Posted on 01/11/2012 11:20:04 AM PST by DCBryan1
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaking in New Hampshire this morning, reminded her audience of the tragic Tucson shooting last year -- and also insinuated that the Tea Party, which she said regards political opponents as "the enemy," has enhanced divisiveness in Congress and had something to do with the shooting, at least indirectly.
"We need to make sure that we tone things down, particularly in light of the Tucson tragedy from a year ago, where my very good friend, Gabby Giffords -- who is doing really well, by the way, -- [was shot]," Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chair said during a "Politics and Eggs" forum this morning. "The discourse in America, the discourse in Congress in particular . . . has really changed, I'll tell you. I hesitate to place blame, but I have noticed it take a very precipitous turn towards edginess and lack of civility with the growth of the Tea Party movement."
Having brought up the Giffords attack as a political cudgel, Wasserman Schultz doubled down on that attack. "You had town hall meetings that they tried to take over, and you saw some their conduct at those tea party meetings," Wasserman Schultz said today. "When they come and disagree with you, you're not just wrong, you're the enemy."
Warming to that theme, she added that "when they disagree with you on an issue, you're not just wrong, you're a liar."
Giffords' shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, was eventually discovered to be a mentally unstable loner with no immediate partisan agenda and a serious alcohol problem. In 2007, he had attended a forum and asked a question of Giffords, which she had not answered to his satisfaction.
(Excerpt) Read more at campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com ...
It’s going to take stuff like this to get the Tea Party fired up for 2012 like they were for 2010.
IMHO....she is way past needing to visit a hog farm. /unintended consequences
It's unfortunate that we can't find out about that yet ~ but Debbie's accusation certainly calls out for a lawsuit as a counterstrike so we can use discovery to bring her boys into the Court to discuss several matters ~
It's unfortunate that we can't find out about that yet ~ but Debbie's accusation certainly calls out for a lawsuit as a counterstrike so we can use discovery to bring her boys into the Court to discuss several matters ~
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You expect sanity from a piece of furniture?
Rather than the useless comments on DWS looks, intelligence, etc., we need the Repubs to DEMAND that this woman be FIRED as DNC chair and censured by the House. Not doing so suggests they think her comments are acceptable.
Standard part of the Left’s playbook — get a meme started before facts are in; once facts come in and the meme’s being refuted, change the subject; then, once most people have forgotten the facts, restart the meme.
After viewing the article above this one in Breaking News, I conclude that it is OKAY — even right on -— for DNC to attack the a Republican primary candidate, but not okay, very BAD to cast aspersions on the Tea Party. Did I get that right?
Debbie, your rants up until now have been so far off the deep end, they’re relatively harmless because most Americans don’t hold any shred of belief in what pours out of that facial cavity of yours. Your Gems Of The Week, in all their irrationality, have been almost endearing in their inane silliness.
But you’re stepping over a line here. Go back to that which is in your lane, e.g., crowing about the great economic miracle Obama has brought.
Really, Debbie... it’s just better that way.
“when they disagree with you on an issue, you’re not just wrong, you’re a liar.”
If the feedbag fits ...
LOL!
SHE NEEDS TO BE VOTED OUT ASAP.
Never mind that Loughner was described by someone who knew him as “very left wing”. Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets my nomination for Mindless Leftist Whore of the Year. Is she really that shameless, or is she just that stupid? Likely both, I venture.
Wuz-a-man-Schultz is a liar AFAIC. For eight years we heard the most vile things about President Bush, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, and other Republicans in the Admin and in Congress. Now, any criticism is divisive and incites violence. These thin-skinned wannabe dictators can’t take criticism!
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