiggies like this moron Broun, have pushed me from a doubting agnostic to a rip-roaring enthusiastic atheist.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:57 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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alan grayson punked the repukes on their bullshit and now the repukies are whining like 12 year olds with their first periods about it.
tough tittie, troll
October 8th, 2009 at 5:00 pmHe has also said that Obama, Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are part of a “socialist elite”
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How does one become a socialist elite, exactly? Is that like when some people are more equal than others?
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Mr. Duke is a shite-for-brains who worships the repiggie party and all its evil deeds, without question.
Grow up, stupidhead, and stop leaving your diarrhea on this blog.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:02 pmso mr. puke,
October 8th, 2009 at 5:04 pmexactly where is the repukie health care reform proposal? you know, the one they were waving around like fcuking spanish ladies dancing the flamenco when obama addressed the joint sesssion of congress?
I’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas are the only ones who have any concept of what the Constitution is supposed to be…
So even of the highest justices in the land, 2 and only 2 of them know what the Constitution is supposed to be while the others are dufuses (?dufii?) ???????
Big tent indeed !
Of course, this is a doctor who wants to treat suicidally depressed patients by ER visits.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pmDon’t try arguing with the little GOPshite Mr. Duke.
He’s just prattling what FoxNews and Karl Rove are telling him.
He’s just another punkboy for the deeply closeted Matt Drudge.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:09 pmMr.Duke says:
come on. You still worship the messiah, Obama.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
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Why must you people liken politicians to your religious figures? Seriously. I’ve never once heard a liberal talk about “the messiah, Obama.” That has always been a product of your side.
Why is that? I mean, I know y’all think church and state are one and the same, but it must be deeper than that. Are you all so desperate for daddy figures that you need to turn politicians into messiahs?
October 8th, 2009 at 5:10 pmMr.Duke says:
a: jesus.
a very strange statement.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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True it is a bit strange, and somewhat inaccurate. They both believe in Jesus, as a matter of fact. It’s just that the Taliban and born-again Christian politicians from the South have a widely different interpretation of Jesus’ divinity and significance.
Other than that, the Taliban and born-again Christian politicians from the South are essentially the same.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:13 pmQ: what’s the difference between the taliban and a born christian politician from the south?
a: geography
October 8th, 2009 at 5:17 pmMr.Duke says:
pags2 says:
If this were any other country, Broun would have been arrested and jailed by now. He is another Republican embarrassment. Broun should crawl back in his hole or trailer.
Yeah, the taliban would cut his head off. You must be a taliban fan.
Not really. I firmly believe that all people should have an opportunity to make fools of themselves in public. Looks like you and Broun have taken that opportunity.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pmThe Taliban has something of a reason for hating the West. They have been hounded and bombed for most of the last century.
American Xtianistas just like to hate because they think gawd says its ok.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
GO HERE…to tell the DOCTOR that you would like a second opinion:
http://broun.house.gov/
October 8th, 2009 at 5:28 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Not everyone is free to buy health insurance, stupid.
Ever heard of “pre-existing condition?”
Those health insurance companies run checks on applicants, in case it hasn’t occurred to that little pea-brain of yours.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:31 pmWow, the trollies are coming back with strong evocative arguments. I guess their Hover Round batteries are getting low.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:32 pmHow could any smart person ever think of voting for the repiggies, after seeing the inanity, foolishness and lies posted daily by their little band of holy roller trolls?
It boggles the mind to see the sheer number of white-wingers with their heads so firmly up their posteriors.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:35 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Mr. Duke is not part of any health care solution, as always he is part of the problem.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:46 pmmissmolly says:
WaltTheMan says
It’s Marine Corps, not Marine Corp
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Yeah, but we can’t pin that one on Broun — it was a spoken remark, not a written one. Blame the transcriber.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I know that it was a transcription error. I was only trying to protect Mat from bodily harm should a member of the Corps read the post.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:57 pmEr, Matt.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:06 pm“I’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas….”
That’s all I need to read!! Buds with Scalia = wing-nought!!
October 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pmBroun has committed the crime of sedition. He should be arrested and held without bond until his trial. He is clearly guilty and should serve the maximum sentence.
We need to begin rounding up these Republican fascists. They are actively plotting to overthrow the United States government, which is a crime.
I call it the great wingnut roundup, and if we don’t start soon, we will all be living in a fascist corporate theocracy.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:30 pmMr.Duke@72 said,
October 8th, 2009 at 6:32 pmReferring to Obama as the messiah is blasphemy.
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trajan yes I would want that. then again he could join you.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:51 pmMr Duke Oh you are definitly part of the problem. You are just too stupid to even know what the problem is. Your vast ignorance is absolutly a problem. Why dont you just STFU until you grow a brain.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:53 pm“I’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas….”
And I got that far and knew that anyone who mangles grammar like that can’t be all that bright…
October 8th, 2009 at 8:11 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Conservative Guy is an idiot.
Sotomayor asked more questions on her first day than Thomas has in the past five years.
What is Thomas anyway? Some lump who just does Scalia’s bidding?
Doesn’t Thomas have a brain of his own?
Is he afraid to ask any questions?
That’s what attorneys and judges do, stupid.
They ask questions, whether informational or rhetorical.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pmI’ve gotten to be good friends with Justice Antonin Scalia, who he and Justice Clarence Thomas are the only ones who have any concept of what the Constitution is supposed to be and, and do what they’re supposed to do as justices by upholding the Constitution.
This is actually where Scalia and Thomas fail. Scalia most likely would never have voted for a ton of rights we have nowadays – such as Brown vs. Board of Education – because I’m sure he’d argue “it’s not defined in the Constitution as an inalienable right.”
The man is a menace. He belongs in the 1790s and not the 2000s.
October 9th, 2009 at 12:12 amConservaTROLL
We need you to kill yourself. Your putrid existance has gone on too long. You have tortured enough decent human beings something you will never be. Go. Do the right thing
October 9th, 2009 at 12:33 amThe man’s an arse. And as for his Marine-ness, I have a few Marines in my family, starting with a brother, and I doubt that Broun comes up to the intrinsic devildog jarheadness of any of them. On the other hand, since his bio states that he was a jet engine mechanic in the Marines, the fact that he blows hot air makes a great deal of sense.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:14 amIdiotic Jarhead
October 9th, 2009 at 1:24 amBroun correct but for wrong reason:
Rep. Pelosi is, without any doubt, a domestic enemy of the Constitution.
Every Congressman and federal office holder took an oath to protect us from these enemies. The corporate “coup de tat” of our government has been near total. Few defenders of our Constitution remain in higher office (in any branch of our government).
Pelosi blocked all attempts to enforce the Constitution and to stop ongoing high crimes. She could have forced (from January 2007 on) and end to ongoing “War Crimes” including the barbaric, genocidal, crimes against humanity which include Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and more. She could have done this without a single Republican or “Blue dog” democrat vote.
Pelosi single-handedly prevented impeachment proceedings against one of the worst of the worst war criminals in over half a century. She allowed the continued funding of heinous crimes in Columbia, and dozens of other countries around the world. She bears responsibility for at least 300,000 dead defenseless civilians and at least 2000 US troops. She allowed funding for the wholesale destruction of our Constitution and the personal protections contained therein, for massive domestic surveillance, for ongoing torture of innocent civilians. Her time in office could most charitably be called and ongoing blatant violation of her oath of office as she has blocked most attempts to stop the attacks on our Constitution (which continue)
Although Broun is also (playing the odds) likely to be a domestic enemy of the Constitution for encouraging much of white I mention above, and he is wrong in his reasons, he is correct that Pelosi is inarguably a domestic enemy of the constitution.
Peace JK
PS: Here is a good cartoon of what it would have been like if Pelosi had been “Speaker” in 1974. http politicalirony.com/2008/07/13/if-todays-congress-presided-during-watergate/
October 9th, 2009 at 2:52 pmPS: Here is Glen Greenwald on Pelosi’s enabling of gross violations of the Constitution (by augmented FISA), resulting in irreparable harm to our freedom and democracy:
October 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Sorry,
October 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pmThe link to Glenn Greenwald didn’t come throuh.
Here it is: http:// salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/22/calabresi/index.html
Thank you for your sharing.!
October 14th, 2009 at 9:31 amSomething like a red list for people such as this guy and the 1000’s of others I have seen come up during the past 8 years to date. saç ekimi
October 15th, 2009 at 4:49 am