Republicans are making death threats against their senators who support the immigration bill!!

Just heard this on MSNBC. Several Republican senators have reported that they have received death threats from republican constituents who are opposed to the immigration bill. The two senators from Georgia changed their votes because they were booed by crowds in Georgia.

Death threats!!!

Is this evidence of the destruction of the republican party?

The reporter on MSNBC said the senate is reporting they have never seen any bill create this much controversy. The phone lines to the senate are jammed.

on their convictions.

Too bad.....

Huh?

But this immigration bill really does have the conservative base riled up.

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But then I am not a republican.

dictate how they treat their CongressShits?

It sounds like you think they should kill their senators. Correct me if I misunderstood.

You're talking about people that make death threats if they get served too-cold coffee.

I think it amazed me that it was reported as much as it amazed me they made death threats.

After seeing 6+ years of the media saying that anyone rightwing is more intelligent and adult that anyone else, I've gotten used to them propping them up. Maybe this is a good sign.

They need 60 votes. Doesn't look good.

Unfortunately, it will not be because of something important like Dick Cheney claiming to be a fourth branch of government, it will be over xenophobic hatred*.

*I'm not saying that we should have open borders or anything like that, I don't like this law either, but I am saying they don't like it because they hate the people coming into this country for their skin color and language.

racist. I have always favored immigration reform and the racism from many opponents sickens me. I realize not everyone opposed to this bill is a racist. But there is a lot of racism in the anti camp, unfortunately.

Don't doubt that they received such threats but I doubt their 'sincerity' that the death threats were the reason for changing their votes.

Let's see, Georgia...that would be Chambliss and Isakson.

I doubt that they didn't. The people who are big time bigots are in the throws of hatred, and hate will allow you to do anything to anyone to gratify it.

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And it was reported by MSM!! :woohoo:

When the Republicans have chosen to side with and make common cause with people who believe that violence will solve any problem, cut any Gordian knot, and settle any controversy, should Republican office-holders be surprised when their erstwhile allies use the same tactics against them? I'm sure that Saxby Chambliss is wetting himself at the prospect of being blown to bits when starting his car. Did they think the beast they've nurtured for so many years would tamely sit beside their imperial thrones forever, never increasing its appetite?

In my lifetime, I've watched these people murder a couple of Kennedys, Dr. King, and hundreds of others who cross them and question their unwavering faith in redemptive violence. And the politicians who support them have been inoculated from their blind hatred and seething rage. Until now. I'm mightily tempted to just draw the curtain across the stage as the lions finally settle scores with the abusive lion tamers.

the 9-11 fear drum that has been beat for years, people are still afraid and think there are hordes of terrorists at our borders
waiting to take down our country.

"The reporter on MSNBC said the senate is reporting they have never seen any bill create this much controversy. The phone lines to the senate are jammed."
They throw together a bill w/o really studying the effects both negative and positive, most of them haven't had time to read and understand the bill, it has more flaws than a car made in China, will likely increase the illegal immigration situation many times over without really solving much of anything.

it seems that their hate-filled supporters are turning their guns (literally and figuratively) on them. Amazing how that works, eh?

in his speech said he received several threats, and have turned them over to the FBI.

I think I will call his office and thank him for his support today.

They smile and look the other way and LIHOP as they have done so many other times in the past.

with for 15 years.

I hope this is a sign of disintegration of their hate-filled party.

Savage, O'Reilly...

For decades the Republican Party has used racism, bigotry, and xenophobia to motivate their base. Now the swarm of killer bees is out of control.

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Cheap Labor Republicans are fine with the way things are right now.

It has been a beautiful sight to see. :woohoo:

I mean, you know, because... they're...uh... different from those other extremist violence junkies. Or something.

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The KKK, Minutemice, et al are a major chunk (as in feces) of the GOP voting base.

As usual, a wonderful piece!!

"Yes, my work on this is done!"

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violence, force, divisiveness and hatred are the only things these people seem to understand. The GOP fostered that, now they're getting the backlash. You reap what you sow asshats.

...not at all. That said, it's about friggin' time the Republics had to deal with their crazed constituents -- monsters that they helped to create all along. Funny how we never -- NEVER -- heard a single one of them speak out when right wing crazies made death threats against Democrats and liberals and Hillary and Bill and ... you know what I'm talkin' about. So frankly, I'm not inclined to say anything other than, "What goes around, comes around, suckers."

Senators on both sides of the aisle get death threats every day. Why this was focused on now by MSNBC is beyond me - it isn't THAT slow of a news day, is it?

and Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor that he had received threats. I can't remember that ever happening.

...I don't remember a senator announcing threats on the floor either, but none of this should be surprising. Regardless of your position on the bill or mine (I was overwhelmingly against it), the majority of the country was against it and the Senate seemed utterly unresponsive.

Remember when the Senate passed a previous (and equally unpopular) version of the bill (this was before we took the Senate back, sometime before November of 2006), and Bill Frist called it "the best of the Senate" and "the will of the Senate?" According to a guy I know whose wife worked for Frist back then, Frist got dozens of threats for that - but he didn't make it public. This really isn't anything new, it just isn't reported very often.

As the engine goes, so do the carriages.

Seriously, what sane person handles disagreements with "I'm gonna kill you!"?

Have our senators ever gotten death threats from Democrats?

It's kind of refreshing to see real grassroots movement from all the thugs and thuglets on the ground.

I believe his last words on-air were "I won't be intimidated".

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