Dems bristle at namecalling
While they were busy screwing responsible, working Americans to the wall, the Democrats got their panties in a wad about a bit of name calling this weekend. John Lewis, the guy who told us that sharks still patrolled the slave trade shipping routes looking for cast-aside slaves to feast upon, tried to convince us that protesters shouted racist slogans at him, though no video record of the incident seems to exist.
Barney Franks, whose gay room mate ran a prostitution ring out of Franks’ apartment, claimed that the same thing happened to him Saturday.
Now, the same Democrats are rushing to the side of Bart Stupak (by the way, reports last week from Stupak’s own family that he had to disconnect his home phone because of the death threats he and his family were receiving from the pro-abortion crowd) because some Congressman shouted out “Baby killer” while Stupak was speaking yesterday. Of course, that’s because Stupak caved on healthcare and violated his own principles in doing so because the President promised an Executive Order sometime in the future that would forbid the expenditure of federal tax dollars on abortions. I hope Stupak isn’t holding his breath.
But while Democrats are sweating the name calling, I’d like to remind them of their behavior over the last administration’s tenure. And I didn’t appreciate being called a baby killer, neither did any of my friends who were in the military. I don’t like being called “pro-war” when I’m anything but pro-war, in the traditional sense of the term.
But, since liberalism, in it’s current usage of the word, is a purely emotional ideology with no basis in logic or common sense, and since those lawmakers voted for health care solely because it makes them feel good about themselves, I’m sure the fact that there people who disagree with them keeps them up at night worrying. That’s why they marginalize us all as whackos – it reinforces their self-image.
Personally, I’m more upset at being screwed to the wall.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Congress sucks, Health Care debate
I wonder how many of those dems, that bristle at name calling, are going to bristle when they are voted out of office in November?
“I don’t like being called “pro-war” when I’m anything but pro-war, in the traditional sense of the term.”
Well said.
I’m not pro-war either. I am, however, pro-vigilance, pro-victory, and pro-freedom. Nonetheless, the media calls my position the “pro-war” position without the slightest hesitation. Contrastly, they call Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan’s position the “anti-war position”! They aren’t anti-war, they’re simply cheering for the other side!
Stupak got called a baby-killer. Cry me a friggin’ river. He caved and allowed this bill to go through that will amount to millions more dead children, paid for with the tax dollars of hard-working Americans. It’s not name-calling, it’s calling a spade a spade.
**** them. They are the enemy.
Jonn, I think you are rather mistaken when you say Stupak “violated his own principles”. That assumes Stupak actually has principles, and I don’t think any of us actually believe that. He traded his vote for the promise of an executive order that he knows full well is unenforceable (it amounts to a line-item veto, which has already been ruled unconstitutional). In the end, he didn’t want to block the healthcrush bill or even ensure that it wouldn’t mandate funding for abortions. All he wanted was an excuse to play with the idiots back home, a chance to keep his seat and power.
I believe there is a suitable quote here: “I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.”
So, the folks who ran the Post Office into the ground, who ran the home mortgage business into the ground, who ran Medicare into the ground, who ran Social Security into the ground, who ran the VA into the ground, are now going to run Health Care? Doesn’t really give me a warm feeling about how Me and mine are going to get health care in the future.
As for the Stupak Two Step, I agree, Cortillaen, he never had any principles, he was just playing to his base. And the so-called executive order won’t be enforceable, if Obama even signs it.
Notice that Bwaney Fwank got his panties all in a bunch over being called a “fag”, but doesn’t seem to be bothered by being called a communist.
As for Sell Out Stupak, seems he’s a very cheap date, see his statement from Friday, 3-19-2010: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/mi01_stupak/morenews/20100319faagrant.html Seems that’s all it takes, along with an “Executive Order”. Which apparently is not worth the paper it might be written on.
John Lewis is a fat, ignorant leftist who believed (honestly) he heard what he did because he wanted-to.
I’ve watched the videos, and have not found where any of the protesters called anyone a n—er or other epithet. I did see Jessie J and Son taunting protesters (no surprise there). But since the congress-critters operate in a post-modern world, where strength of emotion= rightness of cause, I’m not surprised that they would get so ruffled over what they thought they heard. Plus it lets them play their victim card again. (Is that thing worn out YET?)