In slideshow, Rep. Joe Barton declares war on the Obama administration

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

The committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Joe L. Barton (Tex.), has a slide presentation that he's e-mailing to colleagues, pledging to do for the administration what Gen. George Patton and company did for Germany. The first slides are standard campaign material, with Barton asking to be elected by the new House Republican majority to be chairman of the committee.

He naturally touts his conservative credentials, saying, "I know the ropes and can hit the ground running immediately." He especially appeals to the newly elected members, saying he would make sure they are represented on the powerful committee.

Then comes the money slide, titled: "What's in Store for the Obama Administration," with photos of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Generals Omar Bradley and George Patton in uniform.

"Speaker Boehner is our Dwight Eisenhower in the battle against the Obama Administration. Majority Leader Cantor is our Omar Bradley. I want to be George Patton - put anything in my scope and I will shoot it."


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112904500.html

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As Republicans get more and more crazy, watch the corporate media do its best to make them sound mainstream. Look at Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, and now BP apologist, Joe Barton.

If he were a Democrat, the media would be running 24/7 outrage from the pundits.

[KT2000]

1. Doesn't this get to

the point of treason? This sounds worthy of an investigation by the Secret Service.

[Orrex]

25. I suspect that if you or I threated to shoot a President, we'd get a phone call at least

Apparently Joe Barton isn't (or doesn't feel) bound by the same laws.

[wordpix]

88. Yes, FBI/Sec. Service, how about it? This nutcase is threatening to shoot & riling up the wingnuts

for a war against our legally elected president :grr:

[Enthusiast]

35. It sure does.

There is simply no justification for this kind of rhetoric.

[valerief]

79. My first thought, too. nt

[onenote]

83. no it doesn't

and if our Democratic leaders had the balls to have used this sort of rhetoric in opposing chimpy we'd have all applauded them for it.

Hyperpole does not equal treason and its silly when the rightwing gets all hot and bothered about "treason" and its equally silly when we do it here.

[Orrex]

100. Well, as a test case...

Why don't you send a LTTE in which you declare war on the President and vow to shoot anything that "comes into your sights."

Then sign your name to it, and we'll see what kind of watch-lists you wind up on.


Just saying.

[onenote]

101. actually, you just proved my point

Let's say I wrote the LTTE as you suggested. I might well get a visit from the Secret Service (I would hope so). And then, when they reviewed this thread, and the rest of the evidence,they would conclude that I had not made a true threat. The only difference with Barton, is that they don't need to go through that to come to the conclusion that his hyperbole was just that -- not a true threat. And while my little stunt wasted their resources, they're smart enough not to waste them on "investigating" Barton.

[Orrex]

102. You're giving yourself more credit than is fair

Do you think that they'd check you out, pat you on the head, and say "very well, go on with your day?"

Or do you think that you'd wind up on a list of people to watch, simply because it's easy to put people on such a list and nearly impossible to remove oneself?


Barton is allowed off the hook not because it's hyperbole, but because of his privileged position.

[onenote]

103. wrong. Barton is off the hook because its hyperbole

If he made a true threat, he wouldn't be off the hook. But he didn't make a true threat. You know it. I know it. The Secret Service knows it.
And I might well end up on a list of people to watch. Again, given that each set of facts is different, and my statement was not made in the same political context as Barton's, they would be treated differently. See, that's the point. The Secret Service is trained to differentiate and assess statements based on their context, not to pretend (like some here at DU like to do) that context is irrelevant.

[Orrex]

105. Actually, that's not the point

Clearly it's hyperbole. No one disputes that.

The hyperbole isn't the context; the context is established because a privileged speaker is making a statement that would expose a non-privileged speaker to intense scrutiny.

[onenote]

106. well, if you agree its hyperbole, then I guess you agree its not a matter for the Secret Service

glad to see we got that settled.

[Orrex]

107. My position on the matter hasn't changed since reply #25

You and I simply disagree on why it's not going to be a matter for the Secret Service.

[onenote]

108. so you still think the Secret Service should have wasted time calling Barton

okay then.

[Orrex]

109. I'm saying that Barton's privileged position shouldn't grant special rights to make threats

Hyperbolic or otherwise.


If some equivalent political figure were to go on record with an equivalent threat against Barton, however histrionic, do you think Barton would chuckle warmly and say "ah, hyperbole," or do you suppose he would demand some formal apology or the like?


I'm about done with you. Good night.

[onenote]

111. no, that's not what you are saying

This isn't about whether Barton should apologize -- he should. Its about the fact that you seem to think that because the Secret Service would check me (or you) out if we made a comment along the same lines as the one Barton made that they also should take the time to talk to Barton. That's stupid. They know who Barton is. They know from the context it wasn't a true threat. So they don't need to (and shouldn't) waste time talking to him. Even though you seem to think they should.

Buh-bye!

[awoke_in_2003]

2. I wish the ghost of Patton...

would come back and kick Barton's ass.

[Diclotican]

10. awoke_in_2003

awoke_in_2003

I think the ghost of Bradley, Patton and Eisenhower would have kicked mr Bartons ass and more... What the republicans of 2010 are, is not what republicans of the 1940s was... Not even of the 1950s when Eisenhower was the man in sharge...

Diclotican

[No Elephants]

11. True, but I hope no one starts waxing nostalgic about Ike, Goldwater or Nixon.

They were all turds.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. Nixon?

Clean water
Clean air
SALT
China
Social security
EPA

Nixon was more liberal than today's DINOs

[No Elephants]

34. So the RW keeps claiming. They'd love to have the only Prez who was forced to resign

go down in history as a liberal.


Comparing Nixon favorably to today's DINOs is not a fair comparison, any more than comparing a WWI flying ace negatively (or favorably) to today's jet jockeys would be a fair comparison.

Even comparing Nixon (favorably or negatively) with Ted Kennedy just before Ted'd death would not be a fair comparison. Compare Nixon's Presidency with LB's.

Also, you are giving Nixon a lot of credit for legislation that he did not initiate, but simply did not veto (and, if he had, his veto might well have been overridden). Plus, you are being mighyy selective. McCarthy supporter until the bitter end, dirty tricks, enemies list, money laundering, Watergste, anti-Semitism, racism, lying about knowing how to end the Vietnam War with honor while he campaigned, Kissinger--and I could go on and on.

As I said, Nixon was a turd, from Congress until his David Frost interview-and probably until his death.

[blondeatlast]

44. Thank you; I get tired of hearing that silly meme. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

74. The ideological field was very different in that era.

The country was in a much more liberal mood--as witness the crashing & burning of Goldwater's 1964 campaign. ("In your guts, you know he's nuts!") Nixon was the furtherst-right politician that the electorate would tolerate. Even he had to promise a "secret plan to end the war" to get elected in 1968. The machinations of the Republicans in the 1972 Primary season took down all the widely acceptable Democrats (e.g. Ed Muskie) with dirty tricks, leaving only George McGovern, their chosen opponent, standing (God bless George, one of the most decent men in American politics--I loved him & campaigned for him, but he was doomed to fail).

Today's ideological field has been pushed far to the right. Yes, Nixon looks sorta liberal in comparison to today's available spectrum of political positions. That doesn't mean he wasn't far to the right in his own day. Nevertheless, he did some things, such as opening China, that were rather surprising coming from him.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

82. how about looking at the facts?

Would Ben Nelson vote for a bill creating the EPA?
Would Landrieux vote for regulation of BP or Wall Street?
Would Evan byebye support clean air legislation, given the current stink of affairs in Gary, Indiana? (my LTTE on BP's poisoning of our Lake Michigan received the highest number of responses ever, according to my local weekly's editor).

The sad fact is that Nixon accomplished incredible feats of social and ecological legislation, far more than any DINO in office today would even consider.

Do I like Nixon? No. His problems were as great as his accomplishments. But I read his books, and found them every informative and enlightening. Then again, I also red Mao's Little Red Book, A Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, and last and quite least, Sarah's ghost-written, auto-biospammy.

[TBF]

53. The truth is that both Nixon and Eisenhower passed legislation that

was more liberal than today's administration. You can be as partisan as you want, and name-call all you want, but the fact is that you need to crack open a history book.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

76. exactly.

I don't disagree that he was also a paranoid, power hungry sort, but he also had some pretty good ideas. I recommend that people read some of his books. His insights would serve the current GOP quite well, except for the fact that they don't know how to read.

[TBF]

51. Same with Eisenhower -

he is the president who expanded social security. We'd be lucky if Obama were as leftist as he was.

[awoke_in_2003]

99. I would take Ike...

over any politician that currently calls themselves republican.

[obxhead]

49. They're not even the Republicans of 1990.

This group of Republicans are standing against America and everything it is.

[Jackpine Radical]

69. Patton was just about as crazy as Barton.

So was MacArthur, BTW. Ike, on the other hand, was sane--as was Omar Bradley.

[immoderate]

86. Would Boener treat Barton like Ike treated Patton?

Made him apologize and removed him from command.

--imm

[Jackpine Radical]

87. Boner would put him in for a medal.

[immoderate]

93. Rof!

--imm

[msongs]

3. bullies love a guy who wont fight back. they will keep doing it til theyre stopped nt

[TomCADem]

6. Ah, Once Again, Give The Republican A Free Pass, And Attack The Democrat

DU seems filled with Republican apologists. A Republican can say something completely crazy, yet is always the fault of the Democrats, or at least that is what the corporate media keeps on telling us.

When the Republicans raise a record number of filibusters, the media tells us that it is Obama's fault, rather than the Republicans for acting in an unprecedented manner.

Slowely, we being to accept this narrative as truth, and turn every extremist statement by a Republican as the fault of the Democrats.

[No Elephants]

12. Meh. Just because a post doesn't begin, "Obviously, Barton is wrong, but..."

doesn't mean the poster is giving Barton a pass.

[Name removed]

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[w8liftinglady]

29. um...see my post below...I'm a BIG fan

http://vote-tx.org/Intro.aspx?State=TX&Id=TXBartonJoe

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Barton

http://www.texasobserver.org/forrestforthetrees/smokey-joe-bartons-sweet-little-gas-deal

http://www.peoplesworld.org/joe-barton-always-big-oil-s-man-from-the-archives/

http://vodpod.com/watch/2694342-joe-barton-global-warming-is-a-net-benefit-for-mankind

http://www.grist.org/article/smokey-joe-rides-again/

http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=27082

[No Elephants]

37. Links?

I have never seen a single post here equating Obama with Hitler or approving of those equations or of those who make them.

If I had seen such posts, I would probably have alerted, as would most here, including probably you. And whoever posted them woud have been tombstoned.

Even "doubt," if honest, has a factual basis. So, I'd really be interested in seeing some basis for a claim like yours. Please do post links to as many posts equating Obama and Hitler or approving of that equations, or of those who make it as you can.

Otherwise, it might just seem like so much divisive bullshit, posted only to diss DUers who disagree with your views simply bc they are to your left (yes, left, not right) politically. And thst would seem as thhough you prefer to attack your fellow DUers ad hominem and baselessly, rather than debate political points with them. And that's lame, and possibly against DU rules.

[Enthusiast]

38. Find me a single DUer that has praised

Barton - for anything. Find me one that doesn't consider him the lowest sort of corporate slime puppet. Your post is ridiculous. You owe "many DU'ers" an apology.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

77. I praise him

for pointing out so clearly, just how insane the GOP has become. It is a little like the State of Georgia during Brown v. Board of Education. The rest of the nation will be repulsed when Barton's words become policy.

[myrna minx]

66. What a horrible thing to say. Just nasty. n/t

[Demstud]

71. I think you're reading the wrong forum

You seem confused. If anything, people have been making crazy comments at the other end of the spectrum on here wanting a guy tried for treason for using some militant symbolism.

[Old Time Pagan]

84. Because we're not giving an Obama a free pass and acting

like republicans by falling in lock step behind him even when we disagree vigorously with some of his choices, appointments and strategies.

When liberals stop challenging their leaders they will stop being liberals. Ever heard the phrase "as hard as herding cats", that's what it's like leading true free thinkers.

I hope you simply posted out of a moment of pique and have since reconsidered your observation.

[Name removed]

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[TomCADem]

110. Except This Is A Story About A Republican Acting Insane, And DUers Say Its Obama's Fault

A Republican can say the craziest stuff, but invariably there will be some post saying that its because President Obama is weak, not progressive enough, etc. There is this constant narrative of Republican apologists who excuse Republicans extremism as the fault of the Democratic leadership.

Conversely, if a Democrats says something stupid, rarely do the Republicans get blamed for it. I just find this one way narrative to be curious.

[barbtries]

39. i agree,

and find it really frustrating. let us not forget who has in the past will in the future if allowed and is today fucking up this country. REPUBLICANS.

on a different note, i saw a very cool bumper sticker on the way to work this morning. "I am not a Republican." i was right behind the dude and gave him a thumbs up, don't know if he saw it or not.

[obxhead]

50. Place the blame where it should be placed.

Name one time in the last 2 years where the Republicans were actually forced to exercise the filibuster, not just threaten it.

Show one clip of Obama coming out and pointing to this slide show and using it as an example of how Republicans speak of bipartisanship, but when it comes down to it all they want is control again.

Yes what they say is bat shit crazy and in my opinion criminal. Democrats become their own victims when they refuse to fight back.

[emulatorloo]

94. "Name one time in the last 2 years where the Republicans were actually forced to exercise the filibu

It isn't like on the movies, All they have to do is vote against cloture. That is the modern day fillibuster. The End.

[demwing]

61. How does this post represent a "Free Pass"?

Calling Republicans "Bullies" is a free pass? Or is it that any criticism of Obama, even indirect, is considered out of bounds?

[madrchsod]

59. yes...there`s a political war in this country and obama better lead or...

he`ll be replaced in 2012.

[jberryhill]

4. I guess that makes Obama....... Hitler! Again?

Damn.

Why can't Barton be MacArthur, and at least let Obama be Tojo or Hirohito for a change?

Moe, Larry, and Shemp is more like it.

[No Elephants]

13. Republicans do tend more toward Johnny One Note than toward independent thought or

creativity. On the other hand, they get their propaganda acrosss. So I guess some might call it branding.

[napi21]

5. Why aren't Repubs upset that the people they sent to DC to represent them and

work out the probems with the country are decidingto spend their time politicing instead? i'm a leftie ut i'd be willing at least to listen to any ideas that might work to improve the economy and decrease unemployment. All I've heard so far is defeat Obama and bury th Dems. They may well succeed on both of those fronts, but it does NOthing for the Country!

[Demstud]

48. Some are hopeless

I think some moderates and independents will be upset, at least if they're made aware of it. Most people never even hear these kind of things. The base though are just out of their freaking minds, and have been brainwashed into being so terrified of minorities, terrorists, socialists, and environmentalists that there's not much reasoning with a lot of them. But you have to at least try. It only takes a few jumping ship to make a difference.

[Skittles]

7. batshit insane

[Blacksheep214]

8. Generals don't carry rifles

So asshat, NO SCOPE!

What a treasonous piece of shit!

[Zambero]

78. And Generals don't appoint themselves

Sadly for them, this particular gaggle of self-proclaimed heroes have no military background whatsoever. They'll require a crash course primer in order to get the hang of it. So for starters what's say we ship them all off to Marine boot camp? In about 10 weeks Barton and the boys will come out as buck privates with a ways to go before that 4th or 5th star they aspire to, but you know they gotta start somewhere. It'd be a real good time of year for some character buildin'!

[melm00se]

9. are ya'll that paranoid?

this is called symbolism.

If you really think that this chucklehead is actually going to shoot Obama, you are as batshit crazy as most republicans.

is he a moron? check
could he have chosen better imagery? most certainly
does he want to stop/block/hinder the Obama agenda? absopositivelutely
is he headed off to Washington to commit high treason? c'mon...no more so that anyone here.

[No Elephants]

14. Sure. He's much like the chickenhawks who dodged the draft and/or helped their offspring

dodge the draft, but voted to have you and/or your kids fight.

He would never soil his trigger own finger, but speaks with, at a minimum, reckless disregard of whether he is inciting someone else to pick up a gun and a bus ticket to D.C.

He also speaks in reckless disregard of the truth and common decencry, but that's another issue.


Thanks for the defense of Conway, though. DU should be fair and balanced, even if defending Republicans req1uires arguments that don't stsnd up to much examination.

Ph, geez. I think I may have just conflated FOX and DU. Sorry. My bad.

[Ferretherder]

16. So, are you saying his 'symbolism' is OK...

...or even warranted?

Are you saying that a Dem rep saying the very same thing about a Repub prez should be just OK?
That doing the goddamn work the people sent him there to do should just take a back seat to his warped priorities?

...just askin'.

[melm00se]

57. let's go to the video tape

me:

is he a moron? check
could he have chosen better imagery? most certainly
does he want to stop/block/hinder the Obama agenda? absopositivelutely

you:

Are you saying that a Dem rep saying the very same thing about a Repub prez should be just OK?

ummmm....there were plenty of people right here at DU who, while not using the same words, expressed similar sentiment.

That doing the goddamn work the people sent him there to do should just take a back seat to his warped priorities?

this is Texas we are talking about here. As he "won" his district by a 2:1 margin, did you stop to think that he just might be "doing the goddamn work the people sent him there to do"? again, this is Texas, normal rules don't apply there.

Do I support his comments? hell no.
Should he have phrased it differently? yup
had he phrased it differently would his constituents understood him? Probably not, a brick through a plate glass window is subtlety to rural Texans.

[w8liftinglady]

98. unfortunately,you are correct.

the sheeple in his district march obediently to the polls,make the "Christian" vote...while he gets rich from theirignorance.

try to inform them...you are a communist,socialist marxist unamerican,troop hater....I know-I've been there.

[Demstud]

73. It's not ok

but it's also clearly not treason. Any RATIONAL thinking person would know this isn't someone literally plotting a violent takeover. At worst he should apologize for a poor choice of words and be exposed to the public as an obstructionist, and someone who puts political party above the interests of the American people.

[Pirate Smile]

22. DU has gone batshit crazy. Make excuses for Republicans and attack Obama 24/7.

New rules are awesome. How civil.

[No Elephants]

43. melmoose's post is NOT typical of DU

Please see Reply 37 and other replies to Chulanowa's post. While you're at it, you may want to look at profiles of posters whose screen names start with "melm." (There are only 5 of them.)

[melm00se]

52. are you accusing me of something? n/t

and you are correct, my post is not representative of DU.

I find that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar..

[Pacifist Patriot]

40. I get is as symbolism, but it is disturbing nonetheless.

If anyone still has any doubts the prevailing political philosophy of the Republicans is Party Power at the expense of governance and leadership, they really don't have to travel far from this "chucklehead."

It's disturbing in its openness of agenda. No attempt to even disguise their moves as policy related.

[blondeatlast]

45. We aren't in a position to commit that treason. Barton is. nt

[hatrack]

63. Yes, and those teabaggers, they're all just SO rational and sensible . . .

Given a 24/7 chorus of assclowns like Barton and the hate radio/cable amplifier through which they speak, it would only take one nut and one gun.

I don't think that's "paranoid". I think that's American history.

Andrew Jackson - assassination attempt
Abraham Lincoln - assassinated
James Garfield - assassinated
William McKinley - assassinated
Teddy Roosevelt - assassination attempt
FDR - assassination attempt
Harry Truman - assassination attempt
JFK - assassinated
Gerald Ford - two assassination attempts
Ronald Reagan - assassination attempt
Bill Clinton - assassination attempt (or had you forgotten the plane crashing into the White House?)

[Demoiselle]

68. No, he's not going to actually shoot...

He's just shooting his big seditious mouth off...But he's stirring up all those people out there in our beloved country who bloody well WILL try to shoot...the president, cops, Holocaust Museum guards and any other hapless souls who get in their way.
He and his right wing pals have flat out said it....they want to stop the government in its tracks, at a time when millions of people are hurting and frightened and,yes, ANGRY.

You don't think stopping our elected President from doing anything he can to cure our problems ...with that kind of poisonous language....is dangerous?

Can you really be that naive?

[MadMaddie]

70. In a country where assasination is not just a figure of speech

it is unacceptable for a Congress Person to say things like this. It is unacceptable. Do you think while Junior was in if a Dem said this that the MSM wouldn't be all over it, calling for his removal?

When it comes from a Congress person it matters and wheter we like it or not it carries weight. If you make it acceptable for him to say it others will say it and the public sees this kind of thought and potential action as acceptable. (I am talking about the nuts).

Words and statements have consequences.

[truthisfreedom]

15. ..."put anything in my scope and I will shoot it." Treason.

Pure and simple.

Have him dragged away in irons.

[No Elephants]

17. Not sure if it's treason, but it's sure a threat against the President. Where's the Secret Service?

Will Holder chsrge him?

[onenote]

92. Hopefully the Secret Service is doing its job

which is to focus on true threats to the President, not political hyperbole. The fact that the Secret Service can tell the difference (even if some here can't) is a good thing.

[Dinger]

32. My Thoughts As Well (nt)

[SpiralHawk]

18. Is Joe the Barton YET ANOTHER Republicon Chickenhawk?

I know the vast horde of Chickenhawk Republicon 'leaders' likes to dress up and pretend they are some kinda tuff war heroes and shit like Patton -- so I fully expect this Joe the Barton clown is just another chickenhawk, like virtually ALL of the Republicon 'leaders.'

[No Elephants]

21. Pls. see Reply 14.

[SpiralHawk]

54. Aha - I suspected as much. YET another Republicon Chickenhawk

They have the biggest mouths -- and are slaphappy about sending us and our sons and daughters off to die in far-away lands for the lies they & their RepubliCronies tell.

[No Elephants]

19. Anyone ever see George C. Scott's movie portrayal of Patton?

If Scott's depiction was accurate, Patton was an asshole, a nutter and a neo theo. So, maybe Conway nailed at least his own personality.


Isn't odd how the right yelped about respecting the "office," if not the man (whatever the hell that may mean) every time a poster mocked Dummya?

And RW posters were the ones who ludicrously brought up Godwin's Law (or Godwin's joke) every time someone compsred any Republican person or idea with anything relating to Nazi Germany?

Yet now. elected state and federal officials portray Obama as either a steretypical African-American slave or Hitler and the RW supports them or, at a minimum, defends them with cries of free speech?


Hyocritical, double standard Turd, thy name is Republican. POPMA (Party of Patriotism, my ass.)

[w8liftinglady]

23. oy vey...my representative..with NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE,btw

with an 85% vote in my county.

Heaven,et al...help us.

[No Elephants]

26. I'm so sorry for you. Come to Mass.. Aside from the Brown turd, it's

nowhere near as embarrassing. For instance, my rep voted against the WOT and Iraq and also against the "PatrioT" Act, all very courageous then and all 100% vindicated. Could not be prouder. Sadly, he lacks charisma and slicknesss and is not especially photogenic, so he'll probably never get further than he is. (Mass. voters are Blue, but shallowness is universal.)

[blondeatlast]

46. I feel your pain. the only redeeming quality McCain has is that he actually saw combat--

although he certainly seems to have (possibly understandably) forgotten what it was like.

[quaker bill]

24. off the leash

Since we have no choice but to cope with a Republican House at this point, the best hope is that they truly come off the leash.

I hope they attempt every pointless and or destructive thing they have in mind. From what I have been reading, it is a long list. One can look good in their company by simply not being another idiot hellbent to destroy the Country. Yes, the result will be stupid and unproductive, but it was always going to be and there is no avoiding it. Barack, at his best, is very good at teasing his opponents stupidity to new and impressive levels. These guys come into office desperate to go there, and most of the republican newbies have zero political experience.

They are acting like they have veto proof majorities in both houses, when in fact they do not have the votes to override a veto in the one house they will control.

The people do not yet seem to understand what pure rightwing BS actually is when all restraints are lifted. I hope they finally find out.

This much is clear, what they are proposing is precisely the wrong solution to almost everything.

[olegramps]

27. My favorite dream.

My fantasy would be that some Democratic representative would grow a ball of balls and knock one of these loud mouth Republicans on their fat ass. The situation is far past the point of civility. Republicans have become obnoxious assholes that should be called out.

[syberlion]

60. There's only one problem with your dream...

If a Democrat did haul off and bitch-slap one of these crazy-ass repubs, my vote is for Michelle Bachman, they would be arrested for treason and the corporate controlled media would vilify the entire Democratic party for "not controlling their own". Remember when pointing out just the provable facts against the war criminals, er Bush administration cause you to be called un-American and remember, exposing the facts cost the jobs of real journalist.

What we have here is a failure to communicate, that's what happens when the media is controlled by the corporations that want things to remain the way they were. As long as you have mass media selling mass lies, people like Joe Barton are going to be allowed to act with seditious intent.

Yes, they want to overthrow this government, they want to install an oligarchy, they are well on their way and have most of the crowd controlling tools to accomplish this goal. Getting them to let go of the levers of power isn't going to be easy. They want to be "The Party" from the book "1984" because they want power for power's sake, period. They don't care if they have no ideas, or don't know how to govern, it's never been about that, it's about the power, period.

[Dinger]

30. he Should Be Arrested + Prosecuted

Looks like a direct threat to Obama as well.

[Zoeisright]

31. I reported the asshat to the FBI, then wrote and told him about it!

Here's ZIP codes in that pig's district:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=127419870616017&topic=138

And here's the traitor's contact info:

http://joebarton.house.gov/ContactJoe.aspx?Type=Contact

And the FBI report form:

https://tips.fbi.gov/

[h9socialist]

33. The man is certifiable! Get out the straitjacket!

[Enthusiast]

36. K&R

They have completely lost their fucking minds. If this doesn't underscore the false equivalency from Anderson Cooper and John Stewart I don't know what does.

[GoCubsGo]

41. That spinning sound you hear is...

...coming from Eisenhower's grave. If he were alive, he'd probably vomit at the comparison of himself to that Orange-skinned asshole.

[RoccoR5955]

42. Joe Barton... Guilty of sedition!

This is the same guy who said that demanding payment for damages from the Gulf oil spill was "a shakedown" on the part of the administration.
He is the WORST candidate for chairman of the energy committee, because he's in the pocket of Big Oil.
He's taken millions from them, so he's bought and paid for, by the fossil fuel industry.

[paparush]

47. TeaPublicans - Creating Jobs? No. Reducing the Deficit? No. Reigning in Military Spending? Hell No

Making sure Obama does not get re-elected? HELL YES!!

This isn't government.

[Can of Whoop-ass]

55. Retread Barton.

Let him talk that way to Saint Reagan or Jesus Bush. The Patriot Act.

[DFW]

56. Is he OK with a Democrat saying the same about him?

No, he'd instantly become the world's biggest pacifist, citing Jesus as his peace-loving inspiration.

Cowards, all of them.

[madrchsod]

58. hey joey..you are to stupid and don`t have the balls to be patton

[CRK7376]

62. What is it with

all these Chickenhawks that want to be Generals? Instant Generals don't exist, they start off at the bottom rung as grunts and lieutenants....

[Javaman]

64. Patton would slap him. nt

[riverbendviewgal]

65. He was never in the military

but I bet he has his hands in BP's pockets... He is the apology guy to BP. He is in BP's "army".



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barton

[Zambero]

67. So who gets to be Franklin D. Roosevelt?

You know, the Commander-in-Chief who oversaw the actions of all these WWII Generals? What??? Oh Gawd, he was a Democrat and a New Deal SOCIALIST to boot. This good old boy chickenhawk better dream up another "victory skit", like quick!

[LeftishBrit]

72. Why does he hate America?!

[Crowman1979]

75. So is this asshat gonna secede and form a one-man nation called dumbfuckistan?

[Mosaic]

80. Wouldn't this be something

What if every time some republican thug spoke tough, no one cared. I say we stop pay attention to their cheap psychological tricks, memes, talking points, conspiracy theories and other assorted garbage.

[lumberjack_jeff]

81. The correct response to this is clearly more hope for bipartisanship. n/t

[GrpCaptMandrake]

85. Now watch

this filthy meme FLY around the world. It will because the GOP and its allies are MUCH more attuned to the value of message management.

[FiveGoodMen]

90. "MUCH more attuned to the value of message management"

Any Democrat who hasn't yet figured out the importance of the message is truly a useless "moran".

They CANNOT be that stupid.

They don't put out a message of their own because they haven't got one.

That's the way it is with good-cop-bad-cop: the "good" cop's only message is "deal with me because that fucker's crazy".

The Dems are not dumb enough to continue blowing it this badly. They have joined the other side.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

95. I suppose that's a possibility on a case-by-case basis

But it doesn't answer for the orgs that HAVEN'T clearly gone over.

I have personally been witness to utter cluelessness among organizations that are still in the struggle, but would rather spend their money on doughnuts than on actual outreach. They really exist, and they really ARE clueless.

[FiveGoodMen]

96. If you've seen them, then I'll believe they exist.

But, boy, we are talking about some serious blindness there!

[GrpCaptMandrake]

97. Oh, it is

It's blindness on a scale fit to make Helen Keller look like a 20/10 sharpshooter. The usual M.O. is to say "we have to spend our budget on political contributions to get our candidate elected." Then, of course, all that money goes into the pockets of media organizations owned by right wing corporations that hate us anyway.

[activa8tr]

91. What vile and disgusting egotisitcal arrogant assholes these Republicans

are!

They compare themselves to war heros and brave honest men and they are the most selfish con artists outside of prison in the nation.

[StarsInHerHair]

104. hey look! it's a Republican more interested in taking down Dems

rather than look out for America. !wow! !WHAT a shocker!:sarcasm: