John Shadegg (R - AZ): (teabaggers) feel that they are in the minority and being shut out

[Clio the Leo]

Rep Shadegg was on Morning Joe today talking about "outrage" on the right about the health care bill. He was defending the teabaggers, generally their anger over the bill and the rallies and hate mail/bricks/creepy phone calls etc. after it's passage.

He was asked to justify the treatment John Lewis, specifically, received. While he initially tried to discount it as fringe behaviour, he went on to say that the teabaggers are upset and frustrated specifically because "they are in the minority and they are being shut out."

Now, think about the irony of that statement. He DEFENDED the vile behaviour of these people (and I'd agree that they're on the fringe) taunting and harassing a man who put his LIFE on the line so that ALL OF US could sit at a restaurant and eat a hamburger. He justified it because those idiots "were in the minority and being shut out."

Seriously?

I think we're seeing the beginning of a turning point in our nations history.

We've been hearing for years that in the near future, whites will actually be in the minority in this country. That's what this all boils down to really. There are white Americans who fear that they're about to be outnumbered, and then what?

If you look at the foot soldiers coming up through the ranks of the Democratic party, the leaders of tomorrow, it's a spray of all of the beautiful colors on the world's rainbow .... while the GOP "young eagles" get paler and paler as the years go by. I think we are in the early years of a phase in history where being a person of color and being in power wont be an exception to the rule.

And why does this bother us? Why does the thought of there being more non-whites than whites in this country scare us so badly? Is it perhaps that we know that, as a people, we have exacted far too many injustices against people of color in this country and we fear we will have to pay for "the sins of the father"?

Perhaps.

Here is the video from this morning. His remarks that I cite specifically are at the 12:30 mark
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/#36113426

[KingFlorez]

1. It bothers them because more diversity means less power for the right-wing

Minority groups are organizing and building political clout, the kind of serious clout that they haven't been able to get in the past. The other thing is, the playing field would become more level. With no group having an overall majority of the population, everyone would truly have to do their best and it would break apart much of the current social system.

[Mz Pip]

2. The teabaggers

are in the minority and their candidate and policies lost big time in 2008. They have a seat at the table but refuse to participate in any way that could actually matter.

Shrieking, namecalling, spitting and namecalling does seem to be getting them far more attention than they deserve. Most of their elected representatives don't behave much better than they do. They deserve to be shut out.

[Jennicut]

3. Why is it then when Dems lost in 2004 Bush claimed he had a huge mandate

and we were told to just shut up and deal with it that was okay with Retugs? Oh, the poor teabaggers. McCain, whom they claim to hate anyway, lost the election. Deal with it!

[Cosmocat]

7. FRUCKING RIGHT ...

and the msm bobble heads just nod when these jagoffs do the "poor me" we are in the minority and not being heard crape when 4 years ago they were breathelessly babbling about "permanent republican majorities" ...

Absolute BS ...

But, it is the way of the world ... For 8 years the right screamed and acted like lunatics, then had the media help them portray Clinton as being "controversial" and spew the nonsense about electing a moron you would want to have a beer with (and no friggen way for me, btw) and let the nation cool off from all the republican generated clinton scandals ...

WTF ...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. NEWS FLASH:

We're a democracy.

Majority wins.

[CTyankee]

5. I don't need to watch the video...I knew what was coming when they said he'd be on "next."

That's when Morning Joe was turned OFF.

The earlier part of the show wasn't much better. I couldn't make it thru Harold Ford, Jr. either.

Lousy show today...ugh...if the quality of guests doesn't improve SOON then the show stays OFF permanently...

[kestrel91316]

6. "....(teabaggers) feel that they are in the minority and being shut out...."

Ummmm, that would be BECAUSE THEY ARE.

Elections have consequences.

[zoff]

8. It is not a pass for them to commit hate crimes.

All that Shadegg gave was an irresponsible excuse.

[Phx_Dem]

9. They are in the minority. The vast minority. And the minority doesn't

get to lead.

Did he mean to say the "majority?" If so, he's either a liar to an idiot.

[Supersedeas]

10. Elections only matter when Right Wingers Diebold their way to simple majorities

When will DEMS make it clear that ELECTIONS matter.

[tedk_355]

11. teabaggers = fucking idiots

[mkultra]

12. i will reserve my comment.

[Skidmore]

13. Wait a nitpickin' minute. How can they be in the minority and keep

telling us that they represent the majority of Americans in disgruntledness?

[jenmito]

14. I saw that-along with Mika continuing her meme that "both sides do it" re: threatening

violence. She once again stated that Cantor had his LIFE threatened, claiming that was the worst of ALL things that happened. And while she was at it, she once again said there "was no tape" of the congressmen being spat on and called "the N word." She went on to tout a new poll that showed "blame was spread around evenly" for the violence, and she agreed, of course. :eyes:

[butterfly77]

15. And I emailed her ass on it..

Andy card had his scary ass on their too,calling the President arrogant and then Mika chimed in about him being arrogant.

[jenmito]

17. So did I! And I saw Andy Card calling Obama "arrogant" over and over, while

Mika must've agreed, asking Card what Obama could do to STOP being/seeming so arrogant. :eyes:

[tishaLA]

16. That whole segment was disgusting. he could not get off the

talking points no matter how hard they tried to get him to. And Mika's suggestions that John Lewis might be lying about the epithets simply because there's no tape of it? OMG

[rufus dog]

18. Could be a bit of reverse Projection at work

Try to think like them, In their minds blacks were raising hell when marching across bridges, sitting at lunch counters, demanding rights. (it is how they can make the mind fucking boggling "they deserved it" comments) They were the ones, again in their minds, who were just peacefully going through life. And minority got rights, now that they are in the minority they are really afraid that they will be treated EXACTLY how they did treat people, and how they would treat people if they had the majority.

It is really easy to understand a lot of Republicans once you realize how fucked up and hateful their brains formed.