Posted on 10/29/2009 9:17:29 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm.
But what has gone unsaid by those same voices has been the possibility of violence against those who might take a position antithetical to that of the left.
Case and point: CNN's Lou Dobbs. Dobbs, who has been the target of a smear campaign by the left-wing noise machine, told his radio audience on Oct. 26 that his home had been shot at three weeks earlier. (Unabbreviated audio available here) Story Continues Below Ad ↓
"But I want to tell you, when you talk about what they've done - they've created an atmosphere and they've been unrelenting in their propaganda," Dobbs said. "Three weeks ago this morning, a shot was fired at my house where I live. My wife was standing out and that followed weeks and weeks of threatening phone calls."
Dobbs detailed the event, the notification of law enforcement and threatening phone calls he had received after the fact.
"And, as I told the state patrol, and by the way, the New Jersey State Patrol is absolutely terrific - they responded instantly. But this shot was fired with my wife not, I don't know, 15 feet away and we had threatening phone calls that I decided not to report because I get threatening phone calls," Dobbs continued. "I now - it's become a way of life - the anger, the hate, the vitriol, but it's taken a different tone where they've threatened my wife. They've now fired a shot at my house while my wife was standing next to the car. It's become something else."
The CNN host later took a shot at the "national liberal media," which he claims has taken a side on the immigration issue and has created this sort of reckless environment.
"But we've got to start being honest," Dobbs said. "Instead, the national liberal media has chosen sides and they've decided that they're going to focus on the liberal view, which is that they will embrace illegal immigration - no matter who is harmed, no matter how many laws are broken or how few consequences there are for breaking those laws."
Dobbs had been attacked by Fox News host Geraldo Rivera earlier and told his listeners that following these events that he was in no mood for attacks from Rivera.
"My wife has now been, and I have been, shot at, our driver," Dobbs said. "My house has been shot and hit. An investigation continues. I've had bodyguards now and you know what, I'm not in the mood to put up with little fools like Geraldo Rivera."
"I wish that we all again would curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made, with the understanding that some of the ears this is falling on are not as balanced as the person making the statement might assume," Pelosi said.
She stressed again that people are free to speak out. "But I also think they have to take responsibility for any incitement they may cause," she said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-S3Q_hTuWU&feature=player_embedded
and notice this shooting takes place shortly after Geraldo says this:
Speaking at a luncheon sponsored by El Diario La Prensa NY, Rivera disgracefully said, "Lou Dobbs is almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country."
Have detectives interviewed Alec Baldwin yet?
First shot fired....by the left, of course.
The Obama thugs are hitting the streets ping!
Geraldo Rivera...hmmmm
Does he have any friends?
Is this writer kidding? That is exactly what they were talking about. That conservative speech and protest were "INCITING" the left to violence.
Never stop speaking but never be a target either.
Lou, get out of Jersey, it ain’t healthy there.
“...Obama thugs are hitting the streets...”
They will be literally hitting the street if they shoot at my wife/house. We are all potential victims for this type of behavior. That American flag outside your home, campaign poster in your yard, bumper sticker on your SUV etc. could make you and I the next targets.
bump
Isn’t that the way when the leftists take over a country? All speech to the contrary becomes a form of treason?
Probably because no one around here is the least bit surprised. We know who and what they are and their actions are not unexpected.
That’s exactly how they do it, but it’s much easier when citizens of that country aren’t armed.
How many times has he been shot at? (Rhetorical question).
Guess which party owns most of the pathology?
Saw that on Drudge earlier- amazing, isn’t it?
Politics are getting out of hand.
I haven’t heard a thing about it on ABCNNBCBS, so it must not have happened...............
Jerry Rivers will make any statement that will make a buck for him. What a loser.
Michelle Malkin had this joker nailed long ago. Roger Ailes has a blind spot where Rivers is concerned.
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