The trend that’s starting to sweep the nation
This… can not end well.
Jul 28th, 2009
A group called “Patients First,†a project of the lobbyist-funded Americans for Prosperity, has been going around the country and hosting tea parties in opposition to “government-run health care.†Last week, they held a symposium in Salisbury, MD, and warned about the dangers of “socialized†medicine. Yesterday, some individuals decided to protest outside Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil’s office, even though he hasn’t yet come out in favor of a public option. Protesters even hung up Kratovil in effigy.
(Okay. That’s not organizational, though. One guy or a couple of peoples… is it?)
October 27, 20o9.
Randall Terry, the outspoken pro-life activist and a founder of Operation Rescue, has launched the “Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid Burn in Hell Video Contest,” encouraging people to burn the House speaker and Senate majority leader in effigy on Halloween and submit a video of the burnings to his Web site to win prizes.
(Lunatic fringe. It’s goddamned Randall Terry, for crying out loud. Still nobody in the mainstream… yet.)
November 13, 2009.
In a move sure to spark controversy, the Danville TEA Party will close their “Fired Up for Freedom” rally by burning Rep. Tom Perriello and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy in response to the passage of landmark healthcare legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The event is being held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Blairs, VA at the corner of U.S. 29 and E. Witt Rd. and is open to the public.
Danville TEA Party Chairman Nigel Coleman said, “We were outraged to find that Tom Perriello had voted in favor of this bill. I was with dozens of 5th District voters in his office two days before the vote and we pleaded with him to stand with us against the Pelosi plan.”
“At this point we feel we have no representation in Congress. It disturbs me to find out that Perriello literally received a pat on the back from Nancy Pelosi before going to the House floor to vote.” Coleman said, citing unconfirmed reports that Congressman Perriello received handshakes from Democratic House leaders before casting his vote last Saturday.
(Wait. This is “Danville TEA Party Chairman Nigel Coleman”. Lines of demarcation… crossed. Ladies and Gentlemen… Coming soon to the next big legistlative fight… National effigy burning as cental part of the Tea Party Rallies!)
Some comments worth noting.:
“At this point we feel we have no representation in Congress,” Danville Tea Party chairman Nigel Coleman…
Um, you do. The people in your district all got together last November and voted for someone to represent them. Your choice, Mr. Coleman, got fewer votes than Perriello. Next year, you all get to do it again. It’s called American democracy.
Just because you disagree with Perriello’s views doesn’t mean you don’t have representation.
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Mmmmmm– weeeell, I’m old enough to remember those carefree college days of the 70’s when burning Nixon in effigy was good clean campus fun. The sundial at Columbia University made a great spot for symbolic auto-da-fe. But it did sometimes make for trouble with security and the fire department.
Posted by: TRex on November 13, 2009 at 3:47 PM | PERMALINK
-and I’M old enough to remember Buddhist monks burning themselves- and not in effigy- as a protest.
Surely these red blooded, hunnert percent ‘mericans are more manly men than them furrin dinks. . .
Posted by: DAY on November 13, 2009 at 3:55 PM | PERMALINK
(Say. Didn’t Nixon win all but Massachusetts and DC?)