Clyburn To Cantor: Dems Aren't The Ones Fanning The Flames (VIDEO)

I would suggest that the most effective response would be to brush these acts off with contemptuous ridicule. Yes, the perps are unbalanced and more than a little dangerous, but they measure 'success' by the amount of fear they can generate and they recoil from mockery. Just sayin'

Unless Beck, Hannity, et.al. condemn the violence, then keep up the pressure on the Republicans to condemn it. Otherwise, it is no more than a wink-wink by the Republicans, and the Fox noise machine goes into high gear.

Boehner and Cantor stated they don't condone violence. Not condoning it is far less than condemning it.

"I do not condone violence," Cantor said on Capitol Hill on Thursday. "There are no leaders in the building, no rank and file members that condone violence, period."

Well, how about condemning it with strong words?

I do not expect the violence to end until someone is fatally injured. There has been no reduction in the inciteful rhetoric of the GOPers or their mouthpieces so far this week. Further, attempts to rationalize the violence as Boehner did on the House floor makes the problem only worse.

I love how the right loves to claim equivalency between the current anti-reform terror campaign and the violence of the Unabomber, Earth Liberation Front, or the anarchists who attached themselves to the anti-war movement.
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Here's the difference: There were no Democratic congressmen cheering on the Unabomber or the anarchists or the ELF. There were no radio or TV pundits spewing eliminationist rhetoric designed to fit their radical, violent agenda.

At this late date, the best the Republicans can do is to say, well, yeah, violence is uncool, but the Dems brought it on themselves by passing this Nazi, Socialist, baby-killing health care bill.

I like: "Get over it. You lost."

Or, "Sore Losers"

A couple of things for Republicans to ponder:

1--If someone gets killed or badly hurt due to your ravings, I will hate you. Not to worry about this one. I despise you already, but please go to number 2.

2--If some gets killed or badly hurt due to your ravings, America will hate you and for a very, very long time.

Kind regards.

i'm glad that Rep Clyburn said something about this issue. i consider him to be my representative since mine, Gresham Barrett, has remained silent in all of this. thanks, Rep Clyburn.

It would be presumptuous to think anybody would have any better vision about how to get a handle on this bubbling cauldron of proto-potential-domestic-terrorism than these civil rights icons, like John Lewis, James Clyburn, etc... They get more, "been there, done that," points than anyone else involved. The mere fact that they're speaking out catches my attention, 'cause they know the smell of a bad moment in history, from the subtlest nuance all the way on up. They seem to be calling for de-escalation and straight-up law enforcement. At least this time around the cops and the FBI are trying to protect them.

The Republicans, I fear, are not on board with the program. Eric Cantor is especially ludicrous. A sane man worried about random gunfire (not too trifling a concern in his home district, I'm sure) would endorse stronger gun control, not less (or none). Whatta douche. Am I the only one to see that he's a total closet queen, by the way? I'm gay too, so I don't mean that as a slam, but Eric Cantor isn't being fully candid about more than just his single-bullet-theory...