Representative Steve Cohen calls the Tea Party “domestic enemies” while misrepresenting the oath of office
I cannot recall another time in my lifetime when there was such an effort by a political party to criminalize opposition to the president. The Tea Party has been called hostage takers, terrorists with bombs strapped to their chests, extortionists, arsonists, extremists, and the list goes on and on. What is this hateful rhetoric if it is not an attempt to silence all opposition to the president and create what amounts to one party rule?
The latest Democrat to try to criminalize the Tea Party is Representative Steve Cohen from Tennessee. This is what he had to say:
“But I know some of the members there — and a lot of those members — they’re rabid, they’re sophomoric, literally, they’re second term in Congress, never worked in politics before, and they think they are somehow like — it’s all talked in military terms. They think they’re some kind of guerrillas there to strike a blow for freedom
The implication here is clear: Career politicians are good while the whole idea of a citizen legislature is something to be abhorred. This, of course, is contrary to the very founding of this nation because the founders believed that citizens could govern themselves, in fact that is the whole premise behind the constitution and our founding.
It is interesting to note at this point that people like Steve Cohen see the Tea Party as guerrilla fighters who are fighting against the government but these same people refer to al Qaeda fighters as freedom fighters and not terrorists, but I digress.
But he doesn’t stop there, he continues:
I think they may try to pull this off again,” he continued. “What John Boehner is going to have to do is decide that he’s not going to be speaker in 2015 and work with the same crew that gave us the opening-up of government. Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic caucus and give or take 80 reasonable Republicans and pass some bills to avoid another CR problem and shutdown and avoid the debt crisis, protect the country from these people, who really, you got to think, we take an oath to support the country against all enemies foreign and domestic, and these are the domestic enemies
There you have it, if you oppose the Democrats you are a domestic enemy. This is the mindset of the current Democrats in Washington. But the part of the comment I find most interesting is when Steve Cohen states that all members of the Congress take an oath to “support the country” against all enemies foreign and domestic.
There is not one member of the Congress, nor the president, who has ever taken an oath to “support the country.” Every member of the Congress, and the president, has taken an oath to protect and defend the constitution not the country and the difference is great, they are not always one and the same as we have seen. The difference between “supporting the country” and protecting and defending the constitution could not be more clear.
When the government acts contrary to the constitution it is the responsibility and the duty of all members of the Congress to protect the constitution over the will of the government. It is not the responsibility, nor the duty, of the Congress to support the government when it refuses to adhere to the constitution and this is the very foundation upon which the United States was founded.
But this concept is foreign to people like Steve Cohen who obviously feels as if the government is always right and always has the best interests of the people at heart. People like Steve Cohen want the American people to blindly follow the government even when it is at odds with the constitution and it is clear to me he has no concept of the principles upon which this nation was founded.
I find this mindset to be more disheartening than anything else this government has thrust upon us over the years because I fear this mindset is prevalent on both sides of the aisle by the ruling class elite and I consider anyone who holds this idea at the heart of their policy decisions to be a domestic enemy to the constitution for they care not about their oath of office as is evidenced by Steve Cohen’s misrepresentation of the oath of office.
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It’s hard not to get discouraged. The man is either stupid or he knows he is shoveling Alinsky BS. I suspect the latter. They believe it is their country and that we are the enemies. If ObamaCare dosen’t win the young people to our side, we are in a lot trouble.
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I second your call on Alinsky BS.
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I third that!
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Indeed.
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You nailed it; that was going to be my comment for these TRAITORS . . . . you can complain about my rhetoric, but these idiot leftists ARE in fact the enemy. Tar & Feathering is in order! Our forefathers would have been shooting.
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They are purposely trying to insight violence, of that I am sure. And when it happens look for Obama to put the clamp down!
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It is Alinsky pure and simple. He was Obama’s mentor and he obviously learned well.
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Reblogged this on Brittius.com.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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Reblogged this on Cmblake6's Weblog and commented:
The TEA Party represents those who still love this nation, her historic level of success in our time of existence, and wish to keep America free.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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It was well worth sharing!
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As the saying goes, You are what you eat, and as the right continues to eat shit the party is turning to shit. This clown Cohen, as with all democrats, is given free reign with the media in his pocket; that same media which no republican will criticize and call it what it is. It’s business as usual.
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You nailed it, he will not be held accountable for such inflaming rhetoric because when push comes to shove the MSM agrees with him and the Republicans don’t have the balls to call him out.
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Great stuff. Then when you look at how Liberals portray Obama it’s the opposite:
Bill Maher: Obama modulated to the center out of fear of assassination, hate
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/12/bill-maher-obama-modulated-to-the-center-out-of-fear-of-assassination-hate/#ixzz2iHJByWhQ
The Tea Party, which wants less debt, are terrorists, Obama, who is helping to create more debt, is being “moderate” because he fears assassination (obviously by the Tea Party).
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I read that statement from Maher and all I can say is what an idiot! He must be the only person in America who thinks that Obama is a centrist.
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That’s the biggest load of hogwash I have heard in a long time. Obama is as much a centrist as Ronald Reagan was a liberal.
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This man is a danger to the Constitution, but he sees it differently. The media will report like the good followers they have become, doesn’t matter if it is correct or not. There was a time that the media did the vetting that was necessary before reporting on something. Those times are gone. For the Democrats to be telling the Republicans how to do things, shows how low we have fallen. The Republicans had best start stepping up to the plate and stand with the people on this, or one of two things will happen….we will either NOT go to the polls for the next election and they will lose OR we will go to polls and vote 3rd party, same outcome, they will lose. Their choice, are they smart enough to understand that? We will see.
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Speaking of which, I never thought I would feel this way but there is no reason to go to the polls this November in NJ. All elections are local and the locals here are drunk on the Democrat”s’ kool aid. And statewide the republicans and democrats are as different as identical twins at birth. The exception is Governor Chris Christie whom the democrats love more than the republicans do. Barbara Buono-D, his opponent should have left town with her mentor John Corzine. Christie’s 91.1% lead tells me…Stay Home!
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I can see you have “issues” there in NJ. Makes it hard for a law abiding citizen of the USA to want to vote, doesn’t it? You should or could be living in good old Illinois, Peter, the Democrats are not going to relinquish the control here and we wonder why we waste the time to drive to the polls. You are right, there is little difference in the parties anymore. When do you think that the major change came for that? I have different opinions on this, but wonder how the rest of you feel!?!
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The MSM will cover for him because they actually agree with him on this. They won’t even call him out on his misrepresenting the oath of office, can you imagine if it was Michele Bachmann who didn’t understand her oath?
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It is even more painful when your own turn on you.
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It sure is!
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We need to pay attention to what these people are saying. They accuse us of being violent and extremist. I have heard, on more than one occasion, the Tea Party accused of things they were not guilty of. The liberals have been laying a foundation of accusations against the conservatives in America. Call me paranoid if you want, but I don’t trust them. I can’t help but wonder why they have increased their rhetoric and what they have up their sleeve. We need to watch them carefully.
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Reblogged this on disturbeddeputy and commented:
What else should one expect from a lying Marxist?
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Please call Cohens office in Washington D.C. (202-225-3265)if his comments are offensive. No wonder nothing gets done in Washington with these kinds of attacks.
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