DNC Continues To Blame Tea Party For Giffords Shooting

[Patranus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsUn3ltJnN8

We need to make sure that we tone things down, particularly in light of the Tucson tragedy from a year ago, where my very good friend, Gabby Giffords -- who is doing really well, by the way, -- [was shot],"....... "The discourse in America, the discourse in Congress in particular . . . has really changed, I'll tell you. I hesitate to place blame, but I have noticed it take a very precipitous turn towards edginess and lack of civility with the growth of the Tea Party movement.

We already know this lady is an ass clown. What is funny is who stupid she really is. While she goes on and on about "changing the tone" she is purposely incensing the other side - she is in fact using the exact tone she is denouncing.

It is also DISGUSTING how she is trotting out her "friend's" name in an attempt to score political points.

 

[Rainsford]

Just worth a thought, but what if you're the one trying to score political points by discounting a valid concern about the tone of the debate? I can't be the only person who's noticed that you don't have to look very far to find instances of Obama being described as "destroying America". You can't quite blame just the Tea Party...but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask some questions about the tone of the discussion.

 

[cybrsage]

The shooting had nothing to do with political party.

 

[etrigan420]

It is also DISGUSTING how she is trotting out her "friend's" name in an attempt to score political points.

A politician attempting to score political points?

No. Fucking. Way.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Just worth a thought, but what if you're the one trying to score political points by discounting a valid concern about the tone of the debate? I can't be the only person who's noticed that you don't have to look very far to find instances of Obama being described as "destroying America". You can't quite blame just the Tea Party...but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask some questions about the tone of the discussion.

Considering Obama is the first President to ever be accused of "destroying America", your point stands.

 

[monovillage]

For the clowns that like to pretend that Obama was the 1st President even to be accused of "destroying America". I mean really guys, pull your heads out.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/george_bush.cfm
http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2007/11/his_war_costs_much_more_than_w.html
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jason_vo_070612_why_george_bush_want.htm
http://www.rawstory.com/exclusives/mayhew/reagan_destroyed_american_dream.htm

 

[monovillage]

It sets a great tone for a discussion when you accuse someone with absolutely no responsibility for a violent episode that somehow, someway they are kinda,sorta the reason for it. Yeah, you'll get a great discussion that way.

 

[irishScott]

This.^^^ I remember Democrats using Tea Party language almost word for word when Bush was in office. Now all of a sudden they take the moral high road?

You know, I think we should blame Virginia Tech on the liberals. Guy probably, sorta, maybe thought that Bush. the number one terrorist was going to nail him with the Patriot act and waterboard him in a secret CIA prison, and had been tapping his foreign phone calls for years. Because if you listened to a lot of Democrat opposition groups, that's what the world was coming to under Bush's reign, and it was going to happen to YOU someday.

 

[Steeplerot]

Speaking of random, lone crazies who of course had no political axe to grind where is ATs very own little domestic terrorist, he doing some laps on a remote island somewhere, maybe visiting the clock tower? Visiting his local uniterian church for a friendly call? Maybe he stopped in atthe federal building to deliver that load of fertilizer. Might be delivering cookies to the womens health clinic, oh yeah.

Dunno why anyone would think these types would be up to no good, nope!

 

[Double Trouble]

Just worth a thought, but what if you're the one trying to score political points by discounting a valid concern about the tone of the debate? I can't be the only person who's noticed that you don't have to look very far to find instances of Obama being described as "destroying America". You can't quite blame just the Tea Party...but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask some questions about the tone of the discussion.

Oh, as opposed to that oh-so-civil "tone" during the GWB presidency? Please, that's ridiculous. The fact is that the political tone is getting harsher because the population is more polarized then ever. With the internet, every fringe (right or left) person has a wonderful echo chamber to support their fringe views, making even more people drift away from moderation to one camp or another. Anyone who argues that one side (like the Tea Party) is the cause of this problem is simply stupid.

 

[Ausm]

It sets a great tone for a discussion when you accuse someone with absolutely no responsibility for a violent episode that somehow, someway they are kinda,sorta the reason for it. Yeah, you'll get a great discussion that way.

Welcome to P & N.

 

[Genx87]

I love when democrats talk about civility and then act like the Bush years never happened.

 

[Craig234]

The right wing could burn down your house and rape your dog, and they'd find a way to say you had wronged them in all that.

They're masters at the victim game. Gays who don't want to be discriminated against have an evil 'gay agenda' and are out to destroy marriage and families, etc.

People who oppose policies transferring wealth to the top 0.01% 'oppose economic freedom and punish success', while policies to shift it back are 'divisive' and 'class war'.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

This.^^^ I remember Democrats using Tea Party language almost word for word when Bush was in office. Now all of a sudden they take the moral high road?

Link it. Link to any Democratic candidate or elected official outright calling for violence against Bush or Republicans. This is exactly the type of incident the right was inciting, regardless if they directly incited this one or not.

 

[cybrsage]

Easily done:

Pennsylvania Congressman Paul Kanjorski had a penchant for saying a variety of colorful statements in public, ranging from how he and his fellow Democrats “stretched the facts” (his words) to take back Congress in 2006, to calling for the death of his fellow politicians:

This week Mr. Kanjorski told The Times-Tribune editorial board about how large companies don’t want the government changing the way it does business because they make big money off the government, and about how he’s getting closer to supporting a single-payer health care system “because the health insurance industry is about as corrupt as you can ask for as an industry.”
“They’re blood suckers,” he said.
This was followed by a reference to Rick Scott, the Republican candidate for Florida governor, who was ousted in 1997 as head of the giant health care company Columbia/HCA, amid the nation’s largest Medicare and Medicaid fraud scandal. The company paid $1.7 billion in fines and civil settlements.
“That Scott down there that’s running for governor of Florida,” Mr. Kanjorski said. “Instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him.​

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/...-calls-for-violent-death-to-florida-governor/
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[Gonad the Barbarian]

Easily done:

How about one that's not 80 years old? Getting crazy from the old and from the fringe is expected. The Tea Party made it part of their platform.

 

[cybrsage]

Want more? Sure:

This is from the spokesman for the Wisconson Democrat Party

Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill’s assertion that she upset with Republicans because of her “concern” for the middle class is laughable. Not only that, she is calling for the pitchforking of Republicans.

Look at 1:38, that is when she calls on Americans to "take up pitchforks" in reference to stopping the Republicans from making the Bush tax cuts permanent.
http://bluecollarphilosophy.com/201...skill-calls-for-violence-against-republicans/

I could keep going, but three links is more than what was asked to be shown. I did not even include a link to Obama calling Republicans (and all republican supporters) "the enemy".

 

[cybrsage]

How about one that's not 80 years old? Getting crazy from the old and from the fringe is expected. The Tea Party made it part of their platform.

2006 is 80 years ago?

 

[Genx87]

The right wing could burn down your house and rape your dog, and they'd find a way to say you had wronged them in all that.

They're masters at the victim game. Gays who don't want to be discriminated against have an evil 'gay agenda' and are out to destroy marriage and families, etc.

People who oppose policies transferring wealth to the top 0.01% 'oppose economic freedom and punish success', while policies to shift it back are 'divisive' and 'class war'.

This is some of the funniest shit I had read from fail234.

 

[xj0hnx]

This is some of the funniest shit I had read from fail234.

Honestly I have a hard time seeing how he can use a computer as blind as he is.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

2006 is 80 years ago?

The guy was knocking on 80 when he said it. And there is a difference between an occasional candid comment and a consistent reoccurring theme. Though I won't expect any rightwinger to admit to that here.

 

[HomerJS]

The point being Republicans are good at playing the victim even when in the wrong.

Better example attacking baseball players who used steroids was not labeled an attack on baseball.

 

[alphatarget1]

Kinda OT but Giffords need to resign as she hasn't been representing her district for a long time.

 

[FuzzyBee]

The guy was knocking on 80 when he said it.

Then his own party should call for him to resign, because he's obviously incapable to govern.

 

[Atreus21]

Giffords gets shot by a crazy. It's the goddamned Tea Party and incivility.

Fort Hood shooting, where a guy with radical Islamic tendencies kills 13 people while shouting Allahu Akbar. Woah woah WOAH let's not jump to conclusions.