Signs at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth certificate.
By on Nov 5th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Signs at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth certificate.
Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported on a sign at the GOP’s anti-health care reform rally on Capitol Hill that used Holocaust imagery to attack health reform. But many right-wing activists carried signs that weren’t related to health care at all. Some of the signs carried “birther” and anti-immigration grievances:
(Top two pictures by ThinkProgress, bottom two by Twitter user rkref.)
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Ah, that’s why he left out indivisible. They don’t know what the hell they’re protesting, f@#king sheep!
November 5th, 2009 at 3:23 pmOrly? Is that you? I’ve missed you these last couple of weeks.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:23 pm*Mark Levin
November 5th, 2009 at 3:23 pmThese people are immoral.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:23 pmWhy don’t they just come out and say it–
“We don’t want a knee-grow president!”
Just sayin’…
November 5th, 2009 at 3:24 pmOff Topic. 7 dead, 13 injured at Fort Hood, Texas. One of the worse cases of fratracide in History.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:25 pmrobbez_92107 says: @2
November 5th, 2009 at 3:26 pmAre you asking me?
Apparently teabaggers don’t have jobs or contribute to society. Anyone shocked? …didn’t think so…
November 5th, 2009 at 3:27 pmDo you have a link for that, PD? I can’t find it.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pmNancy Reagan may be listening to Mao when she speaks to the dead but only the dead brained listen to Fox.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pmThe “I listen to Fox News” guy sure is proud of his ignorance….HAHAHA…Moron.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:30 pmDr@8, And just think, those images will be shown around the world. No wonder the rest of the world think half of us are nuts.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:30 pmI don’t have the link. MSNBC is the best. There are 3 gunmen. the last I heard was two.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:31 pmOk, where are the signs about the alien carcasses and spaceships hidden in Area 51? Fluoride in the water melting our brains? The pending insurrection of the sasquatch?
Its hard to keep lunatics on topic. Just ask any troll.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pmNBC: 7 dead, 12 injured in Fort Hood shooting
No word from the military base whether the victims are military or civilians
November 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Its the old noise principle – make as much noise as you can to inflate your numbers and overstate how passionately you believe in conservatism.
Right now the GOP has their bovine-excrement catapults aimed right at the Obama administration, watching to see what sticks.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pmSigns at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth certificate.
– - In other shocking news, Liberace was gay.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pmThe same dimwits that destroyed your savings now want to destroy your healthcare.
that sign doesn’t even begin to make sense. I have a feeling the guy holding it can only wear velcro shoes and can’t leave the house without his address pinned to the lapel in case he gets lost.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pmThis shooting is worse than previously thought. They say if it’s soldiers, it’s the worst case of fratracide in history.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pmHa, for a moment, I thought the sign on the bottom said “Obama listens to Mad” and thought of Mad Magazine. Which still happens to be a more reputable and balanced source of info than FoxNews.
And, seriously. We’re back to Birthers? These people are deranged. And not particularly focused.
We’re about to have HEALTHCARE reform, not IMMIGRATION reform. Stay on topic, wankers.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pmDr@15, Thanks for the link.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pmSigns at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth certificate.
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Wow, you’d think they could come up with something fresh every so often, but I guess they still think the old favorites work best.
You know, they might actually have something if they’d focus their message a bit and put forth a convincing argument for their side on a single issue. But this is just another tea party — with a cacophony of signs and sound bites, signifying nothing much.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:34 pmHow old do you think the kid holding the “You Lie” sign is?
14? 15?
Certainly not old enough to know what the hell is going on…
Must be a home-schooler.
His parents idea of social studies?
November 5th, 2009 at 3:34 pmDon’t the republicans realize that these offensive signs are
not just seen on American news, but news programs all over the
world ?
I see the teabaggers antics on the Aussie news all the time.
You would think most conservatives would be trying to distance
November 5th, 2009 at 3:36 pmthemselves from this image.
Well, on the brighter side, these signs are spelled correctly.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3787/emericav3.jpg
November 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pmWell, at least we know that Bachmann (R-Batshittia) and her ilk are still scraping their followers from the bottom slime of the same old barrel…or Darryl…
November 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pmWho let the crazy people out of the looney bin?
November 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pmFrom looking at and listening to these “real Americans”, you would think that Obama was put in power by the Supreme Court.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pmThese folks would rather have the repubs screw them over than having Obama as president.
These nitwits imagine themselves as the ‘patriots; of The American Revolution ‘reborn’, when all they are , are parrots squawking nonsensical slogans fed to them by professional agitators Glenn Beck, Dick Armey, et al.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:48 pmAmazing.
Because one of Obama’s hires mentions Mao in one of her speeches, people are playing Six Degrees.
You know, someone ought to tell that Mao-sign guy that all of the people on Fox News are listening to Obama too. Doesn’t mean they’re hearing him.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pmJebus.
Pathetic. Seriously pathetic.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:54 pm“THE IDIOTS ARE COMING, THE IDIOTS ARE COMING!”
November 5th, 2009 at 3:55 pmThe signs say it all: IDIOTS!!
November 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pmlooks like the tards had a finger painting booth there in which to make their signs.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pmRidiculous nonsense. So she’s equating Fox News, then, with what she considers a master of propaganda?
Just remember, as the man who invited ’spin’ says, there’s propaganda and there’s impropaganda…and Fox News is the latter.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:57 pminvented spin — Bernays
November 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm@Dr. Hussein Matt says:
Oh, they contribute lots. Noise, divisiveness, anger — all contributions. Now, if you were talking about positive contributions, well not so much.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:59 pmi love it when these morons parade about their ignorance. “i listen to fox “news”"…so did the assclown running for the house of reps in new york’s 23rd and we all know how well that worked out for him.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:02 pmhere’s what these “reporters” have to say:
By Jonathan Allen and Meredith Shiner
POLITICO
Thousands of Tea Party activists descended on Washington Thursday to protest the trillion dollar health care bill and government spending, holding signs protesting Barack Obama’s agenda while aiming chants of “you work for us” at the Capitol building.
The gathering was organized by local Tea Party groups around the country, who arrived in Washington this morning by the busload.
guess POLITICO doesn’t check out the ThinkProgress research…
November 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pmSo now we know what the “Super Bowl of Freedom” looks like.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pmHere is the Faux translation: Hundreds of Millions of Tea Party Patriotic Americans descended on Washington, now occupied by Socialist scum, Thursday to protest the trillion dollar death bill and government spending….
November 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pmSo now we know what the “Super Bowl of Freedom” looks like.
Mixed nuts?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pmThose over 65 at these so called protests, they should discontinue using their medicare! And those approaching 65 should not go near medicare if they’re so worried about Government run healthcare….What a bunch of mooks
November 5th, 2009 at 4:08 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Get along little Dummies, get along, get along…
I happen to think this gathering is actually a good thing – it’ll save time rounding up all those Beckians and Bachmanians now that the FEMA camps are ready.
Yeee-hawww!
November 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pmcancervative guy,
November 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pmwhere do you see “real americans” in these pics? i see a bunch of parasites on socitey who clearly do not have job since it’s thursday and they’re “protesting” in washington
That’s just it. The majority of teabaggers are Social Security or disability recipients that are afraid other people might get some of what they have. They say they’re worried about leaving debt for their grandchildren but if they cared so much they want to make sure their children and grandchildren had health care.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pmoops – link to that, posted at:
November 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pmhttp://www.twincities.com/ci_13720383
Conservative equate “real Americans” with hate-filled stupidity and selfishness.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pmcancervative guy equates “real americans” as those who are puppets to lobbyists like dick armey who get them to protest against their own best interests.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:16 pmI can see how that dingleberry listens to Fux “News,” but how is Obama listening to Mao?
Seance?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:22 pmAt least the tea-baggers are learning how to spell and spelled all of their words correctly on their signs.
They must have borrowed Rep. Steve King’s dictionary…
Maybe now they can study up on the meanings and differences between socialism, fascism and communism?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:25 pmzooey@51,
November 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pmten bucks says the clown holding the sign couldn’t
a) tell you the nationality of mao and
b) tell you in which decade mao died.
Good Lord, that tired birth certificate thing again? Can’t they come up with something new?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pmGoofballs and whackjobs intrigue me…
November 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pmThen you should be in DC today. They have a bumper crop.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I’m sure there must be legitimate and cogent arguments to be made against the Obama admsinistration, even by right wing, tin hat, tea-bagging look who’s calling the kettle black,homo hating, racist numbskulls like Michelle Bachman/Sarah Palin and Limbaugh ditto-heads, but if all they can come up with is the tiresome slogans of their own moronic conspiracy-like issues such as Birtherisms, tenther, and socialism accusations, then they truly deserve our scorn.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pmmr. puke,
November 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pmyou consider oily taint a credible source to be taking talking points from?
BWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAH
How can they question Obama’s birth certificate when they have never seen it to question it?
Sort of like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pmCG, nice to see you WEREN’T there.
Guess you just didn’t care enough.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pmMr. Duke:
November 5th, 2009 at 4:57 pmTell the truth you are not the f ucking stupid to even entertain that birth certificate crap….
And, Dukie, have you ever seen the US Constitution? Been to the National Archives and seen the original? Of course, that could just be a fancy copy. Sort of like you.
BTW, have you ever seen the original of your BC? Or don’t they issue them for hatched?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:58 pmWell it’s nice to see that attacking a presidents policies in a time of war is no longer tantamount to treason and a demonstration of ones hatred for one’s country… unless, of course the president is a ‘puke.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:35 pmThat last sign…
Well, there’s your problem! I think we need investigate no further.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:51 pmAddendum to my post at #25: found one! What’s hipocracy?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/the-12-most-offensive-sig_n_347398.html?slidenumber=681Y2rW9clA%3D#slide_image
November 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pm“I listen to… Fox News.”
Oh yea? Well I watch the sci-fi channel. I don’t base my political or social opinions on it though because, just like Fox News, it’s fiction!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pmBachmann & her ignorant, dishonest sheep followers are all mentally unstable & incapable of accepting facts. They feed off smears & lies. And Bachmann is one of the several Repub Queens of smears & lies.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:19 pmI’d love to see a real journalist ask these jerks to explain exactly what they are protesting. Sure, they’re great at tossing around Fox talking points,like “Marxist”, “Socialist” (terms they have no understanding of), “Impeach Obama”, and, of course, all sorts of racial slurs— but they have absolutely no understanding of anything Obama is doing. They just don’t care, as long as they can hate him, & follow the ravings of Limbaugh, Beck, Bachmann, Palin, etc.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pmHow clueless can these 9/12 or birthers protesters can be?
November 5th, 2009 at 8:25 pmAt this point, Fox News is no longer to blame. These protesters are simply idiots following idiots. Fox News just tells them where to go.
There are no words bad enough to describe these despicable curs in the administration.
When they have admitted they adulate MURDERERS like Chairman Mao, you KNOW what they have in mind with this take over of who can and can’t get treated by a doctor. Just read up on the CERs in the stimulus bill.
Who knows. They might decide if you don’t swing their way politically, you’re dead.
They apparently like Pol Pot too….sick!
You progressives are sick in the head and need to be jailed.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:32 pmThere were no racial slurs but it’s ok, we figured you’d make some up.
If you don’t know these people are followers of the MURDEROUS MAO, then you should get your head out of Rachel Maddows butt… LOL
Talk about ignorance, sheer ignorance. This is how Hitler happened, stupid people like all of you, sitting there letting it.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:36 pmThink “Progress”, right into the toilet… LOL
The progress of communism… right into America… courtesy of Nazi sympathizer George Soros who funds you… Dirty filth that he is!
Thanks dummies!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:37 pmPerhaps you hate FOX because they simply replay what your murderous heroes have said…something you won’t hear on the Obama controlled media. You should listen sometime you might learn something.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:39 pmRepugs,wingnuts,and teabaggers have got to be the stupidist freakin Aholes on the planet. Fortunatly they are the minority.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:39 pm@sscncturn64: Progressives have to be the most evil, freedom stealing idiots in the world… they haven’t learned from Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, Castro and Chavez. These are your heroes?
November 5th, 2009 at 10:40 pmPeople who hand their whole lives and livlihoods over to government can’t be too bright.
Obama “I’ve been to all 57 I think? states?”
He stumbled because he wasn’t quite sure. That Madrassah he attended for elementary school only taught about the 57 Muslim states….. sick.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pmIt’s really funny — you claim things are ‘fiction’ but they are on video for all to see. No one is reporting any lies or smears… these people have hung themselves with their own rope.
They are freakin’ MAO-LOVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure that’s like a sheep saying he’d trust his life with a wolf. These people are murderers…. this is not about helping ANYONE. This is about controlling and managing who lives or dies, ala utopians like Soros who write Obama’s speeches for his teleprompter (which is they only way old moron big ears can speak)
November 5th, 2009 at 10:45 pmat PD #12
and stupid
November 6th, 2009 at 12:49 amConservaTROLL
Just kill yourself already you ignorant piece of filth. You are a disgusting pile of dogshit.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:22 amMr Duke. You do know you are astonishingly stupid dont you? You are ignorant and brainwashed and act like a petulant five year old child. You are a liar and a punk. The birth certificate issue is over. Obama was born in Hawaii. Only the stupidest people on EARTH as you clearly are still buy the idiotic talking point YOU have been brainwashed with. You really ought to be embarassed to be so stunningly stupid
November 6th, 2009 at 5:25 amNH we talk about ignorance all the time then the stupidest morons known to humankind like YOU drop by to show that the congentially stupid like you are so EASILY brainwashed to tell the most ignorant lies anyone could imagine. Dont you just sit down and CRY when you think about how stupid you are?
Your talking points are old, stupid, and debunked. You dont CARE. You are a liar so you dont CARE that you are telling lies. You are STUPID so you dont know ANYTHING except what Rush told you to think. Just go kill yourself you ignorant pile of dogshit. The world will be a much better place without YOU in it
November 6th, 2009 at 5:28 amI don’t see the signs calling Obama a Marxist. He does have terrorist, Marxist and communist buddies and appointees on the Government payroll.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:43 amIn any case…how dare these people be allowed to carry signs against Obama policy!