Posted on 08/12/2009 11:35:04 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Congressman: Town hall protesters committing 'political terrorism' @ 2:22 pm by Michael O'Brien
Protesters who have interrupted town hall meetings are guilty of committing "political terrorism," one Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday.
Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.), a centrist Democrat, said that he can tolerate political differences, those who have shouted down congressmen and senators at town hall meetings across the country in recent weeks have taken things to a different level.
"I don't mind people disagreeing with you, but just to blow up a meeting is an act of political terrorism," Hill told the Louisville Courier-Journal.
"They have only one purpose in mind and that's to blow up the meetings that are being held and that serves no one, ladies and gentlemen," he said of the protesters, according to WISH-TV. That outlet is also reporting that Republicans have demanded an apology from Hill over the terrorism words.
Those comments come after lawmakers have had to fend off the highly-publicized interruptions from constituents during the August recess, reflecting some dyspepsia over the healthcare reform plans before Congress.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said earlier Wednesday that the town hall meetings are part of the healthcare battle, which he characterized as a "fight for the heart and soul of the United States of America."
Meanwhile, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said that he nationally televised town hall, which included unfavorable outbursts, was "terrific."
Give them a microphone like the Congressman and they won’t have to shout to be heard. Fair enough?
People aren’t polite when you’re enslaving them.
Excellent observation!
The Dems are going on record and identifying their real enemies - ordinary citizens of the U.S. not interested in changing the country to a Fascist/Marxist totalitarian state run by the elite.
They’re throwing stuff against the wall to see what will stick and then go with it. Seems the Nazi thing hasn’t worked so very much, so now political terrorist is launched.
And if that doesn’t work they still have VC, Japs and Redcoats....
“Political terrorism...!” Well if actual Americans are instilling TERROR in the hearts of our arrogant, self-righteous elected officials......GOOD!!! It’s about time. And it had better continue, even to the point of forcing the worst among them to resign in fear! This thuggish, criminal class of self-absorbed power seekers has ignored constituents and the Constitution long enough. If American citizens have turned the contempt politicians have for us into fear, that is wonderful. Perhaps it will at last end the trampling of our rights and liberty.
This kind of rhetoric by Democratic politicians has got to go. Or the Democratic politicians have got to go.
This kind of stuff is just intended to rally the Democratic stooges.
“The only persons that are terrorized are the politicians.”
Funny, there are no terrorists overseas, but any opponents of the Democrats over here are terrorists.
What is the worst thing the Democrats could come up to demonize somebody? Call them terrorists. True?
Democrats put Party before country every time.
Asking them a question they can’t answer, thus questioning their royal status, is more than they can handle. How dare we not bow down to them!
When a black congressman says this kind of thing I find it especially ironic when one looks back at the civil rights movement. At the time a lot of authority types thought of it as terrorism.
I’ll bring the feathers!!!
THREE CHEERS FOR CENTRISTS!
(as if that is centrist)
Protesters who have interrupted town hall meetings are guilty of committing “political terrorism,” one Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.),
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Gosh CongressCritter Hill, whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty ???
Oh, silly Nana...
That just applies to liberal defendants...
Like the foreign born usurper Barry Soetoro and his thugs..
Call me a terrorist, and eventually I might really start making terror for my enemies.
Hey asshole, you can call us freedom fighters.
Wow. Someone needs to do a compilation of all the times leftists have shouted down conservative speakers. Tancredo comes to mind. Bill Sammon has a article on FOX just today outlining some of the vicious protests staged against Bush.
“Robert Byrd takes on Code Pink:”
Barbaric!
Baron Hill is supposed to be a “blue dog” Democrat. He isn’t. He’s a liberal from the home of liberalism in southern Indiana, Bloomington. And he’s saying this to try to give the impression that “blue dogs” are turning in favor of this bill.
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