GOP of Duval County, FL trying to distance from tea party. Obama portrayed as Hitler.

[madfloridian]

Sounds to me like some of the Tea Parties got a little out of control, and more Republicans may be distancing.

Here is a letter from the Facebook page of the Republican Party of Duval County.

Setting the record straight

Republican Party of Duval County MEDIA ADVISORY

July 5, 2009

Duval County Republican Executive Committee
Chairman Curry Sets the Record Straight

(Jacksonville, Fla.) - Duval County Republican Executive Committee (DCREC) Chairman Lenny Curry issued the following statement today following the blog-generated controversy regarding the DCREC's role in the First Coast Tea Party held on July 2.

"The DCREC had no role in the planning, organization, agenda, invitees, or speakers at the Tea Party. The DCREC merely used its extensive e-mail list to help promote awareness and participation in the event as a service to its members. The DCREC's e-mail included a "paid for" disclaimer which is required by state law regarding political communications. That disclaimer accompanies all of our communications and did not concern sponsorship of the event in question mentioned in the e-mail.

The DCREC does not condone racism or anti-Semitism in any form or fashion. While these types of behavior occur in small numbers -- and which are present in all political parties and cross all socio-economic lines - they should not, will not, and are not tolerated by the DCREC.

Unfortunately a few agenda-driven bloggers have taken the actions of a few individuals holding controversial signs who were present at the Tea Party and construed them to represent the views and beliefs of myself, elected officials present at the Tea Party, the DCREC, Tea Party organizers, and the thousand or so honest, hard-working people who were in attendance at the Tea Party.

Note to Duval County Republicans: when you use your email list to promote awareness and participation in an event...you are supporting that event.

Here are two pictures which were posted at the party Facebook page. They are no longer posted there, but a couple of blogs saved them....including Think Progress.

Jacksonville Tea Party Protest Features Signs Comparing President Obama To Hitler

During July 4th celebrations last weekend, anti-Obama protesters again assembled for tea parties across the country. The Washington Independent has noted that the tea party movement has lost steam since April, and that the protests last weekend were sporadic. In Jacksonville, FL, attendance was estimated to be 4,500 people for the April protest, but last week drew only 1,000.

The Duval County Republican Party, one of the organizers of the Jacksonville protest, has been engulfed in controversy because of numerous posters featured at the rally depicting President Obama as Adolf Hitler.

Think Progress links to this Jax Politics blog which has the pictures shown clearly.

The Republican Party of Duval County is backing away from their promotion of an event that featured numerous controversial comparisons of President Barack Obama with German Dictator Adolf Hitler. The event, a Tea Party held at the Jacksonville Landing on July 2, was organized by the First Coast Tea Party. However, the Duval County Republican Party promoted the event with e-mails that stated “Paid by Republican Party of Duval County.” Duval Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry also broadcasted live from the event on the party’s weekly radio broadcast hosted by AM 1320.

The event, which was attended by Florida State Representatives Lake Ray, Charles McBurney and Mike Weinstein and Florida State Senator Stephen Wise, drew about 1,000 people to the Jacksonville Landing. Local party officials were on stage, along with numerous members of the Jacksonville business community.

While partisan rhetoric at any rally is expected, controversy has arisen over numerous signs that were prominently displayed at the gathering, including two that featured Barack Obama in Nazi garb. One sign, in fact, had altered Obama’s appearance to resemble Hitler. Other signs compared ACORN, the community organizing group accused of voter registration irregularities, with the SS—the Nazi organization responsible for enacting the Holocaust and the group responsible for most of the crimes against humanity committed by the Third Reich.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. That and the dude in the diaper. nt

[madfloridian]

2. That was awful. I chose not to post that one.

Absolutely so many of the pictures were just plain tasteless and mean.

[Journeyman]

3. Without Hitler, political hyperbole in America seemingly would be impossible. . .

both sides of the divide. . .

[Fla_Democrat]

16. noticed that, huh?

[mopinko]

34. it is true that there were many

same shit different asshole comparisons over the last 8 years. but at least bushco did stuff to deserve it. like steal his way into 1600 penn.

[OregonBlue]

4. Can't say I'm shocked, it is Florida after all. K & R

[LeftinOH]

5. They can try to distance themselves from their own asses all they want -

it just won't happen; the asses are the ones in charge (of the GOP), now.

[DrDan]

6. "Marksism No"

[DrDan]

7. so - spelling is not their long suit

[onethatcares]

15. pops left out "my healthcare"

guess he wasn't able to spell that. I can picture him dying and his kids selling all his guns,

[TornadoTN]

8. My Congressman decided it was a great idea to attend one of these events

He even went as far as to suggest that a new revolution was imminent and needed.

Congressman Phil Roe (R-TN) if anyone's wondering. He was elected as a moderate but he was run so far to the right its insane.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Wow. The 'nutters truly are whipped into an ACORN frenzy.

Who whips them most into that frenzy...Insannity, Glenn "Crocodile Tears" Beck? Oh wait...Bachmann.

http://jaxpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/picture-...

[madfloridian]

10. Think Progress links to a new ad compaign.

There is a video at the link plus pictures of Hannity, Malkin and others who support such as this.

http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/issues/taxdayte...

[madfloridian]

11. Video up in DU video forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Wow.

[katandmoon]

12. Don't want to get up with fleas, DCREC? Don't lie down with dogs.

[jwirr]

13. When I was a kid in high school some friends of mine got arrested

when they were stealing gas. One of the boys said, "I didn't do it - I was just holding the funnel." To this day some 45 years later that is a joke about anyone trying to get out of trouble by blaming someone else.

These pugs were just holding the funnel!

[madfloridian]

14. That's funny.

Yep, trying to distance from what they approved of.

[eauclaireliberal]

17. Hmmm I was under the impression that this was about

...outrageous taxation and wasteful government spending. The libertarian in me agrees, but these clowns didn't hit the front lines when W was sinking the debt into the pit of shit it is now.

As for the "racist" element of it, old news. Let's not act surprised about that.

The DCREC should have ripped these guys a new asshole BEFORE their PR statement.

[muntrv]

18. Hey teabaggers! Hitler was a cracker like you all!

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. When is someone going to tell these dumb fucks that they are the Fascists?

First they called Democrats communists, then they changed it to terrorists after 9/11, and now these idiots claim that the Democrats are the fascists. This comes less than a year after the BushCo. & Republican, Inc. rhetoric on 'Islamo Fascism.'

They always accuse their opponent of what they are guilty of themselves, and nobody calls them on it.

[Libertas1776]

20. Ya know

while I support the idea of universal health care or a public option for all Americans, I get a bad taste in my mouth when I think about how these people would be included in the recipients. And you all know that if we ever get public health care, these bastards will all be first in line to get it. Try and take away some of these older nutbags social security and/or medicare and see how they react. Damn Ingrates.

I wouldn't be surprised if these people's ancestors were members of the American Bund. I am sure there are plenty there who are members of its offshoots as well as the Klan and the like.


What pisses me off the absolute most is the fucking fact that these neanderthal assholes have no logical idea what Marxism or socialism actually is.
To call Obama a socialist, let alone a Marxist, is an insult to socialism. I know that these idiots are really the minority in this country, and no country is without its right wing fascist nutfucks, unfortunately given America's tremendous population that minority is quite sizable compared to any European country.

[malaise]

21. Too late

They're KOs worst people in the world

[madfloridian]

23. Note the time of my post.

I beat KO to it. I found the idiots first. They deserved the title very much.

[malaise]

33. You sure did

[madfloridian]

43. I seek out Florida idiots all day along.

And there are so many I have to decide which are the ones that need to have the spotlight shown on them...you know like roaches scurrying.

[Third Doctor]

22. More nuts

Who are protesting the right of rich people not to be taxed.

[griloco]

24. i'm glad Obama is hitleresque

wait and see.
he'll sign a non-aggression pact
with putin and then we'll
invade russia and wipe out
all the bolsheviks.

i see why all the patriotic
teabaggers like our anti-commie
prez so much.

[LynneSin]

26. um, yeah

[scarface2004]

25. where can i get that obama dictator uniform?!?

that really is sharp!!!

[47of74]

27. If Republicans want to know why the mere mention of their party...

...or tea-bagging, or their dumb fuck talking heads causes a deep burning disgust in my stomach they need merely look at the original posting to figure out why.

[DFW]

31. Then you'll love this:

Here in Germany, in the Reagan era, an ex-SS officer wanted to start up a neo-Nazi party.

The Nazi Party is forbidden in Germany, so he had to look elsewhere for a name he could
use. He found one right back in the good old USA, and called his party "Die Republikaner."
Look them up, I'm not joking. The predictable Republican indignant reposte is "Are you saying
we're all Nazis?" To that, I reply, "All I'm saying is that I find it most unfortunate that
neo-Nazis in Germany who can't use the Nazi label seem to find the Republican Party close enough
to their ideals to want to use their name. I'm not calling you people Nazis. The Nazis are."

[florida08]

28. I grew up in Jacksonville

but moved away over 20 years ago for obvious reasons. Seems the Jacksonville Landing will do anything to bring in money. Can't say I'm surprised by this and I hope it causes great embarrassment for the goppers here. Haven't seen the local news covering this yet.
It's a disgrace for the city.

[destes]

29. Lucky you, you got out of here.................

My wife and I find ourselves stuck here due to economic conditions. Just guess.

A true story about this "tea party" shindig:
My wife was invited to hear a live band at the Landing that evening by a "friend" she works with. A "friend" who knows that we are Obama-voting democrats. I'm so glad that the uncertain weather prevented us from going. It's bad enough simply living in this bizzarro world called Duval county/Jacksonville. Finding oneself in THAT crowd would have been seriously traumatic. It is, I think, noteworthy that the crowd scenes showed not a single black person. In a town with 45% black that is impossible, you'd think. Normally it's about 50/50 at the events there.
It's understandable though, this town is dangerous. If area unemployment trends aren't reversed, the frustration level of the large minority(I refer to generally uneducated whites)could cause real problems. They already blame their socio/economic problems on black people and immigrants.

[florida08]

32. wow

That was a close encounter. We always struggled financially living there. We tried to purchase a home once during the S&L crisis. It was being built in a new section on the Westside. But it took them so long that the interest rate shot up from 8% to 13% and we couldn't afford the payments and lost our $500 deposit. That's when we'd had enough. Was thinking the same thing about the overwhelming white crowd there..but you know the black community is pretty savvy and know where they don't want to be..it has become a dangerous city. Mayor Peyton has called for a salary freeze and a possible hike in property taxes yet is building that ridiculous courthouse for 350 million! Wasn't a fan of Delaney either..lol

[snake in the grass]

35. I, too, grew up there...

...and left 25 years ago, lived in Germany for 22 years, and am now in L.A. I've never missed Jerksonville (the land of big belt buckles, rebel yells, and pickup trucks with gun racks) and am tickled to see that nothing has changed there. My family wants me to come back, and I miss them, but that place would be my death. The ignorance is so thick you can suffocate quite easily.

[florida08]

36. You summed it quite succinctly

It's become a political haven for the radicals..but good people still live them..God bless 'em.

[14thColony]

37. Yep, me too

Third (and last) generation Jax. Grew up in a trailer off the far end of 103rd Street. Left in 1985 to go to UF, and have never looked back.

"Bold New City of the South" my ass.

[florida08]

40. LoL

[NC_Nurse]

30. Northern Florida = Cracker Florida. My whole family is from Jax, almost all

freepers. Panhandle same way. Maybe they could just become part of south GA...

Amazing how it stays the same. I remember my grandaddy going on about welfare for "lazy" people and
how he voted for Wallace not once, but TWICE. Yikes.

[OnyxCollie]

38. There's a tea party being held in my neighborhood this Saturday.

Maybe I'll wade through the stupidity and try to get some pictures.

[jeremyfive]

39. DCREC An Idiot Organization--Now a Matter of Record

This is typical of Florida politics--how do you think we we were able to pull off Dubya's 2000 election fiasco, helped along by the first brother? (I recall it as the first time I lost my right to vote in America.)

I was raised in the deep South, but politics were never as idiotic and mean spirited there as they are here in Florida. The Repugnant Party has a field day here with all the corruption and graft.

[nealmhughes]

41. I was taken to task for proclaiming that a new round of TEA parties was akin to a new round of snake

handling for religious reasons? How many did one ever need to witness from a safe distance? The alleged 500 teabaggers here who came to North Alabama's "event" on the 4th, where it was about 96F and in the park by the River, by the way, which was packed, but not by them! I told them frankly, that I had rather listen to paint dry and that it was merely the "poor oppressed white folks workin' men" who were a subset of the Wildroot Hair Creme and polyester clip on tie set being used as dupes by some K Street dudes and FoxNews.

I reckon teabagging did not go over well here in this Blue County and Area, "The Loyal Fifth" of North Alabama. We integrated our schools with no protest or violence back in the 60s. But here "liberal" means United Methodist or Episcopal Church and not Baptist or Pentecostal, and the reps are always RINOs, but we still have enough sense to keep away from a person handling a snake or a misspelt sign.

I was accused of being "elitist" by the Teabaggers, for poking gentle fun at their orthography and fashion sense. Oh, well. Such is life. One wonders why being likened to a group of high schoolers who had held the float parade and pep rally already only to find out the homecoming game was cancelled ticked them off. I can't imagine why.

Well, I am ready for my cornbread and Brie now.

[FLyellowdog]

42. I am so ashamed to say that I live in that area.

These people really scare me especially since NE Florida is overrun with them. How can such ignorance and bigotry thrive in our great country? You'd think with so much hatred and violence in the world that they would be more tolerant of the very people who fight to defend their rights to stand up and spew their warped opinions in such a putrid way. They should be thankful that people like Pres.Obama are in office...people who understand the basic rights as defined by our Constitution...people who are ready and willing to even encourage such dissention regardless of how misguided or erroneous the beliefs may be. They don't even understand what our country is about. So sad...so scary...so discouraging.