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Rep King: Cruz Supporters Making 'Vile, Obscene' Phone Callsby Ashley Killough at CNN
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/26/rep-king-cruz-supporters-making-vile-obscene-phone-calls/
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Washington (CNN) Rep. Peter King, who called fellow Republican Ted Cruz a 'fraud,' said his office is now receiving threatening phone calls from people who say they're supporters of the Texas senator.
"You can't always blame a person if his followers act in a terrible way," King said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." However, he expressed concern about the "vile, obscene" phone calls.
"I have young women, women interns, full-timers, in their late teens, early 20s, and they get these phone calls," he continued. He did not elaborate on how many calls were received.
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)PennsylvaniaMatt
(966 posts)Is starting to become the main component of the party, thanks in large part to Fox, Drudge, and Rush Limbaugh.
On a scale of 1 to 10, their intensity level and hatred for all other views is about at 47.
President Reagan is rolling in his grave right about now. He was a big right-winger, but not nearly with the level of vitriol towards others.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the whole party has gone off the deep end, no matter how hard some of them pretend to be sane
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)mellow moderate persons stays in that fucking party. What the hell are they thinking? IMHO if you're not out of the GOP by now, then you are part of the problem because you enable these asshats, racists and clowns to pull this shit!
SunSeeker
(51,643 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)You are partly responsible for this shit..
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)'compalins' they can't fix it.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I was just reading some excerpts at FReakshow about how much they support Cruz!
There's not enough popcorn in the nation.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)You press a button and it smacks the person on the other end.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)For the President. This asshole didn't give a flying fuck about threats against our President, but now he's shaken from all the vile and obscene phone calls. Fuck you King. I hope they keep him awake at night.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)HuskyOffset
(890 posts)Rep. King helped make the Republican pool a cesspool, now he complains when he gets splashed while swimming in it.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)just to make the Rs look bad.
yuiyoshida
(41,835 posts)Its how they work, driving the right wing into a foaming froth of hatred.
Cha
(297,503 posts)a sociopathic narcissistic greed slime.. isn't going to be a non vile person.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)applegrove
(118,749 posts)their loyalty to him. They are like little offshoots of Cruz's narrative and feel wounded when he is hit, so they lash out.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 26, 2013, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)
applegrove
(118,749 posts)in the GOP. Rove's not the only 'show' going. Cruz has one of his own. As do many others. But I hear ya. Used to be followers of the George W. Bush White House would call and harass anyone who spoke out about Bush.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)And I'll take more popcorn with that, cuz I'm enjoying it.
-Laelth
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)For so long that their supporters have to find new targets. Always happens. Republicans never learn
Vogon_Glory
(9,127 posts)See how it feels, fella. That sort of behavior has been par for right-wingers for years, and guys like you have sat back and watched the $h1t-monkeys go play without so much as a mild word of reproach. And now the $h!t-monkeys are at play on your phone lines and your interns are in the line of fire.
I may have a little sympathy for your young interns, but I don't have any for you. These are your so-called "values" in practice.
Enjoy, Mr King. Savor what you created to the fullest measure.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)as an adult you make your choices. You choose to feed at the trough of vileness and nattiness it's gonna come back and bite you. Most of these young interns in his office are the product of incredible priveledge, it might be a learning experience for them.
Vogon_Glory
(9,127 posts)As I said, I have a little sympathy for the interns who have been getting an earful or three of the extreme right's $h!t-monkey brigade in action.
If, as you say, these lasses are privileged, I suspect many were quite sheltered. I doubt that many of them ever thought their fellow righties could behave so badly and in such an un-G*dly fashion, even after they went off to Comfortable U. And pledged their sororities and started attending classes. The few and scattered reports of such un Godly behavior they may have heard of, they probably dismissed as "liberal propaganda" until a couple of days ago.
Some of Rep King's interns may be of age. That doesn't mean they think and reason like adults.
This experience might be good for their getting of wisdom.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)they deserve every word hurled at them.
KG
(28,752 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)you bigoted dickhead.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)complaining about monsters- you and yours created it, asshat
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Round them up and prosecute! Obscene and threatening calls are against the law.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Republican?
bonniebgood
(943 posts)the muzlism and deport them all for terrorism. Is pete king being terrorized? I thought only muszllim do that
in his vile mind. we all need to donate a violin picture to pete king.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)take heed Texas, this is the kind of leader you want representing you?
Vogon_Glory
(9,127 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Javaman
(62,532 posts)Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)So it kid of makes sense.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Isn't this fun!
-Laelth
Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Welcome to the monster that your party has created. We've been dealing with them for years.
randr
(12,413 posts)only produces poison politics.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)One can only hope you folks scratch each others eyes out. To bad your minions are getting the brunt of it, but that's the way it is with you folks. No responsibility for the shit storms you create.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)HIS supporters were supposed to make those calls!
calimary
(81,419 posts)"You can't always blame a person if his followers act in a terrible way," King said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
??????????
OH YES YOU CAN!!!! Monkey see, monkey do. They're acting out because they see that fucker ted cruz acting out and being rewarded with attention, publicity, a monopolization of the airwaves, and lots of money flowing in from koch and company. If cruz were any sort of man, who truly and genuinely cared about America - and Americans in need, he would behave as an adult instead of a spoiled snot-nosed tantrum-throwing five-year-old, and turn to his followers and at least ask them flat-out to behave themselves - because they're making his whole movement (frankly, more like a bowel movement) look bad. And it's significant that he does nothing about that. Obviously, from his behavior, one can conclude that he approves of what they're doing. After all, he's doing nothing whatsoever to discourage it.
Rex
(65,616 posts)at them...running your party and ruining the country. They moved into your GOP house and started spouting all the crazy shit neo cons have been lying about and preaching about to get elected.
Now the crazies come home to roost and you cry about it, fuck you King...I hope your fucked up party realizes what they've done to this country.
Repukes...they really do want to destroy America.
cristianmarie533
(51 posts)I really can't shed any tears for Mr. King's misfortunes, honestly. He really should have seen this coming. After all, the Republican Party is not a party known for its integrity. And its supporters are all a bunch of lying, greedy, selfish miscreants who hate each other.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)welcome to DU, cristianmarie533
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)That's your side of the fence, asshole, deal with it.
SansACause
(520 posts)Four years later, they've got a bumper crop of lunacy.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)n/t