This is what happens when somebody has the balls to call out teapublicans!

[bobburgster]

Hopefully, this is a repost, but it's fantastic.

Michael D. Higgins (who was elected president of Ireland last year) is fed up with over-the-top Tea Party rhetoric, and he isn't afraid to show it. Listen to him call out radio host Michael Graham on everything from health care to foreign policy. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one.


[link:http://www.upworthy.com/a-tea-partier-decided-to-pick-a-fight-with-a-foreign-president-it-didnt-go-so-we?c=cp1|

[RKP5637]

1. Wow, excellent!!!

[chowder66]

2. Awesome smackdown!

everyone needs to listen all the way to the end! Priceless!!

This is how it's done!!

Thank you for posting!

[TahitiNut]

57. Yup. That last line should be a ringtone.

[avebury]

3. This guy is fabulous!

He would be great on Real Time because I don't think there is Republican or Tea Partier that could talk over him.

[Initech]

4. About damn time someone calls out their bullshit!!!

[RKP5637]

13. It is, way too much bullshit is tolerated in this country with polite smiles. And the teabagger

bullies count on that. More people need to tell them to go fuck themselves and craw back under the rocks from where they came, all they are doing is pulling this country down for the 21st century. They are in the way and are obsolete.

[bobburgster]

71. I agree!

The teabaggers have no hesitation....we shouldn't either.

[Cary]

5. It's good

But it is no substitute for beating them down in November. Defeat is the only language teabaggers understand.

[newfie11]

6. Fantastic!!!!!

We need him over here now!

[BeyondGeography]

7. Oh man...thank you for this

"Be proud to be a decent American, rather than just a wanker whipping up fear."

[Raster]

18. And that is what we call "the money shot."

[philly_bob]

8. Oh what I would give to be able to talk like that....

Listen to this guy! How do you think he developed that fast-paced style? How did he learn to walk the delicate line between cursing his opponent and simply using slang put-downs?

Proud to be half-Irish!

[zeemike]

33. Mr. Higgins has obviously kissed the Blarney stone.

And maybe even snuck in at night and had sex with it.

[DemocracyInaction]

9. bravo

And that's how to cork up an asshole

[hwmnbn]

10. LOL, "don't be a wanker whipping up fear"...

what a righteous smackdown.

[GCP]

12. Michael Graham is indeed a wanker

Last I heard he's on WTKK in Boston.

[Fla Dem]

22. How did this RW Wanker end up in Boston?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graham_(radio_personality)


"Michael Graham is an American talk radio host, writer, and conservative political commentator. His daily talk show, The Natural Truth, airs on WTKK in Boston. Graham is the author of several books and is a columnist for the Boston Herald.


Graham was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in South Carolina. A graduate of Oral Roberts University, he worked as a stand-up comedian before beginning his political career as the primary election coordinator for South Carolina[2] for Pat Buchanan's Presidential campaign in 1992. This experience led to his working in various Republican campaigns over the next few years. One of his candidates included Harold Worley, a Republican challenger to Senator Strom Thurmond in 1996."

[LiberalAndProud]

28. Via Greater Media, Inc, a family-owned company, evidently.

http://www.greatermedia.com/?page_id=699

[FatIrishBastard]

60. He's

STILL doing stand up comedy!. and like the REST of the Irrelephants, cannot defend against a well armed with the truth heckler. Their irrelephant slurs, canned slogans & scripted scrod are now being debunked at a high rate of speed. Their days of divide & conquer, & self serving elitism is coming to an END, but it doesn't end there...We must NEVER let up, EVER. What they do not understand is, that in spite all of the ugly, hateful & nasty these frogs have spewed for 50+ years, We STILL hold a place at the table for them, but We will not hold our collective breath. They're not going to like this half as much as they thought they would!

[Raster]

17. OMG! That was wonderful.

[Sylvarose]

11. can we have this as a bumper sticker?

"Be proud to be a decent American, rather than just a wanker whipping up fear."

and of course

[RKP5637]

14. +++ 1,000,000 +++ n/t

[uponit7771]

39. +1!

[Brother Buzz]

15. I remember this from months and months ago. It's every bit as fresh and good as it was back then.

Thanks

[Yooperman]

16. Wow... thanks for sharing. That was some kind of smackdown and I agree with every word.

As I recently had a round of debate with a facebook friend who post a very right wing message about the Supreme Court hearing about Obama's birthplace and how the "Liberal Media" isn't covering it.

All I said was "Bill, you make it sound that being a Liberal is a bad thing.

OMGosh....Bill didn't respond much but his facebook friends did.... and they really took what I said and ran with it. Distorting it to being an attack on Bill. My response was much like what Mr. Higgins stated in the interview...that they create fear in people!! I continued with that they create false issues like "War on Xmas" or "War on Religion" ... Gay Marriage ... ect ect... that Obama had one time even been criticized for not saying "Terrorist" enough in his state of the union address. I brought up the names of right wing hate radio...

One poster brought up the breaking of the law...(not being born in the U.S.)

I responded... Don't EVEN bring up breaking of the law! Torture is Torture and I lived through 8 years of lie after lie after lie and 100s of thousands of people are dead because of it. Obama was raised in Hawaii, he graduated with honors from Harvard... instead of being a hot shot lawyer he chose to help the impoverished areas around Chicago. He seems to be a great husband and father...and against ALL ODDs he rose up and became President. I would think you would want to embrace such a man. ---



Anyway.. they finally admitted the media is what you take from it and it is up the each individual to determine what is being reported is truth or not.

I said... Exactly... Thank you.

[samsingh]

19. wow, that is fantastic. Good for him !

[Aviation Pro]

20. Slancha, Mr. President...

....I raise a pint to your ire.

[synapticwave]

26. it's actually spelled

Sláinte.

but I salute the use of this word in this context completely

[colsohlibgal]

21. Past Time To Go Full In On Exposing Manipulative Wingnutty Tea Party Nonsense

Kudos to Mr. Higgins. Cenk, the head Young Turk, was on fire one day last week, it was as strident, angry, and to the point as I've seen him.

Somehow we need to get people to stop running interference, all the while against their own self interest, for zillionaires. It's time for them to wake up and open their eyes. To quit taking the constant untruths of Rush and Faux News as Gospel.

It's also time for non partisan mainstream news to quit the false equivalencies nonsense and call complete lies lies.

[onethatcares]

23. I'm going to see Medea Benjamin tonite and

this post has put me in the greatest frame of mind to do that.

Thank you very much.

[WillyT]

24. K & R !!!

[Sherman A1]

25. YES!

[johnd83]

27. The Democrats need to start talking like this...

With the "low info voters" the loudest and strongest wins...

[MrMickeysMom]

30. Indeed, we do...

Leave no wanker no room, except for a few, "uh"s and "well"s and clearing of throat secretions welling up...

[Curmudgeoness]

42. Absolutely!

That was fantastic, it was truthful, and it was taking no shit. And I loved that he didn't allow his rant to be interrupted.

We do need to do this.

[riverbendviewgal]

29. Incredible

I will be reading up on him since I will be in Ireland in October. that was a heck of a speech.

[Tarheel_Dem]

31. ZOMG! That was a thing of beauty! I have to share this with everyone in address book.

[barbtries]

32. that was really worth it!

yeah

[tabasco]

34. Fuck-in-ay.

Epic smackdown.

The dude looks like my dad, if my dad hot gotten a few years older.

[Robyn66]

35. I just want to sit in a room and listen to him!!!!

WAHOOO!!!

[Digital Puppy]

36. He is on point.

I really like what he says about the foreign policy and the how the image of the US has changed for the better worldwide over the last 3-4 years.

Thanks so much for posting!

[calimary]

37. THIS is how those bastards need to be dealt with.

Take no prisoners. I also loved how Higgins DID NOT let that teabagger host get a word in edgewise. That's something that just drives me nuts watching some of the cable shows. Too many of OUR talking heads are still trying to be well-mannered. FUCK THAT. BE RUDE! Be loud! INTERRUPT, for God's Sake! Step on 'em. Talk over 'em. Butt in. Don't let them finish. Don't let them get even halfway through the cockamamie point they were going to make. It's probably just another lie anyway. Not worth allowing to get a full uninterrupted hearing, in the first place.

[uponit7771]

38. Dear Ireland, after you're done with your president .......

[Chemisse]

40. Haha! This is great!

Graham could not even get in a syllable, much less a word. Higgins is excellent!

[bhikkhu]

41. That was memorable!

I love the part about how they criticize people in politics who are working for peace "in the heat of the day", while themselves just whipping up people's fears and criticizing from the outside.

[DeSwiss]

43. Yes he does have 'em!!!

- And he's not afraid to use 'em.....

K&R

[progressoid]

49. Just a wanker whipping up fear!

[1monster]

44. Never argue with an Irishman who pays attention to what going on...

[midnight]

45. Bless you Michael.... Yes we need a social floor for all Americans... No more wankers

whipping up fear...

[NBachers]

46. Irish President turns tea bag ball sucker into bloody gut skidding roadkill

Oh, man, why can't I talk like that?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

51. and that makes a great headline for Higgins' lecture!

And I gotta call it a lecture, because "rant" is just not SERIOUS enough, and thiis was seriously good!

And, yeah me too, wish I could take like that too! Accent and all.

[Le Taz Hot]

47. That, boys and girls,

is how it's done.

[progressoid]

48. Hot damn!

He needs to give our team some lessons!

[goclark]

50. Socked it to that fool! K and R

[HCE SuiGeneris]

52. Higgins has won my heart. Imagine, a political leader who speaks his real mind.

Grayson, too!

[GreenTea]

53. Wow! Amazing, completely kick-ass...Cheers to Higgins!

[lovemydog]

54. I am proud to be a decent American!

[ScarlettOhara]

55. I remember when

people who were crazy (Michelle Bachman), hateful (Rush Limbaugh), stupid (Congressman Akin), and liars (Mitt Romney) were ostracized even by Republicans.
Now that this ilk are embraced by the Republican party, people who are sane, decent, well-read, and honest should speak out against this nonsense in no uncertain terms!
No uncertain terms!

[Skittles]

66. CORRECT!!!

yes INDEED

[nxylas]

56. Graham used to have a column in the (Columbia, SC) Free Times

"A wanker whipping up fear" is the perfect description of him.

[SCantiGOP]

58. I live in Columbia and remember him

if he couldn't have ripped off concepts and ideas from PJ O'Rourke and Hunter Thompson he woulnd't have ever been able to write a column.

[docgee]

59. Wow that's fucking awesome! nt

[99Forever]

61. K&R for later reading.

[socialindependocrat]

62. I posted the link to facebook... and it occured to me...

It occured to me that our ancestors came to America to get away from religious persecution and now we are facing the same religious persecution from the Teaparty. I believe in freedom of choice far all people. When a minority of people in a society tries to dictate how everyone should live and limits personal choice then they've gone too far. We need to reclaim freedom of choice and tell the teabaggers to live by the rules that they see fit and do not dictate to others. I do not belong to a conservative religious group and I do not feel compelled to abide by the rules of the conservative right. If you want to create restrictive laws - go back to Europe!

[Auntie Bush]

63. I sent that to my 2 republican brothers yesterday.

Hope they enjoyed it...haven't heard back yet. I think it might have reminded them of their wives. lol

[leftyohiolib]

64. "just a wanker whipping up fear" my favorite line

[YOHABLO]

65. Wanker Whipping Up Fear ..We have Many

[tartan2]

67. OMG,OMG,OMG!!!

Thank you for posting this, it has made my day.

[wake.up.america]

68. Beautifully expressed. Time for the good guys to take off the gloves.

I like America, but for f... sake, the "wankers" have take over.

[Cyrano]

69. WOW! Just WOW!

Wouldn't it be great to see some Democratic politicians stand up like this and attack the insanity we are drowning in.

[cr8tvlde]

70. I've watched this twice...hardly could believe my own eyes and ears

but it is discouraging that no one I know of on this side of The Pond, can speak as forcefully, with clarity and with such strength as the poor other guy couldn't even fold in his own ridiculous talking points. He'd get half a sentence out, but Michael Higgins cut him off and continued. It is an interview of rare beauty. I nominate him for our Left Wing Rush !!!