You think threatening to kill people who disagree with your opinion is funny?
On Aug 5, 8:32 pm, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote: > HA! HA! HA! " One on one, right ! The liberals are > runnuing scared because their getting heavy backlash from the American > people. None of the meetings with protests looked fake to me. Another > double standard. If the left discents or protests it is a " right " if > others do it , it's a mob. As if their views is more authentic than > others. What a bunch of liberal socialist two faced communist swines. > The largest group of parasite ' sponge monkeys " ever known to man. Go > earn your own money and stop sucking of the hard working tax payers. > > *********************************************************************************** > > On Aug 5, 7:44 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe because it was only a matter of time before this > > happened. > > > One of the crazy fringe MOB thinks he knows what is needed to > > stop Health Care Reform. Killing people who disagree with him. > > > Dem Congressman's Office: His Life Has Been Threatened Over Health > > Care Bill > > By Eric Kleefeld - August 5, 2009, 5:54PM > > > Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) will not be hosting any town hall events this > > August -- instead, he's making himself available to constituents for > > one-on-one meetings about health care reform -- and at least part of > > the reason is this: His offices have received threatening phone calls, > > including at least one direct threat against his life. > > > "We had no town hall events scheduled for the August recess anyway, > > but in light of everything that's happened -- we have received a > > threatening phone call in the D.C. office, there have been calls to > > the Raleigh office," said Miller communications director LuAnn Canipe, > > in an interview with TPM. The threatening call in question happened > > earlier this week. > > > "The call to the D.C. office was, 'Miller could lose his life over > > this,'" said Canipe. "Our staffer took it so seriously, he confirmed > > what the guy was saying. He said, 'Sir is that a threat?' and at that > > time our staffer was getting the phone number off caller ID and > > turning it over to the Capitol Police." > > > They haven't heard anything back from the police yet, but they did get > > the caller's number. So this could develop into something soon enough. > > > Canipe explained that Miller had no plans for a town hall before and > > won't be holding any now, due to this event and the examples he's > > already seem from the around the country: "Our point is, we're not > > gonna be bullied into having a town hall so it can then be interrupted > > by the fake grassroots folks." > > > "We don't want to people to think we're shutting out our > > constituents," Canipe added.. "We're meeting with them one on one to > > discuss health care reform." > > > On Aug 5, 2:53 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why VT are you seeking to fear-monger??? Especially when the public > > > discussion of this fake issue about a fake issue is driven by LW fear- > > > mongers... But then again LW Democrats seek to dismiss the Grass- > > > root Tea Peaty movement by calling it "terrorist" and violent > > > bent... My guess is you LWingers can not conceive of authentic grass- > > > roots movement that is not LW... > > > > On Aug 4, 11:53 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just in case anyone missed this. > > > > > The Fringe GOP movement is taught how to be the problem > > > > rather than the solution by the We Want President Obama > > > > and America to fail Republicans... > > > > > Right-Wing Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: ‘Yell,’ > > > > ‘Stand Up And Shout Out,’ ‘Rattle Him’ > > > > > This morning, Politico reported that Democratic members of Congress > > > > are increasingly being harassed by “angry, sign-carrying mobs and > > > > disruptive behavior” at local town halls. For example, in one > > > > incident, right-wing protesters surrounded Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and > > > > forced police officers to have to escort him to his car for safety. > > > > > This growing phenomenon is often marked by violence and absurdity. > > > > Recently, right-wing demonstrators hung Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) in > > > > effigy outside of his office. Missing from the reporting of these > > > > stories is the fact that much of these protests are coordinated by > > > > public relations firms and lobbyists who have a stake in opposing > > > > President Obama’s reforms. > > > > > The lobbyist-run groups Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, > > > > which orchestrated the anti-Obama tea parties earlier this year, are > > > > now pursuing an aggressive strategy to create an image of mass public > > > > opposition to health care and clean energy reform. A leaked memo from > > > > Bob MacGuffie, a volunteer with the FreedomWorks website Tea Party > > > > Patriots, details how members should be infiltrating town halls and > > > > harassing Democratic members of Congress: > > > > > – Artificially Inflate Your Numbers: “Spread out in the hall and try > > > > to be in the front half. The objective is to put the Rep on the > > > > defensive with your questions and follow-up. The Rep should be made to > > > > feel that a majority, and if not, a significant portion of at least > > > > the audience, opposes the socialist agenda of Washington.” > > > > > – Be Disruptive Early And Often: “You need to rock-the-boat early in > > > > the Rep’s presentation, Watch for an opportunity to yell out and > > > > challenge the Rep’s statements early.” > > > > > – Try To “Rattle Him,” Not Have An Intelligent Debate: “The goal is to > > > > rattle him, get him off his prepared script and agenda. If he says > > > > something outrageous, stand up and shout out and sit right back down. > > > > Look for these opportunities before he even takes questions.” > > > > > The memo above also resembles the talking points being distributed by > > > > FreedomWorks for pushing an anti-health reform assault all summer. > > > > Patients United, a front group maintained by Americans for Prosperity, > > > > is currently busing people all over the country for more protests > > > > against Democratic members. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the > > > > NRCC, has endorsed the strategy, telling the Politico the days of > > > > civil town halls are now “over.” > > > > > Meanwhile, AHIP, the trade group and lobbying juggernaut representing > > > > the health insurance industry is sending staffers to monitor town > > > > halls and other right-wing front groups are stepping up their ad > > > > campaign to smear reform efforts. The strategy for defeating reform — > > > > recently outlined by an influential lobbyist to the Hill newspaper as > > > > “delay” then “kill” — is becoming apparent. By delaying a vote until > > > > after the August recess, lobbyists are now seizing upon recess town > > > > halls as opportunities to ambush lawmakers and fool them into > > > > believing there is wide opposition to reform. > > > > > UPDATE Amy Menefee, communications director of Americans for > > > > Prosperity and its anti-health reform group Patients United, wrote to > > > > ThinkProgress regarding this post: > > > > > "Several blogs have picked up your > > > > post:http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/31/recess-harassment-memo/ > > > > which mentions Americans for Prosperity's efforts next to your mention > > > > of Bob MacGuffie's memo about town hall meetings. Mr. MacGuffie's memo > > > > was his own work. I would appreciate your help in correcting the > > > > erroneous rumor people have passed around that this memo came from > > > > AFP. We have encouraged our members to attend town halls, ask > > > > questions and register their opinions about issues including health > > > > care -- as all citizens should do. We always promote civil dialogue > > > > and do not condone disruptive behavior." > > > > > As noted in the post, MacGuffie is a volunteer who actively posts and > > > > volunteers with the website Tea Party Patriots. A review of the > > > > sponsoring organizations reveals that both FreedomWorks and Americans > > > > for Prosperity are sponsors of the website as "Freedom Coalition" > > > > partners. A few months before joining Americans for Prosperity, > > > > Menefee herself worked for the medical device/pharmaceutical industry- > > > > funded "think-tank" called the Galen Institute. > > > > >http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/31/recess-harassment-memo/-Hide quoted > > > >text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
