UPDATED: Right-wing journalist: "Blame Obama" for coming "possibly violent civil unrest."
March 21, 2010 6:40 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Matthew Vadum, a self-described "Chronicler of the Left" who writes for, among others, Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, warns of "violent civil unrest" as a result of "Fascist health care":
UPDATE: More from Vadum:
In case you're wondering what got him so mad at Ezra Klein, it was this tweet: "So Paul Ryan says European systems unsustainable? And yet, if we had their spending, our deficit problem would disappear entirely."
A group who have used multiple examples of violent imagery (the tree of liberty needs to be watered with the blood of tyrants, etc) using a civil rights song to lament their place in life.
The last time I looked, Dr. King was a proponent of non-violent protest. Most of these people are just deluded but; there is a portion of them that are looking for a fight, and it is probably only time before someone loses it and causes harm.
Peaceful protest is part of the American process.
If you don't like what is going on, tell your congressman.
If it turns out that you are the minority, learn to live with it or come up with a better way.
Do like we did. Wait for the next election. The right still has the "permanent majority" mindset.
Vadum reminds me of a wife beater who blames his wife because she p!ssed him off.
I opposed the tax cuts and the Medicare part D and the war in Iraq. Without all of that the deficit would be far less. (Iraq alone would pay for the entire Health Reform) So in effect we had 8 years and nothing to show for it.
I had to wait.
There's today's responsible conservative in a nutshell.
This guy is a shameful, pitiful tool.
Obama is NOT going to be the cause of ANY unrest. He's not to blame. The people who choose violence as a reaction to a legal and democratic vote in Congress after a pretty decisive election are NOT being forced into that choice. They are choosing that path.
Hey, idiot, it isn't 1873. Whites can't intimidate African-Americans anymore.
Who exactly is going to get violent? People with health care? People who supported health care reform?
When has the side that wins turned violent?
Oh, you mean the teabaggers will turn violent. No problem. We'll fill our prisons with those who turn violent against our government. They used to have name for those kind of people.
I did hear an interesting discussion about this today. Where republicans specifically claimed that if social security were passed, there would be violence. Also, they claimed if Medicare were to pass there would be violence, and America would be DOOMED.
Of course, you have 2 of the most popular programs ever in American history.
Thing is, probably 4-5 years from now, I'm willing to bet that this program will be popular as well.
Anyone got champagne ready? Looks like we're getting a vote at 11:00 Eastern! Then again, I think instead of celebrating I'm gonna hide from tomorrow's Republican uproar.
I guess that isn't much of a silver lining for the nice citizens of Costa Rica....
For not destroying us.
...presumably.
Glenn Beck couldn't possibly be wrong...I mean, he's a genuine intellectual. Just wait until tomorrow and Glenn will explain the truth to us. I can hardly wait... ;>)
And THIS is it? THIS is the thing that destroys the country? It's the equivalent of Republicans making a bill that says that the text on the census forms will be blue instead of red, and democrats going...
"Uht, that's it. Game over. We had a good couple centuries, but it's all over."
One step closer to getting Rush Limbaugh out of our Country. He's so unamerican.
We must redouble our efforts. Start at the local level. Can you imagine the impact 500 to 1000 or more people would have at the local level, meaning City or Town?
We must pool our resorces and help our fellow Tea Party members to bring the power back to WE THE PEOPLE! Not to leave it just to local parties alone to decide who our representatives will be and the local agenda. Lets face it ! We caused the problem by not getting Involved in the process thus giving up the Power of the People to others.
As the saying goes" you get the government you deserve". If we deserve a government that truley represents the people then we must work hard to accomplish this goal.
By starting at the local level our impact will be felt immediatly. We can then use this as a stepping stone to the State level then the Federal. Nothing succeeds like success.
Do not be discouraged, the fisrt Tea Party memberd only 350 individuals and it lead us to a Revolution and our Freedom from England. So let us continue our struggle our Peaceful Revolution to return this country to the to the Vision that our Founding Fathers had and passed on to us through the Constitution.
To steal a phraes"Let us continue the good fight" Hope to see you around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!