Posted on 04/08/2010 7:09:45 PM PDT by kristinn
Out of a nation of more than three hundred million Americans, only forty-two threats against Congressmen and Senators were reported in the first three months of this year. However, the Democrats and the news media have made it seem like Congress is under siege from right wing Tea Party terrorists ready to slaughter representatives over the health care takeover bill.
The Washington Post reported tonight that threats have increased "nearly threefold" over the fifteen threats received in the last three months of 2009.
The Post headlined the article with the ominous sounding "Anger over health-care reform spurs rise in threats against Congress members".
The Post cites Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer as the source for the numbers. Gainer also described the nature of the threats:
"The incidents ranged from very vulgar to serious threats, including death threats," Gainer said. "The ability to carry them out is another question and part of an investigation to determine what, if any, appropriate steps to take."
Gainer told The Post that 'nearly all of the (42) recent threats appear to come from opponents of the health-care overhaul' and that House members were targeted "significantly more" than Senators.
Statistically speaking, 42 threats over three months out of a pool of 300 hundred million is insignificant. Even if one were to include only the pool of the tens of millions of Tea Party participants around the country it is still statistically insignificant.
If the 42 threats came from CNN's Anderson Cooper's prime demo audience of 25,000, then there might be cause for concern.
The Washington Post may think they are helping the Democrats fan the flames of anti-Tea Party hysteria by publishing their article about a slight increase in the slight number of threats, but what they have done is show how peaceful and respectful are 99.999999 percent of the Tea Party participants.
Big sissies. There gonna keep crying wolf and pretty soon nobody but, the left fruitcakes and the deadbeats are going to be listening.
And at the end of the story, the wolf really does come...
Most of these so called “threats” seem to be just mere “insults” vs any threat of bodily harm.............rats are lousy at the propaganda game IMO. An their pet presstitutes are just punks looking for controversy .......
More of a YOU SUCK POND WATER versus I’M GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT kinda comments.
I will vote against em the rest of my life due their lies and crimes ........
Stay safe !
Half the population wants to see them beaten to death anyway.
We must keep in mind that those 42 “threats” were not
directed at one person but were divided up amongst the house and senate. Statistically it’s practically normal.
They're the infiltrated with Socialist Democrat Party. SDP Democrats use to be pretty sane.
I am sorry to admit this but your post has me weeping I am laughing so hard! I must be sicker than I thought! LOL oh LOL!!
They're the infiltrated with Socialist Democrat Party.
Now known as SDP.
Democrats use to be pretty sane.
There, fixed
I honestly don’t think that they appreciate the level of excruciating agony that tar and feathers can bring into one’s life.
Especially removal of said items from the scalp area.
And....”Downstairs.”
THAT’S gotta hurt!
Anyone have stats on the number of threats each year during GWB’s tenure?
There were folks who did not like Hitler, Mao, Chavez, Lenin...too.
So why is Obama and his neo-Fascists whining?
They are the biggest crybabies. Meanwhile their constituencies continue to commit murder, rape, drug/child abuse, HIV transmission etc and nary a peep from these infants.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words . . .
Is this the same Socialist Democratic Party Media Establishment that want’s to give voting rights to illegal aliens and convicted felons because they vote Democrat?
“Sounds like they are trying to whip themselves up to a good ole’ Martial Law situation.”
Yea, that’s going to work for them. Then the “threats” will go from 45 to 45 million...
I don’t know, but I’ll bet GWB got a lot of threats written in crayon, with lots of misspelled words.
gee...Dems mess with people’s personal health and take more of their hard earned money and then wonder why people get mad...(shaking head)
It is far easier to send a nastygram to congress these days than it was 15 years ago.
A few years ago the media put a cross-hair target on Bush and thought little of it.
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