I can see Barney Frank dressed as Elmer Fudd:
“Shhhhhh! Be vewy, vewy, quiet!
I’m hunting those wascally wabid Wepubwicans! Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh!!”
Posted on 08/04/2009 4:46:07 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
DNC: GOP 'inciting angry mobs' of 'rabid right wing extremists' @ 4:13 pm by Michael O'Brien
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) accused Republicans of fueling "mob rule" by way of encouraging conservative protesters of Democratic lawmakers and the Obama administration across the country.
DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse brought out the heavy artillery in a lengthy statement issued late Tuesday blasting the GOP and enablers in interest groups for spurring the protests.
"The Republicans and their allied groups — desperate after losing two consecutive elections and every major policy fight on Capitol Hill — are inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right wing extremists funded by K Street Lobbyists to disrupt thoughtful discussions about the future of health care in America taking place in Congressional Districts across the country," Woodhouse said in a statement.
The statement comes on the heels of townhalls and events in districts across the country, where House lawmakers are on August recess, at which conservative activists have often engaged in raucous protests.
Woodhouse likened the crowds to those during the 2008 presidential campaign who accused then-Sen. Obama of being a "socialist," out of which he said the "birther" movement was born.
He also accused Republicans of coordinating with interest groups.
"These mobs are bussed in by well funded, highly organized groups run by Republican operatives and funded by the special interests who are desperately trying to stop the agenda for change the President was elected to bring to Washington," Woodhouse said.
"The right wing extremists' use of things like devil horns on pictures of our elected officials, hanging members of Congress in effigy, breathlessly questioning the President's citizenship and the use of Nazi SS symbols and the like just shows how outside of the mainstream the Republican Party and their allies are," he added.
Update, 4:35 p.m.RNC press secretary Gail Gitcho responds:
It is remarkably callous and extraordinarily out-of-touch for the White House and the Democrats to call the genuine concern over President Obama's government-run health care plan "manufactured." American families, small business owners, doctors, veterans, and seniors have real and serious concerns over the president's risky and costly government-run health care experiment. And they should — taxpayers will pay for this costly health care experiment because it will raise taxes without decreasing costs, increase the deficit and lead to less choice and lower-quality health coverage
Republicans are also pointing to a line contained with a Democratic memo outlining recess activities highlighting the party's coordination with HCAN, Families USA, AFSCME, SEIU, AARP, among other groups, over recess.
Are they saying they don’t like ACORN tactics .. busing people in? Imagine that !
Most Republicans have their own cars, jacka$$. We manage to get where we want to go all on our own.
Yep, they haven’t seen ANGRY right wing extremists yet......
Classic liberal double-speak. Create disruption, then blame the other side.
I can see Barney Frank dressed as Elmer Fudd:
“Shhhhhh! Be vewy, vewy, quiet!
I’m hunting those wascally wabid Wepubwicans! Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh!!”
Flash Mob alert!
I really can't claim ownership of it. The idea evolved over the course of about a week of lunch hour discussions with some friends who, like me, believe the time has come to ratchet up the pressure, noise, and numbers exponentially. Ideally, on the day Congress votes on the Obama's horror of a health care scheme the streets of Washington DC and state capitol grounds nationwide would be crowded shoulder to shoulder with tens of millions shouting, angry Americans--veterans, housewives, invalids and old people in wheelchairs, blue collar, white collar-- all united in opposition to the Obama-Reid-Pelosi Stalin-era legislation. Congress should hear the noise and feel the heat like they've never heard or felt it before.
I am going to decide over the next few days whether and how to leave or take a furlough from my job for a season to do something more substantial. Fortunately I have the kind of (well-paying) job that does not tie me to a particular employer.
GOP ‘inciting angry mobs’ of ‘rabid right wing extremists’
Well... IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!
They have done nothing but describe themselves to a “T”.
Hanging members of congress in effigy? Like I never saw a likeness of George Bush with a rope around the neck! I can’t believe the audacity of what they are saying. We’re bussed in and well funded by interest groups! Have they never heard of Code Pink, ACORN, Moveon.org?
Projection, projection, projection.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
They haven’t seen nothing yet. Let em pass either cap and trade or the care plan and there will be riots.
Here's a bumper sticker:
I seriously and honestly believe that lucifer is doing his damnedest to force us conservatives into a civil war.....then the OBAMABOTS can really put the screws to us.
The statement comes on the heels of townhalls and events in districts across the country, where House lawmakers are on August recess, at which conservative activists have often engaged in raucous protests.
Proud member of the “Raucous Caucus”.
"The right wing extremists' use of things like devil horns on pictures of our elected officials, hanging members of Congress in effigy, breathlessly questioning the President's citizenship and the use of Nazi SS symbols and the like just shows how outside of the mainstream the Republican Party and their allies are," he added.Awwwww, the poor babies.
"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!"
It’s called getting a taste of your own medicine. Get used to it.
Yup. I saw a video cilp this morning of a townhall attendee who told the representative that he is a registered Dem.
” I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors.”
And yet he can’t answer questions on the HC Bill...........
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