Tea Party reveals its true face

[Karalysia]

Tea Party Protests: 'Ni**er,' 'Fa**ot' Shouted At Members Of Congress

Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock.

Preceding the president's speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care reform. The gathering quickly turned into abusive heckling, as members of Congress passing through Longworth House office building were subjected to epithets and even mild physical abuse.

A staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a 'ni--er.' And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a "," as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams. Frank, approached in the halls after the president's speech, shrugged off the incident.

But Clyburn was downright incredulous, saying he had not witnessed such treatment since he was leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960s.

"It was absolutely shocking to me," Clyburn said, in response to a question from the Huffington Post. "Last Monday, this past Monday, I stayed home to meet on the campus of Claflin University where fifty years ago as of last Monday... I led the first demonstrations in South Carolina, the sit ins... And quite frankly I heard some things today I have not heard since that day. I heard people saying things that I have not heard since March 15, 1960 when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus."

"It doesn't make me nervous as all," the congressman said, when asked how the mob-like atmosphere made him feel. "In fact, as I said to one heckler, I am the hardest person in the world to intimidate, so they better go somewhere else."

Asked if he wanted an apology from the group of Republican lawmakers who had addressed the crowd and, in many ways, played on their worst fears of health care legislation, the Democratic Party, and the president, Clyburn replied:

"A lot of us have been saying for a long time that much of this, much of this is not about health care a all. And I think a lot of those people today demonstrated that this is not about health care... it is about trying to extend a basic fundamental right to people who are less powerful."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html

No surprise here.

 

[Leonel]

Yup, this clinches it for me. I'm not really surprised actually considering that integration and desegregation were lambasted as socialist plots long ago.

 

[Cutlass]

Good. The crazier they act the sooner we'll be rid of them.

 

[RedRalph]

But but it's just a minotrity dont judge the whole bting just because stuff like this keeps happening again and agin

 

[dirtyparrot]

^ Well, to some degree you can say that. But, I've seen plenty of signs caricaturizing Obama as a monkey and other borderline to blatant racist signs in their rallies.

 

[Tristan_C]

Barney Frank deserves whatever he gets. I'd serve that windbag every slur on the taboo list. I don't care how stupid the teabaggers are; if they're targetting Barney Frank, the ends justify the means. Go teabaggers.

 

[emzie]

I'm more interested in the names of the Republicans who had addressed that crowd.

 

[Traitorfish]

^ Well, to some degree you can say that. But, I've seen plenty of signs caricaturizing Obama as a monkey and other borderline to blatant racist signs in their rallies.

I think Red was being ironic. He has no love for these people, and, aside from anything else, can usually spell.

And are we still calling them "teabaggers"? Has that not grown old yet, or has it just become so frequently used as to no long carry any innuendo?

 

[Formaldehyde]

Barney Frank deserves whatever he gets. I'd serve that windbag every slur on the taboo list. I don't care how stupid the teabaggers are; if they're targetting Barney Frank, the ends justify the means. Go teabaggers.

Do you feel the same way about the endless number of Republicans who have done similar things while in office? Or do you have a different standard for gay Jewish Democrat Congressmen?

 

[Karalysia]

I think Red was being ironic. He has no love for these people, and, aside from anything else, can usually spell.

And are we still calling them "teabaggers"? Has that not grown old yet, or has it just become so frequently used as to no long carry any innuendo?

Everyone I know calls them teabaggers these days, when I go to Democrat meetings that what we refer to them as.

 

[Tristan_C]

Do you feel the same way about the endless number of Republicans who have done similar things while in office? Or do you have a different standard for gay Jewish Democrat Congressmen?

He chairs the committee that crafts these imbecile mortgage policies and gets to hold hearings to bellow at the people who are guilty of carrying them out. A powerbrokering fatcat. While I've no real love for republican congressmen, no, none of them deserve the scorn he does.

 

[Cutlass]

He chairs the committee that crafts these imbecile mortgage policies and gets to hold hearings to bellow at the people who are guilty of carrying them out. A powerbrokering fatcat. While I've no real love for republican congressmen, no, none of them deserve the scorn he does.

And which of the rules did he write that were responsible for the disaster?

 

[Tommy Vercetti]

I still support the Tea Party movement.

 

[GenMarshall]

The Tea Party movement is just a bunch of reactionatories who want to keep the poor in there place.

 

[Traitorfish]

Everyone I know calls them teabaggers these days, when I go to Democrat meetings that what we refer to them as.

So the latter?

 

[FriendlyFire]

He chairs the committee that crafts these imbecile mortgage policies and gets to hold hearings to bellow at the people who are guilty of carrying them out. A powerbrokering fatcat. While I've no real love for republican congressmen, no, none of them deserve the scorn he does.

Aparently 6% of Total US mortgages caused a worldwide finacial collapse.
Lehmen brothers cooking the books to a tune of $50 Billion had nothing to do with that whatsoever.

 

[Miles Teg]

Spoiler :

Seems like a reasonable group to me.

 

[Berzerker]

And which of the rules did he write that were responsible for the disaster?

Try this for starters

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/e...ngerprints_are_all_over_the_financial_fiasco/

 

[Lord Gay]

I think Red was being ironic. He has no love for these people, and, aside from anything else, can usually spell.

And are we still calling them "teabaggers"? Has that not grown old yet, or has it just become so frequently used as to no long carry any innuendo?

Does it bother you? What would you rather they be called? (not being sarcastic)

I'm more interested in the names of the Republicans who had addressed that crowd.

I'm more interested in knowing what they said.

 

[Formaldehyde]

The far-right blaming a Democrat for the entire mess. Gee, what a surprise.

Spoiler :

Barney Frank to Bill O'Reilly: "Your stupidity gets in the way of rational discussion"


Link to video.

O'Reilly tries to trip Frank up on a number of other issues before getting back to the subprime fiasco at 6:20:


Link to video.

Barney talks to Rachel Maddow about the ongoing Republican attempts to derail any regulation:


Link to video.