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TRIBUNE IF THAT'S A KIND OF
BAILOUT IF IT LEAFS TAXPAYERS ON
THE HOOK FOR PARTOF THE DAMDAGE,
LEE ADMITTED, WELL, YEAH,
PROBABLY DOES.
MR. PAUL OF KENTUCKY CALLED
NATIONWIDE PRESSURE ON BP TO
INCREASE ITS DAMAGE PAYMENTS
UN-AMERICAN.
HE ALSO OPPOSED A FEDERALINE M
SAFETY REGULATIONS.
"THE BOTTOM TOLINE IS, I'M NOT
EXPERT, SO DON'T GIVE ME THE
POWER IN WASHINGTON TO BE MAKING
RULES.
YOU ARE HERE, AND YOU HAVE TO
WORK IN THE MINES.
YOU'D TRY TO MAKE GOOD RULES TO
PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE HERE.
IF YOU DON'T, I'M THINKING THAT
NO ONE WILL APPLY FOR THOSE
JOBS."
WILL PAUL'S ADMISSION THAT "I'M
NOT AN EXPERT" DOES PROVIDE ONE
OF THE FEW DOVE TAILS OF THIS
CAMPAIGN.
IT MATCHES NICELY WITH WILL
JOHNSON OF WISCONSIN, WHO
REFUSES TO OFFER ANY SPECIFICS
ABOUT HIS PLAN TO DEAL WITH
HOMELESS VETERANS.
HE SAYS, "THIS ELECTION IS NOT
ABOUT DETAILS."
DETAILS HAVE PROVED DEVILISH FOR
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR ETHECOND
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, SCOTT
RIGELL.
HE'S AN AUTOMOBILE DEALER AND
MADE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS FROM THE CASH FOR
CLUNKERS PROGRAM.
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IN THE MISSOURI
FOURTH, VICKY HEARTSLER SAY HER
AND HER ARE JUST SMALLUSI BSS
OWNERS.
WE JUST WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO
LEAVE US ALONE, SHE SAID.
HARTZLER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A
FARM.
IN THE LAST 14 YEARS THAT
GOVERNMENT THEY WANT TO LEAVE
THEM ALONE HAV HE GIVEN THEM
SUBSIDIES TOTALING $774,000.
MR. RAESE OF WEST VIRGINIA TOLD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT
AMERICA IS AN INDUSTRIAL COMA.
HE BLAMED E RESTRICTER PLATE
THAT IS THE BLOATED FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
I CAN'T THINK, HE ADDED, OF THE
TIME THE GOVERNMENT HAS HELPED
ME.
THE COMPANIES HE OWNS HAVE
RECEIVED $2.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL
CONTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SINCE 2000 AND $32
MILLION IN CONTRACTS FROM THE
STATE GOVERNMENT SINCE 2000.
BACK IN COLORADO, MR. BUCK
APPARENTLY THOUGHT HE WAS JUST
SPEAKING TO A CAMPAIGN WORKERS
WHEN HE WAS SELF-EXPOSED HIS
HYPOCRISY.
IN FACT, HE WAS TALKING TO A
DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE WITH A
RECORDER IN HIS POCKET.
OUT OF THE BLUE, TEA PARTY
NOMINEE BUCK BLURTED, "WILL YOU
TELL THOSE DUDUMBASSSE SE AT TH
TEA PARTY TO STOP ASKING ME
ABOUT BIRTH CERTIFICATES WHILE
I'M ON THE CAMERA?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF MAE,
PAUL LEPAGE, THREATENED TO PUNCH
A RADIO O REPORTER.
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW
YORK, CARL PALADINO, THREATENED
TO TAKE OUT A REPORTER FROM THE
MOST CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER IN
ANY MAJOR AMERICAN CITY.
A SPOKESMAN TOLD THE REPORTER
THAT HE WAS NOW OFF THE PALADINO
MAILING LIST, WHICH HAS IN THE
PAST CONSISTED OF E-MAILS
FEATURINING RACISM, ***
AND ***.
MR. MILLER'S PRIVATE SECURITY
GUARDS IN ALASKA DETAINED AND
HANDCUFFED ONE REPORTER AND
THREATENED TO HANDCUFF TWO MORE
WITHOUT ANY LEGAL RIGHT TO DO SO
AT AN EVENT AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THE SECURITY COMPANY WAS
OPERATING WITH AN EXPIRED
LICENSE.
ITS CHIEF HAS LINKS TO EXTREMIST
ORGANIZATIONS PB AND THE DEFENSE
WAS THAT THE GUARDS DIDN'T KNOW
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS A REPORTER,
WHICH IMPLIES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
JUST DANDY TO HANDCUFF AN
ORDINARY CITIZEN.
MISS O'DONNELL THREATENED TO SUE
A DELAWARE RADIO STATION IF IT
DID NOT DESTROY THE VIDEOTAPE OF
HER INTERVIEW THERE, WHEN SHE
DID NOT LIKE A QUESTION, SHE
SNAPPED HER FINGERS AT HER OWN
PRESS AIDE, THEN SHOVED HIM.
THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER THREATENED
TO CRUSH THE RADIO STATION IF IT
DID NOT COMPLY WITH THEM.
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE FROM
FLORIDA, MARCO RUBIO, DREAMS
MORE OF DEPORTATION THAN OF
CRUSHING.
HE SAID IN MARCH, "THERE ARE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA
THAT HATE OUR COUNTRY, SO WHY
CAN'T WE JUST DO A TRADE?
WE'LL SEND YOU SEAN PENN, JANINE
GAROFALO, AND KEITH OLBERMANN,
AND YOU CAN SEND US PEOPLE THAT
ACTUALLY LOVE THIS COUNTRY."
THIS CARRIES WITH IT A TINGE OF
IRONY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF HIS
OPPONENTS HAVE ACTUALLY ACCUSED
MR. RUBIO OF LOVING THIS
COUNTRY, HE JUST DOESN'T LOVE A
LOT OF ITS PEOPLE.
AND THE PERSON THEY ALL LOVE THE
LEAST IS, OF COURSE, THE
PRESIDENT.
THE TEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS FROM THE
FLORIDA 22nd, ALLEN WEST, HAD TO
LEAVE OUR MILITARY AFTER
THREATENING TO KILL AN IRAQI HE
WAS INTERROGATING IN IRAQ.
NOW HE CLAIMS TO HAVE A HIGHER
SECURITY CLEARANCE THAN DOES THE
PRESIDENT.
MR. WEST ALSO TOLD HIS
SUPPORTERS THAT THEY COULD
DEFEAT HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT
BY MAKING THE MAN AFRAID TO
LEAVE HIS OWN HOME.
AND THETEA PARTY AND REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR THE HOUSE, FROM
THE MICHIGAN SEVENTH, THE
EX-CONGRESSMAN TIM WHALBERG
WANTS TO BLACKMAIL THE PRESIDENT
INTO SHOWING HIS BIRTH
CERTIFICATE TO RUSH LIMBAUGH.
HE FIGURES HE CAN EXTORTTHIS
FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA BY
THREATENING TO IMPEACH HIM.
YOU ARE WILLING TO LET THESE
PEOPLE RUN THIS COUNTRY?
THIS IS THE AMERICA YOU WANT?
THIS IS THE AMERICA YOU ARE
WILLING TO PERMIT?
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF CRANKS,
MENACES, MERCENARIES, AND
AUTHORITARIANS YOU WILL TURN
THIS COUNTRY OVER TO?
IF YOU SIT THERE NEXT TUESDAY
AND LET THIS HAPPEN, WHOSE FAULT
WILL THAT BE?
NOT REALLY THEIRS.
THEY ARE TAUGHT THAT FREEDOM IS
TO BE SEIZED AND RATIONED.
THEY CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT, HAVING
ADVANCED THEMSELVES ANDHEIR T
PUPPETEERS AND TO HELL WITH
EVERYBY ELOD.
THEY SEE THE GREATNESSOF
AMERICA NOT IN ITS PEOPLE, BUT
ITS CORPORATIONS.
THEY SEE THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA
NOT IN HARD WORK, BUT IN
BUSINESS SWINDLES.
THEY SEE THE WORTHINESS OF
AMERICA NOT IN ITS QUALITY OF
LIFE, BUT ITS QUALITY OF
INVESTING.
THEY SEE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
NOT IN PROGRESS, BUT IN
REVOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A KIND
OF THEOCRACY FOR WHITE MALES
WITH DISSENT CAGED AND
INDIVIDUALITY SUR SUPPRESSED.
THEY SEE AMERICA NOT FOR WHAT IT
IS OR WHAT IT CAN BE, THEY SEE
DELUSIONS, SCTERPE FANTASIES
IS.
THEY SEE COMMUNISTS UNDER EVERY
BED AND A GUN IN EVERY HAND.
THEY SEE TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH
AND DELAYED RETIREMENT FOR
EVERYONE ELSE.
THEY FIGHT THE REDISTRIBUTION OF
WEALTH NOT BECAUSE THEY OPPOSE
REDISTRIBUTION, BUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO
PROTECT WEALTH AND KEEP IT WHERE
THEY THINK IT BELONGS -- IN THE
BANK ACCOUNTS OF THE WEALTHY.
THEY WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE
FOR BERNIE MADOFF.
BUT YOU KNOW BETTER.
IF YOU SIT THERE NEXT TUESDAY,
IF YOU SIT THERE TOMORROW AND
THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND YOU
LET THIS CATACLYSM UNFOLD, YOU
HAVE ENABLBLED.
IT IS ONE THING TO BE ATTACKED
BY THOSE WHO WOULD DESTROY
AMERICA FROM WITHOUT.
IT IS A WORST THING TO BE
ATTACKED BY THOSE WHO WOULD
DESTROY AMERICA FROM WITHIN.
BUT IT IS THE WORST THING TO SIT
BACK AND LET IT HAPPEN.
TO NOT FIND THE TIME AND THE
MEANS TO CONVINCE JUST ONE OTHER
SANE VOTER TO PUT ASIDE THE
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE LAST TWO
YEARS AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND
VOTE, BECAUSE THE DISAPPOINTMENT
OFHE L TT TWO YEARS, THOSE
WILL BE THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN A
TEA PARTY AMERICA.
THIS IS THE WEAK IN WHICH THE
THREE CARD MONTY DEALERS HOPE TO
TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT.
THE CANDIDATES WHO WTAN THEIR
OWN WAY, WHO WILL SAY ANYTHING
TO MAKE PALATABLE THEIR REAL
IDENTITIES AS AGENTS OF
REGRESSION, REPRESSION AND
CORPORATE SOVEREIGNTY.
THEY ARE HERE.
THEY HAVE ENERGIZED THE
SELF-SERVING AND THE GREEDY AND
THE PROUDLY ILL-INFORMED.
AND IF NO OTHER FACT CONVINCES
YOU OF YOUR OBLIGATION TO VOTE
AND CANVASS AND PHONE AND EVEN
DRAG TO THE POLLS THE MOST
DISHEARTENED MODERATER O
DEMOCRAT OR LIBERAL OR ABANDONED
REPUBLICAN OR POLITICAL NEUTRAL
TO VOTE FOR THE MOST TEPID OF
THE NON-INSANE CANDIDATES.
IF NO OTHER DETAIL HANDS YOU
THAT SPARK OF ARGUMENT WITH
WHICH TO INVIGORATE THE
APATHETIC, YOU NEED ONLY TO
COMMIT TO MEMORYY THE WORDS OF
STECHB BROEDEN AND SHARRON
ANGLE.
SHE CAN RUN FROM REPORTERS, BUT
SHE CANNOT RUN FROM THISQUOT
FROM JANUARY AND ALL OF THE
HORROR AND ADVECTION IT APPLIES.
"THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID IT'S GOOD
FOR A COUNTRY TO HAVE A
REVOLUTION EVERY 20 YEARS.
I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE
GOING, BUT YOU KNOW IF CONGRESS
KEEPS GOING THE WAY IT IS AND
PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING TOWARD
THOSE SECOND AMENDMENT REMEIES"
SHRON ARGLE TOO SULELE FOR
YOU, SECOND AMENDMENT REMEDIES,
GUNS STEALTH INSTEAD OF
ELECTIONS, TOO IMPLICIT.
FORTUNATELY TO OUR RESCUE, FROM
THE SPEEDING OF THE FALLING OF
THE SCALE TO OUR EYES, COMES THE
TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN NOMINEE,
PASTPAOR STEVEN BROADEN, "THE
OPTION IS ON THE TABLE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD
EVER REMEOVANYTHING FROM THE
TABLE, HOWOWER, IT IS NOT THE
FIRST OPTION."
THANK YOU, THE ATTEMPT TO
OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES BY VIOLENCE IS NOT
THE TEA PARTY'S FIRST OPTION!
NEXT TUESDAY IS THE FIRST
OPTION!
THE WORDS ARE THOSE OF NEED RICK
YOUNG AND HAROLD JACOB SMITH
FROM THE SCR SEENPLAY FROM THE
MOVIE "INHERIT THE WIND."
AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MAN ON
TRIAL FOR TEACHING EVOLUTION,
SPENCER TRACY CUTS TO THE GIST.
"FANATICISM AND IGNORANCE IS
FOREVER BUSY AND NEEDS SPEEDING.
AND SOON, YOUR HONOR, WITH
BANNERS FLYING AND DRUMS
BEATING, WE'LL BE MARCHING
BACKWARDBACKWARD THROUGH THE
GLORIOUS AGES OF THAT 16th
CENTURY WHEN BITS BURNED THE
MAN WHO DARED BRING THEM
ENLIGHTENMENT AND INTELLIGENCE
TO THE HUMAN MIND."
THE ANGERED JUDGE REPLIES, "I
HOPE COUNSEL ES NOT MEAN TO
INTERPRET THIS COURT IS
BIGOTED."
AND HE SAYS "WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO HOPE."