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Are right-wing bloggers really siding with the anti-cop Christian militia?

March 30, 2010 12:15 pm ET by Eric Boehlert

When news broke over the weekend that members of the right-wing, anti-government Christian militia group Hutaree had been arrested for allegedly hatching plans to kill cops, this was what Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds wrote:

THE TIMING APPEARS CONVENIENT

Reynolds, along with other right-wing bloggers, suggested the arrests were politically motivated. The theory seemed to be that the bust was part of a government plot to, I guess, make the Christian militia look bad, as well as conservatives in general.

So rather than immediately denouncing right-wing, anti-government extremists who may have been plotting to kill cops, Reynolds played up the partisan angle, suggesting the timing of the raid was "convenient." 

And Reynolds was right! Kind of [emphasis added]: 

Federal authorities say the 21-year-old was a member of a militia group known as Hutaree, or Christian warrior, that plotted to kill a police officer sometime in April and hide homemade bombs along the funeral processional route in hopes of taking out scores of others. 

So yeah, the timing of the arrest was "convenient," because according to law enforcement authorities the Christian militia members were getting ready to kill cops in the coming days. 

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    • Author by shaggles (March 30, 2010 12:17 pm ET)
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      This is seriously f-ed up.
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    • Author by MickD (March 30, 2010 12:20 pm ET)
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      Where these guys hang their editorial hats has to make me think that they are simply paid to do so. Why risk this? For a paycheck or a pat on the financial fanny by the Heritage Foundation?
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    • Author by worrierking (March 30, 2010 12:26 pm ET)
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      The nations law enforcement organizations should have their spokespeople on every news show in the country giving their opinion of this group.
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    • Author by The_Cat (March 30, 2010 12:26 pm ET)
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      In a civil society, those charged with keeping the peace, as our police officers are, are charged with keeping that peace for everyone. The idea that somehow killing cops would spawn anything but condemnation from their community leads me to believe that these folks just aren't that bright.

      That this kind of behavior bears out the warning about far right domestic terrorism in the U.S. probably just makes the Faux Con response that much nuttier, to be honest. Don't really feel sorry for them, though. I'm a Christian, and the very last thing I'd do is take up arms in this fashion. Guys, if you really believe in God, then you have to know that the idea that He needs guns to fulfill His will is just foolish.
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    • Author by soze169880 (March 30, 2010 12:30 pm ET)
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      Is it really news that these people are insane? This is the same group that screamed "HITLER YOUTH!!!11!!!one" when the leader of the free world wanted to tell elementary schoolers to do their damn homework. I'm sorry, but further craziness from them is just Dog Bites Man.
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    • Author by nerzog (March 30, 2010 12:39 pm ET)
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      Funny how, right after 9/11, the Troglodytes praised Police Officers as heroes. Now that the police have been targeted by a Nutbag Christian Troglodyte Militia, protecting those same Police Officers is "political"?

      They simply lost their minds when a black man was elected President, I guess. The strain is more than they can bear.
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    • Author by phredicles (March 30, 2010 12:40 pm ET)
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      Remember when the right was all about "Law and Order"?

      I guess that was a long time ago.
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      • Author by goesto11 (March 30, 2010 1:00 pm ET)
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        Back in the days when black people knew better than to dream of being president.
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        • Author by soze169880 (March 30, 2010 1:11 pm ET)
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          Nah, look at the Clinton years. It switches on and off according to the president's party. And sometimes it stays in the off position when the president wants to break into a hotel, sell arms to a hostile nation, or torture people.
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          • Author by nerzog (March 30, 2010 1:16 pm ET)
               
            Good observation. That just further reinforces the theory that none of this crap is really about ideology... it's about grabbing and holding power for the Corporatist Republicans.

            For example, the Health Care "Armageddon" is not that different from what Bob Dole proposed back in the 90s. All of this bluster is about opposing Democrats, and duping the uneducated Religious Right into supporting rich old white men.
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    • Author by GBU-15 (March 30, 2010 12:44 pm ET)
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      It is also the callousness of the crime they were plotting. To ambush a FUNERAL! That would imply that their could be women and children there as well as seniors. If these guys are as tough as they think they are why not try an Army base? Not so easy when it's someone that could shoot back!
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      • Author by nerzog (March 30, 2010 1:12 pm ET)
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        Of course, we all know what their reaction would be had this group been Muslims, even if all the other details were identical.
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      • Author by Jeremy Danials (March 30, 2010 1:52 pm ET)
           
        These people had no shame. These terrorists are just like the anti-abortion terrorists who would murder someone to stop murders. AND, in an ironic twist of fate, since they did it in a church, in the name of God, will be REALLY surprised to find themselves in the Inner Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell.

        Holy S#%Theads, Batman!
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (March 30, 2010 1:15 pm ET)
         
      Am I supposed to be surprised ?
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (March 30, 2010 1:53 pm ET)
         
      Oh, I think I can explain this.

      We've already heard many on the right say the offensive slurs, the spitting, and the vandalism, were all the work of Progressive plants perpetrating a plot to blot the reputations of those peaceful, patriotic, Tea Partiers.

      Obviously they had been watching the Hutarees closely, but either delayed or accelerated their plans to make the arrests until after their undercover operatives did their thing at theCapitol protests and the Nevada rally. Because, you know, that's how the left operates--putting together deep, complex schemes that go beyond the capacity of the most vile James Bond villain.

      I've got to quit thinking along their lines. It gives me migraines.
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