03/16/2010 02:33:02 PM EST

Terrorist and Traitor Steve King calls for "Velvet Revolution"

posted by Young Turk 87

What happened? Learned that you cant win by flying planes into buildings and killing innocent Americans?

Republican Steve King should have been tried for treason and dealt with weeks ago but instead this weakling government allows him to continue to subvert the United States. Sometimes I wish this government was 1/1000th of what these right wing fuckers say it is...

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) urged a smaller-than-expected crowd of Tea Party protesters on Tuesday to launch a Velvet Revolution-style uprising against the federal government, saying the parallels are striking between America's current government and Eastern European communist rule.

Speaking to the Huffington Post shortly after his speech, King declared that a peaceful uprising, a la the successful overthrowing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on the streets of Prague in 1989 "would be fine with me."

"Fill this city up, fill this city, jam this place full so that they can't get in, they can't get out and they will have to capitulate to the will of the American people," he said.

"So this is just like Prague under communist rule?" the Huffington Post asked.

"Oh yeah, it is very, very close," King replied. "It is the nationalization of our liberty and the federal government taking our liberty over. So there are a lot of similarities there."

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No one said you had to be smart to be Republican (none / 0)

The fact that he was an elected official at a protest meeting  speeking to a free press while criticizing the goverment diminishes his argument a bit.

However, Czechoslovakia in 1989 had something in common with the Bush Administration:

"Other common practices (of the Czeck goverment) included wire tapping, permanent watching of apartments, reading mail,warrentless house searches, surveillance, arrests and indictment for so-called "subversion of the republic". (ie..by Fox News)

So he was on to something,just a few years to late.

by MRFred on 03/16/2010 03:16:29 PM EST

I'm sorry, what's changed? (none / 0)

Didn't Obama just renew the Patriot act.  Same song, new singer.  Aren't we still in a stupid war in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Do we have a public option?  Is there transparency in the white house?  Did the ban against gays serving in the military get lifted?  Did the unions get card-check?  Is deficit spending out of control?  Is China still cleaning our clock economically?

Seems like the Bush days have just continued on.  We need a velvet revolution, but one filled with independents, greens and socialists.  Republicans and most Democrats, not invited.

Don't waste your vote, vote Green or Independent in the next election.

by mcamelyne on 03/16/2010 10:06:34 PM EST

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Conflation Nation (none / 0)
"Sometimes I wish this government was 1/1000th of what these right wing fuckers say it is..."


I think the problem is that it is that bad, and probably worse. They are just a little bit confused by who to blame and for what. Steve King and Glen Bleak are the kings of conflation and projection. They take a little bit of truth twist it around and leverage the distortion.

Bushbama's mistake has been failing to separate himself from the banks, health insurance companies and military industrial complex, making it easy for Beck, King and others to transfer the blame.

Don't forget, "Conservative" means intellectually conflicted.

by sisco66 on 03/16/2010 05:16:31 PM EST

I wish someone would ask... (none / 0)
Why doesn't someone in the media ask these simpletons exactly what they mean when they spout off "they want their country back" and "they want the Constitution back" and actually follow up and hold their feet to the fire to answer the question in some coherent way? They make me sick when they put communist, socialist, nazi in one sentence and NO ONE calls them out on it. I guarantee they can't define one of those terms or identify a country that uses that form of govt. I challenge the Tea Party to give one example of "their liberty being taken over by the govt" that has happened since Obama has taken office. I can point to several examples under dumbass George Bush but I don't recall that they gave a shit about that. I don't know about you guys, but honestly, I'm getting tired. I hoped that at least a few things would change and a few promises would be kept by the Dems, but I now see that they are 100% bought and paid for and I can't see it changing. Campaign finance reform? Who has the pair to propose that legislation? I don't see anyone. I love Grayson, but I can't even see him proposing anything that revolutionary. I had a Facebook fight with an "educationally challenged" individual who said that the US just can't afford health care reform but has never opposed a war or weapon system before. When I challenged on that, the reply was "defense is in the Constitution, where is health care in the Constitution? Your argument just won't hunt." Now I have a headache from pounding my forehead against the computer.

by ddequus on 03/17/2010 12:27:35 AM EST

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