Are Republicans in any way responsible for the current threats against Democrats?

IMO this whole ball started rolling with the "pals around with terrorists" rhetoric.

Which was a brain child of the RNC.

If you open up that can of worms, you are painting them as someone who is an enemy of this country, a traitor, and a justifiable target for violence.

So, in short...

YES.

 

it goes back to democrats suggesting W wasn't legitimately elected.

 

I immediately thought of Palin's incendiary rhetoric as well. It really was a turning point, IMO. It legitimized a whole swath of grotesque radicalism.

 

LOL Basso needs Jesus... :grin:

And not the guy that his republican buddies use for mowing their lawns and building their homes...

 

Depends if you call pundits like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh "Republican Leadership". I don't.

 

I don't see how you cannot.

 

don't get your panties in a bunch.

 

i hope you aren't obtuse enough to be comparing this with the birther movement? here's a question, after Gore conceded victory, how many elected federal democrats openly questioned bush's win?

 

well, John Kerry suggested he wanted to kill him.

 

I actually don't believe the GOP is responsible. I do think the tea party has become more of a flash mob than a serious political movement as a result of them not doing anything to clean up the racist element of their movement. They show they condone it by having the opening speech at their convention be a racist one.

Then after many racist signs and incidents from their members they get caught shouting the n word at civil rights heroes, spitting on black congressmen, and hurling gay slurs at a homosexual congressman. Rather than call out the wrong doing, they try and act like they didn't happen, or that somehow because other offensive things were done by left leaning crowds or people, that this offensive behavior doesn't matter.

I saw something interesting talking about how serious political groups train their members. MLK did it. He trained his marchers to not follow their natural instinct of defending themselves no matter what. They had extensive training on what to do. The movement was successful and taken seriously. The tea baggers just let their members shout out the n word, spit on congressmen, scuffle with congressional security while the GOP cheers them on.

The tea baggers have a right to shout those hateful things, but it does demonstrate that they aren't a serious political movement and little more than a flash mob.

 

wrong

 

Elected and appointed Republican officials have had their hands dirty on this one. Not just blabbermouths.

 

sarah palin loves rapists!

but don't get your panties in a bunch

 

link?

And of course, that means a video of John Kerry making such a statement, not hearsay.

 

It also means John Kerry saying it in a way that a reasonable person would take him seriously.

 

Uhh... what?

 

basso reeks of desperation

TRANSPARENT

 

" Are Republicans in any way responsible for the current threats against Democrats?"

Absolutely not. Republicans are never responsible for anything, ever. The fault for this breaks down as follows:

20% Barack Obama
15% Immigrants
15% Nancy Pelosi
15% Jimmy Carter
10% Those damn hippies
10% Bill Clinton
10% Activist Judges
5% Al Gore