Tea Party Leader: "So many spics makes me feel like a speck. Grrr. Wheres my gun!?”

By GottaLaff

Earlier I posted about the unspeakable racist, XXX rated contents of e-mails sent by a gubernatorial candidate in New York. Oops, I forgot one tiny detail. He's also a Tea Bagger.

That audible sputtering you hear comes courtesy of indignant Tea Tantrumers whose self-righteous denials have fallen flat. My new nickname for any and all of these fools: Elmer Thudd.

I posted the above story mere minutes ago. It only took that long for another one to come to my attention.

Amid all that protesty spittle flying around all those denials of having spat on Congress members and screaming slurs, carrying racist signs, and sneaking in nasty little coded words and phrases, we get yet another example of why they are laughably-- and cryably-- wrong.

Via a tweet posted on the Twitter page of the Springboro Tea Party:

“Illegals everywhere today! So many spics makes me feel like a speck. Grrr. Wheres my gun!?” said the March 21 posting on the site managed by the group’s founder, Sonny Thomas.

There now, wasn't that Christian of him?

The Twitter posting triggered cancellations by several local and statewide candidates and elected officials scheduled to speak at a Springboro Tea Party rally scheduled for Saturday, April 17, at North Park. However, some officials say this doesn’t tarnish the Tea Party movement as a whole.

Of course it doesn't. It's just one isolated incident. Sure, one of many. Add all those isolated incidents up and what do you get? Why, one might call it a very negative impression of "the Tea Party movement as a whole."

A very deep, dark whole.

H/t: Judi Powell

Organizers Take Steps to Keep Tea Party Rally Clean

By GottaLaff

If the Tea Tantrumers are trying to avoid images like these, these and these, fine and dandy. Personally, I have my doubts about how effective their "steps" will be (Roll Call is subscription only, so the excerpt below is all that was available to us).

From the Department of Too Little Too Late:

Thousands of people are expected to travel to Washington, D.C., next week to attend the April 15 rally against the policies of the Obama administration, and organizers are implementing new steps to ensure the crowd remains civil and its message is not diluted by personal attacks.

Maybe they should have thought of implementing New Rules when it was a New "Movement". Just think of all the spitting, shouting slurs and threats to Congress members they have been prevented.

I guess the blowback is finally catching up to them. Kudos to us for keeping up the pressure, shame on them for their despicable displays, and here's to a genuine effort to rein in the vile hostility.

Barney Frank: GOP "decided apparently that they benefit from virulence, hatred, disruption"

By GottaLaff

Earlier, there were disruptive shouts of "Kill the bill!" from a protester in the House gallery. How did the GOP respond? They applauded, cheering him on. Aren't they the perfect role models for our youth?

Barney Frank had a thing or two to say about that embarrassing display:

“You have dozens of Republicans standing and applauding and cheering on a guy who was disrupting the proceedings and resisting court officers. It’s really disgraceful.” [...]

"These clowns are out there encouraging a violation of the law. They’ve decided apparently that they benefit from virulence, hatred, disruption."

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), downplayed yesterday's Tea Tantrumers' racial and anti-gay slurs and their spitting on African American lawmakers.

Another fine American.

Barney Frank was none too thrilled with him, either:

“Any movement in which Steve King and Michele Bachmann are among the leaders is probably not going to meet high standards for civility or coherence,” Frank said.

VIDEO: Tea Party protesters mob Reps. Lewis, Carson, Cummings, shout slurs

By GottaLaff

UPDATE: Apologies if the title is misleading. It was meant to mean that there is a video, and more. The TEXT talks about the slurs. The video shows the protesters only, not the specific slurs mentioned in the text.



At today's rally, things got ugly... even uglier than usual:

A staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a 'ni--er.' And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a "faggot," as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams. Frank, approached in the halls after the president's speech, shrugged off the incident.

But Clyburn was downright incredulous, saying he had not witnessed such treatment since he was leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960s.

Be proud, Tea Baggers. Family values, patriotism, compassion: all missing.

Bigotry, racism, hatred: all present and accounted for.

Video- Fox & Friends guest Mancow: People don't want "race-baiting community organizer" Obama's "communist health care"

They must get a list of phrases and words when they step on the set, then they get paid by how many of them they fit into their segment.

Anti Glenn Beck activist gets Twitter death threats, slurs

By GottaLaff

This is what it's like for activist StopBeck when he tries to "stop" Beck (click on images to enlarge):

One:


Two:


For the record, @vatopdog also started harassing me today, but I blocked him immediately. He called a few of us "self-hating haters", whatever that means, which was so laughable that I didn't take him seriously...

... until StopBeck contacted me with these tweets.

Twitter would not delete the account, even after StopBeck lodged a formal complaint. They said it wasn't "specific enough".

The level of hostility and hatred is out of hand. It started to rev up over the summer with the gun-toting, screaming, out of control Tea Tantrumers at town hall meetings. It has crescendoed ever since.

How can there be any expectation of achieving any sort of rational communication when wingnuts such as @vatopdog persist in drowning out civil discourse with outright threats, slurs, bigotry, hate speech, racism, and extremism?

StopBeck asked my advice. Here is what I told him: I've had some degree of success by calling these nutcases out, exposing them, and letting as many people as possible see what and who they are. If we turn our backs, they will continue their despicable behavior unabated.

He agreed.

We have try to to put the fire out, or at least control it, or it will continue to spread.

PhotOh! Rachel Maddow's snapshot from CPAC gets ugly comments

By GottaLaff

Rachel Maddow popped into CPAC and snapped this photo of some of her swag:



Nice of the CPAC gang to hand those Palin pics out, because she just can't seem to get enough exposure these days.

Under a post of Rachel's photo over at MediaBistro, some of the comments were typically, right wingily stupid:

yakuza_saint
so what type of swag do they give out at left-wing butch lesbo events?

4 people liked this comment.

PicklingTheBeast 1 hour ago

Yeah...Rachel is envious of Caribou Barbie. She'd have to lose about a hundred IQ points to compete with Sister Sarah.

Moderate 1 hour ago

Maddow the stalker.

unicornsforeveryone 2 hours ago

Creepy...
Ray alone in a hotel room with a glossy pic of Sarah Palin...

pants on the ground, pants on the ground

How mature.

VIDEO- Steele: Reid should step down from leadership role for 'Negro' remark

By GottaLaff



Yesterday I posted about Harry Reid's apology for "Negro dialect" remarks he hade made about pre-President Obama during the 2008 election season. Obama accepted the apology.

From the Dep't. of Look Who's Talking About Who Should Step Down:

The chairman of the Republican National Committee called Sunday for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to step down as Majority Leader in the wake of revelations that he used the term "Negro" when discussing President Barack Obama's 2008 candidacy.

"I think he should, if the standard is the one set by [Trent Lott]," Steele said on "Fox News Sunday" when asked if Reid should resign his post.

Trent Lott resigned as Majority Leader in 2002 for praising Strom Thurmond and his 1948 candidacy.

Back to the Department of Look Who's Talking, Michael Steele apparently forgot about his own "Honest Injun" slur. Until he can acquire a shred of credibility for himself, he's the last one who should be pointing fingers.

UPDATE, via an e-mail alert from Politico:

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, tells POLITICO that it's "entirely appropriate" for Sen. Harry Reid to step down as majority leader over comments about President Barack Obama's skin color and lack of a "Negro dialect."

For more information...http://www.politico.com

VIDEO: MSNBC's David Shuster Takes On "Free Republic" For Malia Obama Racist Comments

By GottaLaff



This video refers to this.

David Shuster really needs a show of his own. How many time must we say this, MSNBC, before you take us seriously?

Dr. Nancy? No. Other Guy Whose Name I Don't Even Know, but is the New Morning Guy? Uh-uh.

Shuster? Absolutely. Ten thumbs up.