Posted on 09/17/2009 12:08:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Barack Obama's health care reform effort is concerning because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay rights that roiled San Francisco in the 1970s. Anyone voicing hateful or violent rhetoric, she told reporters, must take responsibility for the results. "I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco," Pelosi said, suddenly speaking quietly. "This kind of rhetoric was very frightening" and created a climate in which violence took place, she said.
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I’m worried about all that botox destroying her face.
You witch! Your thugs have already beat the crap out of peaceful protestors!
Sure Nancy. You are running out of excuses.
What violence? Aside from the LIBERAL who bit off a conservatives finger. And... since when is protesting "frightening?"
You mean like astroturf, swastikas and brown shirts? Language like that? Shut up Nazi P.
You’re a little late to that party....;]
I hope all these wingnuts are worried about their re-election. That is the revolution we need in 2010!
That's what it was about? Oh Yeah?
"Back in those tumultuous days . . . politics was almost a pugilistic sport."
The Twinkie Defense -- Dan White shoots the mayor and a supervisor.
From the trial: "White had suffered from 'diminished capacity' and in that state had acted in 'the heat of passion . . .which fogs judgment.'"
What "passion?" See below.
Leading up to the shootings White, an elected supervisor, quit. He was married, his wife was pregnant, and he had been acting out of character for whatever reasons.
Days later he did apply to be reinstated after appeals from firefighters, police and neighborhood residents. Mayor Moscone publicly stated that if White [wanted it] he could have his job back.
But liberal and gay Harvey Milk had a score to settle with this All-American conservative young man -- he was conservative; as one article described it "Back in those tumultuous days . . . politics was almost a pugilistic sport."
"[L]iberal supervisors, led by Milk, had persuaded the mayor to appoint a liberal to the open seat. Believing he had been betrayed, White loaded his .38 revolver on the morning of Nov. 27, 1978, stuffed his pockets with bullets and headed for City Hall." [My emphasis]
The ultra-liberal race baiters like Pelosi say it was about homophobia, but
"Darlene Benton, who was on that jury, takes umbrage at that. 'People think it was about Twinkies and gays,' she said. 'It wasn't. I was born and raised in San Francisco. I've never been against gay people. There may have been a couple of jurors who were,' she said, 'but they never told us they felt that way.'"
We have never seen her this cowed before and its very uncharacteristic of her to be so cowed! Remember she is the one who very recently had the audacity to be calling town hall protesters as NAZIS!!
I would NOT be surprised if she has been threatened by her handlers and from higher up!!
Just more pandering.
Proves again that libs care nothing for the Constitution including freedom of speech.
what she is REALLY worried about is being assigned a broom closet as an office when the republicans TAKE BACK THE HOUSE IN 2010!
see ya Nancy!
We can only hope Pelosi’s is the first blood shed.
Arsonist worries fire he started might burn out of control.
“... being assigned a broom closet as an office..”
I think you are way too generous. I was thinking of a large appliance box on the lawn.
The Whiner of the House.
Wouldn’t she need to have blood first?
She throws this flaming molotov cocktail and they write an article making her sound credible.
The people you hear screaming “racist” and now claiming they fear assassination (all leaders must fear that but not from their legitimate political opponents) - are the ones being irresponsible.
When she calls you a racist or says you are encouraging her murder because you don’t support a health care bill, she is encouraging some kook supporter of hers to harm you.
Musta missed the violence when 2 million came to protest DC. Any tear gas or riot police like the commie protests? Those grannies can really throw a punch.
Pray for America
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