Angry (and stupid) demonstrators opposed to health care reform legislation gathered outside the Capitol on Sunday, hours before a climactic vote on the Democrats' overhaul of the nation's health care system.
Democratic leaders were heckled as they made their way to the Capitol from a nearby House office building. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led her caucus across the street with a gavel in one hand and the other on the arm of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who had been harassed by protesters on Saturday. Protesters shouted Pelosi's name and chanted "kill the bill."
Police arrested two people in the House gallery Sunday after they yelled during a debate session on the bill. Disruptions are banned in the chamber. Several Republican lawmakers stood up and cheered during the interruption. Typical. Imagine if this had been President Bush and Democrats had cheered during an outburst on the floor. Imagine how Fox News would have spun that.
These are Rush Limbaugh people. These are the folks he, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and a number of Republican hacks have inflamed with their campaigns of misinformation. These are also the kooks from the far right and knucklehead fringe that (as I've said before) are to the Republicans what that girl is who you secretly see at night but don't want your friends or anybody you know to see you with.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who has also reportedly been a target of heckling by health bill opponents, called the cheering GOP lawmakers "clowns." "I've never seen this... for the Republicans to stand up and cheer the guy on," he said. The disruptions came one day after a raucous protest including chants laced with racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.
The tone was set outside the Capitol. Clogging the sidewalks and streets of Capitol Hill were at least hundreds (no official estimate was yet available) of loud, furious protesters, many of them tea party opponents of the health care overhaul.
Rallies outside the Capitol are typically orderly, with speeches and well-behaved crowds. Saturday's gathering was different, with anger-fueled demonstrators surrounding members of Congress who walked by, yelling at them and spitting on them.
I am told that these kooks used the word nigger 15 times. So, let's stop playing games and dancing around the issue. Let's talk about what this really is... this isn't about health care reform at all. Granted, I know that a few people honestly don't understand this bill because it is complicated, even for otherwise intelligent folks. But these folks don't really care about the bill... this is about their racism and their hatred of the fact that a Black man sits in the White House. The tea baggers just can't get over it. They have been wanting to call him a nigger for so long that they just couldn't hold it in any longer. President Obama could have said "one plus one equals two" and these people would still have called him a nigger, just like they did him and the other Black members of Congress yesterday. It was truly disgraceful.
The motorcade that carried President Obama to Capitol Hill to whip up support for the bill drove past crowds waving signs that read "Stop the spending" and "Get your hands out of my pocketbook and health care." Many booed and thrust their thumbs down as President Obama rode by. As police held demonstrators back to clear areas for lawmakers outside the Capitol during President Obama's speech, some protesters jeered and chanted at the officers, "You work for us."
Republican leadership and the organizers of the tea bag protests denounced the behavior of these kooks and then, did a double-take and tried to deny that any of the racist chanting and harrassing happened in the first place. Just what I expected. I've heard that John Lewis , a former civil rights activist from the 60's said that he heard things in that mob that he hadn't heard since 1960.
Yet, Matt Kibe, an organizer of the tea bag movement, sat on MSNBC yesterday and said that he didn't hear any racist chants and no arrests were made, even though the Washington Police said that they made three arrests. In other words, this was all fantasy... just like their misinformation campaign, which has led to all of this trouble.
The sad thing about all of this is that some of these tea baggers don't have health care themselves. If one of them was injured tomorrow... let's say, my foot got stuck up the crack of one of their hind parts... they wouldn't have medical coverage to remove it. And yet, they are on the side of the big insurance companies and fat cats who are trying to kill the bill and who, by the way, have the best health care their money can buy. This is the true genius of the Republican party... that they can take a certain segment of poor people and make them work against their class interests. And, how do they do that? With racism.
These poor clowns are in the same economic boat as me, but they would rather stop me (and themselves) from having anything just to make a point. Tomorrow is not going to be any better for them and it's a shame that they can't even see it.
P.S. The House passed health care reform by a vote of 219-212, so take that tea baggers!
Democratic leaders were heckled as they made their way to the Capitol from a nearby House office building. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led her caucus across the street with a gavel in one hand and the other on the arm of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who had been harassed by protesters on Saturday. Protesters shouted Pelosi's name and chanted "kill the bill."
Police arrested two people in the House gallery Sunday after they yelled during a debate session on the bill. Disruptions are banned in the chamber. Several Republican lawmakers stood up and cheered during the interruption. Typical. Imagine if this had been President Bush and Democrats had cheered during an outburst on the floor. Imagine how Fox News would have spun that.
These are Rush Limbaugh people. These are the folks he, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and a number of Republican hacks have inflamed with their campaigns of misinformation. These are also the kooks from the far right and knucklehead fringe that (as I've said before) are to the Republicans what that girl is who you secretly see at night but don't want your friends or anybody you know to see you with.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who has also reportedly been a target of heckling by health bill opponents, called the cheering GOP lawmakers "clowns." "I've never seen this... for the Republicans to stand up and cheer the guy on," he said. The disruptions came one day after a raucous protest including chants laced with racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.
The tone was set outside the Capitol. Clogging the sidewalks and streets of Capitol Hill were at least hundreds (no official estimate was yet available) of loud, furious protesters, many of them tea party opponents of the health care overhaul.
Rallies outside the Capitol are typically orderly, with speeches and well-behaved crowds. Saturday's gathering was different, with anger-fueled demonstrators surrounding members of Congress who walked by, yelling at them and spitting on them.
I am told that these kooks used the word nigger 15 times. So, let's stop playing games and dancing around the issue. Let's talk about what this really is... this isn't about health care reform at all. Granted, I know that a few people honestly don't understand this bill because it is complicated, even for otherwise intelligent folks. But these folks don't really care about the bill... this is about their racism and their hatred of the fact that a Black man sits in the White House. The tea baggers just can't get over it. They have been wanting to call him a nigger for so long that they just couldn't hold it in any longer. President Obama could have said "one plus one equals two" and these people would still have called him a nigger, just like they did him and the other Black members of Congress yesterday. It was truly disgraceful.
The motorcade that carried President Obama to Capitol Hill to whip up support for the bill drove past crowds waving signs that read "Stop the spending" and "Get your hands out of my pocketbook and health care." Many booed and thrust their thumbs down as President Obama rode by. As police held demonstrators back to clear areas for lawmakers outside the Capitol during President Obama's speech, some protesters jeered and chanted at the officers, "You work for us."
Republican leadership and the organizers of the tea bag protests denounced the behavior of these kooks and then, did a double-take and tried to deny that any of the racist chanting and harrassing happened in the first place. Just what I expected. I've heard that John Lewis , a former civil rights activist from the 60's said that he heard things in that mob that he hadn't heard since 1960.
Yet, Matt Kibe, an organizer of the tea bag movement, sat on MSNBC yesterday and said that he didn't hear any racist chants and no arrests were made, even though the Washington Police said that they made three arrests. In other words, this was all fantasy... just like their misinformation campaign, which has led to all of this trouble.
The sad thing about all of this is that some of these tea baggers don't have health care themselves. If one of them was injured tomorrow... let's say, my foot got stuck up the crack of one of their hind parts... they wouldn't have medical coverage to remove it. And yet, they are on the side of the big insurance companies and fat cats who are trying to kill the bill and who, by the way, have the best health care their money can buy. This is the true genius of the Republican party... that they can take a certain segment of poor people and make them work against their class interests. And, how do they do that? With racism.
These poor clowns are in the same economic boat as me, but they would rather stop me (and themselves) from having anything just to make a point. Tomorrow is not going to be any better for them and it's a shame that they can't even see it.
P.S. The House passed health care reform by a vote of 219-212, so take that tea baggers!
21 comments:
Yep it still passed :D
Yes cousin, I agree with you. This is about race. But, cooler heads have prevailed and passed this bill. Now don't get me wrong, I didn't really want this bill either. I want universal health care, full coverage for all citizens. I want congress to keep working on changing the status quo which is unacceptable for most Americans. Healthcare is a right.
P.S. Democratic congress members would never have shouted out during Bush's presidency. Cheney would have shot them!
LOL @ Arlene- "Cheney would have shot them!LOL!
You're on it once again man!
Tell it Keith!
I'm bettin those Republican congressmen and senators are pretty sick right about now! LOL!
Once Again, you said everything I wanted to say..Good Job!
Bravo Keith!
This bill is far from perfect, but it is a start..a good start!
Heyyy Keith...Another good post!
I was high fiving everybody when that vote went through last night!
Talk about March Madness!
People will soon see that this bill is good for them and that the world as they know it will not come to an end.
Shame on those tea party freaks for the name calling and the spitting..They all should have been hauled into jail.
For all of the noise that those protestors made..It didn't change a thing..The bill still passed.
I guess some of those Republicans probably have fainted and in need of some health care themselves after last night's vote!-lolol
The President showed them who's in power...Now maybe they'll go away and shut up.
@Vanessa...It's highly unlikely that these folks are going to go away..They are just going to lick their wounds and come back at President Obama another way.
Once again...you on it fam..right on the cuttin edge!
I figured you would erase my earlier comment...What's the matter ,can't deal with the truth or an idea that differs from your own?? You run this blog comment section like a dictatorship...
I am so happy it passed. I completely agree with u, this is Racism because I'm sure in past presidency it was never This bad..smh
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