Busted: Tea Party emails members urging them to describe shooter as "liberal lunatic"

[Ian David]

Showing no sign of tamping down on divisive political rhetoric in the wake of the shooting of 20 people that left six dead in Tuscon Saturday, the Tea Party Nation group e-mailed its members Sunday warning them they would be called upon to fight leftists in the days ahead and defend their movement.

TPN founder Judson Phillips, in an article linked off the e-mail "The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and the left's attack on the Tea Party movement," described the shooter as "a leftist lunatic" and Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as a "leftist sheriff" who "was one of the first to start in on the liberal attack." Phillips urged tea party supporters to blame liberals for the attack on centrist Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot through the head and is now fighting for her life, as a means of defending the tea party movement's recent electoral gains.

"The hard left is going to try and silence the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this," he wrote. Clinton used the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to "blame conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh" and "The tactic worked then, backing conservatives off and possibly helping to ensure a second Clinton term."

"The left is coming and will hit us hard on this. We need to push back harder with the simple truth. The shooter was a liberal lunatic. Emphasis on both words," he wrote.

More:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/tea-party-group-blames-leftist-for-giffords-shooting/69153/

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/OTOOLEFAN/status/24201535923691520

See also:

Tucson Tea Party Leader: We Won't Change Our Rhetoric After Giffords Shooting
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x149500



Rand Paul Stomper Makes 18
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9405084&mesg_id=9405084

Let's List the violent attacks by the Right Wingers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9389907

More at http://tinyurl.com/TeaTerror

[Oceansaway]

1. K&R...n/t

[Vinca]

2. If "moran" guy sees that photoshop he'll soil himself.

:rofl:

[mindwalker_i]

8. I've always wondered what that guy thought when

he sees his picture all over the net.

[nxylas]

56. Teabaggers don't think

Thinking can lead to socialism.

[SammyWinstonJack]

70. ...

:spray: :evilgrin:

[Can of Whoop-ass]

75. You assume

neanderthals think?

[Chiyo-chichi]

60. He's everywhere.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x581352

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. They so own this one

Even if we end up finding out this kid never went to one tea bag rally, they own it because of their violent rhetoric.

Then there's this:

[TheMadMonk]

63. Problem is that particular bullet hole was 'shopped' in by OUR side.

'twould be nice, but even Moosolini is not quite that stupid.

[TheMightyFavog]

4. That explains the things I've been seeing in the threads about the shooting over at Fark...

Interesting.

[walldude]

5. "The tactic worked then, backing conservatives off"

he said that with a straight face? Conservatives backed off?

[tblue37]

46. Yes, they did tone down the rhetoric for a bit. But after Dr. Tiller was murdered, there

was no attempt to tone it down at all.

[defendandprotect]

79. Toning it down would be an admittance of their guilt in these murders .....so push ahead!!

:sarcasm:

[Odin2005]

6. The blood is on their hands.

[Ian David]

12. These are the same people running around claiming Hitler was a Liberal.

Because, you know... Hitler was such a big fan of religious, cultural, racial and sexual diversity, I guess.

[Rainbow Wave]

35. That is one of the stupidest memes ever.

I guess they base that on the fact that the word socialist was used in the name Nazi, but Rast Germany was known as the German Democratic Republic, and it was neither democratic nor a republic. Duh! Anyone with even a passing understanding of European history knows that the Nazis were fascists - the far right. Hell, even the dimwit neo-nazis in our country today know that they're on the far right. Double duh!

[lysosome]

44. Nope. It's been re-thunk. Communism is Nazism. So says glenn beck.

No, really, these people believe this crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFxNuM-qlgk

[molly77]

95. My brother says the same thing.

Hitler was a socialist. Mussolini was a fascist.Graduated from the University of NC at Chapel Hill. Probably heard it at church though..

[BrightKnight]

33. "Out, damned spot! out, I say! ...What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power

to account?"

Lady Macbeth

-Shakespeare

[barbtries]

7. even though the guy

was apparently more of a skinhead than a leftist. say leftist, say liberal. we make our own reality, never forget that. fuck the truth it has a liberal slant.

these people make me sick.

[ZombieHorde]

9. Not surprised, recommended. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

10. Tea baggers have NO words for the victims..

All they try to do is cover their own backsides.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

89. Yes, unusually so in this tragic shooting

Often, when there is a tragedy, even one involving someone they don't like, some freepers will compete with each other to be the first to post "Prayers up!" I didn't see a single such post this time. Very strange, ... or just the FreeRepublic & Teabags drifting ever more embittered and vicious, a trend over the years.

[stubtoe]

11. Nice job, Ian.

Let's get this out there where the cat can sniff it.

[Supersedeas]

13. how can the Corp Media not connect the dots: OK City, Anthrax, Abortion Clinic shootings, now this

[AspenRose]

24. Because they are part of the problem.

[molly77]

96. Notice the FBI investigates anti war protesters and Quakers

KKK and Neo Nazi pretty much have a free pass.

[Arugula Latte]

81. Only Muslims are terraists, okay?

[Kber]

94. Don't forget the shooting at the Holocaust museum a few years back.

[DCKit]

14. Thanks for the roundup.

They should've kept their mouths shut regarding the sheriff. What he said is going to resonate with a lot of people, even some teabaggers.

Of course, if they want to shed some members who aren't considered hard-core enough....

[Parker CA]

15. Kick and Rec!

[pnorman]

16. That's just what I was tryig to Google! Thanks!

n/t

[madrchsod]

17. the sheriff was on the teevee/radio about the arizona law...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/29/2010-04-29_arizona_sheriff_clarence_dupnik_refuses_to_enforce_states_new_racist_immigration.html

i think he knows a lot about the militant teabaggers

[AC_Mem]

18. K&R!

[Name removed]

19. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[DrSyn]

20. Really?

Can't we just categorize him as a nutjob? Seems like his "beliefs" are all over the map, left and right.

[eridani]

47. His memes aren't though

Government is a conspiracy, and gold and silver should be monetary standards.

[liberation]

49. Can you just provide which one of his "beliefs" could be construed to be anywhere near the left

side of the map?

Or are you just worried he is going to make teabaggers look real bad now that the ultimate consequences of their "logic" are starting to come home to roost.

[tavalon]

55. He is clearly mentally ill

And, because of it, he was an easy mark. Used by Palin, Beck, etc., to do their dirty work. He was used by the right wing as an assassin. Most liberals don't use people that way. We expect the people who are in our big tent to use their big brain, not get brainwashed for any of our causes.

[valerief]

83. What belief is left? The common good belief? Or the end the war belief?

Oh, right. He doesn't hold those beliefs.

[bengalherder]

87. If people are trying to mine his 'reading list', good luck.

Dollars to donuts he never read any of it, except maybe Peter Pan.

It looks like a pretentious list of stuff he thought he SHOULD read.

A lot of immature folk do stuff like that.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

92. No. We cannot. You fail. Go away. Troll.

[molly77]

97. Nope, they are on the right. You can't Jon Stewart this particular crime.

[sweetloukillbot]

45. One other thing I've seen the "liberal" meme based on is that Giffords is a blue dog...

I don't subscribe to that basis, but I have seen some nasty comments to the effect that he was a far-left liberal who hated her pro SB-1070 stance with some cherry picked anti-blue dog quotes from Kos to back it up. Of course there are also some of those "Hitler was a liberal" and "MLK was a Republican" things thrown in there as well.
I'm not necessarily going to call him a Teabagger or blame Beck and Palin, though. He seems far beyond any of their ravings in some weird Paultard Libertarian conspiracy fringe of the right wing. Teabaggers are crazy, but I don't think they're THAT obsessed with correct grammar and such.

[jtown1123]

58. He had a random high school "friend" who said he was very liberal

I and many others think this girl probably meant "libertarian." He called a woman who got an abortion a "terrorist" so I'm pretty damn sure he's no "liberal."

[faustbos]

59. I saw 1 thing.... though it's a stretch

I noticed he ranted about currency and specifically about "In God We Trust" on US currency.

I would imagine the right will get a 2fer for that one... liberal ( i mean really would a conservative every consider that phrase a problem), and presumably... atheist,,, or at least that conclusion will be jumped to in favor of the separation of church and state.

It did concern me though, because if there is one thing that can trump the usual scape goating,,, liberal, minority, poor, gay, etc.... its lack of faith. I'm an out gay liberal atheist, and i've found the one thing that can really get people going, is the atheist...

I'm just waiting for this one to become "news"

[The Wizard]

64. Don't assume he read anything.

He's an idiot.

[eleny]

21. No where to hide from their public rhetoric filled with vitriolic speeches, screeds and signage

[WillyT]

22. K & R !!!

:kick:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. Simple? Yes.

Truth? No.

[blackspade]

25. Fucking Scumbags.

I'm so pissed at these idiots it's not funny.
These people are cockroaches.

[Raine]

26. Is this not what they wanted? Why give "credit"

to someone else. I thought they promoted themselves as the meanest, toughest bastards around, now they want to turn tail and run. :shrug: Of course getting 9 year old children killed doesn't do much in giving you a tough image. x(

[DawgHouse]

65. Very good point. n/t

[sulphurdunn]

27. I came across this on WND

In her Twitter postings, Parker wrote of Loughner, "As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal and oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy."

She also described him as "more left."

Read more: Media covering up alleged shooter's liberal politics? http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=249293#ixzz1Aat6051K

Ms Parker supposedly knew Loughner in high school. Loughner is reported to be 22 years old. He would have graduated from high school in 2007 (he did not graduate). The earliest references I can find regarding the 2012 Mayan prophecy is the same year the movie was made (2009). Therefore, it is unlikely Loughner would have known about the prophecy before 2009. Hence, Ms. Parker's reference to his fascination with the subject in high school, as well as his political leanings, become suspect.

[progressoid]

31. Everything on WND is suspect.

I don't waste my time with that crap.

[TalkingDog]

32. World Net Daily? Home of Bat Boy?

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndliar08.html

Or things just as outlandish. They might as well have Bat Boy as Loughner's high school friend.

[The Wizard]

66. Bat Boy's Mom

or Bachmann

[Can of Whoop-ass]

78. Is that

Michael Reagan next to Eddie Munster?

[Shandris]

86. Do not confuse me with supporting ANY statement attributing this...

...man's beliefs to the left.

However, I am a person who is doggedly committed to truth in debate. That said...

The Mayan 2012 thing is something that a very small number of people have known about for YEARS. It wasn't common topic, it certainly wasn't in the news, but I knew about it before Y2K had ever been dreamt up. I would not discount this Parker on that one thing alone.

And that's all I have to add. Like I said, don't take it as me supporting her view of him -- I think he makes his views readily apparent in the drivel he has posted online, regardless of what he once MAY have believed. I just wanted to clear the record on that one little piece.

[bengalherder]

88. The 2012 stuff has been around a couple of decades at least.

It's a new age meme, originally. Check out Jose Argulles and John Major Jenkins.

However, there has been no proof offered that this girl went to school with him, and many who actually did describe him as an unstable anti-semite.

[surrealAmerican]

28. Boy, talk about gullible ...

They know they are making this up, yet they believe it anyway.

....fooled by their own lies....

[Maru Kitteh]

29. K & R

[Turborama]

30. Hi Ian, I remember you started an OP about incitement to violence by right wing media & politicians

Or something similar around March last year, and I contributed to it trying to keep it live.

Do you know the one I mean and have you got a link to it?

Personally, I think there should be a thread like that pinned to the top. How about we get a group started just to post all this stuff in so we can catalog it all and for easy access?

[Swamp Rat]

34. k&r

[Tx4obama]

36. Jared Lee Loughner is a registered Republican - See photo in comment #42

Jared Lee Loughner is a registered Republican

[LisaL]

39. That's not proof.

That image doesn't even have the city spelled correctly.

[Tx4obama]

42. EDIT: Apparently the voter registration form is fake. SORRY folks.

Text deleted.

[Spryboy]

37. Jared Lee Loughner is a registered Republican

Jared Lee Loughner is a registered Republican:

http://tinyurl.com/2bky9e6

[LisaL]

40. No he wasn't.

[eridani]

48. How would you know both his birth date and his voter ID or driver's license?

https://voter.azsos.gov/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do

[upi402]

50. It was reported that he was an Independant

But that was on the TV News so is likely bullshit. You can bet there's coverup going on. Fox and CNN are probably doing a big dump run even today.

[Jamastiene]

38. K&R

[Kurovski]

41. K&R. (nt)

[saras]

43. A matter of perspective

When you're spiraling down the toilet to the right, every direction except further down the toilet looks like it's to the left.

[PufPuf23]

51. The shooter writes like a most paranoid Ron Paul follower.

Pols, media, and media owners must tone down the rhetoric and provide legitiment journalism; otherwise violence will increase and be primarily from the unhinged rightwing.

[upi402]

52. Those were my thoughts

and the solution seems obvious... and will be impossible.

[Jennicut]

72. Yup. He reminds me most of that type...Alex Jones slash Ron Paul mentality.

Not necessarily tea bag but totally paranoid. Is that left or right or just plain crazy?

[LawnKorn]

53. The Right Wingers don't get to frame this one

Loughner was pegged as a mentally unstable follower of the right almost from the beginning. Their attempt to frame the assassination attempt on Representative Giffords as a product of a Liberal is a fail.

[MaeScott]

54. Mika just referenced a so called acquaintance that called him "left liberal"

....flood her Blackberry with this post.
I went to FR and they are slinging another okeefe-breitbart creation they call the last hints liberal that says she was the assailant's friend and he was such a liberal lefty. You know how the right loves a hoax.

[Supersedeas]

57. Note how quickly television pundits pick up on this talking point and run with it

[Ian David]

61. See also: What you sow, you shall reap....... (a photo tour of the RIPENED FRUIT of RW propaganda)

What you sow, you shall reap....... (a photo tour of the RIPENED FRUIT of RW propaganda) :
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=157525&mesg_id=157525

[myrna minx]

62. K&R n/t

[ck4829]

67. K&R

[cherish44]

68. Cover your asses much?

Sorry but if this email isn't an admission of a guilty conscious, I don't know what is...Of course the stupid teabaggers will fall for this spin hook line and sinker

[MaeScott]

69. Exactly. nt

[lpbk2713]

71. Over 10,000 views

This one has gone global.

Someone is certainly paying attention.

Hey assholes, just like the half-wit half-governor, you are about to fade away into obscurity.


:rofl:

[judesedit]

73. The baggers have to say something since the shooter wasn't black, Hispanic, muslim, gay or a woman

He was a WHITE 20-something "Christian???" male! And a TOTAL REDNECK. Just the type they are trying to breed.

[judesedit]

74. Just like Timothy McVeigh!

.

[kaffy4x4]

76. We all know the right wing

rhetoric has been and continues to fuel the weak and disturbed minded out there to take horrific action, killing or trying to kill people. We have plenty of examples but it takes real courage by people like the sheriff and the lady that disarmed the gunman, to stand up and say it out loud in plan language to their faces.

It's time to take there example, not just pundits on news shows but all of us in our daily lives to call them on it. Just a simple comment of "I don't like that kind of violent speech, or hate speech." If you call into CSPAN and have heard a former caller or the person being interviewed saying some violent statement, then mention it on air.

Stop watching Fox. Stop listening to Rush Limbaugh, Hannity and all the other over the top people who make their living by exciting violence and hate. I know many people who do watch and listen, only for the outrage. They think by confronting what O'Reilly said in their video is doing something...it's not. The only way to kill this sort of thing is to not participate.

Switch your focus on what good stuff is going on in Washington, there's plenty of stuff to discuss and evaluate.

Face it, it takes two to tango. The dance is over when one stops dancing.

[slater71]

77. Neal Boortz is doing just that right now.

He said they took him off the air today in Tuson. He is using the same words that the email told them to use in describing the shooter and the sheriff. They still don`t get it.

[Zambero]

80. Might he be a Sarah Palin "Lock & Load Liberal"?

Of course we all know that just about any garden variety liberal would be immediately provoked into violent action by listening to rhetoric of "2nd Amendment Solutions" (a-la-Sharron Angle), or looking over the list of Palin's "targeted" Democratic congressmen, not to mention having Giffords' most recent GOP opponent inviting prosepective constituents to an M-16 / live ammo shoot-em-up campaign rally. Yup, we sure know where this Loughner guy was coming from, don't we? The American left is at it again!

[bergie321]

82. I'm Surprised

That they didn't mimic Sarah Palin's orders:

Don't retreat, reload.

[valerief]

84. K&R

[OnyxCollie]

85. K&R. nt

[Metta]

90. kick. nt

[marew]

91. I just visited Free Republic! What a trip!

They are nuts. One guy was even denying the fact that those were gun sights on Palin's map. Unbelievable!

[lpbk2713]

93. Who needs the Comedy Channel

... when there's Freepville. :rofl:

[affrayer]

98. Here's How The Teabaggers Roll!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/11742_gabriellegiffordsteapartytarget">Gabrielle Giffords: Tea Party Target

Giffords' Republican opponent in the race, Jesse Kelly, whom she narrowly defeated, held a campaign event in which he invited supporters to shoot a machine gun. “Get on target for victory,” an ad for the event read. “Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully a automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly,” the ad continued.

As Giffords’ father rushed to the hospital after his daughter was shot, the New York Post asked him if his daughter had any enemies. “Yeah,” he said. “The whole Tea Party.” He continued: "They always get threat. We don’t really have any information. The police department was supposed to call us but they didn’t."

This may explains why the teabaggers are ramping up their propaganda about their feign innocence.