Tea Party activist: Hang Patty Murray

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

From NBC's Mark Murray
As the Republican Party and establishment conservative groups court and co-opt the Tea Party's message and grassroots energy, one risk is that they get identified with some of the Tea Party's more impolitic statements and protests.

Here's one example from KLEW-TV in Idaho that a Democrat forwarded to First Read:

They say it's all about traditional values and pushing back against the government.

And there were some strong words spoken at Saturday's Tea Party in Asotin .

"How many of you have watched the movie Lonesome Dove?," asked one speaker from the podium. "What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd. He got hung. And that's what I want to do with Patty Murray."



Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/17/2204884.aspx

[saracat]

1. This is so vile I am too angry say much. They are filth.Period.

[abq e streeter]

2. No risk for them--repubs say ugly hate-filled crap every day with no repercussions

from the librul media

[golfguru]

15. Tea party claims to have dems & indies within them along with repubs eom

[abq e streeter]

21. This is what I was referring to:

"As the Republican Party and establishment conservative groups court and co-opt the Tea Party's message and grassroots energy, one risk is that they get identified with some of the Tea Party's more impolitic statements and protests."

Plus what the "tea party" claims has only a tenuous relationship to reality anyway.

[Mithreal]

3. Why are they after Patty Murray?

Really don't want to watch this hatred.

[No Elephants]

13. Wild guess on my part: She's a Democrat . They don't seem to need much more than that..

[Mithreal]

31. That's a given for sure. Must be more to it, will keep an ear out.

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Advocating Lynchings to move your cause forward is a great strategy

:sarcasm:

[dflprincess]

7. It's a great strategy for getting a visit from the FBI or Secret Serivce

making violent threats against an elected official is a no no. And this sounds way more serious than the poor guy who said he'd like to punch Poppy Bush in the nose and got prosecuted for that.

[Iowa]

5. I think it was Noam Chomsky who made the point that...

...these people have real grievances but they are misdirecting their anger (or something like that). So while those of us who are progressives tend to view them as idiots (I know I do), we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we face a common enemy - the politicians from both parties and the plutocrats who own them. Those are the real culprits... the war mongers, the corporate welfare pigs, and the corrupt politicians who are dismantling the middle class, trashing our civil liberties, and destroying our way of life.

[No Elephants]

11. They were just as nasty when they supported the policies of corporate welfare, tax breaks and other

benefits for the rich, violation of civil rights, etc., as they are now, when they supposedly oppose those things.

And just as brainwashed.

I feel no kinship with them. Nor do I want any.

[Iowa]

18. Chomsky wasn't talking about kinship...

He was simply making the point that the left really has no effective mechanism in place to engage them or to provide an alternative narrative. So they're easily co-opted by the right, when it would actually be in their economic self-interest to align with the left.

[upi402]

44. Because the media is already very busy propagandizing the plebes

If Obama doesn't squash them he is doomed, the Democrats are doomed, and so is this nation state. Obama will pretend he's a money elite, however, as per typical.

[cali]

46. that's because the overwhelming majority of them

cannot be engaged by the left no matter what "mechanism" they use. period. and they view economics in a way that simply is not open to persuasion. What the fuck makes Chomsky think that they can be engaged or persuaded by progressives? That they're screwed by corporate interests? Well, that's not what they believe. His take on this is not only ridiculous it's ignorant and stupid. I know, I know, heresy to question him.

[Diane R]

6. Recommending so this will get noticed. Sounds like the Secret Service needs to pay a visit.

[DemoTex]

8. Typical teabagger "moran" moment: "He got hung."

So, Jake was "hung" according to the teabagger. Maybe he was "hung" and maybe the teabagger knows. I have no idea how large or small Jake's package was. But in the end, Jake was hanged. I doubt that few teabaggers know the difference.

[Posteritatis]

28. That's hardly a politically-oriented terminology screwup. (nt)

[Stainless]

36. Hung?

So this teabagger actually calls for a female U.S. Senator to be forced to undergo a sex change operation and have a large penis transplanted?
:rofl:

[Arctic Dave]

9. Lonesome Dove? So these people view life through the prism of a make believe cowboy movie.

I thought a lot of these people had a strange views on things, it makes a lot of sense now.

[brentspeak]

10. Feds better get on this

So much for the Tea Partiers' claim to love the Constitution.

[quiet.american]

12. Good to see this out there. MSM needs to stop treating these thugs as "cute." nt

[lsewpershad]

14. Know who has

to put a stop to stop to this???????? All of us.

[abq e streeter]

22. couldn't have said it better myself, so won't try to...

:thumbsup:

[Randall Flagg]

16. Someone needs to let the speaker know that the same writer wrote Brokeback Mountain.

:)

[jaysunb]

26. It wouldn't resonate.

They cherry pick Bible quotes too. :shrug:

[martymar64]

33. And that he dropped acid with Ken Kesey

:P

[Randall Flagg]

38. Larry rode the MAgic Bus?

That's cool.

[c brand]

17. Federal law says 6 yrs in jail for threatening a member of Congress::

<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=115&url=/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000115----000-.html>
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 7 > § 115
(a)
(1) Whoever—
(B) threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section,
with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(b)
(4) A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years.
(c) As used in this section, the term—
(4) “United States official” means the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, a Member of Congress, a member-elect of Congress, a member of the executive branch who is the head of a department listed in 5 U.S.C. 101, or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

[abq e streeter]

23. The small print must say "only applies to liberals" . Right wingers say shit like this

on a daily basis with complete impunity.

[on point]

19. Fascists in disguise

It is time to identify these people and their tactics for what they are - fascists. They do not support democracy, or the constitution, or equal rights or even a limited government role. What they really support is a take over of the government so they can impose their retrograde, ignorant and delusional views on everyone else. And then execute those who don't agree with them. They are dangerous and a threat to the country. It is time they were called out for what they are - neo fascists. I know they wouldn't call themselves that, but then they do not live in a reality based, educated world.

[liberalmuse]

20. This is despicable.

She's my Senator, and a wonderful human being, and this makes me extremely angry. I think people making these sort of 'threats' need to have their butts hauled into jail. The Tea Party is made up of America's dumbest, most vile and craziest - the dregs. I think we should dump them all overboard.

[Prof Lester]

37. Well, get on down there and lay a charge!

Might take a bit of work to find the fool's name and such.

[me b zola]

24. What I find almost as disturbing as the statement made by the teabagger

...was the local news coverage of it. It was like, "a tea party speaker had some tough words..." then they show the video of the teabagger, then, and here's where the next tea party will be held".

The local media seems complicit in spreading the call to violence.

[theothersnippywshrub]

25. Terrible. But every republican who is a decent human being or a good American will condemn this.

I will wait patiently.

[Grand Taurean]

27. Any question now as to where the Teabaggers stand?

Any questions, Thom, Noam? Any?
These tea parties are a THREAT to the stability of the nation and lives of MAJORITY non-tea party citizenry.

[depakid]

45. Ironically, this sort of nuttery is likely to boost Murray's reelection chances

[Grassy Knoll]

29. Wow tea baggers, hang the smart ones, Beckfucks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Murray

[KT2000]

30. Is this legal?

Doesn't this break a law?
A boundary has definitely been crossed.

[BlueIdaho]

32. Typical for Asotin

Not exactly the end of the road but you can see it from there. This backwater hick town is a great place to get away from people of color and tell jokes about the local tribe. How do I know? I used to live just up the road in Clarkston.

This is not funny, this is not hyperbole, this is not patriotic, this is hate speech.

[Kievan Rus]

34. I sure hope the FBI is keeping tabs on the Teabaggers

[winyanstaz]

35. Isnt that a murder threat?

Why isnt that nut arrested already?

[junior college]

39. This seems like a call to arms for conservatives

Problem is the militant left in America can out shoot the teabaggers who will run like rabbits into their little holes the minute they are fired on.

[New Dawn]

40. Conservative terrorists.

[Arkana]

41. More chatter from the human garbage?

They are such a waste of perfectly good air.

[Skip Intro]

42. It's like a tide of scum has washed in.

Where the hell did these nasty people come from?

[upi402]

43. Disgusting! Imagine saying this about Bush.

And Patty Murray is a corporatist who supported NAFTA. These people don't get locked into 'free speech zones' or hauled off for factual tee shirts and bumper stickers.

[Blue_Tires]

47. oh, right... and this is the supposedly 'legit' movement that we are

supposed to 'reach out' to??

[Dappleganger]

48. They threaten with violence because they can't win a debate.

So killing the one with whom you have a disagreement is far more Merkin!