US Facing Surge in Rightwing Extremists

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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    A lot of this stuff is freaky, especially the notion of showing up at a political rally armed to the nines. Its one thing to carry a gun in the bush, and another to bring an arsenal to a town hall meeting. Especially when you consider that the current US administration has done NOTHING to threaten the right to bear arms.
  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
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    ...but those are facts...why would people listen to those? It sickens me when people get up in shit over things like reconciliation being used to pass healthcare. It's used for entitlement programs and budget issues...hmm healtcare is an entitlement program and it also makes up 1/6 of our economy..sounds right to me. Tea party folks and the GOP keep saying the country doesn't want it...yet a large portion..what's the word...oh yeah MAJORITY do. WAR? yeah that sounds good. healthcare reform? Nah, my taxes might go up...wait, you mean this president has actually given a break to 95% of americans...nah it's probably part of his socialist agenda to kill massacre us all and make his home country the true superpower....TURN OFF FOX NEWS PEOPLE.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,440
    this is all the gop has left....drilling for fear...yet again...

    Leaked documents reveal GOP plan to use scare tactics to raise money

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1217

    National GOP leaders are doing damage control today after a Politico scoop lifted the curtain on the party's plan to tap voters' "fear" in the coming campaign season. The PR problem started when an absent-minded attendee at the Republican National Committee (RNC) confab on February 18 in Boca Grande, Florida, left a 72-page document from its 2010 strategizing session in a hotel room. Today, Politico reporter Ben Smith's expose is making headlines.

    The memo tracks the fundraising presentation that RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart delivered to the RNC's $2,500-a-head annual retreat. The best path to victory in 2010, the document advises, is for Republican candidates to depict themselves as the best hope for resisting the "trending toward socialism" taking shape in a Democrat-dominated Washington.

    And the document doesn't shy from making its points graphically. MSNBC showed the images this morning on "Morning Joe":

    rnc.jpg

    The presentation portrays the Obama administration as "The Evil Empire," including the now-infamous image of President Obama made over in the makeup Heath Ledger used in his performance as the Joker in the 2008 Batman movie "The Dark Knight." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears as Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians," and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the witless cartoon dog Scooby-Doo. The memo candidly confirms that the aim of such caricature is to amp up "fear" among the GOP's conservative base. The memo also makes fun of major RNC donors, categorizing some as "ego-driven" and easily pacified with "tchochkes" (a Slavic word for toys).

    The embrace of harsh rhetoric and the swipes at the large donor set seem to signal the GOP establishment's growing comfort with employing tactics associated with the activist Tea Party movement—and with plying Tea Party sympathizers for cash. Of course, it isn't unusual for parties out of power to court controversy and play with fire to rile up donors and grass-roots activists. The RNC has caught heat for fundraising tactics in the past, most recently when it was caught sending out fake census forms to raise money. And Democrats have shown a demagogic streak in the past, depicting George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as Bond-like supervillains and playing up alleged GOP plans to kill Social Security to rally voters behind a popular entitlement program.

    When asked by Yahoo! News if the leaked presentation reflects a coordinated effort to appeal more to the Tea Party movement, RNC spokesman Doug Heye replied that the group's chairman, Michael Steele, "was recently invited by Tea Party activists to a meeting, which he was happy to do. Following the meeting, it was clear those in the meeting shared a common goal: stopping the Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda." As for plans to further that alliance with the inflammatory material in the memo, Heye reiterated what he'd told Politico earlier: "The language and the imagery will not be used in any capacity in the future."

    There's no question that the Obama-as-Joker image—long a familiar icon at Tea Party rallies—is a toxic association for the GOP establishment. Oddly enough, though, that image's origins can be traced to the activist left. As revealed by the Los Angeles Times last year, the image was created by a supporter of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a University of Illinois student named Firas Alkhateeb, who told the Times that he uploaded the photo onto his Flickr page, and a conservative activist promptly snatched it up.

    Such are the odd convergences of movement politics. However, the RNC may have more trouble distancing itself from the equation of Democratic policy with socialism, however, since Michael Steele is credited with originating that meme in the health care debate.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • cajunkiwi
    cajunkiwi Posts: 984
    prfctlefts wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    No this is what happens when you have an out of control ROUGE congress and white house. Americans are PISSED OFF!! You can't keep pushing the American people around ,ignoring what the constitution says,out of control spending and not expect them to get angry. These people work for us. No one is supporting violence either.Maybe some fringe elements but most of us are Law abiding citizens
    since you edited, specifically what parts of the constitution are being ignored?? seriously, i don't know what you are getting at here.


    . I'll give you the latest. If Obama and the Dems can't get the votes for their healthcare bill they plan on using a process called reconciliation. That's un-constitutional


    CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens' rights
    Posted: February 26th, 2010 09:00 AM ET

    From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser

    Fifty-six percent of Americans say the government poses an immediate threat to individual rights and freedoms.

    Washington (CNN) – A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.

    Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.

    The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: only 37 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans say the federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.

    According to CNN poll numbers released Sunday, Americans overwhelmingly think that the U.S. government is broken - though the public overwhelmingly holds out hope that what's broken can be fixed.

    The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted February 12-15, with 1,023 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.

    If reconciliation is unconstitutional, you might want to take that up with the Republicans, who have used it almost 3x as often as the Democrats (16 for Reps, 6 for Dems). Bush's tax cuts? Passed with reconciliation.

    Where was the conservative "THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!" outcry then?
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    yeah there's enuff bullshit in the white house or even in your local area to piss off at least a few people
    problem is which asshole is right ?...everybody thinks their the right asshole....I know Lets have a spelling bee ! unconstitutional sounds like a appropriate word to start with. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    brandon10 wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    So....yeah, I'm drunk, but!

    Where the fuck were these people when W was in office???

    Oh wait, they are still too small brained and believe there actually is a difference between Dem and Rep!

    hahahahaha



    No your to small brained to think that there isn't and this is another reason why you shouldn't post while your buzzed. Or you don't know shit about politics


    I find it really funny that you call someone small brained in the same sentence that you use terrible grammatical errors.

    - No, you are too small brained.......
    or- No, you're too small brained...........

    I can't believe I actually have to point this out to you. I mean my grammar is far from perfect but this is grade four shit here. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    It's so funny when one user can't think up a better argument, so that person all of a sudden goes after the other user's spelling/grammar errors. Those are the ones that have the small brain...
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    He can't help it!
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    unsung wrote:
    He can't help it!

    You are right, I can't. You guys just make it too damn easy. And I noticed none of you commented on the fact that the GOP has used reconciliation far more than the Dems??? Which others and I pointed out throughout this thread.

    Listen, as long as you teabaggers keep acting like hipocrates I'm going to keep pointing it out. If you are going to call someone stupid while using awful grammar, well that's just too easy.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,440
    can we stay on topic please? i posted two articles and not one serious reply....i guess you can't argue with facts...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,440
    a very important issue and nobody has any comments...i'm not surprised for some reason.........
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    brandon10 wrote:
    unsung wrote:
    He can't help it!

    You are right, I can't. You guys just make it too damn easy. And I noticed none of you commented on the fact that the GOP has used reconciliation far more than the Dems??? Which others and I pointed out throughout this thread.

    Listen, as long as you teabaggers keep acting like hipocrates I'm going to keep pointing it out. If you are going to call someone stupid while using awful grammar, well that's just too easy.


    excuse me mr grammar police, sir, but i think you mean hypocrites or did you mean hippocrates, the greek father of medicine?
    :lol::lol:
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    can we stay on topic please? i posted two articles and not one serious reply....i guess you can't argue with facts...


    i saw the other night at some republican meeting in florida a powerpoint presentation listed 1 of the ways to get votes was through fear

    i also like that fox keeps saying obama is trying to shove this down our throats.....as the daily show put it we've had over a year to chew it
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    edited March 2010
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    can we stay on topic please? i posted two articles and not one serious reply....i guess you can't argue with facts...


    i saw the other night at some republican meeting in florida a powerpoint presentation listed 1 of the ways to get votes was through fear

    i also like that fox keeps saying obama is trying to shove this down our throats.....as the daily show put it we've had over a year to chew it

    rnc.jpg

    I also saw the other night RNC chair Michael Steele as he parted from an interview on FN, he quickly switched from the question (GOP scare tactics and Obama/Poloisi portrayals above) to the line of health care and how Obama is trying to it down our throats. There has got to a better way to get things done rather than who has the better talking points to continue to fool people.

    Peace
    Post edited by g under p on
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    brandon10 wrote:
    unsung wrote:
    He can't help it!

    You are right, I can't. You guys just make it too damn easy. And I noticed none of you commented on the fact that the GOP has used reconciliation far more than the Dems??? Which others and I pointed out throughout this thread.

    Listen, as long as you teabaggers keep acting like hipocrates I'm going to keep pointing it out. If you are going to call someone stupid while using awful grammar, well that's just too easy.


    excuse me mr grammar police, sir, but i think you mean hypocrites or did you mean hippocrates, the greek father of medicine?
    :lol::lol:

    hahaha You got me. I did mean hypocrites. I'm almost certain they are not taking any hippocratic oath to become doctors.

    Like I said in a previous post, my grammar is far from perfect. :lol::lol::lol:
  • OffHeGoes29
    OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    Why do you care? You don't live here, nor an American. If you're trying to make some connection that we are a fucked up country, that would be kind of hypocritical.
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    OffHeGoes29 wrote:
    Why do you care? You don't live here, nor an American. If you're trying to make some connection that we are a fucked up country, that would be kind of hypocritical.

    fucked up people? Na.....fucked up government? HELL YES!!!! And if you dnt think that our so called great country is being run by fucked up people, no matter what sides running it, then you my friend are a sheep. Stop drinking kool aid. And guess what, I AM an American and I DO live in this great country...oh and I do pay a shit load of taxes that are used to fuck THIS country and OTHER countries in the ass!!!! Love it or leave?? Ok but where inour great empire would you like me to leave to??? Since the entire world is basically ours...
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    a very important issue and nobody has any comments...i'm not surprised for some reason.........

    Sometimes it's just too dificult to comment on the truth and the articles you've posted.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    g under p wrote:
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    can we stay on topic please? i posted two articles and not one serious reply....i guess you can't argue with facts...


    i saw the other night at some republican meeting in florida a powerpoint presentation listed 1 of the ways to get votes was through fear

    i also like that fox keeps saying obama is trying to shove this down our throats.....as the daily show put it we've had over a year to chew it

    rnc.jpg

    I also saw the other night RNC chair Michael Steele as he parted from an interview on FN, he quickly switched from the question (GOP scare tactics and Obama/Poloisi portrayals above) to the line of health care and how Obama is trying to it down our throats. There has got to a better way to get things done rather than who has the better talking points to continue to fool people.

    Peace


    yeah, that image was part of the powerpoint presentation
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • weenie
    weenie Posts: 1,623
    Okay, now my off-topic point....

    ROUGE is makeup that women put on their face.
    ROGUE I believe is the word you (prfctlefts) were trying to use.

    I suppose you learned that word from Sarah Palin. I would imagine her editor had to spell it for her as well. ;)
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  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    Right Copying the left?
    bush.jpg

    Classy

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    Muslims that can’t spell Muslim
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    Just wanted to post as a reminder we all misspell, and there is fringe on all sides
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln

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