It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) had convened a small meeting with donors who had contributed thousands of dollars to his previous campaigns... "They were upset with me," Inglis recalls. "They are all Glenn Beck watchers." About 90 minutes into the meeting, as he remembers it, "They say, 'Bob, what don't you get? Barack Obama is a socialist, communist Marxist who wants to destroy the American economy so he can take over as dictator. Health care is part of that. And he wants to open up the Mexican border and turn [the US] into a Muslim nation.'" Inglis didn't know how to respond...The rest of the story is at Mother Jones.
Inglis, who boasts (literally) a 93 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, received the wrath of the tea party, losing to Gowdy 71 to 29 percent. In the weeks since, Inglis has criticized Republican House leaders for acquiescing to a poisonous, tea party-driven "demagoguery" that he believes will undermine the GOP's long-term credibility...
I sat down, and they said on the back of your Social Security card, there's a number. That number indicates the bank that bought you when you were born based on a projection of your life's earnings, and you are collateral. We are all collateral for the banks. I have this look like, "What the heck are you talking about?" I'm trying to hide that look and look clueless. I figured clueless was better than argumentative. So they said, "You don't know this?! You are a member of Congress, and you don't know this?!" And I said, "Please forgive me. I'm just ignorant of these things." And then of course, it turned into something about the Federal Reserve and the Bilderbergers and all that stuff. And now you have the feeling of anti-Semitism here coming in, mixing in. Wow.Inglis is a casualty of the tea party-ization of the Republican Party. Given the decisive vote against him in June, it's clear he was wiped out by a political wave that he could do little to thwart.
04 August 2010
A Republican (ex-)congressman decries the Tea Party
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How can these people be so incredibly ignorant? Inglis may be one of the last genuine Republicans. The party seems to consist of lunatics and idiots. And I used to be a Republican...
ReplyDeleteThey are that ignorant because they eagerly lap up the lies of a truly sinister group of demagogues intent on transforming America into a National Socialist state.
ReplyDeleteHas anybody realized that the Tea Party is not a Republican organization? Has anybody also realized that the Tea Party also argues with Republican practices in the Government? Has anybody also realized that the Tea Party is ideologically focused around adherence to the U.S. Constitution and that, therefore, National Socialism is a ridiculous claim?
ReplyDeleteJust wondering
i used to be a Republican too - this country desperately needs a 3rd party
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