House Democrat: All that’s missing from the tea party are the robes and hoods

HOTAIR.COM ^ | 03 APRIL 2010 | ALLAHPUNDIT

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Of all the incendiary smears of tea partiers over the last few weeks, this one’s my very favorite. Not only is it relentlessly nasty, especially for a congressman — note the cute little joke he makes near the end referencing McCain’s torture in Hanoi — but it’s part of a critique of, ahem, right-wing vitriol. Come for the finger-wagging about civility, stay for the George Wallace and Kristallnacht analogies.

Then again, that’s par for the course. As Ed Driscoll reminds me, what makes this clip extra special is the fact that Steve Cohen himself was compared to a Klansman and targeted with anti-semitic innuendo by — ta da! — his Democratic opponent in the House primary two years ago. No one understands better than he does, in other words, just how vicious some of his own fellow travelers can be, but there’s a narrative at stake here and he knows his part in it. Nice job staying on-script, Steve.

[nolongerademocrat]

They are absolutely terrified that large numbers of Blacks will figure out that it is not about race at all. Rush is right, they will tell you what scares them.

[Repeat Offender]

All that’s missing from the tea party are the robes and hoods

I think Dem Senator Byrd is still using the all.

[FlingWingFlyer]

All that’s missing from the DemocRATik Party are the swastikas, brown shirts and jackboots. However, their fascist Nazi tactics are out there for all to see. All you have to do is look.

[Star Traveler]

House Democrat: All that’s missing from the tea party are the robes and hoods

Tea Party Member: All that's mising from the Obama Party are the Jackboots.

[... they've already got the thugs, doncha know ...]

[Jolla]

My goodness they are scared.

[madison10]

He oughtta know. The Dems and their kindred started that particular hate group.

[CommieCutter]

Al Gore’s father would be proud.

[madison10]

He oughtta know. The Dems and their kindred started that particular hate group.

[irish guard]

>>>>>>>>>>>>My goodness they are scared<<<<<<

And ignorant, and arrogant.

[MuttTheHoople]

All that’s missing from the Democrats are the lynching ropes and Gas Chambers.

[fwdude]

My goodness they are scared.

I don't know why - they "won."

[Son House]

Yep, of all my acquittance voting on the right, 2 said the name ‘Hessian’ the problem of electing him so soon after Saddam being removed, the racism is imaginary or on the left

[Servant of the Cross]

Exactly. These House Dems think that 'we the people' are either stupid or we possess no memory.

[K-oneTexas]

Some interesting historical facts:

The Republican Party was formed by anti-slavery activists to combat the pro-slavery Democrats

The Ku Klux Klan was formed by radical Democrats who opposed equality for blacks.

On April 20, 1871 the Republican Congress enacted the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-Affiliated terrorist groups.

In 1935 Democrats defeated an Anti-Lynching Bill supported and put forward by Republicans.

The 1924 Democrat National Convention in New York was host to one of the largest Klan gatherings in American history. Dubbed the “Klanbake convention”, a minority of delegates attempted to condemn the presence of the Klan but was rebuked by the Klan supporting Democrat Majority.



Wonder why Dems are so fearful of a grassroots organization that started due to their concerns over reckless government spending.

A world of difference from the actual to the Dem/Libs mind on what is really going on. what is really going on id the continued Dem desire to be IN CONTROL of EVERYTHING. Bamboozle the citizens and lull them into complacency.

Thanfull the Tea parties have awaken much of America.

[Young Werther]

Who would no better than the Demoncraps!

They invented the community organization group called the Ku Klus Klan.

They lynched Blacks and passed laws to keep the black children in separate but equal schools. When the Supreme Court ruled that separate schools were not proper, the Demons stood in the doorways and it took President Ike to make things equal.

[WashingtonSource]

The Democrats are scared sh*tless. They have to demonize the demonstrations because they cannot grant the demonstrators are legitimate. I hope this character is toast in November..

[ROCKLOBSTER]

All that’s missing from the tea party are the robes and hoods

The KKK is the terrorist wing of the DEMOCRAT party.

We can name lots of RAT segregationists.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Thank you for a thoughtful and well expressed comment on facts. You could add that Republicans, led by Senator Everett Dirksen, made the 1964 Civil Rights legislation become a reality.

Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, who had enlisted the Republican votes that made cloture a realistic option, spoke for the proponents with his customary eloquence. Noting that the day marked the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s nomination to a second term, the Illinois Republican proclaimed, in the words of Victor Hugo, “Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come.” He continued, “The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!”

A cloture vote was taken. With six wavering senators providing a four-vote victory margin, the final tally stood at 71 to 29. Nine days later the Senate approved the act itself—producing one of the 20th century’s towering legislative achievements. Republican votes made cloture possible, in the face of Democratic Party opposition.

[K-oneTexas]

Excellent point.

With history being and already rewritten by the Left ... today’s students will never know this. Unless some ‘old geezers’ start telling them ... even when they don’t want to listen.