Wasn't the arm-in-arm walk by Dem. Congresspeople through the teabaggers in RESPONSE to what

[jenmito]

happened the days BEFORE when they were so disrespected and bullied by the teabaggers? They didn't do it to PROVOKE said behavior (which is the ridiculous claim made by RWers) but to show they were going to not be intimidated by them any more?

[The_Commonist]

1. Of course!

But you know, the teabaggers and their mouthpieces have to play the victim...

[jenmito]

5. Thank you. I don't know how the liars get away with lying like this. n/t

[truedelphi]

2. Good point. but the Tea Baggers are using the Rovian logic that what actions come after

An attack show the attack is justified. Somewhere in academia, a scholar is creating an entire vocabulary based on the various ways that the RW neo Nazis distort and manipulate reality.

[NJmaverick]

3. Yes it was a show of defiance against racists and bullies

[jenmito]

6. Yet somehow the DEMS. did that for no reason except to incite violence according to the "liberal"

media. :eyes:

[ProgressOnTheMove]

4. Yes, it was a very proud moment. They know it, they want to downgrade it but they can't.

[jenmito]

8. They don't "downgrade" it. They totally misrepresent it. n/t

[Webster Green]

7. Absolutely! Madam Speaker was walking in solidarity with members who were assaulted

by teabaggers the day before. Spitting is assault.

[jenmito]

9. So the media is misreporting not only this incident, saying they had "no proof"

that the Congressmen were spat on and verbally assaulted THAT day, but that it was in response to events the day BEFORE,

[Webster Green]

11. I'm pretty sure it was the day before. Too friggin' lazy to google it.

At least two members were subjected to hate speech, and at least one member was spat upon.

The corporate propaganda outlets (MSM) lie about damn near everything, so it's no surprise that they try to prop up the despicable teabaggers.

The acute shortage of actual journalism (especially in television) could be our demise. For the most part, it's 24/7 propaganda, or idiotic crap.

I got rid of my TeeVee, and don't miss it a bit. Most of the stuff I used to watch can be found online.

[jenmito]

13. I'm pretty sure you're right...

Yes, the MSM DOES lie about just about everything. What got me was when Mika Brzezinski, supposed Dem. on Morning Joe on MSNBC, used the RW claim that "both sides do it," that there was "no tape" of any Dems. being spat on or verbally assaulted, and that the WORST act of violence was the death threat to Eric Cantor (not mentioning that the same guy who threatened Cantor also threatened Obama, Babe the Pig, and others. :eyes: Then the next day, she touts a "new poll" all morning long showing that people believe both sides are responsible for the violence/threats, and she said she was pleased with that poll. Disgusting how the vicious circle works.

[Bitwit1234]

10. So in other words we Democrats

should walk with bowed heads, our eyes turned away with the tea bags and in some cases ask them if we are good enough to even walk by them. BULLS**T. It is time we started to kick ass.

[jenmito]

14. No, we shouldn't. And the media shouldn't lie about what happened, either. n/t

[HughMoran]

12. Yep, nothing happened when they did this

all the bad behavior was from earlier.

[Politicalboi]

15. I think it was very brave

With this klan, they could have gotten killed.