The tone around the US has been rather negative over the past year and it is almost entirely coming from the extreme right wing. Whether it is Palin with her lies about death panels, her attacks on anyone (Letterman, LL Cool J, etc), her recent targeting of certain politicians, Glenn Beck’s claims that Obama is not a US Citizen, Rush Limbaugh’s threats against democrats, the Barack the Magic Negro song or a recent letter sent out by a GOP group threatening to “remove” a lot of governors from office (both dems and repubs).
Yes, you heard me correctly. In the latest in a long line of absurdity, the rightwing extremists have gone so far as to write letters threatening violence against US elected officials. This comes after the rightwing extremist group was arrested in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for planning to overthrow the US government and kill police officers.
A domestic extremist group has sent letters to more than 30 U.S. governors demanding they resign, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said in an intelligence note.
The note, dated Monday, said the letters told the governors to vacate their posts within three days.
The FBI and DHS said there do not appear to be credible or immediate threats of violence attached to the letters.
The group behind the letters has a “Restore America Plan” that calls for the removal of any governor who fails to comply, the intelligence note said.
Count Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty among the 30 governors who received a letter from an extremist group demanding they leave office within three days or be removed.
Pawlenty says Friday that he received one of the letters, but he’s not overly alarmed by it. He says he gets all sorts of “interesting” mail so it’s not out of the norm.
He declined to say if extra precautions were taken as a result of the letter, saying the administration does not publicly comment about his security.
An intelligence note obtained by The Associated Press is warning police officials that the group’s call to remove dozens of sitting governors may encourage others to act out violently.
A group that calls itself the Guardians of the free Republics has a plan to “restore America” by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site.
This sort of thing happens. As Pawlenty said, this type of mail is the ‘norm’ for him. The problem with this form of extremism and contact is that it will incite violence. It has in the past and it will in the future.
The Nazis used very similar tactics in the 30’s and I imagine if talk radio was popular they would have used that as well.
People are being brain washed by rightwing extremists on many different fronts and from many different forms of media. There are books, radio shows, “News” programs and politicians who are not afraid to make veiled threats to stir up their support.
Well, this will come to bite them in the ass eventually. If it has not already. Polls are showing that the public is growing tired of fear mongering and this inciting speech. They want a leader who has a vision, not stale old tricks.
Targeting politicians with a bulls eye, or threatening to remove them will not earn you support amongst the mainstream.
But, the conservatives who maintain an argument based in fiscal conservative, pro-business policy will garner the support they are looking for. Especially after healthcare has passed. Why do you think Ron Paul is now distancing himself from the Tea Party? He realizes that it an organization based in mob mentally and mob rule.
Sure, Palin or Bachmann can give a speech and rally the crowd to make them appear strong, but in reality their support is around 15% or less.
I am not a supporter of the current GOP, as you probably know by now. I like the Bob Dole type republican, but not the George W. Bush type, which is prominent today (damn neo-cons). It is because of this that I fully support Obama and the Democratic agenda. I am a firm believer that it is the balance that makes the US a great country!
I hope that the GOP realizes that they need to look towards the Bob Doles of the party, not the Glenn Becks, to regain the strength that they had in the 1980’s. Or, we will see overly lopsided Democratic control in the House, Senate, Presidency and Governorships for a very long time.
Are you a conservative and reading this? What do you think? Am I totally wrong about this?
Maybe this is no different then when Ice-T released the song, “Cop Killer.”
I got my twelve gauge sawed off.
I got my headlights turned off.
I’m ’bout to bust some shots off.
I’m ’bout to dust some cops off.
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I have spent the years of my life firmly thinking I was a liberal. I think all LEGAL citizens of the United States are to be treated with equality. I feel drugs should be legalized in order to cull the abusers who will die from O.D. or neglect of care for themselves, in order to prevent the possible violent death they might meet robbing someone for drug money or in a bad drug deal (both scenes would be eliminated from regulation on source and price control IMO). I feel a woman has a right to make her own choices about her body (altho I am personally pro life in the respect I do not condone abortion. I just feel its not MY place to force a woman to think as I do). I feel we have entered wars in recent times under false pretenses and feel we should be done with the mid east (other than spy games / monitoring). I recycle and think humans should be more earth friendly. But by and large that is where my liberal side ends. I feel the current president has done nothing more than pick up where BUSH left off. Bush is likely to be the most liberal minded “NEO-CON” in the F’in world. He defaced our constitution and violated a few key rights we have as Americans. He laid out the ground work for big government and huge spending. That is not the mark of a conservative. We need to understand and face the FACTS that the healthcare ‘law’ was pushed through last minute, voted for by a ‘majority’ of which the deciding votes had to be coerced in some fashion. Be it from bribery to outright threats. Then for the president to go around and say that the majority of Americans wanted this ‘law’ is beyond arrogant. (for those who want to bring up car insurance , its not the same. I don’t drive and I don’t pay for car insurance.) So with all this ground work bush laid out, obama has just followed suit. The facts are there for anyone to find on Google or altavista. Just look and judge for yourself. I ( I hope like many Americans) feel bamboozled, taken, ripped off by false claims of Hope. And frankly the ‘Change’ that has been offered has been approved of by FIDEL CASTRO.. anyone that has any amount of free thought understands that F.C. is a monster. Anything that monster condones cannot be good for the people of America as a whole. In this post I have stated a bit of personal opinion with lots of fact that is easy to verify with a small amount of effort. If this made anyone think then this post was not in vein.
The conservative liberal pondering life.
Great article, I just stumbled across it going through Connotea. Im a bit late though, I mean months late since you submitted it lol.