Actually, it's Fascism. And this guy is a Fascist.
Posted on 10/12/2004 11:20:37 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
By Michelle Malkin
© 2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
How many hate-crime anecdotes does it take before the mainstream media spot a trend? If the victims are politically correct, all it takes is one or two.
One alleged name-calling. A few alleged acts of vandalism. A suspicious arson here or there. In an instant, an unsubstantiated attack against the right kind of ethnic, racial, religious or sexual minority becomes undisputed evidence of an epidemic of violence. A symbol of rising hate. A national crisis.
But what happens when the targets are the wrong kind of victim? What happens when conservatives and Republicans are on the receiving end of discriminatory threats or harassment or worse?
Hello, reporters? Is anybody home? Is it my imagination, or do I hear pins dropping in the grievance corners of America's otherwise victim-friendly newsrooms?
For the past several weeks, the Internet has been buzzing with story after story of election-related mayhem aimed at Bush-Cheney supporters. Some have downplayed the incidents as run-of-the-mill pranks. Others claim that "both sides are doing it" equally.
Yes, both Democratic and Republican signs have been torn. Yes, there has been juvenile behavior on both sides. But left-wing activists have escalated their campaign attacks to a seemingly unprecedented level. We have gone from simple mischief to open-season malice. And the supposedly objective reporters who are always so willing to connect the dots to expose the politics of hate are now whistling past the smashed windows and flaming signs and bullet holes.
In Madison, Wis., someone burned an 8-foot-by-8-foot Nazi swastika on a homeowner's lawn, which had been decorated with Bush-Cheney signs. The vandals used grass killer to spray the hate symbol (it's OK, Bush-hating trumps environmentalism). Several other homes nearby were vandalized.
In Orlando, Fla., Democrats stormed the local Bush-Cheney headquarters, and the ensuing melee resulted in physical injuries to at least two Republican campaign workers. The liberal protesters justified their actions – including ramming the head of one of the workers into an office door – by blaming President Bush's "negative campaign."
So, the 30-second ads made them do it. It's always someone else's fault.
In Knoxville, Tenn., someone shot into the Bush-Cheney headquarters. Shots were also fired into Bush-Cheney offices in Huntington, W.Va., and Florida. The GOP office in Gallatin County, Mont., was vandalized twice in less than a week. Republican offices in the Seattle area, Spokane, Wash., Canton, Ohio, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Edwardsville, Ill., have also been burglarized and/or vandalized.
On an Alaska-bound flight, a drunken Kerry supporter went ballistic after harassing a female Bush supporter and refusing to calm down at the request of flight attendants. In Gainesville, Fla., police arrested a Democrat accused of punching the chairman of the Alachua County Republican Executive Committee in the face at the town Republican headquarters. The accused, David McCally, also punched a life-sized, cardboard cutout of President George Bush. McCally is a community college instructor whose specialty is social and behavioral sciences.
According to the GOP chairman, Travis Horn, McCally hurled obscenities at him before the assault. "He proceeded to say how he had a Ph.D., and he was smarter than me. I'm a stupid Republican." And that, no doubt, is the superior attitude held by media reporters and anti-hate crime advocates and peace preachers and civility pleaders who refuse to acknowledge the totally unhinged tactics of Democrats Gone Wild.
Liberals promise to do "whatever it takes" – "by any means necessary" – to win this election. If it were conservatives mouthing those slogans as shattered glass was flying and lawns were smoking, Karl Rove would be under federal investigation. Jimmy Carter would be requesting U.N. assistance. And the New York Times would be calling for a National Day of Reconciliation.
A single act of hate is a danger to the Republic, except when it's fomented by bug-eyed, rock-throwing, lighter-wielding Kerry-Edwards supporters just exercising their "free speech."
And I am becoming more and more convinced this is why they want to courts and the military in their corner if civil unrest comes to pass soon.
If you think about it, we are just one major incident away from the tinder box erupting. The 9/11 and NYC blackout response from the public was one end of the pendulum. It would not take much for the reaction to swing entirely to the other direction. Then we have martial law, curfews, travel restrictions, rationing, etc. I know which side I DO NOT want imposing those types of rules on me and this country.
Thanks for the info. That might be the one I saw, but I could swear I saw it just recently, within a matter of days. At least SOME of these jerks are getting arrested. The cops really need to find the morons/a**holes that are shooting at Bush campaign hq's.
If they are union goons, they probably have a "right" to shoot at Bush HQs... After all how many times have unions ever been called on violence they have perpetrated.
If there were ever organizations ripe for RICO cases, unions like Teamsters and AFL-CIO are it!
Criminal ping.
No he's smarter...he said so. :)
I am proud to say I am not Democrat, but Republican.
She likes hot pink and black leather, don't she?
Mercy!!!!
Roger H. who is subbing for RUSH this afternoon mentioned that he's going to discuss this issue - pretty soon if there's going to be time for it!
Wonder if W. is going to bring it up in the debate tonight?
Doubt it, really.
Re. #35:
Looks as though Chairman HORN is quite capable of effectively debating the issues on that level when leftist academic socialist pinheads like said doofus choose to take it there.
Now THAT's what I call "Leadership"! He does the GOP proud, by golly!
Someone out that way buy that man a cigar, and put him up for STATE Chair!
I use to take solice in the fact that we would win this (civil) war because most Liberals hate guns. Than I remembered...most liberals lie.
It brought to mind the case of the late Washington Post journalist (Karl Rowan) who was an avid anti-gun proponent. This gun control guru not only shot a pool-hopping teenager...he did it with an unregistered handgun. Lord knows how many armed Karl Rowans there are in the Democrat Party. Never believe what a liberal tells you he believes.
Actually, it's Fascism. And this guy is a Fascist.
No SHIITE!
a cop watched him do it and the Kerry guy was arrested. saw the clip here on the net...
bttt
How does one "Kill Oil"????? pour it down the sink? set fire to it? hmmmmm....
;)
bump
Thanks for the ping.
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