Bone-chilling prescience from Matt Taibbi

[kpete]

Bone-chilling prescience from Matt Taibbi
by thereisnospoon
Sun Jan 09, 2011 at 07:48:45 PM PST

Just under a week ago on January 5th, Matt Taibbi's expose of John Boehner hit the Rolling Stone website.
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But in light of the Giffords shooting, one part of Taibbi's article in particular stands out with bone-chilling prescience:

Another Ohio Democrat, Steve Driehaus, clashed repeatedly with Boehner before losing his seat in the midterm elections. After Boehner suggested that by voting for Obamacare, Driehaus "may be a dead man" and "can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati" because "the Catholics will run him out of town," Driehaus began receiving death threats, and a right-wing website published directions to his house. Driehaus says he approached Boehner on the floor and confronted him.

"I didn't think it was funny at all," Driehaus says. "I've got three little kids and a wife. I said to him, 'John, this is bullshit, and way out of bounds. For you to say something like that is wildly irresponsible.'"

Driehaus is quick to point out that he doesn't think Boehner meant to urge anyone to violence. "But it's not about what he intended — it's about how the least rational person in my district takes it. We run into some crazy people in this line of work." (emphasis mine)

Driehaus says Boehner was "taken aback" when confronted on the floor, but never actually said he was sorry: "He said something along the lines of, 'You know that's not what I meant.' But he didn't apologize."

the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/9/934863/-Bone-chilling-prescience-from-Matt-Taibbi

[AspenRose]

1. "But he didn't apologize."

NONE of these assholes will.

[malaise]

2. But but but

They are all crying now and both sides do it and blah blah blah.
Not once did Boehner tell a ReTHUG candidate to stop the violent rhetoricbut how could he when he was using it.

[handmade34]

4. John Boehner

literally is not crying now... he only cries when it is about him

[lib_wit_it]

6. No, but, as usual, our side will and that will add to the false equivalency and in the end the blame

will be put on the left by the RW and the M$M.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Perhaps as long as he has experience

he should step down as speaker and rep and they could let him sweep the floor in the house and then he cry all he wanted

angry

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Proof to me that the Republican leadership either overty or tacitly

approves of the violent, eliminationist, rhetoric.

[femrap]

7. When the tragic killings

occurred in Tucson, I remembered Driehaus' words.

With Faux News and the violent words of the Tea Party, a tragedy like this was just a matter of time, imho.

I'm so sorry for all those who were killed and injured....and their poor families and friends.

If I had been personally touched by this, I think I'd get a lawyer and head toward Faux and the leaders of Tea Party. Even on a criminal basis, isn't there something about 'Indifference.'

[patrice]

8. K&R

[Tippy]

9. "'You know that's not what I meant.'" Wanna bet?

[malaise]

10. I hope KO has Matt on to discuss this n/t

[Tsiyu]

11. So then Boner Boehner is a terrorist too

The Speaker of the house put out a hit on three little kids and their parents?

He actually made threatening and violent-tinged references to a colleague, about the father of THREE LITTLE KIDS?

Our Speaker of the House?

What the fuck?


And we talk about the loser terrorists in other countries, disrupting the political process?

Boehner Boner whatever is a goddamned terrorist!

IN America!


THIS IS THE PROBLEM HERE

These cretins justify profane security expenditures in the name of keeping us "safe from terrorism" when in POINT OF FACT, they are the terrorists!

They attempt to create fear among people

They make threats (whether veiled or not, a threat is a threat) toward their political opponents

They have a death fetish, repeatedly referring to their opponents as "dead."

They disrupt the political process, by outlandish public behavior, frequently carrying guns and threatening to "use them" if they don't get what they want.

This is like Somalia anymore, just as they want it!

I wish Driehaus would sue Boehner on behalf of those three precious children Boehner - THE SPEAKER OF OUR HOUSE OF LAWS - has been terrorizing.




Goddamn Boehner to hell :grr:

[Fleshdancer]

12. Exactly. Leaders do not get to choose their followers...

there is NO guarantee that all of your followers are mentally stable. With the role of leadership comes great responsibility which includes NOT inciting violence or even joking around with violent rhetoric for this very reason.

If these so called leaders on the right can't understand this, then they need to step down.

[indepat]

13. Le Grande Orange II is in the middle of this inflammatory rhetoric up to his oranged arse

;)

[Rex]

14. Repukes want us all to die off...they can't hide it if it comes out subconsciously.

I had no idea the Repukes were such blood thirsty tyrants! Yeah I did.