Posted on 04/24/2014 7:25:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Give the man his due. He may be a low-rent McCarthyite for whom no smear is too cheap. He may be an awful majority leader whose imperious tactics have hopelessly alienated the minority party. He may be dirty, having built a curiously large fortune despite working in government his entire adult life.
But he sure can troll.
“I used to live in North Las Vegas and it is home to some of the hardest-working people I have ever met – men and women who embody the American dream by working hard every day to build a better life for themselves and their families. By contrast, Cliven Bundy has spent decades profiting off government land while refusing to pay the same fair use fees as his fellow ranchers. Today, Bundy revealed himself to be a hateful racist. But by denigrating people who work hard and play by the rules while he mooches off public land he also revealed himself to be a hypocrite.
“To advance his extreme, hateful views, Bundy has endangered the lives of innocent women and children. This is not a game. It is the height of irresponsibility for any individual or entity in a position of power or influence to glorify or romanticize such a dangerous individual, and anyone who has done so should come to their senses and immediately condemn Bundy. For their part, national Republican leaders could help show a united front against this kind of hateful, dangerous extremism by publicly condemning Bundy.
“The bottom line is that elected officials and those in positions of power or influence have a responsibility to unite behind the basic principle that we are a country of laws, and that whatever our differences, it is unacceptable for individuals to use violence or the threat of violence to advance their radical views.”
I know what you’re thinking, and I too am disappointed that he didn’t work in a Koch brothers reference.
Has any “national Republican leader” refused to condemn Bundy, incidentally? Boehner and McConnell haven’t weighed in yet, but that’s not because anyone seriously thinks they agree with him; it’s because they know they’ll be asked about it eventually and would rather wait until the story’s not red-hot. The two most prominent Republicans to defend Bundy recently, Rand Paul and Dean Heller, both gave him an official thumbs-down this morning. So did RNC chief Reince Priebus. But Reid understands all that. The point of demanding formal denunciations is simply to prompt the media to put random Republicans on the spot when they have a chance. Which reminds me: Will America’s foremost anti-Koch demagogue, who often frets sweatily on the Senate floor about billionaires dominating national policy, denounce this? Might as well get everyone on the record about everything.
There is some good news for Bundy defenders, though. Lefty media noticed that he had some kind things to say about illegal immigrants (at around 2:20 below) after his shpiel about blacks. He could be one amnesty endorsement away from total (well, partial) reputational rehab.
Montenegro (place) Hugo Montenegro (musician)as well.
That’s right, I agree 100%! You just said something on this thread in one paragraph what I tried to say in 4 paragraphs!
I have an idea for a Harry Reid informational ad. You have the narrator say “big government has been berry berry good to Harry Reid. You flash Harry Reid’s net worth when he started “public service”, which is similar to a bull servicing a cow. You have a couple of Harry Reid’s deals using his office to accumulate wealth. You intertwine this with Harry Reid’s comments on following the rule of law and calling Americans “domestic terrorists”.
Why is he calling on Republicans?
Is Bundy Republican?
I call on the Democrats to denounce the race hatred that people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and their ilk put forth all the time.
Until that happens then all this is wind past my ears.
From the last paragraph of this article
Was Harry Reid's father the retarded troll, and his mother the evil dwarf, or was it the other way around?
that being said if I saw 20 youths from obama's church surrounding my parent's house I would take action.
If 20 Mormon youth surrounded the house I would be concerned that they may cut the grass too short or paint the trim the wrong color.
Reid is in no position to be lecturing or preaching to us about anything. Just concentrate on the steaming pile in the mirror, Harry.
Let there be no misinterpretation of where I stand. Mormonism is heresy and is not Christianity. It's a cult in the same sense of Scientology, of which Greta van Susteren is a notable member. Jim Robinson has made things crystal clear concerning Mormonism, stating:
The so-called book of Mormon is false gospel, ie, fiction. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or the Word of God.
On the other hand, although I don't know any Mormons personally, I tend to think, on temporal matters, they don't present much of a danger. Your latter (pun intended) point is probably quite right about Mormon youth.
I agree.
Good question. Reid is probably just kneejerk demagoguing. He seems to do that a lot.
Well,sometimes lack of sleep can focus one's awareness.
Cliven Bundy and kin have a lot of support. They are hard working, Christian, heterosexual, Constitutionalists.
Salt of the earth people like you and me here on FR.Hence they must be destroyed.
Well, in true Alynskiite fashion the regime redefined the argument.
This wasn't about a tyrannical federal government applying the boot to the neck, though that literally did happen.
It wasn't about the Constitution or state sovreignity or rights.
This was about race.
It's now about black people though, as far as I know no black people were involved.(Is that racist?)(I did see black and brown cows though)
The regime redefined the argument,Beck, the faux conservatives on Faux News and elsewhere were used like cheap...girls of dubious character and did their bidding.
I posted the above on Thurs. Let me add:
* RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
heh, hope you don’t mind, but I’ve been spreading this post of yours far and wide.
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