They are trying to get Obama killed

[Oregone]

Yeah, so I'm visiting the states and I turn on Fox News a bit...wow. Its hard to put it in words. Innuendos, themes, language, tone. It seems they are attempting to incite violence, and not being incredibly coy about it all.

Im watching Hannity heckle Obama with his "mob" behind him. This is just nuts. This is borderline illegal, and don't give me that "free speech" bullshit. Its supposed to be a news organization

[EFerrari]

1. It feels that way to me sometimes. n/t

[madokie]

49. It feels like that to me all the time

[chat_noir]

51. a BJer on Palin - in response to her "Death Panel" Facebook post

Sarah Palin is Charles Manson in fuck-me pumps.

When her cultish followers kill in her name, her fingerprints won’t be on any of the weapons.


http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=25148#comments

[Doctor_Horrible]

Janeen Garafolo describes them (repubs) as "unrestrained id" and I'm finding myself thinking that

phrase several times a day.

[EFerrari]

8. Sounds like Iago, "motiveless malignancy". n/t

[Doctor_Horrible]

14. ok... not a bad comparison! now I'm going to have to dust off my copy of Othello and read it again.

[EFerrari]

23. That's what Dr. Johnson called Iago. His deal really is quite freeperish --

envious. Not so much a desire for what Othello has as much as it is a desire to ruin what Othello has.

[kentauros]

25. "Monsters from the id!"

;)

[Hugabear]

2. Don't forget the whole "birther" movement - bunch of racist fucks

Doesn't help that you have Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, and others practically telling their listeners that Obama needs to be stopped. For many of these sick fucks, that means killing him.

[SleeplessInAlabama]

3. That so-called "news" channel broadcasts 24/7 in this country. nt

[armyowalgreens]

4. Fox News is very good at what they do...

They know how to word things just the right way so that it is protected speech.

[Oregone]

9. But its not tough to read between the lines

Its a pretty much consistent 24/7 message that Obama is tearing the country apart, ruining everyone's lives, and must be stopped at any cost.

[armyowalgreens]

12. Well, of course. Their goal is to incite rebellious activity.

And I don't think very many people at Fox really give a damn about politics. I don't even think Murdoch gives that much of a crap either.

He found a niche market and he's milking it for all it's worth. Fox is willing to incite violence in order to make money.

[proud patriot]

5. Obama receives 30 death threats a day

Just read the article today think it was in LBN

[Jennicut]

6. Yup, its getting crazier and crazier. When they brought Glenn Beck in it got

to a level of pure hatefulness.
I am ashamed Glenn Beck lives here in CT. I wish we could kick him out.

[SmileyRose]

20. You are wrong.

The shame is that a Glenn Beck exists. Whether or not he exists in CT is irrelevant.

I once said Beck should be exiled to Canada but that was kind of rude to the Canadians so I changed my mind.

[Oregone]

22. At least Canada would put him where he could get some help

In a room next to the Manitoba bus killer.

[SmileyRose]

29. I am shamed to admit

it would probably be more productive to put him in the room WITH the Manitoba bus killer. If that guy can kill a bus he'd be the perfect therapy for Glenn Beck.

[Oregone]

38. Oh, he just killed a single guy on the bus

But he did take off his victim's head and ate parts of his brain. Maybe they would work well in a therapy circle

[dgibby]

46. That guy would starve to death in a room with Beck. n/t

[Jennicut]

28. I found out the other day that he was a DJ on a radio station that I listened to a lot as a kid

I think I was 13 or 14. The slimy feeling I got has not gone away. I totally remember him now that I read about it. Yuck.
I do find it funny that he chooses to live in a northern somewhat liberal state.

[SmileyRose]

42. Hey, YOU can answer this

what ARE people from Connecticut called?

Connecticutters?
Connecticutites?
Connecticutians?

I honestly do not know.

[Jennicut]

43. Nutmeggers?

Actually I looked it up and its "Connecticuters".

[tosh]

36. I'm thinking French Guayana.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

27. Please allow me to make you feel worse,

and, really, I love the Nutmeg State, but I do hold it responsible for being the birthplace of

[Jennicut]

30. LOL. You forgot that Joe Loserman came from here too and is unfortunately

our Senator.

The Bushes...I always laughed when W tried to act like a good old southern boy. He was a snotty rich kid who went to Yale.

[SmileyRose]

33. Bejesus

WTF is in Connecticut water????

GW - Lieberman AND Beck.



Move - move far far away RIGHT NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN !!!



:scared:

[Jennicut]

37. Beck moved from Washington State here to work at a radio station

But the Bushes and Loserman were born here....

[dgibby]

48. That's how you could tell when Dubya was lying.

The thicker the drawl, the bigger the lie.

[dgibby]

47. Well, the Bible did say the Antichrist would come out of the East. n/t

[dgibby]

45. I just sent an E mail to UPS, a sponsor on Beck's show.

Explained that if they didn't pull their support, I would no longer be able to do business with them, and I would encourage my friends and family to pull their business, too.

I received a nice response, explaining how their ads are purchased and utilized. Evidently, it's a packaged deal, they buy ad time from the networks, but don't have control of which shows the ads are aired on; however, they assured me they'd look into it, thanked me for contacting them, etc.

Three of Beck's sponsors have already pulled their ads, so they are responding to the pressure we're putting on them. If you haven't already done so, please contact his sponsors and voice your displeasure. Money talks!

[cornermouse]

50. It probably won't do any good.

but I tried to contact FOX.

[dgibby]

52. Hit them where they live. In the pocketbook! n/t

[SmileyRose]

7. not - one - hair - on - his -head

or the whole country will go up in flames.

[cliffordu]

10. That's right.

My life would be forfeit.

[Oregone]

11. And that just might be what they want

[armyowalgreens]

15. I don't know if that really is what they want...

Maybe they just don't give a damn. But I think they'd rather keep their viewers on edge just about to snap. It means more money.

If all hell breaks lose, and the system starts to collapse, they lose money.

[glinda]

16. Yes. That is what they want.

[SmileyRose]

18. riot and mayhem = ratings.

[babylonsister]

13. I hate this title; feeds the whackadoos. nt

[Oregone]

17. Suggestions?

Its the first thing that comes to mind whenever I flip on Fox News

[babylonsister]

31. Ugly, desperate rethugs are disgusting. ??? nt

[Tulio]

53. Agree! (nt)

[rwheeler31]

19. We know whats going on it is ugly and desperate

The right wing in this country cannot stand being out of power. They are screaming and dying, no one wants to be on their side.

[misanthrope]

21. It's not "the right wing"...

...It's 400 years of white rule.

[cliffordu]

24. It really is.

This WILL get ugly. No one gives up power easily.

[babylonsister]

34. 'Please, release 'them'... The majority picked our prez, it's time for

them to get a clue. This is a fringe group who hates black people, imo.

Toooo bad.

[sasquatch]

26. We will seperate the wheat from the chaff if they do!

I will make William Tecumseh Sherman look like Mother fucking Teresa if they even look at President Obama the wrong way.

[kestrel91316]

32. Uganda - Hutus and Tutsis. Germany 1930 - Brownshirts and Jews.

We have seen the hatemongering by mass media played out before.

Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.

[Hawkowl]

35. Obama needs to be strong

President Obama's weakness is his willingness to compromise which is perceived as cowardice by the right wing. He ignores these thugs at his peril--at our peril.

Hate speech is not free speech. Sedition in war time is a crime. Inciting riots and violence towards elected officials is a crime.

Part of the role of leader is the smackdown of thugs. President Obama needs to exert all the power of the imperial presidency to neuter these wackjobs before someone is murdered.

[paulsby]

44. yes it is.

"Hate speech is not free speech.". that's what makes us different. and imo, better. govt. doesn't have the power to criminalize that which is deemed hateful to say. in most other countries they do. but HERE, hate speech IS free.

[Hawkowl]

55. idiot

[paulsby]

60. content free ad hominem noted. try studying some const law

an education would do you

[TankLV]

39. I csn't argue with you on that one - I see it too - for a LONG time now...

[arthritisR_US]

40. somebody needs to revisit what treason is all about.....n/t

[aquart]

41. You noticed.

[Geek_Girl]

54. There is a possibility this could all back fire

If the president stays safe and these fringe fanatics keep pushing away the centrist and independents away from the republican party then I don't see how they can remain in power even as a minority.

I think all of the tea bagger bs is actually going to harden the pro-health care reform supporters and turn off more moderate opponents to health care reform.

The crazy they get the more independents and the middle move over to the democrats side. It's what's been happening for the past 4 years.

[Ex Lurker]

58. I hope so, but the polling trends are not showing that yet n/t

[Ex Lurker]

56. it's starting to look that way n/t

[Deja Q]

57. radio show republicans say there are supposed to be consequences to words

(e.g. tom barnard of the kqrs morning show).

And now the same sorts of right wing kooks would throw the opposite argument, about free speech. Oh, that's right, consequences are for everyone else - not republicans or the wealthy, I see...

[graywarrior]

59. That's how I see it.