Posted on 04/26/2014 12:54:26 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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.....Any decent, fair-minded human being would understand that Bundy was condemning the slavery of government dependency in his comments regarding negros. The elderly gentleman is a rancher who is not media-savvy, nor is he schooled in the nuances of political correctness.
The left are not decent human beings. Their bully minions went on high alert, viciously in pursuit of a gotcha comment to squelch Bundy's proven leadership and ability to inspire millions to push back against the Obama regime.
Prominent conservatives running for the tall grass to get away from or running to microphones to denounce Bundy is testimony to their fear of the left's high-tech lynching machine. It truly sickens me.
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Democrats and liberal media, I trump your race card against Bundy with my Truth & Righteousness card. You lose! Go peddle your despicable, divisive, and evil crap elsewhere.
I am a black conservative whose admiration and respect for Cliven Bundy remains unwavering. Mr. Bundy, I along with millions of good, decent Americans have your back. Hang in there, my patriot brother. God bless.
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Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Well said.
“Prominent conservatives running for the tall grass to get away from or running to microphones to denounce Bundy ...”
Gutless is gutless, period.
Critical thinking has two elements - Question the premise, and pursue the inquiry to its logical conclusion, using pragmatic integration of all the known facts of the matter. Each of the known facts is in turn put to the question, before accepting as part of the construct, and no more importance is assigned to each acceptable fact than its face value.
They're close-minded. Either they believe the lies or they will dutifully keep them alive and working for the revolution.
Barack Obamas Rules for Revolution The Alinsky Model
".....In 1969, the year that publishers reissued Alinskys first book, Reveille for Radicals, a Wellesley undergraduate named Hillary Rodham submitted her 92-page senior thesis on Alinskys theories (she interviewed him personally for the project).6 In her conclusion Hillary compared Alinsky to Eugene Debs, Walt Whitman and Martin Luther King. The title of Hillarys thesis was There Is Only the Fight: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model. In this title she had singled out the single most important Alinsky contribution to the radical cause - his embrace of political nihilism. An SDS radical once wrote, The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution. In other words the cause - whether inner city blacks or women - is never the real cause, but only an occasion to advance the real cause which is the accumulation of power to make the revolution. That was the all consuming focus of Alinsky and his radicals.
Guided by Alinsky principles, post-Communist radicals are not idealists but Machiavellians. Their focus is on means rather than ends, and therefore they are not bound by organizational orthodoxies in the way their admired Marxist forebears were. Within the framework of their revolutionary agenda, they are flexible and opportunistic and will say anything (and pretend to be anything) to get what they want, which is resources and power."............ - David Horowitz
I'm not condemning them, I'm calling them out; asking them to look at what they're doing. If they can't handle this, what in the hell can they handle? Their first instinct should have been to suspect a RAT, not run for the hills.
Well, GO ET Williams!
Thanks for the video link.
Yet they ignore or forgive actual racist comments and actions by Sharpton, Jackson, Biden, Reid (and so on and so on) - because it isn't about race, it's about (as you correctly say) "politics of fear, division and hatred" - what better way is there to grab more power and wealth from "we the people," than by instilling fear and hate and dividing us?
It is time to stand up and say no more. Call them a child molester to their face.
I am in total agreement with your comments! The conservative media and many FReepers abandonment and utter disdain of this man are sickening.
I can’t believe those on FR who have totally (and gleefully) thrown Bundy under the bus. I’m ashamed to have these people posting on FR. They certainly aren’t conservatives in any sense of the word and I wouldn’t want them in the foxhole next to me when the SHTF. I’m sick of so-called conservatives bowing to the PC rhetoric and not fighting back against it.
Thanks for your efforts here. I, too, was quite taken aback by how quickly those we heretofore considered legit spokesmen for “our side” dumped on Bundy. The way I saw it from the first was that we should be damn happy this man stood up for himself and in doing so all of us. He literally stared down the barrel of a gun and told Fedzilla to shoot if they wanted but he would not be moved. The speed at which public figures headed for the tall grass really says something. Something nauseating.
It's clear he's right about the harm done to blacks by the all-caring government and many live in as bad a condition as ever. You just don't expose yourself to the media's attack by appearing to say that we were better off as slaves. I know he wasn't justifying the slavery system but in making himself vulnerable to that accusation, he's bringing a threat to the conservative movement that supported his courageous stand against tyranny.
In fact, to my way of thinking, the folks who need to shut up now are the Becks, Paul’s, Hannitys, et. Al. You all are still welcome in our ranks but let’s not continue to pretend you are still any kind of “leaders” really. Go back to being journalists or entertainers but quit trying to tell us who deserves our support and who doesn’t. I am gonna go with the guy that actually stared down the barrel and didn’t blink. Not the “tall grass” conservatives.
And...The whole crew of so-called conservative talk show hosts fell right into the trap.
So?...What else is new? ( Yawn!) It's the usual “gottcha”. Conservatives are like Charley Brown who always tried to kick the ball no matter how many time Lucy tricks him and snatches the ball away at the last second.
Thanks for that link! I had never heard ET Williams before - excellent commentary. I’m noticing that more young, black conservatives are speaking up - it’s a wonderful thing!
Hey! How much time did they give to something ***really*** important such as Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution and Obama’s legitimacy to occupy the office?
I said in 2008 and I say it again!
If an when true hardcore tyranny comes to our nation, Rush, Hannity, Levin, Beck ( et.al.) will sell their talents to the fascist oligarchy. They will lick the jackboots crushing our necks. Bet on it!
Did Rush condemn Bundy?
I heard Hannity and he sounded like a little girl. He needs to grow up and stop trying to be pally with the likes of Beckel. Beck’s a weirdo.
He wasn't "walking it back." He was trying to explain what he had said but they're not interested in what he said, because they're too busy trying to tell everyone what they want others to THINK he said (and believes).
And as far as "the movement's survival" (not sure what that means), it won't survive when no one ever stands together or has your back (and their first instinct is to blink and then run-away.....to "fight" another day). It's like watching "Groundhog Day," yet again.
Thank you for taking the time to give your opinion.
You dont have to convince conservatives we understand. Who needs convinced is a third of America that voted this asshat into office twice. I still think most FReepers are not seeing the larger picture. The left already did the damage and Bundy’s cause is lost. Here we are days later STILL talking about what some idiot said and NOT about the central issue, States rights and Fed over reach. The libs are laughing their assets off each day at the strategically hapless conservatives who at every moment of near victory find someway to insert a foot into their mouths.
This guy lost when he blathered on about a topic unrelated to the issue at hand. Face it Conservatives sometimes are just behind the eight ball against liberal tactics and if we continue harping about this expect another losing 16 effort.
And that is just the ones on this site.
The Left ALWAYS finds a way to cut someone from the herd in order to change the subject, malign a spokesman or corrupt an issue. GET OVER IT! Conservative media (ostensibly on the side of less government) need to fight back, dispel the lies and forge ahead. If they don't, this topic (and any others trying to see the light of day) will be buried by talk about racists who hate Big Government. They have to take the bull by the horns, so to speak and put truth to the lies (learn how to walk and chew gum - and blow bubbles and do handsprings and not be pulled off the stage by a long liberal hook).
I would agree with you if we had a conservative media worth a spit. Congressmen and conservative media alike refuse to get as muddy and as nasty as liberals. Your statements ring true under these conditions but we have waited and waited...now through 2 elections I still shake my head overin this WTF mmoment lol.
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