{"id":967,"date":"2010-03-25T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2010-03-25T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T09:45:00","slug":"gop-hate-inspires-domestic-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/25\/gop-hate-inspires-domestic-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Hate Inspires Domestic Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day, I hope and pray that I will not be reporting this issue.  Every day it gets worse.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\"republican_seal_cuffs\"<\/a> A tea party participant published what he thought was Rep. Thomas Perriello\u2019s home address and urged disgruntled voters to \u201cdrop by\u201d for a \u201cgood face-to-face chat.\u201d <\/p>\n

Vandals broke windows at Slaughter\u2019s office in New York and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords\u2019s office in Arizona. <\/p>\n

And angry voters are planning to protest this weekend at the home of Steve Driehaus \u2014 who\u2019s already seen a photograph of his children used in a newspaper ad published by reform opponents<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The vitriolic health care debate has become personal \u2014 too personal, say House Democrats who voted for the bill and now find not just themselves but their families in the cross hairs of opponents. <\/p>\n

Slaughter, a Democrat who chairs the House Rules Committee, said a caller to her office last week vowed to send snipers to \u201ckill the children of the members who voted yes.\u201d<\/strong> Her office reported the call to police, who were dispatched to provide protection for Slaughter\u2019s grandchildren. She has also been in touch with the FBI and U.S. Postal Service inspectors, who intercepted a letter en route to her home in upstate New York. <\/p>\n

Stupak, the Michigan Democrat whose last-minute compromise on abortion guaranteed passage of the bill Sunday, said callers have left messages for him saying, \u201cYou\u2019re dead; we know where you live; we\u2019ll get you.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife still can\u2019t answer the phone,\u201d Stupak told POLITICO on Tuesday. The messages are \u201cfull of obscenities if she leaves it plugged in. In my office, we can\u2019t get a phone out. It\u2019s just bombarded.\u201d <\/p>\n

Stupak, a former police officer, said he\u2019s not fazed by the threats or by the prospect of protests at his district office this weekend. \u201cI\u2019ve looked down barrels of guns,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve talked my way out of it.\u201d <\/p>\n

But Democrats said their political opponents go too far when they bring members\u2019 families into the fray. <\/p>\n

Driehaus, a Democrat from Ohio, was outraged last week when a group called the Committee to Rethink Reform used a photo of him and his two young daughters in a newspaper ad urging him to vote against any health care reform bill that included federal funding for abortion<\/strong>. Both the group and the newspaper \u2014 the Cincinnati Enquirer \u2014 apologized for including Driehaus\u2019s daughters in the ad. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very protective of my family, like most of us,\u201d Driehaus said Tuesday. \u201cThere is no reason for my wife and kids to be brought into any of this. If people want to talk to me, if people want to approach me about an issue, I\u2019m more than happy to talk about the issue, regardless of what side they\u2019re on. But I do believe when you bring in a member\u2019s family, that you\u2019ve gone way too far.\u201d <\/p>\n

Driehaus faults Republicans for providing encouragement to the most extreme opponents of reform. Last week, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned that anti-abortion Democrats would suffer politically if they voted for the health care bill; he singled out Driehaus, saying he \u201cmay be a dead man\u201d and \u201ccan\u2019t go home to the west side of Cincinnati\u201d<\/font><\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Politico<\/a>><\/p>\n

The GOP storm troopers took Limpy Boehner seriously.  I have seen a couple of Republicans say that the violence of out of place.  However, in every instance the format was \u2018It\u2019s inappropriate, but\u2026\u2019 followed by an excuse blaming it on Democrats.  It reeks with insincerity, and encourages continuation of the violence by providing justification for it.<\/font><\/p>\n

The GOP leadership is far more responsible than their Teabagger storm troopers.  The leadership know what they are doing.  The Teabaggers are just poor, brainwashed fools, goose stepping as ordered.  How brainwashed are they?  It\u2019s this bad:<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\"Fox_News_Nazi\"<\/a> Nicholas Kamm, AFP \/ Getty Images <\/span>On the heels of health care, a new Harris poll reveals Republican attitudes about Obama: Two-thirds think he’s a socialist, 57 percent a Muslim\u2014and 24 percent say "he may be the Antichrist."<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

To anyone who thinks the end of the health-care vote means a return to civility, wake up.<\/font><\/p>\n

Obama Derangement Syndrome\u2014pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism\u2014has infected the Republican Party. Here’s new data to prove it:<\/font><\/p>\n