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   From: janeanddano@yahoo.com   
      
   "Barry Bruyea"  wrote in message   
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   On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:50:37 -0700, BTR1701  wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >   
   >> BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff   
   >>   
   >> MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) had a   
   >> testy exchange Tuesday on MSNBC Live, starting with Roberts asking   
   >> Blackburn a loaded question about whether she "hated Obamacare" more than   
   >> she loved the country.   
   >>   
   >> Roberts also continued to use Democratic talking point language, asking   
   >> Blackburn if she thought it was inappropriate to take Americans "hostage"   
   >> and push them over the cliff, similar to rhetoric used by President Obama   
   >> and other Democratic leaders castigating Republicans over the shutdown.   
   >>   
   >> Blackburn chastised him for his loaded questions.   
   >>   
   >> "Listen to yourself," she said. "Just listen to the way you’re sounding,   
   >> my goodness. We didn't want a government shutdown. We don't want a   
   >> government default. We in the House are continuing to work through this."   
   >>   
   >> THOMAS ROBERTS: Congressman, let me ask you, when it comes to   
   >> Obamacare, do you hate Obamacare more than you love your country?   
   >>   
   >> MARSHA BLACKBURN: I've got to tell you something. I think that   
   >> comments like that that you are making are just incredibly   
   >> inappropriate. What we have to realize--   
   >>   
   >> ROBERTS: You don't think it's incredibly inappropriate to shut   
   >> down our government and take all the hostages of Americans that   
   >> you've taken? No, no, no, it's not inappropriate because you've   
   >> taken the government hostage through a shutdown and all the   
   >> American people, you're now walking them to a cliff, the economy,   
   >> and you're going to push them over one by one based on the fact   
   >> that you don't like the ACA. That's all it is. You don't like   
   >> the Affordable Care Act.   
   >   
   >This is so strange. These are the same people who told us that   
   >incendiary political language like this is what drove Loughner to shoot   
   >Gabrielle Giffords, and that people who use such language are directly   
   >responsible for the actions of anyone who is motivated by it. We were   
   >told we need a "new tone" and a "new civility" in politics.   
   >   
   >Now those same people are using terms like "hostage-takers", "ransom",   
   >and "jihad" to describe their political opponents.   
   >   
   >I'm confused as to the rules for this "new civility". Are we now allowed   
   >to use loaded language that hints at violence in politics again? Or is   
   >it only liberals who are allowed to do it?   
      
      
   Liberals generally maintain a 'self-righteous' manner and demeanor   
   that clears them of any responsibility for inflammatory language or   
   accusations.   
      
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   If you don't realize the danger and even damage there is in this "ploy" of   
   shutting down the government...the very thing these folks are PART of...and   
   threatening to not make good on our country's obligations...well you're as   
   big a fool.  THAT is worse than supposed "inflammatory language" you putz.   
      
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