Thread: Tea partyiers call Barney Frank a . . .

Menacing

Josh Marshall | March 20, 2010, 2:42PM

Things are getting pretty heated in the Capitol with crowds of anti-Reform/Tea Party activists going through the halls shouting slogans and epithets at Democratic members of Congress.

As our Brian Beutler reports, a few moments ago in the Longworth office building, a group swarmed a very calm looking Henry Waxman, as he got on the elevator, with shouts of "Kill the bill!" "You liar! You crook!"

Not long before, Rep. Barney Frank got an uglier version of the treatment. Just after Frank rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you fa****." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in laughter.

At one point, Capitol police officer threatened to throw a group of protestors out of the building but that only seemed to inflame them more; and apparently none were ejected.

Note that this was in the Longworth building, not the Capitol building proper. But I'm a bit surprised that this is being allowed to occur anywhere in the Capitol complex. From Brian's description it sounds like menacing.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archiv ... ?ref=fpblg

Miami Herald

Tea party protesters call Georgia's John Lewis '******' - Politics ...
Mar 20, 2010 ... Tea party protesters call Georgia's John Lewis '******' ... Barney Frank, D-Mass., an openly gay member of Congress. . . .

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/20/1 ... rgias.html

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When people feel they are being ignored, and not listened to, this is what happens. Especially on something that will affect them in their daily lives.

I do not condone it, and it is what I feared the worst. If these people getting very frustrated with their leaders who don't serve the people anymore.

They govern at the consent of the governed - we the people. They are losing the consent of the people by not obeying the will of the people. What do they expect? This sounds pretty tame compared to what it could be.

i saw the ABC news video when Frank was called the F word.
he just turned around to the people and waved.

All of the name calling, finger pointing and blame game is a childish immature display of lack of intelligence.
If you have something worth saying surely you can say it without all of this nonsense.

This goes for all over the internet as well as in person.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

If you have something worth saying surely you can say it without all of this nonsense.

This goes for all over the internet as well as in person.

When people get angry, they do things they wouldn't do under normal circumstances. The people are angry. I just hope it doesn't go any farther than name calling.

thanks for sharing this information