Teabaggers cut gas line to (wrong) address posted for Dem congressman

[sufrommich]

WASHINGTON -- Tea party activists weren't particularly fond of Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Va., even before he voted for the healthcare reform bill last weekend. So maybe it's not a surprise that they posted what they thought was Perriello's home address on a blog, inviting people to "drop by and say hi and express their thanks" in person.

What is a bit of a surprise, though, is that the activists had the address for the wrong Perriello, and sent sending angry constituents to the freshman congressman's brother's house. And that other activists at first refused to take the address down, since they didn't believe it was the wrong one. And then, someone cut a gas line to a propane tank on Perriello's brother's back porch, which got the FBI interested.

Everything apparently ended reasonably well; the address was removed, and local authorities have stepped up police patrols nearby. A leader of the Danville Tea Party, Nigel Coleman, who had posted the incorrect address on his Facebook page, later apologized for the mixup, saying "that was not something we were going for." The Lynchburg Tea Party put up a statement on its Web site denying any responsibility for the incident.

Some of the same groups involved in directing angry constituents to Perriello's brother's house have also been involved in the campaign against him. On Saturday, as the House was debating the healthcare reform legislation that Perriello would wind up supporting, Coleman's Danville Tea Party group sponsored a debate for the seven Republicans running for the GOP nomination to oppose Perriello. (All seven candidates promised to repeal the bill and said they backed Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's effort to battle it in the courts.)

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/03/24/perriello

[aquart]

1. Lynchburg Tea Party.

Wonder what they serve.

[johnaries]

3. I've heard of Lynchburg Lemonade, but not Lynchburg Tea.

Long Island Iced Tea is pretty tasty, though.
:toast:

[NecklyTyler]

2. A person could take a safe bet the root cause of these attack is the right wing hate radio talkers

The minority Republicans got shown their place with the HCR vote. Now their are incensed and are being sent out on missions by the right wing haters in the media.

If there ever was a reason to break up the non-stop indoctrination from the likes of Limbaugh, Beck, or Hannity, this would be it. The Fairness Doctrine could put the breaks on this situation before the Tbaggers and Pukes do some real damage

[Initech]

4. First rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions.