Democrats blast Gibbons’ comments about liberals

[NVMojo]

Lord, do we have a whack job running around Congress and Nevada.

Nevada Democrats are decrying a speech given last week by U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Reno, in which he condemned “tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals” for their opposition to the war in Iraq.

Gibbons, a possible contender for governor in 2006, made the remarks at a Lincoln Day dinner Friday in Elko, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

While praising the efforts of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gibbons accused liberals, movie stars and song makers of “trying to divide this country.”

“I say we tell those liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else,” he told the crowd, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

He then said it was “too damn bad we didn’t buy them a ticket” to become human shields in Iraq.


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[DRoseDARs]

1. What a Goddamn asshat. n/t

[NVMojo]

67. well, he knows I think he is an asshat now. I forwarded this story out

in an email to many people I know ...I called Gibbons an asshat in it. One of the gentlemen I sent it to, forwarded it to Gibbons wife talking about how the Gibbons lied to him about social security and other things over the weekend in another town hall meeting ...this should get interesting. I have to deal with this man in my job and he now knows I think he is an ASSHAT!!!

[DRoseDARs]

73. Gibbons just doesn't know when to quit, does he? n/t

*Sigh*

[NVMojo]

75. no, and I think the frenzy of becoming Governor is going to get him

in trouble and we are going to hear more and more of his stupid statements. He sort of reminds me of that one guy who ran for Governor a few years ago who was a movie director. Gibbons and his crew supported him. He was gonzo! But not as dumb as Gibbons.

[roguevalley]

2. How much of Nevada does this ass represent?

[stevedeshazer]

45. Lots of land

District 2:

[NVMojo]

49. over half of the state's voters live in the city limits of Las Vegas!

[DBoon]

50. Isn't this where all the radioactive waste is going?

Yucca Mountain?


Is someone already suffering from radiation exposure to the central nervous system (e.g. dementia)?

[NVMojo]

51. on that map, yucca mtn is about 70 miles due NE of Las Vegas ...

Gibbons is from Sparks, Nevada, just across the street from Reno and the Gibbons have a home outside of Elko in one of the most beautiful and little publicized areas in the state, Lamoille.

[stevedeshazer]

62. Shh!!

Keep it quiet! ;)

[AnneD]

63. Why is Elko ringing bells.....

was it in the news within the last 5 years, for some extremist activities or something. My radar is going off. NVMojo, what's the 411.

[NVMojo]

69. Hello AnneD!!! Welcome to DU!! You have a good memory!!

It was the Shovel Brigade and the Jarbidge Rebellion. Gibbons was the token politician in the battle to fight the feds!!! DAHUM!!!

I was there on the sidewalk, watching as over 1,000 rabid right wingers carrying shovels marched down the main street of our town carrying shovels and there was this gigantic shovel on the Elko County courthouse steps that they worshipped. I remember telling a woman who worked for the Forest Service at the time (she was incognito as the forest service employees were having their lives threatened, etc., at the time) that I felt like I was watching a live march to Young Frankenstein's castle. Remember that scene in "Young Frankenstein"?? The peasants with the torches marching up to the castle? It was freaking surreal!!!

Here's a story of the Jarbidge Rebellion. I am still trying to find a photo of the giant shovel and Gibbons.


http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=5890

[NVMojo]

70. here are photos of the folks up in northeast Nevada who love George and

Gibbons and their shovels!!

http://www.stopfedlandgrab.org/Jarbidge%20Shovel%20Brigade%20Scrapebook.html

[Change has come]

72. Lamoille is beautiful

I hope to be visiting in a couple of weeks.

[NVMojo]

74. excellent! There are a few of us DU-ers in the area. If you have time,

let us know!

here are some scenes from Lamoille Canyon:

http://www.thoughtsandplaces.org/newin2002/LamoilleHike/wizze.html



Lamoille Lake



Upper Reaches of Lamoille Canyon...

[Change has come]

76. Breathtaking...

I was in the canyon last fall just after the aspens were at peak color.
I'll definitly have time, just unsure of the exact date.

[NVMojo]

77. ok! Maybe we can catch dinner or lunch! Contact me via email here!

have a safe trip!

[Larkspur]

3. And why isn't this smuck volunteering to join the Army and demanding

to be sent to Iraq instead of running for Gov?

Oh, that's right, he's a member of the Hypocrite Party, aka GOP.

[NVMojo]

6. he claims to be a former AF pilot

[Pinboy]

16. True . . .

From the bio on his website:

Prior to coming to Congress, Gibbons gained a distinguished military background. A former combat pilot and decorated veteran of both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, Congressman Gibbons served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971 and graduated from the USAF Air Command and Staff College as well as the Air War College. Attaining the rank of Colonel, Gibbons joined the Nevada Air Guard in 1975, and served as the group's Vice Commander from 1990 through 1996.

Throughout his military service, Gibbons received 19 service medals, including the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Aerial Achievement Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster. He was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his extraordinary achievement while participating as an RF-4C Flight Leader in the Gulf War. On this mission, Gibbons flew his unarmed aircraft on a vital reconnaissance mission to acquire politically sensitive imagery of enemy targets in Kuwait.

http://wwwc.house.gov/gibbons/about_bio.asp

[ElectroPrincess]

52. I submit that the combat vets spewing all the patriotic venom ...

are the ones who are not morally sane.

About five years before my father succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease, he shared with me the circumstances that warranted his receiving a Battlefield Commission during WWII that he maintained until his retirement in 1960. Because I was the only one of his three children to be Commissioned and serve in the Active Duty Army, we were "very close" about the demands of military life.

Like John Kerry, my dad did not spew hatred toward those who did not serve, nor did he color everything red, white and blue in his world.

He told me how the tears welled up in his eyes after he killed several German Soldiers and cried out, "You never did anything to me!" My father never before or after told anyone else about his horrible experiences in combat but it made the hair on the back of my head stand on end.

IMHO the true combat heroes are not the bravado and threatening bozos like Gibbons, but those who return to their families' with humbleness and a newfound respect for humanity. These brave men (and some women now from MP units, etc) KNOW first hand that war is pure horror and immorality played out on the world stage.

[NVMojo]

58. I ditto that and your father was a hero ...

[Pinboy]

60. Perhaps it's the difference between air combat and ground combat.

Combatants on the ground see war, and its human costs, intimately. Whether it's a "grunt," a cook who winds up defending a base under attack, or a nurse treating casualties, the individual who is an eyewitness to the tragic human costs of war is the one who is more likely to have that kind of respect for humanity.

[teakee]

65. It does seem that way.

It probably isn't fair but you can almost guess which branch of service someone served by their posts. You said it well, Pinboy.

[NVMojo]

71. Welcome to DU, Pinboy, and I'm the kid of an Army Infantryman myself

and I agree with your observation here.

This would be the gross difference between asshat Gibbons and John Kerry, too.

Also welcome to Teakee!!!

[Straight Shooter]

57. Oh, he just did all that service to look good when he runs for office.

That's what they said about Kerry, isn't it? He only served in Vietnam so it would look good when he ran for president, har!

Why do they keep insulting liberals because we wear quality sandals? :eyes:

[CTyankee]

32. Well, then, I hope his kids signed up!

[still_one]

4. another good "christian"

didn't kill enough iraqii civilians huh gibbons?

[ewagner]

5. Ahhhh...

Republicans....the party of National Unity....

can't you just feel the love..........

[RobertSeattle]

7. Gibbons Contact Info

http://wwwc.house.gov/gibbons/contact.asp

The scary thing is that I bet nobody in the audience voiced any disappointment in what he said - they probably grunted in unison.

[NVMojo]

10. I heard they laughed and clapped when he said the human shield

comment. I live in this crazy ass county.

[John Q. Citizen]

8. Serving up red meat along with the kool-aid.

[dave29]

9. He forgot "pinko"

maybe he didn't memorize the talking points.

[DRoseDARs]

11. And "fags." We're scary and evil and inconveniently dissentful too. n/t

[aquart]

12. That's some time warp he's in.

[Pastiche423]

35. Either a time warp or

he's running out of material.

Seriously, how many liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals have you seen in the past four years?

I was a hippie once - thirty years ago.

[ElectroPrincess]

54. Yeah, and the mate to my Birkenstocks is "somewhere" lost under

the bed. :hippie:

[NYC Liberal]

13. Guess what asshole?

Those "tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals” you hate so much WERE RIGHT! We said there were NO WMDs, and we were laughed at. We said Saddam wasn't a threat. We were laughed at. We said Saddam had no ties to 9/11, we were laughed at.

But guess what? When all was said and done, WE WERE RIGHT! THE PRO-WAR PEOPLE WERE WRONG!

[RedCloud]

26. Nominated for future generations to read...

this post sums it up!

[maxsolomon]

14. what is wrong with birkenstocks?

my parents wear them all summer, and they voted FOR BUSH.

put that in your pipe & smoke it, tweaker!

[Lindacooks]

15. I want to see many more headlines that begin with

"Democrats blast..."

We need to stand up to these whack jobs every single time they try to pull their evil shit.

[Guckert]

17. I think Jimmy Gibbons should be stuffed in a barrel and put into Yucca Mt

to show his support for the Bush team of LIARS.....

[Griffy]

21. lol way to grab a good name . Guckert... Gannon or whatever your name is!

LOL .. PROPAGANNON.. expose the PROPAGANDA!

[Griffy]

18. BIG ED is all over this story... tune in! link..

www.wegoted.com

or try to find your local progressive radio ... its 1260 AM in DC! thank Ed (and Al and Jeanne and Randi and.. and..and..) truth is finally on the air!

[NVMojo]

19. I wish Reid would come out with a good "blast" for this asshat!

[expatriot]

20. Just quit buying their music and watching their movies then....

Geez... I hate these conservatives. If they have a problem with somebody, quit supporting them.

These conservatives whine about liberals in the entertainment industry and then they turn around and patronize it by renting movies and going to movies. Put your money where your mouths are and shut up already!

[NVMojo]

22. good smack! These are the same dipturds who watch all the gay

shows on TV that took top awards this past year! HAHA!

[wicket]

23. What a jackass!!!!

:grr:

[MissMarple]

24. Sounds like the makings of a good billboard sign or a commercial.

I'm just suggesting. :evilgrin:

When they are speaking to their fellow koolaid drinkers, these guys can't tell how immature, disgusting, hateful and moronic they actually sound.

[RedCloud]

25. put this Gibbons in the zoo!

Let the other gibbons brachiate freely!

[Spirochete]

27. A gibbon is a monkey..

so naturally he's going to take the side of the Monkey-in-Chief.
This guy sounds positively whacked-out! Is there actually a chance of him winning?

[callous taoboy]

28. I also eat GRANOLA....... dirtbag.

[shantipriya]

29. GIBBONS

This country is in real trouble if we have elected officials like this piece of work!
I like to know how many og his immediate family and that of his friends have served or are serving in Iraq!. I bet NONE!!!

[Art_from_Ark]

59. Well, we've ALWAYS had elected officials like this

but most of the time they were kept on a leash

[displacedtexan]

30. Looks like I've found This Week's Backside of the Bell Curve Winner!

I never have trouble finding a repuke asswipe to showcase on my blog each week!

This guy's a doozy!

[NVMojo]

he has a long history of weird political leanings ...so do his followers..

the ones who cheered and clapped!

[NVMojo]

39. he has a long history of weird political leanings ...so do his followers..

the ones who cheered and clapped!

[Just Me]

31. Yet, another asshole spreading anti-Americanism,...

,...by demeaning/diminishing/degrading/humiliating anyone who isn't a neo-fascist like him!!! :grr:

Asshole!!! :grr:

Smack the fascist whack!!! :grr:

[DesEtoiles]

33. call his office 775-686-5760

[medeak]

41. KICK!

[JerseygirlCT]

34. I love how they get to insult people and then claim

those very same people are the ones being divisive. Does that make anyone else's head spin?

[jdj]

44. They don't define what America is and we need to stop letting them.

This admin and it's goals fly in the face of everything american. It want's to destroy FDR's new Deal, Teddy Roosevelt's conservationism, JFK's civil tolerance and volunteerism, Carters' progressive environmental conservatism, Jefferson's intellectualism and anti-religionist view...etc, etc, I could think of more american traditionalism that these folks are out to skin and gut and hang from a tree like a carcass, if I really applied myself, but you get the drift. Bush has even destroyed Reagans magnanimity and stature, if you believe he was really was a so-called "great communicator" (which I don't), Bush will instead go down in history as the "great mispronouncer".

[deacon]

36. and these are the chumps that complain about bush-bashing

they want this type of war, bring it on.

[American Tragedy]

37. Damn, I thought Spiro Agnew was dead.

[Pepperbelly]

38. Whew! When I read the headline, I thought, "Not Billy Gibbons"

And is wasn't. Good.

[woosh]

40. aren't we

fleece-wearing, bungy-jumping vegans now?

[jdj]

42. this really isn't this hard to counter, and I don't know why dems don't

give speeches like this.

Why don't we just tell all those America hating, child-raping, president-fellating, constitution shredding, enviroment poisoning, street-praying fake ass xtian, union busting, anti-patriots to put their money where their mouth is and take their own asses over to iraq?

Why don't we tell them that if they hate they way america is so badly, then we can have them in Cuba in a matter of hours? I know if the America haters agreed to go, we could hold a fundraiser here and personally get airfare for several hundred of their fat, drooling asses.

So there.

[bluestateguy]

43. This is why we need term limits

People like this guy just keep getting elected and re-elected and re-elected over and over again. They never go away, they just keep getting voted back in.

[blondeatlast]

46. It's gonna be hard to beat this for #1 Conservative Idiot.

Fred Phelps got handed a defeat and George is just too damn quiet so far.

[NVMojo]

47. you are right! KICK!!!

[NVMojo]

48. The folks over at KOS are having a field day with this idiot!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/2/171210/6959

[Soup Bean]

53. "U.S. Rep. Eric Cartman, R-South Park today said...

Screw you, you liberal,tree hugging hippy pieces of crap!"

"Hiiiiiipies......everywhere....hiiiiiipies.....they say they want to save the earth but all they do is sit around all day and smoke pot...."

LOL....I guess life DOES imitate art! Representative Gibbons has been watching WAY too much Comedy Central.....

[ElectroPrincess]

55. Yeah, but once the FCC takes over monitoring cable ...

there'll be no more of that commie South Park action on our TVs! :grr:

[Autobot77]

56. Gibbons needs an ass-kicking

The repuke, mullet wearing,country music listenen', Fox news watching, Hummer driving asshat can take his whining and shove it up his ass.

[DrZeeLit]

61. How much home brew had he downed at the bbq? Oi! n/t

[despairing optimist]

64. He makes me so mad, I could throw my latte in his face!

But I'm busy drying out my Birkenstocks. They're murder to wear in NYC slush but too fabulous to give up.

Shove a cactus, Gibbonsgirl.

[Stirk]

66. This man is supposed to represent *all* of his constituents.

But he uses the position to make sweeping insults to anyone who disagrees with him- even suggests that they should be killed.

The arrogance of such a remark really is amazing when you think about it. I hope the Democrats make alot of noise about this openly fascist rhetoric.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

68. Hmm...Hippie tree-huggers vs. Fascist pigs

Which sounds more pleasant to you?

[Moderator]

78. kick to combine

[justy387]

79. Nevada Democrats Decry Gibbons' remarks

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/mar/02/030210032.html

Las Vegas Sun

"I say we tell those liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else," he said.

He added it was "too damn bad we didn't buy them a ticket" to become human shields in Iraq.

He is so far to the right of where this state is and where most of the country is," Sinclair said. "It is these kind of bombastic statements that stopped him from being in leadership positions in Congress. Folks haven't been able to trust what he is going to say next."

"I see similar actions on the part of some members of the entertainment community today," he told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "Today, such efforts to break our resolve in Iraq are also used to inspire the insurgents to continue their assault."

[paineinthearse]

80. Raw Story

MY NOMINATION FOR CONSERVATIVE IDIOT OF THE WEEK!

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/printthis.php?p=143

Congressman unapologetic about comment that liberals should be Iraq human shields
3/2/2005 @ 9:48 pm EST


Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) is unapologetic for his recent salvo fired at “tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed” liberals who he suggested should be deployed as “human shields” in Iraq, Roll Call’s Mary Ann Akers will report Thursday, RAW STORY has learned.

“Gibbons issued a statement Wednesday defending, rather than apologizing for or clarifying, remarks he made at a Lincoln Day dinner in Elko, Nev,” Akers pens. “He said that as a Vietnam veteran who knows what it’s like to be ostracized by his own people, he was simply trying to defend and support U.S. troops ‘while the new generation of Jane Fondas — people like Michael Moore — deride their efforts.’”

Last Friday, Gibbons excoriated liberals and said it was “too damn bad” the U.S. didn’t buy liberals “a ticket” to become human shields for the “enemy” in Iraq. “I say we tell those liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and whine somewhere else,” Gibbons said.

Of those who wanted to go to Iraq and become human shields for Iraqi citizens, he said, “I say it’s just too damn bad we didn’t buy them a ticket.” “It was all said for the soldiers, Gibbons said in Wednesday’s statement,” Akers writes. “‘I support our troops, and I don’t apologize for that,’ he said.”

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[hvn_nbr_2]

81. Is this the same speech that he plagiarized from another Puke?

There's another thread about him plagiarizing a speech.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1281869