AND NOW, THE EVIDENCE:
Left Wing Protest:
Right Wing Protest:
Posted on 04/16/2009 11:58:07 AM PDT by lewisglad
If the Obama administration has taken flak for suggesting that conservative groups might be home to domestic terrorists, it looks like some House Democrat leaders are willing to go even further:
But in an interview on Fox TV in San Francisco, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) chalked up the GOP grass-roots effort as “AstroTurf.”
“This initiative is funded by the high end; we call it AstroTurf, it's not really a grass-roots movement. It's AstroTurf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class,” Pelosi said.
Other House Democratic leaders took a different tack: One senior aide has been circulating a document to the media that debunks the effort as one driven by corporate lobbyists and attended by neo-Nazis...
In addition, the tea parties are “not really all about average citizens,” the document continues, saying neo-Nazis, militias, secessionists and racists are attending them. The tea parties are also not peaceful, since reporters in Cincinnati had to seek “police protection” during one of the events, it states.
The suggestions that these tea parties are driven by DC-based groups is laughable; Liz Mair takes a critical look and concludes the charge is baseless. Besides the points that Mair makes, it's worth noting that while there have been dozens of tea parties, few have featured conservative candidates or representatives of DC think tanks and lobbying groups.
As far as the charge that these rallies are composed of Nazis and terrorists, that's hard to reconcile with the pictures of participants. There are too many young children and grandparents. Further, even a strong Obama supporter like Susan Roesgen didn't turn up any violent types at the Chicago Tea Party, despite her best attempt to provoke a strong reaction.
There probably aren't many Democrats who genuinely believe the charges levied by their leadership. Nate Silver guesstimates that about 250,000 people have attended the tea parties - so far. Do Ms. Pelosi and other Democrat leaders think they're all neo-nazis?
If this is a conversation they want to have, however, perhaps Ms. Pelosi can explain the role of Marxists and North Korean sympathizers in the U.S. anti-war movement, or discuss how George Soros bought such influence in the Democratic party. It's not a debate that would help Democrats, since it's relatively easy to show the role of fringe extremists in the Democratic grassroots.
'Senior Democrats' ought to have the courage to publicly assert what they're whispering to the media. But if they're afraid to admit that they're slandering hundreds of thousands of grassroots organizers and activists, is it too much to hope that some reporter will share a copy of these secret talking points?
I guess the media has decided on that 250,000 number, eh? (2 posts in a row here on FR citing that number now)... Talk about a pathetically low estimate...
LOL... I like your attitude! Dang it — why aren’t I on your list, yet!!!
This should also help our side understand why it is so hard for conservative politicians to get their message out.
“It’s AstroTurf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class,” Pelosi said.”
The question we SHOULD be asking is how she was able to get by with a statement that is an ABSOLUTE LIE, without even the slightest questioning from the reporters present.
We live in a Nazi-style Society now, with DC reporters FEARING to ask tough questions of Democrats, because they WILL be attacked and threatened with thier very LIVES by the insane brownshirts on the left.
SEIG HEIL!
PRAISE BE TO THE MESSIAH! (or else)
Dead on. It’s called projection. If you want to know who these people are, pay attention to their accusations. What I find amusing is the accusation of being Nazi’s. (National Socialists) Hmmmm.
Another proud person on the list. For multiple offenses against the dim national socialists.
Good for you Tulsa. I would bet that there were quite a few off duty police that were in attendance. Cops are fellow citizens regardless of the riduculous orders they get from our dear leader.
And we’re coming to get our country back no matter what you call us.
Mock us at your own risk.
Yeah, but isn’t she white? So she has to turn on herself. Imagine that. The term libtard comes from the truth about these people. This is same libtard that used her grandkids as props when she became speaker, while at the same time, she is screwing their future. No soul goofball.
They are trying to get people mad and they're succeeding.
Been saying the same to my circle of friends.
They seem to be taunting Constitutionalists, daring us to do something.
The outright nationalization of everything from mortgages to banks to GM. Calling veterans a national security risk. Declaring that gun registration is coming, etc.
The National Socialists are spoiling for a fight, knowing they have dumbed down a critical mass of our fellow 'citizens' to get away with it, or so they believe.
IMO they have gravely miscalculated, and many of them will be found swinging from lamp posts before this is over.
The reporter is of the same mind set as the Queen of the House.
We live in a Nazi-style Society now, with DC reporters FEARING to ask tough questions of Democrats, because they WILL be attacked and threatened with their very LIVES by the insane brownshirts on the left.
I would go with Soviet rather than Nazi. Also, the Liberal Media aren't afraid of people like Pelosi; they are her allies.
Liberal Media = Department of Propaganda
Our local paper reported a turn out of a couple hundred people. Heard on the radio at lunch, attendees signed a petition and there was 1200 signatures.
So, multiple the 250,000 by 6 and I’d say that is a better estimate.
Lets see the liberal left wing opportunists do the same thing, without spending $100 million on MSM advertising and a veritable army of security guards.
They cannot, will not and won’t admit they have been owned.
It all makes sense, really, when you look at the speed in which Obama and the dems have enacted legislation.
Or piles of trash. I mean stuff left behind, not just the attendees.
RE: “Wow. Guess the black people and Asians that showed up to our protest didn’t get the memo. /s”
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Yep! Here in a gritty urbanized “suburb” of Los Angeles — Van Nuys — we had every possible group represented: about 2000 folks — Black, White, Asian, Hispanic (lots of Hispanics as would be expected here), Dems for Hillary (PUMAs), Dems upset because they didn’t get what they expected by voting for Obozo, anti-high-taxes people, of course, garden variety Republicans, Conservatives and Ron Paul fans, people in wheelchairs, the very young, elderly, you name it! Even dogs had a place last night, some wearing flags or flag tophats, etc.
But how did all those non-white non-conservative types find out about this “astro turf” event, as bug-eyes Pelosi called it? Hmm..................... could it be that “tea parties” are totally inclusive after all?????????
AND NOW, THE EVIDENCE:
Left Wing Protest:
Right Wing Protest:
RE: “I was tempted to wear my revolver to the local tea party... it IS an open carry state after all.”
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I wore my NRA cap — got lots of compliments on it, too — from my peers, no less — middle aged females!
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