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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:34 PM
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Tea Party fringe groups are a national security threat; FOX and the Becks are acting seditiously

Kathleen Parker and Joe Klein: Tea Party fringe groups are a national security threat; FOX and the Becks are acting seditiously
By John Amato Sunday Apr 18, 2010 7:00pm

Video at link~worth a watch


It's getting boring watching the MSM try to fit the tebaggers in a particular category that makes them feel comfortable. I saw a shift towards the more realistic on The Chris Matthews Show this weekend. A major topic was the right wing fringe inhabiting the tea party movement and the panel wondered how dangerous could these people really be?

Well, they can be very dangerous. Dr. Tiller was just murdered, but since the nut didn't identify himself with the tea party movement, he's not being drawn into the conversation. But he should, because right wing violent speech helped produce him.

At least Joe Klein calls out FOX News for their culpability in stirring the pot of hatred which can be looked at as basically seditious.

Klein: We've had movements like this throughout history....the difference now is a television network, I'm going to call it FOX. The presence of FOX, which allows its commentators like Sean Hannity, like Glenn Beck to rouse the tea party. Sean Hannity was in an event this week where the tea party was raising money to have people sit in the same stands with him. And the biggest difference in the past when there were right wing movements started we had ...the responsible Republican party would slap it down and there is no responsible leadership in the Republican party now.


Norah is sort of confused because she sees soccer moms at tea party rallies who are just worried about the deficit, but then she remarks there are these militia groups, these hate groups who believe Obama is coming after their guns.

Klein: I did a little bit of research...I looked up the definition of sedition, which is conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of the state and a lot of these statements-- especially coming from people like Glenn Beck and to a certain extent, Sarah Palin--are right up close to being sedition.


John Heilemann agrees with Klein and calls out Limbaugh for using the word "regime" to describe the Obama White House.

more...

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/kathleen-parker-and-joe-klein-tea-party
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:58 PM
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1. I think they are are starting to understand the danger that
they have egged on and they are trying to save their asses if anything happens.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:58 PM
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2. Zit Butt is Not a Happy Camper...its so telling....pessimistic and cynical...he tells us things not
to construct but to divide...he is EVIL and a POS
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 10:40 PM
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3. Excellent dialogue but was there a subtext message suggesting...
...that to defuse the situation it will be necessary for Nancy Pelosi to go and for Republicans to win back one of the houses of Congress?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 05:19 AM
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6. iirc, there was, positied by the rethug. If the House goes to the rethugs,
Parker gets her wish. Pelosi has been a thorn in their side for years, because she's so durned effective for a wommin!

I don't think she was suggesting Pelosi take one for the team though. They're going to have to win the House fair and square (??), and that remains to be seen.

I remain hopeful it won't happen.
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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 11:30 PM
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4. I am glad that the some in the media are questioning the Teabagger's motives.
Anyone a mile away could see that their actions were seditious. But unfortunately in the realm of white privilege, it leaves some with the idea that they can do or say anything without being called for it. And now that there is a black man in charge of the country, some are even offended that they have to answer to anyone in a power position who is white.

Even if it means treason to said parties, they will test the waters without worrying about any danger involved. Heck. If the Teabaggers, via entitlement and white privilege, have gotten away with it before due to skin color--what's going to stop them now?

Thus, their blatant disrespect and utter viciousness shows in the face of multi-cultural change--especially when they show how utterly racist they are.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:40 AM
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5. considering that the whole phenomenon
Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 12:45 AM by SwampG8r
is a media creation in the first place this is kind of silly

edited to add out of a recently aquired sense that i am sloppy in my first pass:

i am commenting on how silly the press is to be all worked up by their own creation
they created the monster and now he shambles through our towns thanks to the constant attention they have fed the monster
the monster never stops eating so the monster must committ more heinous acts in increments to maintain the presses attention
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 09:26 PM
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7. They're hatriots who were MIA when bushcheney
racked up the deficit.
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