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Tea Party Group Getting Cold Feet About Burning Perriello And Pelosi In Effigy?
Eric Kleefeld | November 16, 2009, 10:45AM
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The Danville TEA Party Patriots, a group that has courted controversy by planning to burn Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a rally this Saturday, may be having second thoughts.
"We've been getting a lot of flack about this," Danville TEA Party chairman Nigel Coleman told the Lynchburg News & Advance, "about burning those two in effigy and a lot of people in the public are unhappy about it. The story has gotten so large, it's kinda strange."
As the News & Advance notes, Coleman himself had announced this event by sending out a press release that promoted the event as "a move sure to spark controversy."
"I still would like to do it, but it's still up in the air at this point," Coleman added. "We've already started stacking firewood and building the effigy...we will have a bonfire. Burning someone in effigy was just gonna be part of it."
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betty
November 16, 2009 11:06 AM
tacky idea. and why marshmallows? why not charlie mcCarthy and his puppet
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tinmanic
November 16, 2009 11:10 AM
"The story has gotten so large, it's kinda strange."
Yeah, gee. You plan to burn a Congressman and the Speaker of the House in effigy and people are talking about it. How strange!
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:01 PM in reply to tinmanic
Yeah. It's a lot like burning Bush in effigy or hanging Palin the from side of a house. Very Tacky indeed.
How about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eBRbjrP9w&feature=related
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Morbo
November 16, 2009 12:15 PM in reply to Silence
I guess 2 wrongs make, right, eh moron? Are you really that stupid?
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 12:41 PM in reply to Morbo
Yes.
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mJJ
November 16, 2009 1:35 PM in reply to tinmanic
Yes how strange. I have a friend who will give her entire inheritance to defeat any politician who supports this hanging. Unfortunately, she is my age (very old) and as a white Southerner, she remembers the dark days in the South when they hung black people and left their bodies hanging to terrify other blacks. She is a Republican also, but she said she will donate her entire inheritance to anyone who runs against these creeps who do such a stupid thing that will reignite this horror of the past. I have not heard from her lately, but I am wondering if these guys call it off, if she will work so hard to defeat them. As a Republican, I encourage them to stop this insane behavior that brings back the image of black hangings perpetrated by Southerners. It may be too late to try to fix this disgusting idea but they should try. Our party should discipline these guys if they do this.
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AnnieW
November 16, 2009 11:32 AM
We wanted it to be controversial, but only small time, local.
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ejg3
November 16, 2009 11:36 AM
They probably got stopped by the Klan for not wearing the appropriate attire for public bonfires. In that part of our country, Crossfire isn't dueling TV pundits.
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arbalest
November 16, 2009 11:39 AM
I really hope they go ahead and do it anyway.
How hard would it be to find a few dozen archival video clips of GOPers commenting on past effigy burnings in the Middle East? The juxtaposition would be made to order for Jon Stewart.
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seaotter
November 16, 2009 11:44 AM
"Real" Americans aren't named "Nigel". Bob, Dave, Frank, etc. Is he another foreigner come over here to screw with our political system (ala Orly Taitz)?
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 4:53 PM in reply to seaotter
We should be making plans for Nigel, and not the other way around.
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oskieoskie
November 16, 2009 11:47 AM
These folks are unencumbered by any hint of morality.
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KeithL
November 16, 2009 12:42 PM in reply to oskieoskie
These folks are entirely unemcumberred by the thought process, to quote Ray Magliazzi(Click & Clack).
If they are told by the only "authorities" they are able to hear, Rushbo the Hutt & Co., that aliens from the planet Nibiru were working with ACORN to raise their taxes and elect literal donkeys as Democratic candidates, these maroons would shriek in terror and go out and buy another 1,000 rounds of fast disappearing ammunition.
Critical thinking skills? They're FRENCH!
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JohnW1141
November 16, 2009 12:07 PM
They're publicity hounds, just like Joe Lieberman and Michelle Bachmann.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:07 PM
Those terrible TEA party people. They're a disgrace.
http://goodsensepolitics.blogspot.com/2009/09/compare-garbage-after-tea-party-vs.html
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brewmn61
November 16, 2009 12:16 PM in reply to Silence
The "2 miilion man" Tea Party march? Really?
You're an inveterate liar, like all other conservatives. Fuck off.
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CT Voter
November 16, 2009 12:17 PM in reply to brewmn61
Second.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:27 PM in reply to brewmn61
You ain't seen nothin' yet. These folks have not only read RULES FOR RADICALS, they fully understand it and are ready to take it to a whole new level.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 12:44 PM in reply to Silence
Hi, troll, welcome to TPM. Your moronic comments won't be deleted here, unlike at RedState and other places which you probably frequent, but they will be mocked,as you will be.
Let the skewering commence!
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:54 PM in reply to commie atheist
Ohhh. Scary.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 1:32 PM in reply to Silence
Huzzah! A witty riposte, sir. I shall retreat in shame.
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The Old Grouch
November 16, 2009 2:03 PM in reply to Silence
I think what happened in Waco provides a good recipe for dealing with the likes of the crazed right-wingers, if they are foolish and evil enough to actually think about taking up arms against their countrymen.
I prefer my wingnut troll well-done, thanks. Side of green beans and some french fries? Of course!
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Michael A
November 16, 2009 12:14 PM
I hope they go forward with it as well. It's very disturbing that they do not see a problem with this. Maybe they should burn some flags as well.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:22 PM in reply to Michael A
They've learned the radical tactics of the left quite well. Wouldn't you agree?
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Michael A
November 16, 2009 12:30 PM in reply to Silence
Nope.
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brewmn61
November 16, 2009 1:56 PM in reply to Silence
Their tactics may be Alinskyesque, but you do realize they are agitating on behalf of greater profits for multinational corporations, and even greater salaries for multimillionaires, right?
And that the people on whose behalf they are agitating view them as nothing but useful idiots who deliver the votes needed to protect their profits and their obscene salaries, right?
You do understand that your teabaggers are the storm troopers demonstrating on behalf of those they perceive to be their betters, and that there is actually nothing in it for the demonstrators except another chance to vent their irrational hatred of "liberals" like Obama, don't you?
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tinmanic
November 16, 2009 2:42 PM in reply to brewmn61
Co-sign.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 4:11 PM in reply to brewmn61
I think you'll find a great many of the TEA party folks believe that those on the left are in bed with the big corps. GM, GE, Goldman Sachs, health care insurers. The money flow certainly seems to support the allegations.
Perhaps, "these people" may be average Americans who are sick and tired of being looted by an out of control govt and their corrupt corporate friends.
Open your minds and consider the possibility.
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brewmn61
November 16, 2009 4:57 PM in reply to Silence
"Perhaps, "these people" may be average Americans who are sick and tired of being looted by an out of control govt and their corrupt corporate friends."
Perhaps, it they wanted to be treated as anything other than partisan shills, they should have become sick and tired of an out of control government when it was deficit spending during times of relative fiscal health due to tax cuts designed to reward the wealthiest Americans for their support. Not to mention the big business-subsidizing, union-busting, inequality-exacerbating war waged on the middle and working classes by Republicans since Reagan.
But, since they were deafeningly silent when Bush was bankrupting the country with irresponsible tax cuts and wars he couldn't win, their protests now are clearly nothing but unprincipled, partisan whining, and should be ignored.
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VivaAmerica!
November 16, 2009 12:20 PM
Do it, it will come in handy in 2010.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 12:33 PM in reply to VivaAmerica!
Yes. Yes it will.
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mJJ
November 16, 2009 1:47 PM in reply to Silence
If you lived in the Deep South like I have, you will realize that a great number os southerners want this history of theirs forgotten and these drips are re-igniting this issue of burning bodies of people that they did not approve of. Burning in effigy is not a freebee in the South. Since I am old as dirt, I have seen the most despicable behavior towards blacks and any person of color. This insanity will produce a whole lot of that old footage. The South, to its wonderful credit has advanced far past that part of their history of tolerating that sort of racial behavior. So, this foray by silly Republicans who do not speak for our party at all, will set our party back for years in the South. Further, they will pay a heavy price for it from moderate Republicans like me. I am hoping the National Party lets them know about how stupid this is.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 3:59 PM in reply to mJJ
Then, why was Bush burned in effigy? What was the intended message?
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 4:55 PM in reply to Silence
That he was a moron, like you?
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SchrodingersCat
November 16, 2009 12:44 PM
I've been gone for a few days....when did the new troll arrive?
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on2them
November 16, 2009 1:00 PM in reply to SchrodingersCat
too soon
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Dragonfire
November 16, 2009 1:23 PM
Yeah - but he's really funny.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 1:31 PM in reply to Dragonfire
Only if you think that mentally-challenged people are funny. Myself, I feel sorry for him/her/it.
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fpie
November 16, 2009 3:54 PM in reply to commie atheist
But his logo is really spiffy. It's got that early '60s Hollywood drama. Give credit where credit is due.
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exregis
November 16, 2009 1:53 PM
Perriello is a really gutsy guy. He defeated that racist bigot Goode (rhymes with lewd) in a really conservative Appalachian district. Yet he still managed to vote against the abortion amendment and for the House health care bill.
Glenn Nye, another Democrat who won in a Republican district in Virginia, is a coward who voted against the health care bill. I now have to listen to commercials praising Nye and encouraging voters to tell him to continue the fight against the socialistic, fascist bill that will raise taxes on millionaires. Ironically, Nye's district is more military than Appalachian and could transmogrify into a Democratic district. Too bad Nye didn't catch the Deeds example -- disrespect your base to win.
And if our new troll makes a comment, I can only recall the nuns telling me "Silence" during mass while who knows what went on in the sacristy. How quaint.
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The Old Grouch
November 16, 2009 2:46 PM
These people are cowards, and also fools. They can not win with ideas or facts, so they resort to the bizarre, grotesque theatrics that turned so much more of America against them (see Schiavo, Terri) earlier, in the misplaced hope that it will somehow work this time.
The inability to learn from experience, illustrated.
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Silence
November 16, 2009 4:54 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
Bizarre? Grotesque? I submit to you the recent inaugural ceremony. In all of my years, never have I witnessed chanting and heckling of an outgoing president in front of the White House. The change of power is a solemn, respectful and historic event.
This behavior showed utter contempt for this nation and it's history. That was the moment when honor and respect for this president was tossed out the window. This administration will suffer beneath the same trampled respect for this nation that it brought into the White House.
Bush was certainly not a personal favorite, but he was the president and the Commander and Chief of my country.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 4:57 PM in reply to Silence
And don't forget - Clinton removed all the "W's" from all the typewriters in the White House before he left!!!! And stole the good silver!!!!
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Silence
November 16, 2009 5:08 PM in reply to commie atheist
No one heckled or chanted or screamed as Clinton exited the White House. He received polite and respectful applause for his service. Why? It is out of respect for the country and a tradition of peaceful transfer of power.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 7:43 PM in reply to Silence
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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The Old Grouch
November 16, 2009 6:36 PM in reply to Silence
Proof?
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Silence
November 16, 2009 6:40 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
Proof of something that didn't happen? Interesting request.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 7:42 PM in reply to Silence
So Bush didn't get heckled at the inauguration?
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Silence
November 16, 2009 7:52 PM in reply to commie atheist
No. Clinton.
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 8:05 PM in reply to Silence
No, you're right, Clinton was treated with the utmost respect and dignity the entire time he was in office.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
You are a funny troll.
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jeffgee
November 16, 2009 3:41 PM
"Burning someone in effigy was just gonna be part of it."
We'll move on to crosses later.
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The Old Grouch
November 16, 2009 4:39 PM in reply to jeffgee
While we're on the subject...
Last time I looked for the info, the ratio of crosses to flags being burned in the US was estimated at 10-to-one.
Why don't we ever hear any of these right-wing looney-tunes thumping the tub for a Constitutional amendment to ban the burning of a cross?
And why do we never hear them being confronted with it?
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Silence
November 16, 2009 6:52 PM
Now, this is grotesque disrespect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDzJHdxWAc
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commie atheist
November 16, 2009 8:07 PM in reply to Silence
Right back at ya, troll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHKSHvMRWE
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Silence
November 17, 2009 9:00 AM in reply to commie atheist
You don't seem understand the difference. The inaugural ceremonies are a long standing tradition that celebrate our constitution and form of government.
Joe was protesting policy, the constitutionality of that policy and a lack truth from the president regarding that policy.
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commie atheist
November 17, 2009 10:26 AM in reply to Silence
And a joint session of Congress is a long-standing tradition that celebrates the right of any jackass to yell at the President?
OK, bored now. Buh bye, troll.
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