Franklin County Democrats

Kos writes:

Oh, [right-wingers] desperately wanted Norway’s attacks to be the handiwork of jihadists so they could continue justifying the trillions of dollars and countless lives wasted on our overseas adventures.

Then, it turned out the terrorist was a white Christian conservative, and poof! They lost interest. I mean, how dare you smear an entire group of people based on the actions of just one bad apple?

Then those same conservatives shifted into damage control mode when it also turned out that the terrorist was hugely inspired by the tea party. From his manifesto:

We, the European Revolutionary Conservatives know very well that it will take many years, even decades before we successfully manage to consolidate to a degree where we can seize political and military power in the first Western European country. In the US, the Tea party movement is one of the first physical, political manifestations which indicate that there is a great storm coming. The creation of similar conservative organizations, even the creation of revolutionary conservative movements … is about to materialize. The cultural Marxists are losing their momentum to our advantage.

What gets missed in the discussion is that Islamic terrorism, Christian terrorism and anti-government terrorism are all examples of right-wing terrorism. There is just no modern equivalent on the left. Today’s terror and intimidation, whether it be bombs or bullying, is coming entirely from the fundamentalist right. There is only disagreement on whose god is the right god but the genesis of their maniacal inspiration is drawn from the exact same authoritarian wellspring.

In the summer of 2009, I had the opportunity to attend a Town Hall focused on Health Care for Seniors hosted by Congressmen Russ Carnahan.  The event was held in South County and the crowd was large and unruly.  After the Town Hall there was a “fight” outside the venue that became a prominent part of the Tea Party efforts to generate opposition to health care reform.  Teabaggers aroundthe country took part in a marketing campaign based on made-up facts and innuendo.  Well that charade was exposed by a jury of their peers as documented here by Media Matters.

Finally, a little justice to counter the Tea Party BS on this one.  I was at this event and the Tea crowd greatly outnumbered people that were actually concerned with health care policy.  My favorite part was the following day when Gladney showed up outside SEIU offices and told the meeting he didn’t have health insurance!  The teabaggers supposedly took up a collection to pay for his “injuries”.  Just another example of teabag fiction.

Franklin County Central Committee Member Russ Mcreary has a letter up on the Post-Dispatch website – Two weeks, two stories, two reactions .  Great job Russ!

I know my Tea Party neighbors like to rent billboards and Quote famous great Americans out of context. Well, I can’t afford that. So let me quote a not so famous great American ” Son don’t lie “, my Mom.

GOP – Tea Party Representative Paul Ryan released his budget for the 2012 budget year and it will be interesting to see if all the Seniors that waved signs on street corners and in Town Halls are paying attention.  His hands are definitely ON Medicare…

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/the-reviews-are-in—-gops-plans-for-medicare-medicaid-get-an-f-from-advocates-and-experts.php?ref=tn

If the goal is to save the government money, Ryan’s plan can work — but not by figuring out cheaper, smarter ways to deliver health care to the elderly, but by dramatically curtailing benefits.

“[F]or all those older Americans who voted GOP last year because those nasty Democrats were going to cut Medicare, I have just one word,” wrote New York Times columnist, and Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman: “suckers!”

One of the “Teaparty Sweethearts”, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently announced her plan to cut billions from the Federal budget.  $4.5 billion of this would come from freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans’ disability benefits. Why is it that every time someone in the Senate or House proposes cuts to Veterans’ benefits it’s  someone who has no military service whatsoever?

A host of veterans groups have taken her to task on this terribly misguided proposal:

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