Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), a frequent critic of President Obama, also has a few words for the Tea Party: “I’m not afraid of anybody,” Waters said at the summit in Inglewood, Calif. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell.” Naturally, the right wing is bawling about it: “We’ve had Democrats calling American citizens ‘terrorists’ and ‘hostage takers,’ and now an elected Democratic representative says that we can ‘go straight to hell,’” the group Tea Party Patriots said. “The president and all leaders of the Democratic Party, who have called for civility in the past, are neglecting to censure their own. Is civility only required from their opponents? Perhaps it’s time for a new-NEW era of civility. ... The president’s silence on these latest violations of civility has been deafening, but not surprising.” (Henderson) Of course, one wonders where these conservatives were when the suggestion that opposing an unnecessary, falsely supported war was treasonous sympathy for terrorists. Then again, that was a white Republican president, so of course they're not going to complain. Just like they didn't when that white Republican president's black Secretary of Education denounced schoolteachers as terrorists. I suppose I could sympathize with the TPP complaint were two other facts also true: (1) that there was no late history in American politics of such rhetoric; and (2) that the metaphors applied with equal veracity to the various sides of the political arguments. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Tim Eagan, Deep Cover, August 11, 2011 (via Cagle)____________________ Notes: Henderson, Nia-Malika. "Waters talks tough on tea party". The Washington Post. August 22, 2011. WashingtonPost.com. August 22, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...y-go-to-hell/2011/08/22/gIQAb1UnWJ_story.html
Not a fan of Maxine, but I sympathize with her remarks. I hate the pussy-talk that people demand, and the Tea Party has it coming. If they can't take the heat. . . . [insert snappy remark here] ~String
Means nothing at all. Waters can say anything she wants to about the TP or the Republicans as the 35th district in LA which went for Obama by over 80% in the last election and is populated by their version of yellow dog democrats. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
American politics is getting more far right and more far left. BUT.... I say good Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I the GOOD OLE' DAYS we used to settle this shit with a pistol! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Line these Yellow Dog Democrats and Tea Bagging Tea Baggers up back to back, take ten paces forward, turn, fire! Done and Done Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
This and That Means something to the Tea Party, since they're asking the president to stick his nose into the affairs of congressional Democrats. • • • To "solve" problems by killing one another? Sounds like a conservative paradise. I always adore suggestions that the solution is simply to give over to a bunch of mindless thugs.
there probably all riled up about being called Terrorists too. Ah Yeah I heard them say that . Yeah there plotting revenge for that one . Go figure people plotting revenge just for being called names .
Nope, they are just using her ill chosen remarks to gain political ground. They are trying to paint her as the spokesperson for other Dems and as having nothing but invective to spew. Because for the people that count, those who are undecided, that kind of remark gains nothing for the Dems.
(chortle!) You really need to ask? "Because for the people that count, those who are undecided, that kind of remark gains nothing for the Dems." (#11) What confuses you about that?
Chortle this.... Because it in no way indicates that I'm speaking for the swing voters. (unless you think just spewing invective is an effective way of influencing these swing voters!) So clearly all I'm doing is giving my opinion on why it matters to the Tea Party. Which was the issue we were discussing.
Explain the difficulty you're having understanding your own words, please Well, let's take a look at that: "Because for the people that count, those who are undecided, that kind of remark gains nothing for the Dems." Undecided voters are the swing bloc, Arthur.
Yes Tiassa, and all I'm saying is why I think the issue is being pressed by the TeaPartiers, to garner some support from that group, but that doesn't mean I'm speaking for the swing voters though. That's just silly.
Say what you mean, or learn how to say it That is a change of your stated position as such, which is fine with me. I'm sure it does seem that way to someone unable to understand himself. Look, Arthur, we're not psychic. We can only go by what you write, and it's well and fine if you want to revise your position. But don't sit there and try to lie to us. Either say what you mean, or learn how to say it.
No it is not. I understand myself just fine. So do the people I deal with every day. You, not so much. Don't be silly. My original posts are still all there. Tiassa, I don't expect you to be psychic, and there are of course a number of ways you could read what I wrote, but why would you presume that I intended to be speaking for all the swing voters of this country? Clearly NO ONE does that. Quit being silly and try to keep the level of discourse at a reasonable level.
