Bashing Pelosi at CPAC – Literally
Feb 17th, 2010 | 22 responses
Oh those wild and crazy conservatives:
Attendees at a conservative conference in town [D.C.] this week will have the opportunity to whack a pinata of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Conservative Political Action Conference “CPAC” begins Thursday here in D.C. and will feature a party Friday evening where guests will have the opportunity to whack a Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) piñata.
On the other hand, Harry Reid will be there in punching bag form. Is there some gender discrimination going on there? Why aren’t they both piñatas – or punching bags?
Republicans to check in with and why:
Maine’s US Senator Susan Collins and Idaho Republican Mike Crapo - who co-sponsored Amy Klobuchar’s S. Res. 327, an Oct. 2009 resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2009. did as well. It passed by unanimous consent.
The House version, H. Res. 817, authored by Al Green (D-TX9), was co-sponsored by Judy Biggert (R-IL13), Dan Burton (R-IN5), Shelly Capito (R-WV2), Michael Conaway (R-TX11), Erik Paulson (R-MN3), Ted Poe (R-TX2), Bill Posey (R-FL15) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL18). It passed by unanimous consent. Burton and Poe also co-sponsored H.R. 840 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act that was introduced on February 3, 2009.
Crapo sponsored, and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator who is up for re-election, David Vitter co-sponsored, S. Res. 391 A resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. It passed by unanimous consent on January 21.
Just some wild and crazy guys. Or not.
Cross-posted in part from Writes Like She Talks.
22 Responses to “Bashing Pelosi at CPAC – Literally”
But violence is funny, Jill! Oh wait…it's not.
On the other hand, we should recall how many on the left stood in line to throw shoes at effigy Bush. (Different in that it wasn't sponsored by a major political group.)
No question – I posted this knowing that there are plenty of examples of kinda sorta similar stuff from recent memory and probably past history. But yeah, it's just never okay with some of us – well, me.
And hopefully more than just some of us. I honestly do not understand the mindset that thinks this is all okay – I just don't.
Pardon my using an internet meme, but *facepalm*. I am a very conservative Republican, and I find things like using these officials as pinatas/punching bags offensive, and childish. Then again, that's typical of the CPAC type Republican.
David Vitter?? ROTFL!
Exhibit A on why the Republican party is ridiculous in its suckitude.
Someone, please try and justify this. Please. I would welcome it.
Please try and justify how f***ing funny the notion of puching a couple of septugenarians in effigy, is.
Oh, yeah, while you're at it, give me a rational explanation for those bone in the nose Obama posters.
Yep — I'm with ya, Jill.
Thank you for sharing that. I know you are not alone.
To ward off any serious citizens wandering near the echo chamber.
Because the Right is way more green than they are given credit.
Those are all recycled Bush as Hitler and Bush as a chimp posters.
“But yeah, it's just never okay with some of us – well, me.
And hopefully more than just some of us. I honestly do not understand the mindset that thinks this is all okay – I just don't.”
I agree totally, Jill.
Name-calling, and pseudo-violence does NOTHING. It does nothing when libs do it and it does nothing when cons do it. It's one of the things that drives me nuts on TMV from time to time. People resort to it when their arguments stop holding water.
Though they weakly try to spin this as Pelosi/Reid being symbols of bloated budgets, there is no way this is a good thing. Bashing effigies of political opponents is not cool.
I love when we agree!
I also just wish they'd use the time to do smart things – like come up with plans that reasonable people might listen to about how to solve really big problems.
I just keep wondering, when does that phase of the anger end – when do they get down to business to help solve the problems?
Oh, you poor thing, you misunderstood me.
I said try to justify THIS behavior, not misdirect the conversation to address all the wrongs festering under your pancake makeup.
Just so you know, I have no interest in a back and forth with ya: THIS behavior, which is the matter at hand, cannot be justified by any sensible person.
I did not misunderstand you – you just need remedial humor training.
I'm not offended in the least by this, nor was I by the people throwing shoes at or burning an effigy of George Bush. I do find it extremel childish, however, and think it speaks badly of those who are doing it.
The only thing that I do find offensive is when effigies of US soldiers are made and burned or otherwise abused by American citizens. I wont stop them, as it is their right for free speech, but I do find such folk offensive in the extreme.
I've written before (tho not on this forum I think) that calling something offensive is not all that valuable because it's so subjective – and so I have not called this offensive. Actions definitely speak louder than words in this kind of a situation anyway and people will indeed draw their own conclusions.
Jill, you will note I qualified it by writing it as my own opinion not as an absolute. If someone else doesn't find burning effigies of our soldiers offensive I support their right to do so, even while thinking that such a person is scum.
S_l — You seem to say that a lot. Maybe you're not doin' it right.
Some people agree with you, some with me.
Joke them if they can't take a f, I always say!
Look at the bright side. At least they didn't throw darts at (not to mention they didn't mock-lynch) the President.
I was simply commenting on my opinion about the notion of offensive but thanks for your clarification.