Gotta Love the Tea Party Crowd

I counter demonstrated at a TEA party rally this summer. I have not seen a bigger display of ignorance and xenophobia in my entire life. The first sign that passed me was, "Where's the birth certificate?" Obviously these people are incapable of accepting that a person of color is president. Therefore they must indulge in the fantasy that Barack Obama isn't an American. That of course means he is illegitimate.

The birthers are like the old confederates who refused to believe the South lost the Civil War. It is too painful for them to accept, so they must live in denial.

Steve

Mr. Winters oddly opines: "America needs a thoughtful and articulate conservative political voice, but no such voice emerged from the proceedings in Nashville."

They had Bill Buckley, reputedly as such, yet he was still a nut, hanging out with nuts.

America needs no such voice.

America needs universal and accessible comprehensive health care, jobs, economic equity, immigration rights, affordable housing and so many other fundamental and inalienable rights which the civilized nations of this earth take for granted, as part of human life, as once did we.

Not another nutty haranguer, howsoever articulated

I can't believe that the National Catholic Reporter takes the time for this article in relation to Barack Obama instead of Abortion (Mexico City Policy, paid for in national health care).

Birthers may be nuts, but you don't fight for justice for all of God's children. Shameful.

You should change your name to National Catholic Heretical Reporter.

PS - loved the article about the fired choir director who was in schism with Church teaching regarding female priests - what is wrong with you people?

Reflections...."Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity
will be much arquing, much writing, many opinions;for opinion in good
[women] [and] men is but knowledge in the making."--milton, 1664...yes,
sarah palin has a copy of this...i gave it to her several yrs ago...i
know her...i recommend you read the last chapter of her book 'Going Rogue',
by Dewey Whetsell called "A View from Alaska"....i know him also, for 25
yrs.....i also recommend you to re-study Fr. Bernard Lonergan, S.J.'s
Transcentental Imperatives....review how you came to such bias...about
a woman, her challenges, her respect for life, our consititution, etc....
you appear to have a rather narrow view of others lives and opinions,
...........examine what really is at the core of what you
wrote......in fact, she has more knowledge of governance, budget, hard work
to earn a living, (yes, i have killed deer, skinned them, for meat, fished,
etc...we had no Safeway stores in those yrs), run a small business, is a
mother who could have had an abortion when she found out about her sons
handicap,...more experience of american life, survival than my president....
she has more knowledge about national security than some of our "Silk stockin"
women in the halls of congress,we have a security system in alaska that
protects the lower 48, she has chaired and been involved in the Pacific Rim
economic mtgs...due to our oil, gas, fish, gold, tourism industries, etc.,
she has a great sense of humor, yes, i can see Russia from one of our
bays and island off the coast, why does this particular women become such
a focus for you???? have you asked "where have all the men gone" in the
whole abortion issue in the Health Care bill??? who gets off scott free and
the womens body are ripped, should we ask the men who get women pregnant
to pay for their abortions...the men get off free....???? how many thousands
of orphans in Haiti, Africa...where are the men??? children and women
bear the suffering....????? let me know if you would like a tour of alaska,
i would love to show you our wonderful people, our awesome resources...and
please read my friend...Dewey Whetsell's last chapter....things the news
media did not tell us.....i could recommend you get to interact with some
of the tea party folks...the ones who love their country, their consititution
and Life/life...and judge others as being of good will, searching for
knowledge in the making via openness, respect,....and i do not go
anonymous,...my name is dolores n. crowley.....who has served her church
and country for 73 yrs.......

"If you hang out with nuts and do not call them out on their nuttiness, people can be forgiven for thinking you concur." Well said. That goes for religious leaders as well who fail to stand up for justice, truth, charity, etc., when their "fellow" people who define themselves are "authoritative representatives of Christ on earth" either violate that responsibility deliberately or even indeliberately.

It's becoming increasingly clear that the tea party's opposition to the Obama administration is 88% racist. period... and we should keep reminding everyone that tea party people and its supporters are racist. period.. no ifs or buts they are racists and should be called out every time whether they deny it or not. racists..

We won the election and now these sore losers will continue to spew your hate with lies. The way our courts work is that you get a competent lawyer, verifiable facts and present them to a judge, if the facts are real and not half baked lies, then, and only then, you proceed to trial. The Birthers seem to be having a problem with their so called facts that they present. Let’s face it no one will go along with you until you guys win a case, but until then, you will continue to appear dumb, crazy or racist, or maybe all three. Keep plucking that chicken.

Curiosly, the fact that John McCain was born in the Panama Canal zone and not in any of the 50 United States never seemed to bother these people, but they refuse to accept the fact that President Obama was born in the State of Hawaii.