Tea Bagger mom readies her children for "Obamas tomorrow"... with guns

By GottaLaff

What a great mom:


There's nothing more patriotic than teaching your kids how to shoot a president. Or does "Obamas" mean his whole family? Maybe she was referring to future Obamas, meaning, what? Future black presidents?

Add her to the list of violent Tea Bagger gun crazies who hide behind the flag.

Child abuse isn't part of that "Family Values" thing, Mom. And IMHO, training your kids to use firearms specifically to ready them for "Obamas tomorrow" is child abuse. Be proud.

Mommy Dearest's profile (click on image to enlarge):


H/t: Dynamo_Diva

Million-Fan Anti-Obama Page Doesn't Break Facebook Rules

By GottaLaff

On April 15, I posted screen grabs of a(nother) horrific Facebook page wishing very bad things upon our president.

Here is one of the shots:



Today on Twitter, I've had a number of people ask me why the page hasn't been taken down yet, especially in light of all the reporting it to the powers that be.

Now we have our answer:

Our Roll Call colleague Daniel Newhauser reports that an anti-Obama Facebook page doesn't violate the site's standards. So it will stay up -- and keep annoying people who are offended at the idea of praying for a death.

Some standards.

When I first posted, the number of "fans" was at about 73,000. Guess what it is now...

Go ahead, guess. I'll wait.

... ... ...


... ... ...



That's right, 1,064,757 "like this." And that's just on a Facebook page.

1,064,757 "like" hatred, death, and this:

David Skinner: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. --- Thomas Jefferson

Death threats close Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva's offices

By GottaLaff

UPDATE via an New York Times e-mail alert:

Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a bill that would require
the police to ask people about their immigration status if
officers have any reason to suspect that they are in the
country illegally.

Let's see now... Combine a Democratic congressman who looks like this

with the current political climate in Arizona, plus legalizing racial profiling. What could possibly go wrong?

An unidentified person made two phone calls and threatened to blow up Rep. Raul Grijalva's Tucson, Arizona office and kill his staff members, forcing the Democratic congressman to close his two district offices late Friday morning local time.

Just a wild guess, but I'm betting the caller wasn't a Dem.

Grijalva's communications director Adam Sarvana:

"He threatened to blow everyone's brains out in the Tucson office."

Are the Rushpublics going to say it was a Democratic "plant"? Or that it didn't happen at all? You know, the way they did when Congress members were spat on and slurs were shouted.

The caller also said he was going to be "exercising my civil liberties and I'm shooting Mexicans at the border".

How patriotic of him. I wonder if he owns a musket.

The pace of threats and violence has picked up. Let's hope more Congress members act responsibly and continue to call for an end to this, daily, repeatedly, constantly. It may calm a few tempers, but sadly, the real crazies are still out there.

Thank you Sarah Palin, a few Tea Baggers, and a select bunch of stellar public officials ::coughBachmanncough:: for inciting an already frenzied bunch of extremists to action.

VIDEO- Tea Bagger: "Dip them in boiling water, nothing better than a dead liberal"- including Obama

By GottaLaff

Via one of my Twitter pals, EZKool:



The first interviewee is a Beckbot. The next one wants liberals boiled to death.

Nah, Tea Tantrumers aren't psychos at all. Just one big, touchy-feely, grassrootsy, values-lovin', tax-hatin', Beck-grovelin' family:

kpominville — April 17, 2009 — Despite the fact 95% of Americans just received the largest tax cut in American history, a parade of the easily manipulated gathered in St Clair Shores, Michigan on Wednesday because the crybaby pundit Glen Beck told them to.

The first woman was holding a sign that read: "Honk if you support the constitution" so I stopped and asked her exactly what she thought was threatening the constitution."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04...

Imagine if these people got their wish and shoehorned their candidates of choice into the White House and Congress. I wonder how they'd feel once they realized they were being used and discarded like the naive trash that they are.

By the way, when will the media begin to refer to the sickest among the Tea Baggers as terrorists?

H/t: 1kecko

Facebook page wants "lord to take" President Obama the way He took Michael Jackson

By GottaLaff

I hate to do this, but here we go again. As of this writing, there are 73,086 fans on a Facebook page that shouldn't exist.

Over 73,000 people are endorsing a racist death wish aimed at our president.

And as always, the only way I know how to do my part is to expose this kind of filth, report it, shine light on it, and eventually, get it deleted. Yes, it will pop up elsewhere, but IMHO, ignoring it is not the answer.

Click on images to enlarge:


Here are the "fan photos". Some fans, huh?

Under "info", this is all that appears:

Basic Info

Location: Marysville, OH, 43040

Today is TeaBagger Tax Day, or as I like to call it, Scream Your Lungs Out While Sponging Off the Government Day. (follow the link) Similar images and sentiments have been provided by the TeaBaggers. That familiar, scary mob mentality is becoming more prevalent by the day, reports of violence and militia movements have increased, and overt expressions of hate have been directed at our Congress members.

This page is representative of that. My wish continues to be that those in positions of leadership will speak out as often as the loons, and eventually drown out their horrific message.

Of course, that may be asking too much, considering the money that's being pulled in on their behalf.

H/t: DarthSpacegrass

UPDATE: Reader Drew reminds us of this original story about Chris Christie, and how the above page was meant to be a response to it... which of course, is no justification whatsoever.

Authorities report rise in threats against members of Congress

By GottaLaff

The Cleaver "spitting incident"

Disturbing, to say the least:

Federal law enforcement and Congressional authorities are reporting a large increase in threats against lawmakers, a law enforcement official tells CNN. The officials said the spike in threats began around the debate over health care reform.

Since October, 50 threats against members of Congress have been reported to the FBI, said the official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. In the previous year, less than 20 were reported to federal law enforcement authorities. When threats are received by lawmakers, the U.S. Capitol Police and in some cases, the FBI, investigate.

Members of the House and Senate reported nearly three times as many threats in the first three months of this year, compared to the last three months of 2009, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer told The Washington Post.

When you have someone like Barbie McCrossHairs inciting a frenzied crowd, using rifle sites on maps, bellowing buzz words like "reload", this is bound to happen.

When you have Tea Tantrumers packing heat, flailing about with hostile, hate-filled signage, and shouting slurs/spitting on Congress members, this is bound to happen.

When you have an entire network, ClusterFox, filled with hate-spewing hosts who preach lies, hostility, and encourage violence, this is bound to happen.

Here's an idea: The GOP should get in front of the cameras every single day in a sincere attempt to talk these loons down, demand that they cease and desist, demand that they halt the threats and terrorism, and then :: gasp!:: set an example by you know, doing.

Then maybe... maybe... we might see a glimmer of safe.

Video- Mom of man who threatened Leader Pelosi blames Fox News for behavior

Sources say FBI arrests man for allegedly threatening Pelosi over health care

Can you imagine how freaking tired of these yahoos the FBI must be?

WASHINGTON - Law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press the FBI has arrested a northern California man for making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform.

Charges against the alleged caller have yet to be disclosed.

Several federal officials say the man made dozens of calls to Pelosi's homes in California and Washington, as well as to her husband's business office, reciting her home address and saying if she wanted to see it again, she would not support the health care overhaul bill that was recently enacted.

One official said the man is believed to have spoken directly with Pelosi at least once.

Washington man charged with threatening Sen. Murray

By GottaLaff

Here we go again. As we've posted here repeatedly, it just takes one extremist, one nutcase, one desperate person with the means (in this case, a gun) and motive (even a baseless one).

This time it was via voicemail from someone who had been harassing Senator Murray for months. He said it would take "just one piece of lead":

A Washington state man has been charged with threatening to kill Democratic Washington Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform.

Court documents say federal agents arrested Charles Alan Wilson in Yakima on Tuesday.

Let's wait together as the GOP either blames Patty Murray for her preexisting Democratic condition, blames health care reform, blames President Obama, or calls it a figment of our imaginations. It shouldn't take long.

I bet Eric Cantor will be first.

VIDEO: Hate Obama? There's a sign for that. Plus, death threats for Congress members.

By GottaLaff



Rather than do several posts on the level of hate in this country these days, one will be enough. A veritable combo plate of vile spew and threatening words.

Have yourself a heaping pot of hostility stew (click on image to enlarge):

An anonymous conservative group has set up a website where, for $2,500 to $3,500, Obama haters can grab a billboard adorned with a cartoon image of Obama’s face and a vitriolic message.

How nice of them to share their "personal" feelings.

So far, the nameless head of the group says their Web site has received more than 1,800 hits and that contributions that go toward paying for the billboards.

Add a dash of death threats to the hostility stew:

U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn) says in the aftermath of passing health care reform, he and members of his staff have been getting death threats so serious, he has contacted the FBI.

“They’ve been very nasty," the 83-year-old congressman tells The Monroe Evening News.

Not sure I've ever heard of a death threat that isn't nasty. Hence, stir carefully.

And now, add an extra splash of extremist nutcase letters:

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is among state leaders across the country receiving threatening letters from an extremist group. [...]

As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they will be removed, according to an internal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.

Threats beget more threats. Threats beget violence. Violence begets more violence:

The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence by others.

Allowing to simmer for several days, weeks, or months calls for a warning: Do not bring to a boil.

That could end in a disaster.

AUDIO: Rep. Grayson: 5 Year Old Son Thought My Death Threats Were For Him

By GottaLaff



One of Rep. Grayson's five-year-old twins thought the death threat was aimed at him.

"If you vote for health care, I'll kill you," said the woman on the phone, and his little boy heard it, and didn't understand that it was a message for Daddy.

Five years old, and he's already worried about death threats, whether they're directed at him or his dad.

Family values at work again.

TPM also reports that Grayson compared the GOP to the Nazis. Read about it here.

H/t: Gr8RDH

Man charged with threatening to kill Cantor

By GottaLaff

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

From March 25

No, this wasn't the same one who shot a bullet in the air that didn't hit Cantor's office. This death threat was on video, and it was not a figment or a distortion.

It was apparently very real:

The Web site Talking Points Memo reported Monday that the U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia has filed a two-count complaint and warrant charging Norman Leboon with threatening to kill Rep. Cantor, R-Va., and his family.

According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office, "in or about late March, 2010, Leboon created and then transmitted a YouTube video to Google over the internet, in which he threatened to kill Congressman Cantor and his family. No harm came to the Congressman or his family as a result of Leboon's threats."

[...] The Congressman was later notified that an arrest was made and a suspect was in custody," said spokesman Brad Dayspring.

Via TPM:

In the video, Norman Leboon says Cantor will "receive my bullets in your office, remember they will be placed in your heads. You and your children are Lucifer's abominations." [...]

Videos tagged with his name involved everything from the stock market collapse to the kids' movie "Babe," and he seemed to have talked about politics and world leaders including President Obama. He also says in another video where he talks about child molestation, "Leaders you will perish" and " I control your jets your missiles, I control everything."

In yet another video, Leboon seems to threaten Obama.

Apparently, he's no "liberal", just in case that meme makes its way into the media.

Nobody, but nobody, should be receiving death threats. It's wrong. It's scary. And it's getting way out of hand.

This is one thing both parties can, and should, agree on publicly, without then turning around and pointing fingers. It's time to truly change the tone in this country before it's too late.

UPDATE: He's an equal opportunity hater.

H/t: Gr8RDH

Another day, another threat to a Democratic lawmaker

By GottaLaff

Another day, another revelation:

The chairman of the House Democratic Caucus acknowledged on Friday his office had received multiple threats related to the passage of healthcare reform last week.

However, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) declined to provide details about the threats, noting only during an event at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center that his office has "reported them to the appropriate authorities."

"We just don't go into the nature of them," he said, as reported by the Hartford Courant. "We report them immediately. There's a procedure you follow and that has been done."

Too bad those delivering the threats don't follow procedure...

PhotOh! Debunking Eric Cantor

By GottaLaff

My pal VNDNBRG had an interesting comment under the Cantor: I Didn't Know Shot Was Random Until After My Presser post.

Cantor is a liar:

It was a nondescript building (no signage at all), bullet through 1st floor window (Cantor used 2nd floor for meetings once in a while), and building was not in his district (Richmond is in Bobby Scott's 3rd district). It was a threat all right!

Yeah, a threat to whoever was located on the first floor.

VNDNBRG was angry enough to do a little poking around.

He struck gold.

Here's a photo of the building that was hit:

The round struck with enough force to break the windowpane but did not penetrate the window blinds.” The building, as you can see from this picture, does not show any visible sign that it belongs to Cantor.

Here is a map of the district in question via Bobby Scotts homepage. The dot on Richmond closely corresponds with the Google map of building address:

(click on image to enlarge)

Here's a closer look:


Now check out the address at the bottom of Cantor's own page (click to enlarge):


That's right. Eric Cantor doesn't refer to the building that took the bullet. The address for their Richmond office:

March 25, 2010

The Richmond Police Department is investigating an act of vandalism at the Reagan Building, 25 E. Main St., Richmond, Virginia.

How does he dress himself in the morning? He apparently doesn't even know his own office address. And if he does use that other office, it must be only occasionally, because he forgot what floor it was on.

Maybe his advisers could remind him:

There is no sign identifying the light-green building as the campaign headquarters for Cantor, although its principal occupants, Ray Allen Jr. and M. Boyd Marcus Jr., are well-known in the political community as advisers to Cantor. It is identified as the Reagan Building.

Reminder of what Cantor said:

"Just recently I have been directly threatened. A bullet was shot through the window of my campaign office in Richmond this week, and I have received threatening emails," Cantor said, citing the fact that he is an elected official, and that he is Jewish.

Excellent work, Agent VNDNBRG!

RNC says "no" to joint statement calling for civility

By GottaLaff

Greg Sargent has two interesting tidbits to share with us.

Tidbit numero uno:

Has anyone else noticed that the Dem efforts to demand that Republican leaders condemn the threats and intimidation have suddenly gone silent today? I’m told Dems made a concerted decision to dial down the noise.

IMHO, they weren't noisy enough. But what do I know?

Tidbit numero dos:

Speaking of threats and intimidation, DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse emails that the DNC sent a letter to RNC chair Michael Steele today asking him to issue a joint statement calling for civility. The RNC declined, Woodhouse says, which makes sense, since GOPers wouldn’t want Dems to set the agenda on this story.

But of course they declined. Politics are much more important than the health and welfare of the country. Better to maintain the boiling hot tone than to show any sign of unity. Benefiting one's party is the priority, not benefiting the nation.

Well, at least the Party of No is consistent...ly wrong.

AUDIO: “I hope you die a slow death at a very young age." My bad.

By GottaLaff

Via mlive.com:

Another day, another mindless cretin, another death call, another apology.

Note to half-wits: "I saw a commercial and just couldn't help myself" just doesn't cut it:

Bob Bepristis told the Citizen Patriot he was upset over the health care bill and wanted to make his concerns known.

He said that he didn’t know who his representative in Congress was, and so decided to call [Rep. Mark] Schauer after seeing a TV political advertisement that listed Schauer’s name and phone number. [...]

“I screwed up,” Bepristis said. “It was rude and I was wrong.”

Yes you were, and yes you were.

But even more wrong were the people who put an ad out that revealed Schauer's personal information.

How many invasions of privacy does it take to screw a Democrat?

The Capitol police were notified. Bust. Ed.

“I didn’t mean to say what I said as a threat,” Bepristis told the Citizen Patriot.

Of course not, dear. Wishing people were dead aloud on their home phones would never be looked at that way. Please don't worry your pretty little head about it.

Bepristis apologized to the representative, by the by.

“They were very gracious,” he said.

Good, take lessons.

Liveblog: Majority Whip James Clyburn: "It was Cantor's member who yelled Baby killer"

By GottaLaff

Andrea Mitchell is discussing Eric Cantor's comments with James Clyburn on MSNBC right now, specifically Cantor's accusing Democrats of politicizing threats to Congress members:

James Clyburn [some minor paraphrasing]:

The whole world saw what happened Saturday [slurs being shouted to Congress members], and on CSPAN, they saw members of the chamber rise to their feet and cheer those who were disrupting the proceedings in the House of Representatives. And they saw members leaning out the window at the balcony, which I think is illegal. None of those people were Democrats.

Repkublican leaders should join Democratic leaders to do things not superficially, but get serious about tamping this stuff down.

Re: The You Lie incident: I said back then it would grow into something more serious, and it looks like it has.

Fire burning on Fire Pelosi site: If you play with fire you're bound to get burned. If they don't tamp this down, they will feel the heat for it.

Re: Cantor saying it was reckless to use incidents for political gain, accusing Van Hollen and DNC chair Tim Kaine of fanning the flames:

Democrats haven't overplayed this at all. It was his member who yelled Baby killer to Stupak, who next day sent out a fundraising letter using that. Fundraising was done using the You Lie incident. I challenge him to show me a Democrat doing the same thing.

We have learned the message of history, and have done what we can to maintain a civil discussion, make our children proud. That's how Democrats conduct themselves.

All this is poppycock compared to what we faced in the sixties, so none of this is a concern to me at all.

And that's the way it is.

Grassley 2010: "If [a mandate] was unconstitutional in 1993.. well, nobody gave it much thought."

By GottaLaff

We just had a giant scoop of hypocrisy from Eric Cantor.

Now Chuck Grassley is on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell taking credit for all the work he did on the health care bill. Yes, that health care bill.

There are "a lot of things in this bill" he likes. Suddenly there's a "consensus" for these things. But it increases taxes and destroys Medicare, see.

"The bad outweighs the good, it's just that simple," says he.

He's pretty simple himself, says I.

You came up with the individual mandate back when, says Andrea.

Grassley (paraphrased slightly):

"The difference between 1993 and the year Now [yes, he said "the year now"]... if it was unconstitutional then.. well, nobody gave it much thought. Lawyers didn't look at it until it became an issue, which it did just lately.

Besides, I came back to the P.O.V. Obama had during the campaign, when he said a mandate was wrong, and Hillary was for it.... Now the information is out that it will take a lot to enforce the mandate that we NOW think is unconstitutional."

Well then, that clarifies that.

Re: violent threats to House members:

"That is not what should be going on in America. We should have respect, get involved in the political process. Speak up, but no violence. Nothing illegal. We should all set an example of civility."

I guess he thinks it's civil to encourage volatility at town hall meetings, not to mention lie about death panels and killing grandma.

Grassley Face One, let me introduce you to Grassley Face Two.

Hyp. O. Crite.

Eric Cantor blames Democrats for threats to Congress members

By GottaLaff

So much hypocrisy, so little time (Note: This is a liveblog of a press conference Cantor just held):

Eric Cantor swearstogod he doesn't condone violence. But he gets threats because he's Jewish. So any suggestion that any leader is inciting threats is "akin to saying" he'd incite threats to his own family.

A bullet was shot through his own campaign office this week, but he won't release details, because that encourages threats. They should be treated as security issues dealt by law enforcement.

[Laffy Note: Did he file a police report?]

They shouldn't be used for political gain. He has deep concerns that van Hollen and Kaine are fanning the flames, because they use these incidents as a political weapon.

Using threats that way is reprehensible.

Letters and press releases won't stop violence, but they can easily fan the flames.

Enough is enough, it has to stop. We need to move forward.

Paddy just called. She could barely speak.

Democrats are politicizing this? Democrats??

Move forward? The GOP wants to "move forward"? Since when?

Let's ask Cantor: Who exactly is using incitement for political gain? Joe "You LIE!" Wilson for example? "Baby killer!" for example? A campaign to send Nancy Pelosi a birthday bomb? Palin's Hate Map? Egging on unruly crowds, Michele Bachmann?

Using violent imagery, war imagery? The Boehner's own attitude defies Cantor's Big Proclamation. Where was Boehner all summer?

As for Palin, remember the 2008 election rallies? Those would be the same ones at which she accused Obama of being a terrorist and made no attempt to calm her increasingly hostile crowds.

So Cantor's kidding, right? He is, right? Please say he is.

Video- McCain says Palin's "reload" tweet is "fine"

As if he'd say anything derogatory about St Sar du Norte. He's banking on her saving his ass so he's all "she poops rainbows" for the foreseeable future...