{"id":1156,"date":"2010-04-14T01:42:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-04-14T01:42:51","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:42:51","slug":"will-the-gop-declare-war-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/will-the-gop-declare-war-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the GOP Declare War on US?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Oklahoma, they just might.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"brogdon-militia\"<\/a> The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma tea party leaders, \u201cfrustrated by recent political setbacks,\u201d are working with right-wing Republicans in the Oklahoma legislature to create a new \u201cvolunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty<\/a>.\u201d State Sen. Randy Brogdon<\/a> (R-OK) and State Rep. Charles Key (R-OK) have met with tea party leaders, like J.W. Berry of the Tulsa-based OKforTea group, to plan legislation for a state-authorized militia. Brogdon, who is running for Governor and sponsored the right-wing anti-health reform \u201cstate sovereignty<\/a>\u201d resolution in his state, explained that he believes his anti-federal government militia has constitutional backing:<\/p>\n

The founding fathers \u201cwere not referring to a turkey shoot or a quail hunt. They really weren\u2019t even talking about us having the ability to protect ourselves against each other,\u201d Brogdon said. \u201cThe Second Amendment deals directly with the right of an individual to keep and bear arms to protect themselves from an overreaching federal government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But critics say the tea party militia idea could \u201cthrow fuel in the fire of radicals.\u201d Even some Republicans are opposed to Brogdon\u2019s initiative. \u201cIf the intent is to create a militia for disaster relief, we have the National Guard,\u201d said Sen. Steve Russell, (R-OK), a retired Army lieutenant colonel. \u201cAnything beyond that purpose should be viewed with great concern and caution<\/a>.\u201d Indeed, the news of the state-sponsored militia movement arrives shortly before the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, on April 19. <\/p>\n

Berry, the tea party leader who first solicited support for the militia, has posted rants against President Obama: the \u201cMuslim President\u201d \u2014 a \u201creincarnation of Pol Pot\u201d [Teabaggers delinked<\/span>] who is trying imprison [Teabaggers delinked<\/span>] Americans for resisting health reform. One ominous posting from Berry says that his militia should \u201claunch a thousand guerrilla attacks<\/a> on the plans that these people have to ruin us and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Berry and Brogdon lean heavily on far right propaganda and media outlets to fuel their conspiracy theories. Berry frequently cites conservative news outlets like CNS<\/a> and notes that he draws inspiration from the white supremacist thriller The Turner Diaries. [Teatraitors delinked<\/span>] Despite his extremism, Berry has met with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and other members of the Oklahoma Republican delegation, and counts them as \u201crock solid.\u201d [Teabaggers delinked<\/span>] [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Defending a state from the US by force of arms sounds like a Civil War Redux to me.  Ed Schultz interviewed this \u2026 person.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Ded you notice how he tried to weasel out of answering the question, but refused several opportunities to deny it?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Oklahoma, they just might. The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma tea party leaders, \u201cfrustrated by recent political setbacks,\u201d are working with right-wing Republicans in the Oklahoma legislature to create a new \u201cvolunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.\u201d State Sen. Randy Brogdon (R-OK) and State […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}