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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (78646)	3/25/2010 12:57:36 PM
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I'm sure a lot of it is. I don't doubt there are a few nut jobs on the right who will stoop that low, but nothing like we regularly see from the left.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (78646)	3/25/2010 7:33:52 PM
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Check out the violent right-wingers threatening Rep. Carnahan! Oh, wait. By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 03/25/10 12:06 PM EDT Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., has somehow convinced a less-than-curious press corps to put him into the class of congressmen who have received threats over ObamaCare. You see, a coffin wound up on his front lawn last Sunday night. Oh, wait — the coffin was part of a well-publicized protest, symbolizing a funeral for liberty and for the future victims of ObamaCare. Here’s the video: According to the protest organizers, the coffin was not even left on Carnahan’s lawn, as the Politico article implies. It was used as a prop, then taken home and retired to someone’s garage. In related news, Voice of America reports that hundreds of death threats were made this weekend against President Obama by left-wing anti-war protesters. Oh, wait. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (78646)	3/25/2010 9:43:16 PM
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Hat tip to Neeka305: A 24-year-old arrested this morning on suspicion of smashing 11 windows at Colorado Democratic Party headquarters tried to conceal his identity while allegedly committing the crime, according to police descriptions State Democratic Party Chairwoman Pat Waak initially blamed the vandalism on animosity surrounding the health care debate, though Denver police declined to comment on possible motives. denverpost.com Waak originally blamed conservative opponents to Democratic-sponsored health care reform for the vandalism, pointing out that windows were smashed in front of health care posters, but walked it back when Schwenkler’s name appeared on a campaign finance document showing he’d been paid last November by a Democratic-leaning get-out-the-vote organization. coloradoindependent.com Democrats will use anything as a weapon, even if they have to make it up.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (78646)	3/26/2010 5:59:57 PM
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Then, as now, being a Democratic party official means never having to say you’re sorry for smearing conservative dissent. How the Left Fakes the Hate: A Primer If you can’t stand the heat, manufacture a hate-crime epidemic. Michelle Malkin National Review Online After years of covering racial hoaxes on college campuses and victim sob stories in the public arena, I’ve encountered countless opportunists who live by that demented mindset. At best, the fakers are desperately seeking 15 minutes of infamy. At worst, their aim is the criminalization of political dissent. Upon decimating the deliberative process to hand President Obama a health-care “reform” victory, unpopular Beltway Democrats and their media water-carriers now claim there’s a tea-party epidemic of racism, harassment, and violence against them. On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a tepid, obligatory statement against smearing all conservatives as national-security threats. But her lieutenants had already emptied their tar buckets. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Chris Van Hollen accused Republican leaders of “stoking the flames.” Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn accused the GOP of “aiding and abetting” what he called “terrorism.” Yet, the claims that tea-party activists shouted “nigger” at black House Democrats remain uncorroborated. The coffin reportedly left outside Missouri Democratic congressman Russ Carnahan’s home was used in a prayer vigil by pro-life activists in St. Louis who were protesting the phony Demcare abortion-funding ban in Obama’s deal-cutting executive order. Videotape of a supposed intentional-spitting incident targeting Missouri Democratic congressman Emanuel Cleaver at the Capitol shows no such thing. Cleaver himself backed off the claim a few days later. He described his heckler to the Washington Post in more passive terms as “the man who allowed his saliva to hit my face.” Slovenliness equals terrorism! The FBI is now investigating the most serious allegation — that tea-party activists in Virginia are somehow responsible for a cut gas line at the home of Democratic representative Tom Perriello’s brother. But instead of waiting for the outcome of that probe, liberal pundits have enshrined the claim as conclusive evidence of the tea-party reign of terror. Need more reasons to treat the latest Democratic hysteria with a grain of salt the size of their gargantuan health-care bill? Remember: * In November 2009, Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead in a secluded rural cemetery with the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest and a rope around his neck. The Atlantic Monthly, the Huffington Post, and liberal media hosts stampeded over themselves to blame Fox News, conservative blogs, Republicans, and right-wing radio. Federal, state, and local authorities discovered that Sparkman had killed himself and deliberately concocted a hate-crime hoax as part of an insurance scam to benefit his surviving son. * In mid-October 2008, news outlets from the Scranton Times-Tribune to ABC News to the Associated Press and MSNBC reported that someone at a Sarah Palin rally shouted “kill him” when Obama’s name was mentioned. In fact, the Secret Service (which was at the event in full force) couldn’t find a single person to corroborate the story — other than the local reporter for the Scranton Times-Tribune who made an international incident out of the claim. Agent Bill Slavoski “said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers, and not one heard the comment,” the paper reported in a red-faced follow-up. Maybe the shouter is hiding with Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman’s real killer. * In late October 2008, a gaggle of liberal blogs spread the rumor that a Republican supporter of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s had shouted that Obama was “a nigger” during a campaign rally in Iowa. Video and firsthand accounts showed that the protester did not shout “he’s a nigger,” but “he’s a redistributor.” A lefty activist at the “progressive” Daily Kos blog confirmed the truth — but to this day, the crisis-manufacturing smear stands uncorrected and unretracted across the Internet. * In September 2009, supporters of Colorado Democratic congressman John Salazar falsely accused a town-hall protester of hurling a death threat at the congressman. Liberal blogs again disseminated the angry-tea-party-mob narrative. A week later, the local press quietly reported that Grand Junction police had investigated the incident — and determined the claim was “unfounded.” A police spokeswoman revealed that “people who witnessed the interaction between the man who made the complaint and the suspect confirmed they never heard any direct threats made regarding Congressman Salazar.” Witnesses included a Grand Junction cop “in close proximity when the interaction took place.” * In late August 2009, as lawmakers faced citizen revolts at health-care town halls nationwide, the Colorado Democratic party decried a vandalism attack at its Denver headquarters. A hammer-wielding thug smashed eleven windows and caused $11,000 in property damage. The perpetrator, Maurice Schwenkler, turned out to be a far-left nutball/transgender activist/single-payer anarchist who had worked for an SEIU-tied 527 group and canvassed for a Democratic candidate. Nevertheless, Colorado Democratic party chair Pat Waak continued to blame “people opposed to health care” for the attack. Then, as now, being a Democratic party official means never having to say you’re sorry for smearing conservative dissent. — Michelle Malkin is the author of Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies (Regnery, 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com. © 2010 .

To: Brumar89 who wrote (78646)	3/26/2010 7:37:25 PM
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Breitbart: $10k for anyone who can prove someone used the N-word at tea party protest By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 03/26/10 7:08 AM EDT From Big Government: <<< I am offering $10,000 of my own money to provide hard evidence that the N- word was hurled at [Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.] not 15 times, as his colleague reported, but just once. Surely one of those two cameras wielded by members of his entourage will prove his point. And surely if those cameras did not capture such abhorrence, then someone from the mainstream media — those who printed and broadcast his assertions without any reasonable questioning or investigation — must themselves surely have it on camera. Of course we already know they don’t. If they did, you’d have seen it by now. >>> The big goal of the liberals has been to portray anti-big-government activists as racists, and to contort the health care debate into a civil rights debate. They have gotten a lot of help from the media, which, among other things, has accepted uncritically this story about racist epithets being hurled. Considering the number of cameras that were there on the scene, there should be a record of the racism, if any of this ever happened. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com