Lanny Davis wants you photographed and investigated

The consigliere to the Clinton thugocracy decries the taxpayer counterinsurgency — and calls on left-wing hitmen to photograph and investigate Obamacare protesters to prove that they are being “paid” by the “Republican right” to express their opinions and demand accountability from their congressional representatives (never mind that so many of these protests have been aimed at Republicans who have betrayed their principles).
The “shout downs” organized by the Republican right meet one of the classic definition of “fascist” tactics–defined as using shouting and disruption to deprive the civil and respectful debate of ideas. There is literally no defense to these tactics. I don’t criticize those who feel genuine anger or fear and show up to meetings to express those emotions. But I do call out the tactic of screaming and disrupting a meeting and the fact that this is a systematic tactic by thugs who want to prevent civil discourse, not promote it.
Let’s have the media name names, publish photographs, and do interviews of those responsible for approving, even organizing these techni[q]ues. And let’s find an investigative journalist – are there many left – to prove these so-called grassroots shouters are, or are not, being paid.
Wear your best Brooks Brothers shirt and say cheese!
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If I lived in DC I’d go down to Lanny’s law office, stand on the sidewalk and photograph anyone going in or out. How fast do you think he’d call the cops?
Meanwhile, what Lanny is doing can’t be called much other than fascism.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Of course he knows.
What people are finally realizing is that, as a liberal hack, he doesn’t CARE.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
It’s odd that more posters here are not fmailiar with Jonah Goldberg’s seminal work “Liberal Fascism”, which conclusively demonstrates that fascism was primarily an ideology “from the left”, rather than being “conservative” or from the right.
Read the book. It can be a slog at times, but once you see the case he’s made (heavily footnoted, I might add) you will never look at Woodrow Wilson, and FDR, (Or Teddy Roosevelt, for that matter), and “Progressives” the same way again.
Lanny,you snivelling little maggot! You like most liberals need a severe a_ _ whipping and I think your time is coming.
I did not read Goldberg’s book, but did see him speak about it.
I really don’t need his book to know that. Reading the Nazi Party Platform was more than enough for me.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
No American has a right to expression totally without consequence.
The 1st Amendment limits government intrusion into our speech, but does not protect us totally from private repercussions for using our rights to expression.
Lanny the Slut’s call for press examination of anti-Oba-mao people is not a violation of our 1st Amendment rights. It is a lot of other things, but not that.
I recommend you, and everyone else, read it.
I learned a great deal, and I’m not a historical boob.
Shoutdowns? You mean like the shoutdowns of Ann Coulter, David Horowitz and other conservative speakers on college campuses across America?
Disruptions? You mean like the ones Code Pink engages in, right there in Congress?
Violence? You mean like all those anti-globalism riots the left-loons engage in?
Once again Lanny David reveals himself to be nothing more than a goon and a thug.
Lanny and the lefties are really playing with fire here. The NRA ought to take out an ad praising the 2nd Amendment, and subtly reminding the left that there are several hundred milion weapons in the hands of the citizenry, with majority held by those on the right.
DavidDavisAlinsky pointed out one of the dangers that can occur with community organizations. Such power groups can fall prey to a fascist leader who wants to destroy democracy.
So who are the real fascists here? Those who want to preserve our freedom of choice and our way of life, or those who want to cram their socialist agenda down our throats without debate and without our consent?
rightwingrocker, It’s not what you “know” that is at issue here.
As Davis’s claims indicate, THE LEFT equates all fascism with Naziism, which they portray as being a right-wing, hence “conservative” movement.
Goldberg provides the historical evidence and reams of facts whereby conservatives can refute that claim.
Every conservative can benefit from being able to do that.
The far left Dems are the new Stazi.
Turn the page…
I recommend Dr. Zero you all of you. I’ve read many of his pieces, and have yet to find one that I take strong exception to…or much of any exception.
And while you’re at it, you might want to get “The Forgotten Man” by Amity Shlaes, “Vision of the Annointed” by Thomas Sowell, and, for a quick, fun “red meat” read, “Liberty and Tyranny” by Levin, just to name a few…
Major O: amen, bro! I haven’t read Shlaes, but I intend to get to it.
Major, I HIGHLY recommend Basic Economics by Dr. Sowell, as well.
Lanny Davis is still alive? I thought this worm had gone under a rock. Apparently the Democrats need to bring out every “star” they have, and Janine Garofolo wasn’t cutting it so they went to Mr. Smooth Cigar-Enabler-In-Chief.
This guy gives Washington a bad name, which is hard to do, considering the one it presently has.
http://vimeo.com/5702720
This is EXCELLENT. Wu meets Samuri Mom.
Tea Party Nation is a typical group of Americans that are socializing and talking about these issues. We are not funded by Republicans, insurance companies or any of the the newly vilified groups the libs name. Yet, we are organized, and showing up at the libs and politicians scheduled events all over the country! We also have a Michelle Malkin group there. Come join us and see we are all just like you- regular Americans!
I just sent my email to flag@whitehouse.gov:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/05/revealed-lefts-dishonesty-about-republican-mobs-somehow-even-worse-than-thought/
More on the FABULIST character of the MOB trope.
Sorry, the last civilian suit I bought was Pierre Cardin, and it doesn’t fit anymore. I don’t wear my dress greens or dress blues since I retired. Will a loud Hawai’ian shirt and khakis do?
Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force! Hey, Lannie! Where’s my check? The resistance is here; the resistance is now! RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ECS
Make it jeans and ropers, and you’ve got my daily wear, ECS…!!!
I wear lightweight zip-side “duty boots” with most of my outfits because I ride my motorscooter (100 mpg) most of the time. I’m just waiting for some leftist to describe them as “stormtrooper boots.” I had to buy them because my last pair of Army Clothing Sales Store issue boots just wore out.
Jeans and T-shirts (with my friends’ band and my brother-in-law’s business logos on them) are real big with me, too.
ECS
I’ve been calling and faxing my congressman and senators for years….Where the heck is my paycheck???
Where do I get that free busride to the events…..
signed ,A Future MOB member
You missed the memo? Why, all of the rest of us are swimming in payola, and they buses are lined up around my house!
Shoot, I have at least 50 insurance company checks laying around here I haven’t bothered to cash.
Now they give you the DNC’s phone number. Call it just for the humor. Couldn’t they have found a better person for the auto attendant announcement. Seesh.
Someone should send Lanny a copy of Jonah Goldberg’s “Liberal Fascism” if he really wants to know who the fascists are. Of course he wouldn’t read it.
Yes, I think everyone at these Obamascare protests, and all tea parties from here on out, should don Brooks Bros shirts. Men and women alike. (God, I hope the owners of BB are Republicans.)
I predict their stock will soar.
People that are as ignorant and dependent on absolute guidance as the liberal foot soldiers, naturally do not have the ability to believe that there is anyone that could be more intelligent and well informed, as well as act independently of the “Great Oz” (as I like to call Obambi).
Here’s a 2008 profile of Jen O’Malley Dillon. It’s a good starting place.
Hey, nobody has to pay me to “express my opinion” and “demand accountability from my congressional representative”. I do this all the time, for free. Here in America, they call it “freedom”. Memo to Lanny Davis, Sir: what planet are you from?
I see that the Obamaroids have applied Saul Alinsky’s RULE #12 to the honest and decent objectors to the socialization of the U.S.:
Maybe the liberals should recall this old legal adage:
Soooo….
all a big misunderstanding….???
Alinsky also said: “make the opposition live by its own rules.”
So OF COURSE the left demands that we “make nice”, because that is what we “do”; civility is one of our values.
But if incivility isn’t called for when one’s economic and personal liberty is on the line I don’t know when it ever is.
Quaere: you think we can politely ask Lanny precisely WHEN we will be free to act as ACORN always has?
Snork!
It’s too bad they don’t make suppository-sized IEDs. The phrase “shove it” would have a whole new meaning.
It is strangely similar to when one sibling annoyingly starts mimicking another. Then gets really angry when the other sibling starts mimicking back.
The pronouncements of the DNC, the White House Disinformation office, etc. have two charateritics:
1) The are indicative of Obama’s lifelong behavior.
2) They are stupid.
I suggest we do everything we can to keep the pressure on the Dear Leader. We have all criticized his lack of experience and his deeply seated ideological roots. He has a thin skin and an ego the size of Montana
WELLLLLLLL ……… time to take advantage of those traits and tendencies. He is responding in the only way he knows and he has a temper. The more angry he is the more mistakes he will make.
If he wins on Sotomayer and Cash for Clunkers who cares. The keys are Cap and Trade and Obamacare. That’s where the fight needs to be taken. Additionally, the exposure of the radicals and corruption among his appointees and groups like ACORN. THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE IN ATTACKING THE PRESIDENT OR HIS WIFE DIRECTLY.
He will get sympathy from that. His buddies, associations, and his socialist plans are a target rich environment for us to exploit and will serve as a reflection of WHO Obama is.
His only hope is to pass his legislation by end of this year. I he cannot he is toast and he knows it. Long term our ideas will carry the day. We need to delay, delay, delay every chance we get while articulating solutions that are based on freedom of choice. If we can provide solutions that retain people’s freedom of choice, Obama loses.
They can portray fascism and Nazism as right-wing all they want.
Doesn’t make it so. Their ideology is far closer to Nazi/fascist ideology than anything any American conservative does. Truth be told, they know it. Their portrayal is projection, pure and simple.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Because the Left bussed people to protests and paid people to appear they assume we do the same. They’re projecting.
Drudge FLASH:
Please call your Senators and tell them that they cannot vote to confirm Sotomayor until they Support and Defend the Constitution of the United States and put to rest the doubts that the Supreme Court itself acknowledged exist about Obama’s Constitutional eligibility to hold the office of President!
LIE: If Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Hawaii, then he is undoubtedly a “natural born citizen” and Constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President and Commander in Chief.
TRUTH: The United States Supreme Court, in the 1885 case of Minor v Happersett made it clear that the 14th Amendment (by then part of the Constitution) defines citizenship and does not define “natural born citizen“-ship. The Supreme court had doubts that a person in Obama’s situation (born to a foreign father who was never a U.S. Citizen) could be considered a “natural born citizen”. Therefore they had doubts that a person in Obama’s situation could be Constitutionally eligible to be President and Commander in Chief.
It is now necessary to confirm the details of Obama’s birth and resolve these doubts.
To “support and defend the Constitution of the United States” and put this issue to rest, two very simple, very reasonable things need to happen:
1) Congress must personally inspect a certified copy of Obama’s original birth certificate, sent to them under seal directly from the State of Hawaii. (Just as was done with the certification of the Electoral College vote)
2) Congress must ask the Supreme Court to clarify the meaning of the Constitutional phrase “Natural Born Citizen”, so that it can be clearly seen whether or not Barack Hussein Obama II is Constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President and Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces.
Good.
If you know neither yourself, nor your enemy you will be in peril every battle.
Sun Tzu
Minor v. Happersett’s holding involved a woman’ claim to a right to vote in a state, a claim the court did NOT uphold.
All the stuff about natural -born citizens was “mere dictum”, various statements and assertions that provided a background for the court’s decision.
In some cases such language might offer insights into judicial thinking at the time, but it does not provide precedent for determining the outcome of a future case.
It’s not a good case for birthers to rely on.
Where my check. Yeah barry you give america a bad name. We going to take you down with facts. Try to stop us if you can.
http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/08/barbara-boxer-forgot-about-crawford-texas/
A little retrospective, just to illustrate what a truly put-up protest looks like.
According to 5 U.S.C. § 552a, United States agencies, including the Executive Office of the President shall, “maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.”
In addition to actually reading any bill they try to shove down our throats, perhaps the boys and girls in DC should try reading the Constitution as well.
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/lb0806cd20090805125456.jpg
Good
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/gm09080420090805120036.jpg
“But I do call out the tactic of screaming and disrupting a meeting and the fact that this is a systematic tactic by thugs who want to prevent civil discourse, not promote it.”
Well Lanny, George Bush certainly would agree with you on that, now wouldn’t he? You know, 8 years with all those screaming Repub mobsters!
Birther troll!
/sarcasm
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
RWR,
If Sotomayor is confirmed,
you will have not only an illegitimate usurper in the Oval Office but also an illegitimate Justice on the Supreme Court for life.
It’s nothing to joke about.
Do you really think the socialists in the Republican Party are going to even think about stopping her?
Phht.
If it is determined that Soetoro is not a natural-born citizen, then EVERY decision made by him while in office, as well as while a candidate for office, is null and void.
This includes legislation signed and nominations made – Soto and Biden are no exceptions.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Who’s joking?
It’s time people woke up to the importance of the birther movement. Even our esteemed host is on the wrong side of the issue. If conservatives were smart, they would have either joined us or remained silent on the issue, in case it were needed (and it looks like it may be) to justify impeachment proceedings and other actions to reverse the damage this evil man has done.
By siding with Soetoro, they have weakened that argument considerably, and done so in a fashion that may very well make it impossible to enforce this very important Constitutional provision.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com