21 Comments on “Tea Parties don’t need to defend selves to satisfy the left”

1. 
   Jim Sage, Marlboro said at 8:54 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   “While I appreciate everyone is heartbroken over the death and injury of innocent human beings, I feel myself wondering why all the Tea Parties are making public statements “denouncing” and “condemning” the actions of some lunatic…”

   Because Ms. Gonzalez, what transpired in Arizona that tragic day was just that: tragic!

   Many innocent people gathered to hear dignitaries speak. That little girl you speak of ( all of 9 years of age), was just elected president of her class, and wanted to see real democracy in action–the first amendment being utilized to its full potential.

   I’m simply flabbergasted and apalled at your bewilderment that Tea Parties are condemning this act of murder and terrorisim.

   Because, Ms. Gonzalez–IT’S WRONG!

2. 
   Rick Ambrosia said at 8:55 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Your arrogance knows no bounds.

3. 
   brian said at 9:04 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   So is blaming the Tea Party, Beck, Palin, or
   even the insufferable fools/tools on MSLSD
   WRONG. He was insane, an anarchist, and
   acted INDEPENDENTLY is the point, and the ONLY person who bears any responsibility is in fact, the shooter.
   There is no reason for any group to be on defense.

4. 
   Jim Sage, Marlboro said at 9:18 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Ms. Gonzalez,

   You claim your an American citizen that happens to be part of a movement that condemns the taking of our liberties and freedom. Well, if thats the case, I expect you you to condemn the taking of the liberties and freedom of all those killed and injured in Arizona.

   You seriously hurt the credibility of your organization with your statement.

5. 
   Jim, Colonia, NJ said at 10:16 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Mr Sage, will you be issuing an official statement? I’m guessing no and I think that’s the point that Barbara is trying to make. While it’s obviously respectable see statements of sympathy coming from… anyone, I don’t know why Tea Parties are rushing to make statements because a political figure was among those involved. Would the AARP issue a statement if the shooter was elderly? While there are exceptions in every movement, the Tea Party is a peaceful movement but almost looks guilty but issuing statements. We’re all obviously shocked and saddened…

6. 
   Barbara Gonzalez said at 10:34 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   I’m sorry Jim Sage, but I stand by my statement. If you think that I am not aware of the horror of what happened, you obviously did not understand my post, as Jim from Colonia and Brian did. It sounds like you didn’t even take the time to read it to the end. First of all, I did not speak for “my organization”, as the people of the Tea Party movement do not belong to me. I spoke for myself. Secondly, I will publicly condemn violence when our own dear President does, for the antagonistic comments he makes when talking about Conservatives and the Tea Party. Why should any one group, who are wrongly being accused of something they had nothing to do with, have to make a public statement. Isn’t it OBVIOUS that we condemn violence? And yes, Mr. Sage..I will be awaiting your press release to condemn violence everytime any whackadoodle commits a crime.

7. 
   Anonymous said at 10:47 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Congresswoman Giffords was put on a list by Sarah Palin that stated she was in the “crosshairs.” The image on Palin’s website was of the Congresswoman with the scope of a gun over her picture. There must be an accountability for that.

   Ms. Gonzalez, your lack of political savvy, combined with a classlessness that is shameful, never ceases to amaze me.

8. 
   Jim Sage, Marlboro said at 10:48 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Barbara,

   Ok, Here is the press release:

   I condemn any act of violence PERIOD!! I was shot in a ambush in 1983–believe me I CONDEMN VIOLENCE!!

9. 
   Russ said at 10:56 pm on January 9th, 2011:

   Hey anonymous, were the crosshair targets all good when daily kos put them on congresswoman Giffords?

   I’ll await your reasoned response with baited breath…

10. 
    michael said at 11:05 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    @Russ – you better not hold your breath too long, or someone will need to call the ambulance for you.

    It’s not worth hurting yourself to debate with the idiots of the world.

11. 
    Barbara Gonzalez said at 11:06 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    Jim…thank you for serving our country. I mean that sincerely. No thank you for not understanding what the heck I was talking about.
    Anonymous, congratulations on your bravery in being “anonymous” since you obviously know me, since my “shameful classlessness never ceases to amaze” you.
    And what do you have to say about your President saying “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” at a Philadelphia fundraiser …all the stupidity about crosshairs and targets..the woman is from Alaska for crying out loud. She hunts and fishes. That is just plain stupid. Oh my..was that Classless and shameful of me? oops.

12. 
    Anonymous said at 11:11 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    No one should be using that kind of rhetoric Russ. For the record, I don’t read the daily kos because I have no use for liberal propaganda. I speak as a registered lifetime Republican, and as a human being that knows there is a time and place for everything, a lesson Ms. Gonzalez could certainly stand to learn.

13. 
    brian said at 11:12 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    lt’s always a problem for the left when we
    cloud our debates with facts.

14. 
    Russ said at 11:24 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    What rhetoric? Targets on a district map? Are you serious?

    Dude, allusions to warfare have been commonplace in american politics for 200 years. Are you so tone deaf that you can’t realize that the “rhetoric” the left means here is anything any given Conservative says out loud? And I mean “repeal”, “tax cuts”, “less spending”…this is the rhetoric they’re talking about. They’re using the bullshit about targets to silence political speech and pin a senseless killing spree on the most visible and politically dangerous person in America right now: Sarah Palin.

15. 
    Barbara Gonzalez said at 11:32 pm on January 9th, 2011:

    Russ, you just hit the nail on the head. Sarah Palin scares the crap out of them. And Anonymous is no more “human” than me just because she thinks that I should be defending something I had nothing to do with. The left thinks this is the time and place to accuse innocent people of a horrible crime and then expect them to publicly defend that. I think its the time and place to put an end to that.

16. 
    Robert said at 12:21 am on January 10th, 2011:

    Jim Sage – 41 murders a day in the U.S. in 2009, a low year. Those were wrong as well. How often were they denounced? Why is Ms Gonzalez obligated to denounce the killings in Arizona. It’s not that they are condemning and /or denouncing it, it’s that they feel obligated to do so because the Media has decided that someone other than the killer has responsibility.
    Mr. Ambrosia – What Arrogance? Or did you just learn a new word?
    Jim Sage – You expect? She said she abhors the taking of Liberty, must we do so daily, as you EXPECT.
    Anonymous – You still are!
    Jim Sage – Was this today’s Statement, yesterday’s, the day before. It’s apparent you expect this daily. What about the others killed? No Tea Party to lay the blame on. No need for denouncements. It’s just another day in the good ole US of A.
    Anonymous – Oh wonderful, a card carrying Republican, who’s always at the right place at the right time. How refreshing, and professorial too! You’re still anonymous.

17. 
    Adrianne Knobloch said at 1:26 am on January 10th, 2011:

    Barbara is right, as citizens we are shocked, saddened by this event. That is all anyone should/could be.

    As far as Tea Party Patriots, their weapon of choice is Constitutional law. Even when attacked by the left’s goon squads, they have refused confrontation. EVERY TIME.

    And so your implication of some guilt by association falls flat because there is no association.

    Palin is not the TPP princess, Newt is not the TPP guru. The TPP is committed to principal over party, no taxation without representation and restoration of constitutional law.

    The shooting in Az. was a national tradedy for all citizens. That is the only statement any citizen need make.

18. 
    Tea Party Dem said at 11:54 pm on January 11th, 2011:

    The first sin and horror was the shooting itself and the innocents victimized. The second sin and horror was the shallow, hypocritical shrieks of the MSM and leftist radicals contorting themselves and the facts. Blame Sarah Palin, Beck, Levin, Savage and now insult Ms. Gonzalez? When will the fog of bigotry, prejudice and plain ignorance be lifted from the radical left, her sycophants and useful idiots? I’ll tell you when, 2013. That is when the patriotic, forthright Tea Party Movement sweeps these miscreants from every office of power and cements our Constitutional God given rights once and for all. At that point they can huddle in the alleys, sewers and garbage dumps and chortle to one another their hollow, baseless banter of lies.

19. 
    JJ said at 12:55 am on January 12th, 2011:

    Sarah Palin did not remove the “crosshairs” map even after Congresswoman Giffords publicly stated she felt threatened by it. It took the killing of a nine year child and five others and a bullet in the head of Ms. Giffords to get Palin to finally remove it. What more needs to be said here?

20. 
    NotBuyingIt said at 4:59 pm on January 12th, 2011:

    With all due respect to Ms. Gonzalez, the foot soldiers of the Bayshore Tea Party, as evidenced on this Youtube video, appear to be a group of poorly informed, easily manipulated citizens who cannot really explain, beyond catch phrases like “out of control spending, Obama, and “healthcare debacle”, what their vision for America is.
    Since the “out of control spending” clearly pre-dated Obama by many years, where was the Tea Party then? Where were all you “patriots” during the George W. Bush years?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hiLR6cXcog

21. 
    Barbara Gonzalez said at 12:39 am on January 14th, 2011:

    That video was from the very early days of the Bayshore Tea Party Group. Please feel free to find out what those “footsoldiers” are accomplishing now. You may actually be impressed..or not. Either way, these are people who are actively walking the walk.