Lawmakers concerned as health-care overhaul foes resort to violence

The Washington Post ^ | March 25, 2010 | Philip Rucker

[BradtotheBone]

The pitched battle over health care has unleashed a rash of vandalism and attacks directed at politicians, with at least 10 House Democrats reporting death threats or incidents of harassment or vandalism at their district offices over the past week.

More than 100 House Democrats met behind closed doors Wednesday afternoon with representatives of the FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police. The lawmakers voiced what one senior aide who was present described as "serious concern" about their security in Washington and in their home districts when they return this weekend for the spring recess.

Usually only the congressional leadership has regular personal protection from the Capitol Police. But at least 10 lawmakers have been offered increased protection by law enforcement agencies, said House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.).

Asked whether members are endangered, Hoyer said: "Yes. [There are] very serious incidents that have occurred."

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer e-mailed senators and staffers Wednesday telling them to "remain vigilant." Gainer, a former Capitol Police chief, said in an interview that the warning was meant to "assuage people's fears."

But House Democrats say they are unnerved.

"Our democracy is about participation," Hoyer said. "Our democracy is about differing and debate and animated debate and passionate debate. But it is not about violence."

[BradtotheBone]

Typical Left Wing Sympathy for us BS!!! I hope the public doesn't fall for this tatic of trying to hijack the discussion away from WHAT DEMOCRATS DID TO THIS COUNTRY TUESDAY!!!

[Marty62]

LIARS

[Pining_4_TX]

“Our democracy is about participation,” Hoyer said. “Our democracy is about differing and debate and animated debate and passionate debate. But it is not about violence.”

Apparently it is also about trashing the Constitution.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The state run “media” appears to have been given its marching orders to crank up the “violence against nice people” talking head machine. I think they are just trying to take some of the heat off of their Boy Wonder.

[cameraeye]

My concern is that the Democraters several years ago wanted to end the IRS. Now they gave them the same powers of the Gestapo. What’s up with that?

[manonCANAL]

POOR BABIES

[silverleaf]

Oh, they’re afraid to go home and face their constituents.... sniff sniff

Maybe Nancy should order them some military VIP jets, well stocked with liquor and flowers, so they can hop over to Europe or off to the Pacific somewhere and celebrate forcing socialism on the dumb rednecks back home.

[avacado]

"Our democracy is about participation," Hoyer said.

What country you from fella? I'm from the USA. We are a Republic.

[Sir Gawain]

Stuff it thugs.

March 25, 2010

REMEMBERING WHEN G.O.P. Offices Were Vandalized: “An apparent mob of vandals attacked the North Carolina Republican Party headquarters, causing minor smoke damage, breaking windows and leaving vulgar messages, police said.” I don’t remember a national panic over this, or over the bullet-riddled Bush/Cheney headquarters.

Then there was this episode. And, of course, this: “A group of protestors stormed and then ransacked a Bush-Cheney headquarters building in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, according to Local 6 News.”

But those represented the righteous indignation of oppressed lefties, rather than the dangerous violence of nasty righties.

Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 7:51 am

[thethirddegree]

Spring recess should be interesting.

[wita]

“Our democracy is about participation,”

Sorry, I’m not buying it. You should have weighed the consequences when you chose to vote your conscience, or lack of.

[airborne]

Though $#!t !!!

I care about them as much as they care about me.

Nada!

[JohnBrowdie]

very convenient memory. death threats were made against bart stupak and his family BEFORE the vote on health care when he was holding out for restrictive language on abortion. clearly, liberals were making those threats. where was the media outrage then? where was steny hoyer or jim clyburn? and those threats can be said to have worked, since stupak changed his vote.

[DManA]

There IS organized violence going on:

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20100322_Another_flash_mob_rocks_South_Street__In_the__tsunami___chants_of__Burn_the_city__.html

[Dallas59]

LOL! Oh my...where have these people been over the last 8 years?

[The Sons of Liberty]

The dims place black panthers at poling places to control the outcome of the election, but only now are they concerned about violence.

/sarc

[Flycatcher]

Why are these House Democrats worried?

We just want to do to them what they did to the Constitution.

[Nervous Tick]

This is the new Leftist meme: we’ll be seeing a lot of it.

I wonder how far they’ll push it, and how exactly they’ll attempt to cash in on it. (Gun control, curb free speech, and do forth).

But I know for certain that, as good Alinsky disciples, they won’t waste this good manufactured “crisis”.

[556x45]

Odd, they didnt seem all that interested in debate and participation in the midst of ramrodding HC thru the Congress. Seems a rather selective POV...then again we’re talking about liberals who see themselves as Lights and Gods to all us clingers.

[mlocher]

My two favorite quotes are, “Elections have consequences,” and “Unconstitutional legislation have consequences.” I prefer a more pieceful resolution, not threats of violence.