The left condones violence against Eric Cantor
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Washington (CNN) -- A 33-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Justice Department said Monday.
Norman Leboon of Philadelphia was charged in a two-count complaint with threatening to kill Cantor and his family. Leboon made the threat in a YouTube Internet video sent to Google this month, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.
Neither Cantor nor his family were harmed as a result of Leboon's threat, the statement said.
"The Department of Justice takes threats against government officials seriously, especially threats to kill or injure others," U.S. Attorney Michael Levy said. "Whether the reason for the threat is personal or political, threats are not protected by the First Amendment and are crimes."
If convicted, Leboon would face a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, according to the Justice Department.
The congressman was notified over the weekend about the threat made against him, Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring said. He is "deeply grateful for, and would like to dearly thank, all local and federal law enforcement involved."
Cantor was at the center of a dispute last week between Democrats and Republicans over what many observers argue was overly heated partisan rhetoric at the end of the health care reform debate.
Democrats blamed Republicans for helping to incite angry conservatives, while Republicans accused Democrats of hyping threats for political gain.
Cantor told reporters Thursday that a bullet had been shot through a window at a campaign office in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond police concluded Friday the incident was the result of "random gunfire."
Cantor also said last week that he had received threatening messages.
So does this mean that everyone on the left supports or condones this type of behavior ?
I guess so since everyone that attends the Tea parties are abunch of racist rednecks. :roll:
Washington (CNN) -- A 33-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Justice Department said Monday.
Norman Leboon of Philadelphia was charged in a two-count complaint with threatening to kill Cantor and his family. Leboon made the threat in a YouTube Internet video sent to Google this month, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.
Neither Cantor nor his family were harmed as a result of Leboon's threat, the statement said.
"The Department of Justice takes threats against government officials seriously, especially threats to kill or injure others," U.S. Attorney Michael Levy said. "Whether the reason for the threat is personal or political, threats are not protected by the First Amendment and are crimes."
If convicted, Leboon would face a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, according to the Justice Department.
The congressman was notified over the weekend about the threat made against him, Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring said. He is "deeply grateful for, and would like to dearly thank, all local and federal law enforcement involved."
Cantor was at the center of a dispute last week between Democrats and Republicans over what many observers argue was overly heated partisan rhetoric at the end of the health care reform debate.
Democrats blamed Republicans for helping to incite angry conservatives, while Republicans accused Democrats of hyping threats for political gain.
Cantor told reporters Thursday that a bullet had been shot through a window at a campaign office in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond police concluded Friday the incident was the result of "random gunfire."
Cantor also said last week that he had received threatening messages.
So does this mean that everyone on the left supports or condones this type of behavior ?
I guess so since everyone that attends the Tea parties are abunch of racist rednecks. :roll:
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Then again, Mr Cantor still has to explain his charge of his office being shot at when clearly he was lying, no?
And furthermore, all these faketriots who encouraged vandalism and damage against Congressional offices should all be arrested too, no?
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not sure what your motives are, but this thread does not make the teabaggers look any better though...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
yes, that's exactly what it means...
bwuuuuuuu haaaaaa haaaa haaaaa....
so, please resume your teabagger hating ways...and be proud....
Gibson Amphitheatre (Los Angeles): 10/7/09
a duh...he's Alec Baldwin...no one can touch him...
My bad. Sort of like Sean Penn?
Gibson Amphitheatre (Los Angeles): 10/7/09
not even close...
http://wonkette.com/414495/heres-the-nu ... ore-414495
oh, wait, he threatened Obama, too....
I used the title I did to make a point. The point is that to say that all the people that attend the tea parties condone violonce or anti semetism is just as absurd for me to say that every one on the left condones what happened to Cantor. or to say that all christians are like Tim Mcveigh, And you are smart enough to know that.
What do you want him to say ? It's a fact that a bullet did hit his office. Now was it intentional or just a bullet that was fired into the air ? From what police are saying it was a gun that was fired into the air,but that still doesnt mean that he lied about it.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virgin ... _cant.html
Of course they should be prosecuted. I don't condone violence, vandalism or anything of the sorts.
What did he lie about and why is he a racist ?
:roll: :roll: I made the choice to use the title I did to make a point. And Im pretty sure there's nothing they could do that would make you like the tea parties gimme. Im sure you would like to see them all silenced and neutralized if you could have your way.
I understood your point and so did the others...but to try and make this nut and the hateful teabaggers one in the same is silly...
one nut with a webcam vs. thousand of angry, hateful, out of work clowns are not the same...
my bad I haven't paid any attention the tea bagger thing........what is a tea bagger ?
Godfather.
when you are not at work do a google search....
have fun...
See this is what I don't get from people that think like you or say things like this. Hate is hate no matter where it comes from. You can't proove that everyone feels that way. Your right people are angry and they have every right to be when Our representatives mock or don't listen to us. But that doesnt mean that they are all hateful. when you call them hateful and out of work clowns really bothers me. So i guess it's there fault they lost there jobs? I thought you libs cared about people ? or is it just when they subscribe to your ideology you care about them ?
This whole argument is getting old. You and I know that there are nuts on both sides. I also think that a lot of you have really short memories or selective memories. I say this because there was so much hate coming from the left at the anti war protest. Whether it was speech or an effigy it happened. and there has always been more from the left than the right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HINhfkQAz1g
if you're so tired of this, why did you start this thread...?
Good now that's all cleared up, start the next pointless thread.
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But what you don't get is that you are one of the nuts on the right.
You have linked Obama with socialism and marxism. You have spewed hatred of his appearance. You have towed the crazy rightwing teaparty line in every thread I have ever seen you post in.
There are many "rightwingers" here on this board. And many of them can have decent dabates and ideas at times. But I have rarely if ever seen a post from you or Ariel that hasn't been some stupid talking point from the teaparties.
there is no way i will ever like the tea party. it is nothing more than a collection of people who are angry for no apparent reason. and no i do not want to silence anyone, but if you are going to make bullshit arguments like "keep your government hands off my medicare" and other assorted whopper lies, your side deserves to be ridiculed....to me, ridicule is better than silencing...its more fun anyway...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Oh really ?? Im a nut . Do I need to refresh your memory How about when you said it was a good thing that people like me were a dieing breed. I have never wished death towards anybody or have I ever said I hated anybody like you have. And Obama is linked with socialism amd marxism all you have to do is look at his past associations,but I know thats probably hard for you to understand and over your head. So why don't you go and resarch his past and then you will see how stupid you look. I don't expect you to though.
and there are not many right wingers on this board.
You really need to wake up cos there are already panels that make these end of life decisions for seniors thorugh medicare.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/healthcar ... panels.htm
and you need to go and read the bill becuase half the time you are absolutley clueless when it comes to the facts about this bill,but I guess with time when you see how bad this bill really is.
You know you really are quick to put words in peoples mouth. The investigation was done after the fact that he made the claim that he was shot at was it not.
At least they are out there voicing their concerns about not having jobs instead of sitting on the couch eating cheetos waiting for that guv'ment check.
nothing like biting the hand that feeds you i guess...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
i'm clueless? you are a partisan hack. if you think this law is going to be repealed you have another thing coming.. do you even know what it takes to repeal a law?? i doubt it, so i will explain it for you and the rest of the teabaggers who think they are going to stop this law. first of all both houses have to vote to repeal it, and then the president has to sign the repealed legislation for that to happen. of course the president can always veto the moves by the house and senate, and for that veto to be overturned you would need a 66% majority in both houses, and even on your best day the republicans are not going to take over a 66% majority AND get them all to vote to repeal the law and override the veto....so good luck with that....your side lost and face million to one odds to change things...deal with it...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
then the guy who had the line cut on his gas grill OMG...that is just hilarious how the left wanted to make that look like a death threat! I am still waiting to hear the forensics on that one...but I bet there is none....
For the OP that was upset about bricks going thru the Democrats windows....they arrested a democrat for that.....
Here is a lesson in radical criminal behavior....some times fringe liberals (progressives) will commit a crime and set it up to make it look as if the side that they perceive as there enemy commits the crime.
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
I don't view unemployment benefits as entitlements since the person getting them paid into the program. I'm speaking of the lazy able bodied that have been sucking off the taxpayers' tit for years and refuse to even look for work.