Do They Come Any Wackier Than Mr. Thrill-Up-The-Leg?

Mr. Thrill-Up-The-Leg is Chris Matthews, of course (hat tip to Weasel Zippers):



Text:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Okay let’s talk about what the…message to a lot of the people was. The message coming out of the Tea Party people, and lot of them are good people, is every man for himself, basically. “No more taxes, no more government, no more everything. No more safety net. No more health care for everybody. Everybody just get out there, make your buck, save it, screw the government, move on.” Right?

RICHARD TRUMKA: Yeah.

MATTHEWS: You know these people [the Chilean miners], if they were every man for himself down in that mine they wouldn’t have gotten out.

TRUMKA: That’s exactly right.

MATTHEWS: They would have been killing each other after about two days....

Connecting the Chilean miners with the Tea Parties is beyond ludicrous, especially in light of details about Luis Urzua, the foreman who refused to give up.

Surely, surely, Chris Matthews's viewers can see how stupid Mr. Thrill-Up-The-Leg's words are!

Hell, I'm surprised that Matthews didn't give Obama himself credit of the rescue of the Chilean miners. **snerk**

Additional reading about our so-called journalists: Mustang's essay "Media Scum."

"Conservatism is dead. Liberalism has no answers. What comes next? The rise of ethnopolitics."

White Pride Group Urges Tea Party to Flaunt Its Bigotry

From the Miami New Times:

Is the Tea Party racist? The NAACP thinks so. And the Council of Conservative Citizens, a white pride group, agrees.

Of course the Tea Party is racist, crowed a blog post on the Council's website yesterday -- and it would be proud of its racism if it weren't wussy.

The post was written by James Edwards, a radio show host and author of Racism Schmacism. His website, the Political Cesspool, declares as its motto: "Conservatism is dead. Liberalism has no answers. What comes next? The rise of ethnopolitics."


After the NAACP passed a recent resolution condemning the Tea Party as a bunch of bigots, the ragtag band of would-be American revolutionaries launched into denials. That's because they're week-kneed, lily-livered racists whose instinct is to "bend over and grab their ankles", wrote Edwards, who suggested they connect with their inner-cackling villains:

"Instead of replying with a loud BWAHAHAHA! or a 'Yeah? What's your point?' or 'So what?' or 'Of course we're racists - we're white people. That's what "racist" means' or 'Can any of you race hustlers even spell "racist"?' The Tea Party predictably went into their usual bend over and grab their ankles mode. They protested that oh no, we're not racists at all, we don't tolerate racists at our rallies which are really huge rainbow coalitions."

More Quincy Tea Party Vid

The riot cops were seriously outnumbered. But at least the Tea Party Serenaded them.

Hey Pastorius! When are we going to get a Gadsden Flag in the sidebar?

Snipers on the Roof!

and so it has come to this
at a mainly geriatric Tea Party
Not only jackboots on the street
But snipers on the roof
Epa says it's 1860
He might want to revise that to April 11, 1861






pics and updated story at Gateway Pundit

Earlier post here at IBA:

Police State: SWAT Team Called Out On Tea Party Patriots Rally…

Police State: SWAT Team Called Out On Tea Party Patriots Rally

The shape of things to come…

Thanks to Jim Hoft and Big Government

The SWAT Team was called in today at the Quincy Tea Party Rally. Obama was speaking at the convention center this afternoon.
Unreal.

They were singing “God Bless America” …A sure sign of violence.

The latest self delusion on Tea Parties from the left ..getting better

Eugene Robinson:

Trust might as well be a four-letter word. American public opinion seems to have become an unguided Weapon of Mass Suspicion, and it's not hard to understand why. But those who would exploit distrust, dissatisfaction and anger for political gain had better worry about collateral damage.

The overhyped tea party phenomenon is more about symbolism and screaming than anything else. A "movement" that encompasses gun nuts, tax protesters, devotees of the gold standard, Sarah Palin, insurance company lobbyists, "constitutionalists" who have not read the Constitution, Medicare recipients who oppose government-run health care, crazy "birthers" who claim President Obama was born in another country, a contingent of outright racists (come on, people, let's be real) and a bunch of fat-cat professional politicians pretending to be "outsiders" is not a coherent intellectual or political force.

I thought we were the 13th green elite, as well?

Great Comment from Cjk!

To this post, about the lamestream media's bitching and whining about how dangerous the Tea Parties are:

Breathtaking lying hypocrites. These pieces of shit are sooo disingenuous and mendacious that I have to practice extreme self control in order to keep from beating my monitor with a baseball bat.

They wring their hands over what are in all truth probably the most non-violent demonstrations in American history for their size.

Yet when the left demonstrates in violent form while calling for the death of the president, vice president and everybody else they disagree with, that's patriotism in action.

Monday, April 19, 2010 10:43:00 PM

"There Is A Very Seething Anger Out There. . ." Ya Think?! Buncha Fucking Geniuses Here. . .

Chris "I'm a dick and Obama makes me tingle" Matthews and a panel of true luminaries go as far as they can to smear Palin and Beck and Fox News and conservatives in general as potentially stirring someone to commit a McVeigh-like act. I mean, how dare Sarah open her speeches with "Do you love your freedom?"

The Horror!

Joe Swine: "The difference now is the presence of a televison network, and I'm going to call it Fox (funny thing, Joe, that's what they call themselves), the presence of Fox which allows it's commentators, like Sean Hannity, like Glen Beck, to rouse the Tea Party. . ."

Oh where to start with Olberdouche and King Tingles himself?

Whorah O'Donnell: "There is a very seething anger out there and Sarah Palin is stroking that anger."

(dear Miss O'Donnell -- the term would be stoking that anger. If you really want to talk about stroking. . .)

Yep, we got the sonsabitches scared.

It's going to be a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. . .

Breitbart:

Joe Klein and Hillary Clinton taste each other

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Time's Klein: Beck, Palin Potentially Committing Sedition against U.S. Government; Heilemann Adds Limbaugh

Liberals are all too often eager to charge conservative personalities of using hyperbole to gain a political advantage, especially when it contradicts their world view - whether it's suggesting the Obama administration is taking the country down the path of socialism, fascism or any other -ism.

However, it could be argued there's a different set of standards for those same people when they want to make strong charges. On NBC's April 18 "The Chris Matthews Show," Time columnist Joe Klein all but accused former GOP vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, along with Fox News host Glenn Beck of sedition.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2010/04/18/time-s-klein-beck-palin-potentially-committing-sedition-against-u-s-gover#ixzz0lXZtfqp8

Perhaps we should consider the idea that Joe Klein is a danger to the republic, I mean if free speech is sedition, then attempts to promulgate squelching of it must be some kind of crime?
DUH.
What kind of galactically hypocritical morons says this stuff?
MORONS.
Anyone propose this when Bush was getting it from the left? When plays about his assassination were lauded and regarded with humor?

And so with great thanks to Always on Watch and Beamish we are reminded from 2003:

"I'm sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration."

Hillary Clinton

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Since the Racist Tea Party meme has been so easily debunked the left now....

UPDATE FROM ANOTHER WAPO SELF IDENTIFIED LIBERAL BELOW, WHO WAS AT THE TEA PARTY PROTEST ON TAX DAY

E.J. Dionne

The tea parties are nothing new. They represent a relatively small minority of Americans on the right end of politics, and will not determine the outcome of the 2010 elections.

In fact, both major parties stand to lose if they accept the laughable notion that this media-created protest movement is the voice of true populism. Democrats will spend their time chasing votes they will never win. Republicans will turn their party into an angry and narrow redoubt with no hope of building a durable majority.

The news media's incessant focus on the tea parties is creating a badly distorted picture of what most Americans think and is warping our policy debates. The New York Times and CBS News thus performed a public service last week with a careful study of just who is in the tea party movement.

Their findings suggest that the Tea Party is essentially the reappearance of an old anti-government far right that has always been with us and accounts for about one-fifth of the country.

A few days ago I said this:

Why....., better educated, older, married? Not only is that not a picture of angry bomb throwing inverted bolsheviks, it is a picture of....

AN ELITE?

Make up your mind on the left.

Are we troglodytic untermenschen newly sprung from the CofCC by way of the KKK, or are we pissed off and well off uncaring elitists scared of the ugly unwashed now in power and aggravated we have been forced to leave the 14th hole to bother with all this in order to keep our lazy and selfish lifestyles?

Apparently the pendulum is now swinging towards the 'far right, govt hating, poor and underprivileged despising, children's lunch depriving, 5 handicap rich and priveledged elitist explanation'

Remember what EJ Dionne said. "will not determine the outcome of the 2010 elections."

UPDATE: From Robert McCartney of WaPo-

I went to the "tea party" rally at the Washington Monument on Thursday to check out just how reactionary and potentially violent the movement truly was.

Answer: Not very.

Based on what I saw and heard, tea party members are not seething, ready-to-explode racists, as some liberal commentators have caricatured them.

Although shrinking government is their primary goal, many conceded that the country should keep Medicare and even Social Security. None was clamoring for civil disobedience, much less armed revolt.

"Someone said in the Revolutionary War, they fired bullets. This time, we're firing politicians," said Clinton Lee, 28, a wedding photographer from Tampa wearing a Thomas Jefferson T-shirt.

The rally, estimated in the tens of thousands, also displayed a wacky, irreverent spirit that I found endearing

Continue reading Since the Racist Tea Party mem has been so easily debunked the left now.....

"These Are My People"

White NBC Reporter Confronts Black Man at Tea Party Rally: “Have You Ever Felt Uncomfortable” Around These Racist Teabaggers?

I just heard Obama say Tea Partiers should say THANK YOU for taxes?

Obama says he is AMUSED by the protests ...'laissez les manger gateaux'.
Sure plays a mean pinball, huh?

Meanwhile, back in the USA outside the Bastille:

Hating the government finally goes mainstream

Three years ago, the Republican establishment piled scorn on the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul.

Today, he is in a statistical tie with President Obama in 2012 polling. His son, an ophthalmologist who has never run for elective office, is well ahead of not only the GOP's handpicked candidate for Senate in Kentucky but also both Democratic contenders -- all statewide officeholders.

And Chris (I'm outa here on account of my banking shenanigans with mortgages which brought us to this mess) Dodd has introduced his finance fix it bill.. THE KEY PART OF WHICH ..taxes institutions to create a new administration whose job it is to decide whose business, and when to SEIZE in the govt's name in order to safeguard the economy.

ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING?

And not to be outdone going over the cliff ...

Reuters:

A long-awaited compromise bill to reduce U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming will be unveiled by a group of senators on April 26, sources said on Thursday.The White House is also eager to show the rest of the world the United States is ready to take a leadership role on global warming, including to help kick-start stalled international efforts to tackle the problem.

We are going to pass a bill to fix situation whose existence is now admitted to being arranged statistically by those who benefited financially and in their careers by doing so. I am for a nice clean earth, but if we do not drill, build nukes, and convert to natural gas as if there is no tomorrow, - then add this to our debt and other stupidities and there will no tomorrow to clean up. And is this, like the Health Care fiasco going to reincarnate as Cap and Trade at bill passage time?

And now onto individual rights, you know the thing every dem hack pilloried Bush over...

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Continue reading I just heard Obama say Tea Partiers should say THANK YOU for taxes?.

Racist Whacko Fringe Alert:Thirty-five percent (35%) of Mainstream voters view themselves as Tea Party members -Rasmussen

34% Say They Or Someone Close To Them Part of Tea Party Movement

Twenty-four percent (24%) of U.S. voters now say they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's an eight-point increase from 16% a month ago.

Another 10% say they are not a part of the movement but have close friends or family members who are.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters say they have no ties to the Tea Party movement. Eleven percent (11%) more are not sure.

The rise in Tea party support is perhaps not surprising at a time when more voters than ever (58%) favor repeal of the national health care plan just passed by Democrats in Congress and signed into law by President Obama. Most voters remain convinced that the health care plan will require an increase in taxes on the middle class as a time when 66% of voters believe America is already overtaxed.

Forty-two percent (42%) of Republicans say they are part of the movement, compared to nine percent (9%) of Democrats and 24% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Mainstream voters view themselves as Tea Party members, while 84% of the Political Class say they have no ties to the movement.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

Voters remain closely divided in their views of the movement which formally came to life a year ago on Tax Day, April 15, to protest the high-tax, big-government policies of both major political parties. Forty percent (40%) have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party movement, while 42% view the protest movement unfavorably. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided.

These numbers are virtually unchanged from March. However, views of the movement have declined slightly over the past year. Just days after they were held last April, 51% of Americans had a favorable view of the "tea parties" held nationwide, including 32% who said their view of the events was very favorable.

Seventy percent (70%) of Republican voters view the Tea Party movement favorably. Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats do not. Unaffiliated voters are almost evenly divided in their views.

More noticeably, 96% of the Political Class regard the Tea Party movement unfavorably, while 58% of Mainstream voters have a favorable opinion of the movement.

When it comes to major issues confronting the nation, 48% of voters now say the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Obama is. Forty-four percent (44%) hold the opposite view and believe the president's views are closer to their own.

Fifty-two percent (52%) believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress.

Tea Party voters are changing the equation in several closely-watched Senate races, including Nevada where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling for reelection and Florida's Republican Primary where Marco Rubio is far outdistancing establishment candidate Governor Charlie Crist.

Thirty-five percent (35%) of voters now think Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that an entirely new political party is needed to represent the American people. Nearly half (47%) of voters disagree and say a new party is not needed

If the Tea Party was organized as a political party, 34% of voters would prefer a Democrat in a three-way congressional race. In that hypothetical match-up, the Republican gets 27% of the vote with the Tea Party hopeful in third at 21%. However, if only the Democrat or Republican had a real chance to win, most of the Tea Party supporters would vote for the Republican.

Just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government now enjoys the consent of the governed.

In his new book, In Search of Self-Governance, Scott Rasmussen observes that the American people are "united in the belief that our political system is broken, that politicians are corrupt, and that neither major political party has the answers." He adds that "the gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and the politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century."

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HATE-FILLED RHETORIC

Tea Party in Milwaukee

I attended my first Tea Party yesterday, an experience I would highly recommend. Held in Milwaukee at Veterans Park along the lakeshore, on a beautiful, sunny Saturday. Considering winter is on it's way, this could very well have been the last one this year. Yet, 10 - 15,000 people attended.

Since I arrived early, I was right up front. Still, I would have liked to have been closer to the stage. I didn't have a good camera and will bring a better one next time. I definitely intend on attending more of these. Nothing like a round of excellent speakers and thousands of polite, but angry patriots, to get your blood pumping.

The Tea Party was held as a belated celebration of Constitution Day. So it began with a reading of the constitution.

The speakers included local politicians, radio personalities, the Milwaukee County Sheriff, two people you know, Joe the Plumber and Michelle Malkin.In addition, someone you should know. Willie Soon, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a proponent of the idea that solar activity—not man-made emissions—explains varying temperatures on earth. Dr. Soon had his own Al Gore moment last March at the WSJ ECO:nomics conference in California, when he told the former vice president that he “strongly disagreed” with Mr. Gore’s stance on global warming. “So you disagree with 3,000 scientists? Okay,” Mr. Gore replied.

Another speaker, Rachel Campos-Duffy, blogger and author of "Stay Home, Stay Happy". Her advice to congress and Washington? Relearn the lessons of your childhood. Such as; stand up straight, look me in the eyes and don't lie.

The theme of Michelle Malkin's speech was "calling out" the corrupted in Washington. I had hoped to meet her after she spoke. Unfortunately, she disappeared right after her speech. As I discovered from a blog this morning, one member of her security explained, she had to rush to catch her plane. On the way to the airport, she stopped at a local Walgreens in a part of the city notorius for it's radical 60's anti-war lefties. Luckily for them, they didn't recognize her. ;)

Thanks goes to Patrick Dorwin for the video of her complete speech. It is 14 minutes long:



Watch Milwaukee TEA Party in News View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Yes, there was "an incident" that took place. Joe the Plumber stepped in to help break it up. One man was arrested. It was all the way over on the other side, so I did not witness it. I will allow a couple of witnesses explain what they saw:

A commenter at Crawford's Take:

HE ATTEMPTED TO RUSH THE STAGE AS vICKI mCkENNA WAS SPEAKING BUT WAS STOPPED BY OTHER MEN, A wOMAN TOOK HIS PICTURE, HE THEN STRUCK HER, AND WAS FOLLOWED TIL’ LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH WAS AT THE BACK OF 10,000 FOLKS, COULD BE SUMMOND, HE WAS SCREAMING IN THE FACES AND SWATTING AT MULTIPE PEOPLE.When one of the individuals who witnessed the striking reported is to the LEOs, they attempted to detain him , and he tried to flee! It is my understanding that his charge(es) will be reviewed by the City Attorney Monday morning!

A second commenter adds this:
This crazy loon( the so called beaten by the cops guy) started near the front of the stage. He was an antagonizing asshole. I saw him slap a drink out of a 17 y/o girls hand. He broke anothers camera by slamming it to the ground and also pushed and bullied many others cameras.
He kept yammering on about I HAVE FREE SPEECH, while the same argument was pointed back at him. THIS GUY WAS A BULLY and most likely did this for this purpose, for Dems to hate on an otherwise festive time.

Joe the Plumber joined in and he WAS BREAKING UP THE SQUABBLE! He had a booth set up and when he saw what was happening he got between the squabbling. So don’t slur him. He said to me, “we don’t need this.” I agree. But he didn’t even know what happened but I did.
The Sheirff’s told the guy to leave. He called the cops Pigs and Fuckers and then started to go back. The cops tackled him and his face got fucked up from the ground because of his delusional flailing.

I was there I SAW IT!

There is a video of the incident here. And here, additional video/different angle with a little more from Joe here. Thanks MR! :)

Below are some pics of the Tea Party that I and others took (click to enlarge):

Michelle Malkin


Joe the Plumber


Some of the crowd [Maciver Institute]



Signs [The Dave Casper Experience][Maciver Institute]




The counterprotesters, LOL [No Sanction]


Glenn Reynolds also has a couple of great pics up.

And finally, a sign I heard about today that I cannot find a picture of, said,

LIBERALS OF THE WORLD, IGNITE!