GOPher Rep Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) blames Democrats for Tea Bagger racism

[MajorChode]

Just when you think the GOPher stupidity meter is already pegged, they come up with a better one...

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) came to the defense of the racists and bigots who shouted slurs at members of Congress Saturday. The Tea Party protesters shouted the ‘n’ word at African American members of Congress the ‘f’ word at an openly gay member.

Rather than condemn the anachronistic behavior, Nunes blamed the Democrats, saying that they make people do and say crazy things with their tyrannical behavior.

“When you use a totalitarian tactics, people, you know, begin to act crazy,” Nunes told C-SPAN’s Steve Scully Sunday morning when asked about the slurs. “I think that people have every right to say what they want. If they want to smear someone they can do it. It’s not appropriate--I think I would stop short of characterizing the 20,000 people protesting, that all of them were doing that.”

Nunes claimed that Democrats were using the racist behavior of health care protesters to distract from the vote itself. “Of course. I think the left loves to play a couple of incidents here or there, anything to draw attention from what they are really doing and that is that they have 250-some democrats in the House. They need 216 Democrats. They do not have them. They are buying votes. Last night at midnight the Rules Committee finished. And for the first time… it is called Slaughter House Rules now, named after the chairwoman of the Committee. This is the first Congress in history where we have not had an open rule in Congress. I do not want to get stuck on procedure, but they never allowed Republicans to offer amendments. Today's rule that the health care bill is under, that is jokingly being called a super max rule, because we have no ability to even ask the chair anything during the debate. And the debate I think it’s only an hour of debate, for a 1/6 takeover of our economy. This is some crazy totalitarian tactics that they’re engaged in.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/21/health-care-vote-live-upd_n_507238.html#s75012

[mariawr]

1. What else would you expect from a rethug? Really? ...

...they are like school at 5 o'clock


No class.

[Dappleganger]

2. Something that my wise (now-deceased) mother once told me...

"nothing comes out of the mouth of a drunk man that wasn't inside of him already."

Alcohol loosens the tongue to reveal the ugly which is already inside, just as the thought of the tea baggers losing their white dominion reveals the bigotry that was already inside.

[JBoy]

3. Very true.

[MajorChode]

4. They also take it one step farther by blaming their alcoholism on someone else

Forget that the alleged "totalitarian" tactics, even if this was an honest assessment, were perfected by the GOP. Forget that a simple majority of the lower house of congress is all that's required per the Constitution. Throw in a misrepresentation or two and and at least one outright lie, and there you have it.

Just the possibility that they think their constituency is really stupid enough to buy such nonsense (and they are) is enough to bring tears of laughter.