John Lewis called a "N$gg$r" Barney Frank called a "F$gg%t" today on the Hill by teabaggers

[wndycty]

Cross-posted at: http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2010/03/anti-health-care-teabaggers-show-true.html

Anti-health care teabaggers show true colors call Rep. John Lewis a "N*gg*r" & Rep. Barney Frank a "F*gg*t"

In case you had any doubt that the Teabaggers were nothing but a bunch of hateful intolerant bigots check out two reports today from their "kill the bill" action on Capitol Hill today:

From The Hill:

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Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) claimed Saturday that healthcare protesters at the Capitol directed racial epithets at Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as he walked outside.

Carson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus along with Lewis, told The Hill that protesters called Lewis the N-word.
Tea Party protesters held a rally outside the Capitol on Saturday, which included speeches by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and actor Jon Voight, and then proceeded into the halls to lobby members at the 11th hour.
-snip-

From Talking Points Memo:

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Not long before, Rep. Barney Frank got an uglier version of the treatment. Just after Frank rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you faggot." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in laughter.
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I would hope that Rep. Michelle Bachmann and other Republicans who welcomed the Teabaggers to the Hill condemn these actions immediately and send their apologies to Representatives Lewis and Frank.

[Bluebear]

1. They're not even hiding it anymore.

[BlooInBloo]

3. It never was hidden, ever. Just getaway car drivers pretending it was hidden.

[marmar]

17. Nope.....Mt. Hate has erupted.

nt

[Bluebear]

21. Hey did you catch the story I posted...

on Detroit schools closing? Including my kindergarten, sniff sniff :)

[marmar]

27. I did.....It is very sad, even though I never attended a public school, it hurts.

nt

[FarPoint]

36. I believe you are correct...

They are breaking apart at the seems; soon to be just melted protoplasm on the sidewalk....melted like the Wicked Witch of the West did in Oz when splashed with water...Teabaggers have now been splashed with reality.

[malaise]

2. The Bill is still going to pass

Fuck them.

[RKP5637]

41. Agree!!! n/t

[EFerrari]

4. The claws are out.

[City Lights]

5. The ugliest of ugly Uhmurikkkans.

They sicken me to my very core.

[Subdivisions]

6. I'm thinking that the two sides in this devided society cannot continue to coexist indefinitely.

[RKP5637]

12. It might be time to regionalize the US. n/t

[Subdivisions]

20. THOSE people possess a visceral HATRED of Liberals. They want to KILL US. They are ALL RACISTS. n/t

[RKP5637]

22. I could not agree more!!! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

7. Those fuckers are getting crushed this weekend

so the big ugly is running wild.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Dupe/double teabagger fuckwad post

[RKP5637]

9. A bunch of ignorant bigots that found a cause to rally their hatred and looking

for someone / something to hate. Don't count on much from Bachmann and other Republicans who welcomed the Teabaggers...

[Gman2]

10. I think we should bring back OUR N-word. NEOCON! Screw decrepit-con

[annabanana]

29. These guys don't have the mental capacity to be neocons

You have to be able to fake abstract thinking to do that...

[tishaLA]

11. When will the republicon leadership denounce these actions?

We are waiting.

[RKP5637]

16. Never, they are the same, the leadership just hides it better. n/t

[demmiblue]

13. I saw the Frank slur, but I did not see the Lewis slur.

These people are vile.

[cilla4progress]

14. Yeah, fold them right into the Repub party -

they fit right in!

(Apologies to any "true conservatives" or Eisenhower-style Republicans reading in.)

[RKP5637]

19. I think that's a rare species these days, "Eisenhower-style Republicans." You could

work with them, compromise, and broker a deal that worked for many. Today you can't, the republicans today are just obstinate asses out only for themselves, and quite selfish and bigoted in the process.

[cilla4progress]

31. I know, too bad.

I heard Joseph Cao is voting no? I would like to think you can't paint all Republicans with a broad brush, but with leaders like Boehner and McConnell, they're like a bunch of the worst nasty immature 12 year old schoolboy BULLIES!

[RKP5637]

39. Good point too on BULLIES! That's what one of my friends said recently too, the

republican party has united all of the BULLIES!

[Bumblebee]

15. hope someone filmed both incidents

[mzmolly]

18. They're revealing who they are and why no one should want to be associated

with them.

[nickinSTL]

23. from what I know of Bachmann

she's a lot more likely to join in with them in yelling this kind of bigoted trash than to condemn them for it.

[upi402]

24. Brown shirts showing, button up people!

Time to lift the taboo against Nazi labels lest we repeat history -again.

[Iris]

25. Lewis has taken on worse than those losers could ever dream of being

I'm proud to say he is my Representative and I'm sure he walked by them with dignity.

[tekisui]

59. I was going to post something similar.

[Iris]

64. great minds and all....

:)

[Warren DeMontague]

26. Barney Frank has more brains in his toenails than that entire crowd does in their heads.

They are fucking pathetic.

[blondeatlast]

28. Who are the speakers at the rally? The hatred must stay with them as well. nt

[upi402]

30. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and actor Jon Voight

These two need to be stained with the ignorance that they exploit.

[cilla4progress]

42. Poor Angelina - what an embarrassment.

For whatever she may be, at least she seems to have a (warped?) social conscience about children in need - she's a UN ambassador. No wonder she's kind of messed up. What the hell is wrong with Voight? He was a wonderful actor.

[NNN0LHI]

47. What the hell is wrong with Voight?

Ate up from the booze.

Don

[cilla4progress]

49. Oooh, alcoholic dementia

Nasty way to go.

[wndycty]

56. The rally organizers need to be held accountable

Seriously.

[CoffeeCat]

32. I think this is all staged...

...just like the Brooks Brothers riot was intended to give the illusion of pro-Bush supporters
during a critical time--I think these people are actors too.

They're attempting to position anti-healthcare people as nutty, bigoted idiots. True, some of the
tea baggers are that very thing. However, there are many people, including myself, who are concerned
that this is a non-reform mandate that helps the insurance industry but does very little to control
costs, reform the system or get the damn insurance companies out of the equation.

Plus, we are forced to purchase health insurance from these companies who spent millions buying off
our politicians and bending their arms in the weeks that led up to the healthcare debate and votes.

I want reform. I don't want to be forced OR FINED to purchase anything.

I'm not bigoted. I think the names hurled were contemptible. However, I've never heard of the tea
baggers going this far. NO doubt that some of them are bigots and haters. However, this feels just
a little bit staged.

Please remember..the health-insurance industry wants this bill. They want it big and bad. They are
concerned about a couple of provisions, but I'm sure they've been given assurances that what they dislike
will be eradicated in the coming months.

We are being played at every turn, people. Please remember, they are "history's actors". They've admitted it.

[lyonn]

52. Actors for the Dems?

I have met people that say, "I'm never been prejudice but you watch, the blacks will take over". This was said prior to Obama being sworn in. This was an educated person I had known for over 20 years. So her sign would say "The Blacks are taking over". She would be no actor - they are truly out there.

[proud2BlibKansan]

53. I don't like this bill either but I hate the teabaggers more

I want this bill to pass because they are against it.

[Hansel]

57. Their backs are up against the wall and this has been a long time coming.

They have been pumped up and lied to day in and day out by the likes of Glenn Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, etc, etc. This has been a long time coming and was completely predictable.

This is not staged. This is what happens via propaganda. People get riled up and believe the worst. Especially about people who are not like them.

[Lilyeye]

60. This is post a fucking joke?

The teabaggers HAVE gone this far. If you live around them and have read their disgusting signs you would know. I can't believe you're trying to say this is staged. This is all them...100% hateful.

Edit:Spelling.

[Caretha]

66. If the teabaggers were

earnest about reform, they could have used their organization to promote "single payer" or the "public option. They chose not to do anything positive, they only chose to show their ignorance & their asses.

[JohnWxy]

33. RECOMMENDED!! Conservative is just another way of spelling IGNORANT.

[cilla4progress]

34. There's nothing these people hate more

than uppitiness.

I just hope all the protection is firmly in place - Code Red for this weekend.

[will_in_chicago]

37. I hope that everyone will be safe

The ugliness of th is hate is incredible.

I worry about the potential for violence. People are being whipped into a frenzy, and I worry about people being targeted.

There was a time when there was a sense of pride on keeping political discourse civil. Those days are gone, and I wonder what is in store for us.

[cilla4progress]

38. It's the last dying throes

of implied white superiority. To think that a black man could actually be 1) calling the shots; and 2) succeeding - there is no greater humiliation to these types. I can't believe there aren't loonies - like last summer's - making plans right now. I'm counting on our Secret Service to do their job for all the brave Dem leaders.

[Bgno64]

43. There is indeed going to be violence,

the teabaggers are going to be the ones to perpetrate it and that, along with the extreme ugliness on display this week, will serve to detroy their movement.

Gaze, America, on the tea party. Take a good hard fucking look. Like what you see? These people represent you?

[RKP5637]

45. I'm concerned as I think this nation is becoming very unstable in the populace with

the potential for violence. I think there are a lot of nuts out there being whipped into a frenzy and for some this healthcare argument is an excuse to vent their hatred and violence. I find it quite embarrassing for this country in the eyes of the rest of the world. As a poster said in another series of conversations, this nation is in "A Dark Age." ...much as akin to Medieval Times.

[bridgit]

35. Yes, but countering with: Bigoted Ignorant Cialis Addled White Trash is a compliment to them...

So we need to go to Plan B, and start pushing them into mud puddles :kick:

[RKP5637]

40. I'm surprised they left their robes at home. They are reminiscent of what I

saw in the 50's/60's in robes. Seem to me to be the same types...

[graywarrior]

44. Aren't teabaggers really John Birchers?

And if they aren't, they should be.

[alfredo]

46. Bachmann won't condemn them. Being a Republican

means never saying your sorry

[wndycty]

48. They are some sick FUCKING BASTARDS

:kick:

[alfredo]

55. That is seen as a virtue to them.

[MajorChode]

50. Bigotry has been the fundamental strategy of the GOP since the 60's

See "Southern Strategy" for further reading.

[MindandSoul]

51. Considering the source, I hope Frank and Lewis take this as

medals of honors!

[spanone]

54. no surprise, racists, bigots, nazis

[Scurrilous]

58. Kick

:kick:

[Lilyeye]

61. I am glad these idiots are further exposing themselves,

Those that have to live around these idiots or be around them, know what they're about.

[Raschel]

62. I'll not forget those who whipped up this fear. Sarah Palin is a main player.

[RamboLiberal]

63. Lewis and Frank react of course with true class

Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the "N" word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol.

"I haven't seen heard anything like this in more than 40 years, maybe 45." Lewis said. "Since the march from Selma to Montgomery really."

"Yeah, but it's okay," Lewis added. "I've faced this before. So, it reminded me of the 60's. There's a lot of downright hate and anger and people are just being downright mean."

A CNN producer overheard the word "faggot" yelled at Frank several times in the lobby of the Longworth building. Frank said he heard someone yell "homo" at him.

"I'm disappointed," Frank said. "There's an unwillingness to be civil."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/20/protesters-hurl-slurs-and-spit-at-democrats/?hpt=T2&fbid=_8BKtDLzpMu

One of the lowlife racist teabaggers also spat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri. The spitter was arrested by the Capitol Police. Referenced in the above link.

[NJmaverick]

65. Racism, bigotry and intolerance are alive and well in the tea bagger party

[Hepburn]

67. Bigotted MEGA assholes...

...:puke:

[femrap]

68. If there had been a woman there,

she'd have been called the 'C' word.

True colors are showing from the Right Wackos...saw my first bumper sticker of '1.20.13 Hope for Change' on a big old red p/u truck. Sometimes I wish there were 2 countries....one for them and one for me.