maybe the more appropriate response would be that u cant believe u live in a country where ppl retreat back to bigotry when times get tough.
Your article says "many were tea party members" and some of the crowd used the N word. There's no correlation here, other than people that like to use that word showed up as well.
that was the saddest reasoning ive ever encountered from u. anyways, representative cleaver's office released this about the incident:
I don't approve of the assaults on the congressmen using the N word. Unless there's video or audio of it, I'm dubious that it really happened. Especially considering your MSNBC source. I can see how people suffering terrible economic circumstances might spit on congressmen. That's an actual liberal thing to do - vietnam war protesters did much worse. Here's Obama's latest polls: Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President Overall, 43% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. That also matches the lowest level yet recorded for this President. Fifty-six percent (56%) disapprove. And Gallup:
WTF?!? There was video of it on the ABC News tonight. It happened. They found the person, no charges. Protesting isn't a liberal thing to do, it's an American right. It's easy to see how there are people are so upset. From what they're being told this is the end. The end of the USA, freedom, everything. Once this bill past we're going to be communists and fascists. They're are some really scared people out there.
Aha. Found it on this video. [video=youtube;PYtkdxr4p98]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtkdxr4p98[/video]
And this one from last summer. Check out the 1:15 mark. [video=youtube;4ldCZdJ3lPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldCZdJ3lPo[/video]
24 Hours a day news cycle + programming designed to ratchet up ratings by spewing progressively more frentic "sky is falling and the other side is to blame" propaganda on BOTH sides + the growing gullibility, ignorance, and laziness of the American people = Orson Wells' "War Of The Worlds" x 1,000,000 every day.
The polls of Obama disapproval don't distinguish between those disappointed in his being too far to the right (he hasn't reversed any of Bush's radicalism), and those who think he's too far to the left. So those polls are irrelevant to the health care issue. ...And George Gallup is a born-again Christian. His polling company is one of the furthest to the right.
I fully understand and agree with what you're saying, I'm just pointing out that the bill from the fear and damage being caused by the "spewing propaganda" is just now coming due. We know the cause but we've yet to see the effect. [video=youtube;Bmxyj6iInMc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmxyj6iInMc[/video]
Does the left have the right infiltrated as the right has the left infiltrated? Of course not, which is why leftist conspiracies are small potatoes compared to rightist conspiracies (like the Iraq War).
if u dont disavow yourself of these ppl, u are no better. btw, it was the AP reporting this and it was republished on msnbc. and to dispute these civil rights heroes is shameful on your part. what shocked me is the manner in which the black representatives were targeted which to me reveals the bigoted underpinning of this so called organic movement. here's a followup from cnn- where cnn personnel have confirmed the homophobic slurs hurled at congressmen frank: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...nd-spit-at-democrats/?hpt=T1&fbid=mRJaiTCtqxQ
That's what happens when a democratic process gets stepped on with creative new ways to pass laws. Its bullshit. This is not the will of the people, its the will of a few people in power who are manipulating it all to their own way of doing things.
Sly, did it ever occur to you that people are upset because they thought for themselves and not because they were told to be scared? I'm a fairly rational guy with the means to pay for my health care regardless what kind of legislation passes and I'm scared to death. My question is if the government taking de-facto control of the banks, the largest car company in the US and now 1/6th of the economy doesn't scare you, then what will it take?
