Monday, August 08, 2011

New York Times Columnist Apologizes to Tea Party Republicans

Below is a pretty good summary of Leftist hate speech so I am reproducing most of it. I personally think that such obviously exaggerated abuse of conservatives is more likely to induce distrust of the speaker than anything else
"During the last few months of heated political debate ugly and at times slanderous statements have been routinely directed towards those associated with the Tea Party. One New York Times columnist is recanting his words:
“That anger reached its apex on Tuesday, when I wrote a column comparing the Tea Party Republicans to terrorists. The words I chose were intemperate and offensive to many, and I’ve been roundly criticized. I was a hypocrite, the critics said, for using such language when on other occasions I’ve called for a more civil politics. In the cool light of day, I agree with them. I apologize.”

The apology came after a rambling few paragraphs of the columnist, Joe Nocera, explaining his liberal roots in Providence, RI, and how his views have evolved to the point where he now sees himself as a pragmatist who favors common-sense solutions over ideology. The Tuesday column for which Nocera was originally criticized was entitled “Tea Party’s War on America,” and included such common-sense one-liners as:
“These last few months, much of the country has watched in horror as the Tea Party Republicans have waged jihad on the American people.”

“Inflicting more pain on their countrymen doesn’t much bother the Tea Party Republicans, as they’ve repeatedly proved.”

“For now, the Tea Party Republicans can put aside their suicide vests. But rest assured: They’ll have them on again soon enough.”

Newsbusters Scott Whitlock has pointed out that Nocera‘s comments just fit the norm in relation to the paper’s habit of comparing congressional GOP members to murderers.
“On July 25, columnist Nicholas Kristof used similar language. Also speaking of the Tea Party, he declared, ‘Well, wake up to the national security threat. Only it’s not coming from abroad, but from our own domestic extremists.’

Kristof insisted that the biggest threat to America ‘comes from budget machinations, and budget maniacs, at home.’

On July 4th, 2011, another columnist, David Brooks, proclaimed the Tea Party has ‘no sense of moral decency.’

Finally, on June 26, columnist Thomas Friedman referred to the group of conservatives as the ‘Hezbollah faction’ of the GOP.”

I guess the other columnists may be waiting to issue an apology from the entire paper.

While Nocera’s regrets may satisfy some, it’s likely that many still feel he is just one of many who owe an apology. Earlier in the week National Review’s Jonah Goldberg perhaps summed up the frustration of many Americans who feel that conservative Republicans and individuals who affiliate with the Tea Party have been demonized by many commentators, and that the media has unfairly covered vindictive statements made by liberal politicians:
“All over the place, conservative Republicans are ‘hostage takers’ ‘terrorists’ and ‘traitors.‘ They want to ’end life as we know it on this planet,’ says Nancy Pelosi. They are betraying the Founders, too. Chris Matthews all but signs up for the ‘Make an Ass of Yourself’ contest at the State Fair. Joe Nocera writes today that ‘the Tea Party Republicans can put aside their suicide vests.’ Lord knows what Krugman and Olbermann have said.

Then last night, on the very day Gabby Giffords heroically returns to cast her first vote since that tragic attack seven months ago, the vice president of the United States calls the Republican party a bunch of terrorists.

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7 comments:

Brian from Virginia said...

Just once I would love to see on TV someone ask one of these 'liberals', "So you no longer believe that dissent is the highest form of patriotism, as you publicly stated in 2005?".

What's that old saying? 'If it wasn't for double standards, they'd have no standards at all.' ;)

A. Levy said...

That the Left has declared war on the Tea Party is simply an indication of how much the Left truly fears the Tea Party. The very last thing the Left wants is for someone, or something, to cause the people to wake-up and see what the Left's radical policies are doing/have done to this country. Those policies have taken us from being the wealthiest nation on earth, to being one step away from a third-world nation.

And no, the Republicans are not innocent is this mess. The entire congress is corrupt and incompetent. And, in case you haven't been paying attention, it really doesn't matter which party's in charge. When the people go to vote, the only thing they're doing is proving that Einstein's definition of true insanity was 100% correct.

How could that be? It's because "our entire system of govt. is a complete failure"! It's a system that has as it's very foundation, lies, corruption, and an insatiable hunger for power. And for those people who can still think for themselves, they see that the only real part We The People have in this, is to pay the bills.

Prescient33 said...

Vituperation is the last weapon of a failed economic philosophy.

Anonymous said...

Someday, if the American people ever wake up, they might ask themselves a simple question.

Suppose someone offered you a job that pays about $180K a year, comes with a great deal of power and benifits, but may only last six years. Would you go for it? But, in order to get the job, you have to come up with $20, 30, 40, or $50+ Million. Would you still go for it? I guess you would if you're really bad at math.

Well, every member of the US senate went for it. BTW, of all 100US senators, "every one" is a millionaire or multi-millionaire.

Anonymous said...

The US is a plutocracy and an oligarchy, much like many other countries (many of whom don't pretend so much to be a democracy).

Nutcase said...

Annon 3:17-

“A democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding on what to have for dinner!”

We are NOT a democracy; we are a Republic. THAT is why we are not acting like a democracy.

The founding fathers understood that a true democracy would not last. They were much wiser than we; unfortunately they could not have envisioned the formation of a political ruling class that would put King George to shame!

They also never envisioned a government so large, so powerful and so bloated that instead of the government fearing the people, we now fear the government.

If Patrick Henry were here today, I know what he would say:

“Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"

Anonymous said...

A republic is a form of democracy, where the people directly elect representatives to govern on their behalf.