Stupak's voice mails ain't so friendly

Bart Stupak is receiving some ugly messages from all those good Christian folk.

CBS News Reports

"Congressman Stupak, you baby-killing mother f***er... I hope you bleed out your a**, got cancer and die, you mother f***er," one man says in a message to Stupak.
"There are millions of people across the country who wish you ill," a woman says in a voicemail, "and all of those thoughts that are projected on you will materialize into something that's not very good for you."

CBS News also obtained copies of faxes sent to Stupak, which include racial epithets used in reference to President Obama and show pictures of nooses with Stupak's name.


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Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said that the windows of her Niagara Falls office were broken, and she received a voicemail referencing snipers, CBS News' Jill Jackson reports. The police, FBI and Capitol Police are all investigating the incident.

Slaughter released a statement condemning Republicans for encouraging activity that has "coarsened the debate, inflamed tensions and contributed to an increase in incivility."

MICHAEL STEELE said that Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be put on 'the firing line,'" Slaughter said. "SARAH PALIN said 'don't retreat - reload.' And House Minority Leader JOHN BOEHNER said that a Democratic member of Congress who supported health care reform would be a 'dead man.'"

Other Democrats who have been the target of verbal threats or vigilante style tactics include Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Reps. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio), Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) and Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.)'s brother

House Republican Leader JOHN BOEHNER responded to the incidents today on Fox News, saying the GOP does not encourage that type of behavior.

"There are a lot of angry Americans, and they are angry over this health care bill," BOEHNER said. "They're angry about the fact that the Democrats here in Washington aren't listening to them. But I've got to tell you that violence and threats are unacceptable. It is not the American way."

What a crock of unadulterated road apples. This lying moron deliberately plays on the emotions of the extremests and says nothing when the situation only gets out of hand "a little." Then he gets on Fox News, of course, and excuses this criminal behavior by, in effect, blaming it on the Democrats. I mean it's the Democrats' fault that the people are angry. Right?

Tea Baggers just keep on showing their classless asses - guns and updates

Things seem to be getting pretty heated in the Capitol with crowds of anti-Reform/Tea Party activists going through the halls shouting slogans and epithets at Democratic members of Congress.

As our Brian Beutler reports, a few moments ago in Longworth office building, a group swarmed a very calm looking Henry Waxman, as he got on the elevator, with shouts of "Kill the bill!" "You liar! You crook!"

Not long before, Rep. Barney Frank got an uglier version of the treatment. Just after Frank rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you faggot." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in laughter.

At one point, Capitol police officer threatened to throw a group of protestors out of the building but that only seemed to inflame them more; and apparently none were ejected. Note that this was in the Longworth building, not the Capitol building proper. But I'm a bit surprised that this is being allowed to occur anywhere in the Capitol complex. From Brian's description it sounds like menacing.

If this were the 60s, their classless asses would be in jail. At least they could have been moved outside where they could still exercise their Freedom of Speech and their abject stupidity.

UPDATE: TPM reports that those good Christian Tea Buggers yelled "nigger" at Rep. John Lewis (D-GA).
It'll be interesting to see how the MSM covers this.

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UPDATE: The Washington Post: "Some protesters cursed at lawmakers and at one point -- when Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wanted to walk across the street to an office building -- he was ushered into a car by his security detail and driven a couple hundred feet through the screaming crowd."

Not surprisingly Fox News reported there were "thousands" of protesters. The WP estimated hundreds.