Wingnut of the Day

Why is it okay for Republicans to call for violence against the government. Do they think that the GOP base is made of fans of Timothy McVeigh? The latest sample is Nevada Republican Sharron Angle. The Senate candidate Sharron gave an interview on a right-wing talk show in January. Angle suggested it is good for the country to have a revoltion every 20 years.

You know, our Founding Fathers, they puit that Second Amendment in there for a good reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. And in fact Thomas Jefferson said it's good for a country to have a revoltion every 20 years.

I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are looking toward those Second Amendment rememedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.

I'm not sure how Angle wants to take Reid out. I hope it is by the ballot box. Angle isn't the first Republican to suggest violence against the government. On Meet the Press Sen. Tom Coburn defended conservatives wanting to use violence.

"What, what is the genesis behind people going to such extreme statements," asked Coburn. "We have lost the confidence."

I wonder if Coburn, a member of the federal goverment, would feel comfortable if militia members wanted to use violence against him. I highly doubt it. I am amazed that Republicans urge violence against an institution they worked so hard to be a part of. There are a lot more Republicans thzat want to serve in the Senate then be employed as prison guards.

Michele Bachmann has urged for armed revoltion so many times that I have lost track.

"I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us 'having a revoltion every now and then is a good thing,' and the people -- we are the people -- are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.

Anyone urging violence over a failed energy proposal truly doesn't have faith in the democratic process. Nicaragua and El Salvador haved armed revolutions "now and then." Those countries can hardly be called a beacan for democracy.