Tearful teabagger calls into C-SPAN, worried he prayed Inhofe to death instead of Byrd

[Ian David]

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CALLER: Yeah doctor. Our small tea bag group here in Waycross, we got our vigil together and took Dr. Coburn’s instructions and prayed real hard that Sen. Byrd would either die or couldn’t show up at the vote the other night.

How hard did you pray because I see one of our members was missing this morning. Did it backfire on us? One of our members died? How hard did you pray senator? Did you pray hard enough

HOST: Senator Barasso, he was referring to Senator Inhofe, who was not part of the round of voting this morning.

BARASSO: The votes today, they needed 60 votes in favor of the bill. Senator Inhofe is opposed to the bill, and whether he was there or not didn’t make any difference. There was no way that Jim Inhofe was going to vote for the bill, the senator from Oklahoma. So that’s why he wasn’t there this morning.

HOST: Do you know where he was, senator, why he wasn’t able to make the vote this morning?

BARASSO: No, I don’t know.

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Poor dude thinks Coburn fucked it up and killed Inhofe by not praying hard enough!

[babylonsister]

1. All kinds of stupid going on there. Just pathetic. nt

[TheEuclideanOne]

16. Yeah, not sure where to begin.

One thing that jumps out at me, above the long list of stupid, is that there was no reaction that praying for somebody to die is a bad thing. The focus was really on the details of inhofe and why he was not there. Regarding these teabaggers, all I can say is wow. wow.

[Beaverhausen]

36. My first thought, too. No reaction at all to this person admitting he prayed for the death of...

...Senator Byrd. Pathetic.

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. Shows how far out in right field we have drifted

The host and rep both look like they're on Valium. 10 years ago, heck 5 years ago, you'd expect a news host to stop the caller and call them on such a psychotic deranged thing to say. Today "teabaggers" are some kind of revered legitimate group that gets more airtime and more respect than Doctors for Single Payer.

It wouldn't surprise me to find that there's a site out there with a list of people to pray to death. Obama at the top of course.

[Farzan]

37. Oh boy. The stoic frozen face on the guy's face....

can not assume it is a prank. Lord know one can't tell the difference between a real tea-bagger and the SNL version.

[connecticut yankee]

47. That's a good example of why

people should be made to take Intelligence Tests before being allowed to vote.

[dencol]

49. Also why religion is dangerous.

How many people must be murdered for religion before we take steps to stop this insanity? A great first step would be taxing those churches who make political endorsements. Then we can stop supporting their discriminatory aid programs with tax money, etc. This can probably be done with the laws we already have on the books. I'm not talking about a ban; just accountability for people's actions. The guy who made this call should probably be questioned, too.

[Cheap_Trick]

2. I think all teabaggers should be dipped in boiling water

and be done with their stupid, America hating asses.

[SemperEadem]

45. more like dipped in wax and set on fire to light the city

it was good enough for Nero...

[whathappened]

3. mity fine christians

wishing some 1 could please die , this 1 takes the cake

[Ian David]

7. I wish that all the time. But I rarely say it out loud, & never beseech a higher power to make it so

And I would certainly never call C-SPAN and admit it.

[glitch]

12. Either a pretty funny hoax -- or a very sad reality for someone. nt

[Kookaburra]

4. WTF is wrong with these people?????

[FiveGoodMen]

6. They take their advice from hate radio pundits and Megachurch preachers

That's what's wrong.

[Enrique]

5. kudos to whoever did that

but the Senator did not look amused. :rofl:

[bfarq]

20. I was ready to call this a spoof, but

I couldn't play the video at work. Based on the transcript, I was sure it had to be a crank call. But now that I've listened to it, I'm not so sure. I'm thinking this guy was for real.

If not, that was pretty amazing.

[old mark]

8. Just good, religious americans........fucking nazi assholes, every one. nt

[ThePhilosopher04]

9. I would assume it was a prank call...

but hilarious nonetheless, and points out just how idiotic the far right is...the look on Barasso's face was priceless!!

[Botany]

11. no doubt

"our small teabag group" :rofl:

"How hard did you pray senator?"

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Another example of "What the fuck is **WRONG** with people?"

Also, I hear he is a past Darwinner

[Seedersandleechers]

13. Crank Call

indeed. :rofl: :rofl:

[Ian David]

18. Yeah, but his kind ARE out there.

Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth.

[mstinamotorcity]

14. so if smething happens to

Senator Inhofe are we supposed to send this distraught cry baby a thank you card,a notice to quit or some of these:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo::woohoo:

[Tx4obama]

15. The whole thing is pathetic and disgusting!

You can't 'pray' someone to death!
I only shows what assholes the republicans are.
But if for some reason Senator Byrd ends up back in the hospital before the HCR bill is passed it WILL BE the FAULT OF THE TEABAGGERS AND Republicans!

[Ian David]

19. We should pray for Inhofe to be killed by a melting glacier before the HCR vote. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Science disagrees with you.

Though, not in the way you expected:

"Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found.

And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html?_r=1

You can pray people to death, if you tell them about it :P

[mrcheerful]

28. Of course you can just ask any right wing nut. They will tell you that they

prayed and god took away their alcohol/drug/sex/gay/abortion addictions. Or they prayed and thats why they still have their job while the guy next door is now out of work. It's what wing nuts do best, sit back and enjoy the labors of others then claim it's a miracle from god. Just remember when something bad happens you either didn't pray hard enough or you were stopped by the devil. It's a win/win for them and their belief system.

[Lost-in-FL]

17. This can't be true. This must be some kind of joke.

Please, let this be a joke.

[EJSTES2005]

21. This was a huge

LEVEL!!!! HAHAHA

[Frank Cannon]

43. It's absolutely impossible to tell these days

Even the comedy news is more fact-based and pertinent than the "real" news.

[proud patriot]

22. unfrikkinbelievable

they are sick sick people

[3waygeek]

23. He's right, you know...

Inhofe's brain is most definitely dead. However, that's a pre-existing condition.

[Bleacher Creature]

25. This is probably a hoax, but Barasso's response was chilling.

Notice that he never once called the guy out for praying for another person's death.

[Martunez]

27. My thoughts exactly

A beautifully executed hoax, exposing clearly the reptilian morality of the senator on air.

[Detroit Progressive]

26. I think it was a joke but...

the fact that we have to even stop and think about whether or not it was shows just how absolutely insane this right wing fascist movement really is. I know none of us want to take them seriously, but they are a real movement and they are going to be a force to be reckoned with. These "teabaggers" are an example of how Nazis came to power in Germany.

[Grassy Knoll]

29. Tea bagger health care....

No public option....

[earcandle]

30. Somebody tell this pathetic man that Jesus's position was THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

so to wish someone dead is not a Christian thing to do, but a
SATANIC thing to do.

His leaders are confusing him.  No wonder he is sobbing over
magical fantasies..

Poor guy.  What are we doing to Americans.

Or was he faking it?  The Repugs pay actors, ya know. 

[FarLeftFist]

31. FUCKING EPIC!!!

[joshcryer]

54. I laughed so hard, I hope it was a joke.

I laugh harder at the thought that it was serious.

[The Wizard]

32. "Hope is the worst of all evils."

It prolongs the torments of man."
"If it weren't for sin, the priest would have no job."
(Nietzsche)

[Loudmxr]

33. It's that time of year folks. in show bizness no one ain't doin nuthin'.

In my professional opinion. That is an actor. Who, you must remember, are mostly on our side.

BRILLIANT!!!!

I agree that Barasso's reaction was heartlessly chilling. His name reminds me of a copper depilatory which, by the look on his face, he seems to use.

[susanwy]

34. OMG

What a total douche bag our senator it....pathetic.

[California Griz]

35. I was so inspired by this video and the christmas spirit I thought I'd customize a little carol

Oh come all ye racist
Hateful sore losers
Oh come ye oh come ye to our tea party
Bring all the birthers
Don't forget those death panels
Oh come, let us despise him
Oh come, let us despise him
Oh come, let us despise him
Obama the devil

Sara come lead us
Drive up in your big bus
Oh come ye oh come ye to our tea party
I know that he’s a Muslim
Not Don Cheney’s cousin
He was really born in Kenya
Really born in Kenya
He was really born in Kenya
Obama the devil

Bring your Hitler posters
We’re going to hear Ann Coulter
Oh come ye oh come ye to our tea party
We won’t be brainwashed
I turn in and listen to Rush
Oh come, let us despise him
Oh come, let us despise him
Oh come, let us despise him
Obama the devil

Glen Beck is our hero
He’s no liberal zero
So come ye oh come ye to our tea party
Don’t forget your side arm
We’re only raising the alarms
But don’t forget the ammo
Don’t forget the ammo
I said don’t forget the ammo
Come to our tea party

[truebluecollar]

39. KUDOS ON THOSE LYRICS

Hysterical, God that's funny. And so is this call, I gotta believe the phone caller was just fucking with the good Doc Senator (who'll be played by Stephen Colbert in the movie version) I think he tipped his hand from the get-go, I mean do Tea-Baggers call themselves "Tea-Baggers?!"

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

38. Im LOL so hard I'm crying . How do CSPAN anchors keep from cracking up?

thats hilarious.

[iamthebandfanman]

40. yikes, sounded like glen beck

with an accent...

crying and all

[spanone]

41. some people need psychiatric help, instead they joined the teabaggers

[wryter2000]

42. I'm Christian

I cannot get my head around praying for someone to die. I wouldn't do it against any of them. I wouldn't do it against Cheney. This person can feel misery that he might have hurt someone on his own side, but he can't summon any humanity for someone on the other side?

Where are pastors learning this crap so that they pass it on to their parishoners? Those seminaries need to be shut down!

[vkkv]

44. That's GOP speak for "Death Panel"

Considering that their supporters who can barely speak english, RePigLickins take things so literally.

[LibertyLover]

48. As a Wiccan, I am saddened and mad

Oh, not by the fact that these "good Christians" were praying for someone to die, that's a pretty standard prayer warrior tactic these days and, I'm afraid, par for the course. What gets me is that these people, claiming to be Christians, vilify my religion, tell me that I am worshiping the devil and am bound for hell, yet engage in the most negative of all magical actions - attempting to bring about the death of another through non-physical means. And that's exactly what they are using - magic. I don't care if they dress it up in the Bible, it's still magic, it's negative and it's wrong. And they have the nerve to tell me and my co-religionists that we are evil. Oy.

[change_notfinetuning]

50. Whether or not it's a joke, this is what we are up against. If only Lincoln had

let the South go when he had the chance, we'd be a hell of a lot better off. Is it too late for southern secession.

I know there are many good people in the south - many DUers, even - but it would sure make life easier here to do what needs to be and should be done. And we'd take all of you in, as long as they let you go. Heck, we could even trade a whole bunch who are already up north, especially from states like Indiana, the northernmost southern state. You have to admit that on every issue, as long as we are one nation, we start out every vote at such a disadvantage that it's, pertinear, hopeless to get anything done at all.

[whatchamacallit]

51. Thanks republicans

I work with a lot of very smart people. Many so bright, I feel rather dim in comparison. Republicans make me feel like a genius :)

[Crowman1979]

52. Don't you just love those awkward moments on television?

Especially when someone asks insane questions like this?

[Tx4obama]

53. UPDATE! Is it the same guy as before? - Video

Video of previous call....

Was C-Span Caller A Prankster -- And Has He Done It Before?
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/was-c-span-caller-a-prankster----and-has-he-done-it-before.php?ref=fpb

[silenttigersong]

55. The Bible

says something about God knowing how many hairs are upon your head .Is this caller bald?We may never know,however we have seen again that pearl of wisdom"careful what you pray for!":nopity: :rofl: :rofl: "Lets tea-party like its 35 AD.":rofl: