CNN:  Wasserman Schultz reminds America that "words matter" when her friends are in the cross hairs.

So much for the moratorium on heated rhetoric.

Yesterday, Teamsters President James Hoffa declared all out war on Republicans on behalf of the President.  On the campaign trail in Michigan, Hoffa repeatedly used war lingo urging labor forces to defeat, target, get and "take these son of a bitches out."


Yes, he meant open season on Republicans.  You know, like bang-bang?  Hoffa seemed to take his lead from the President himself, who said, "They bring a knife, we bring a gun."

As a nice guy, I won't attack the eloquent Leftist spokesman for failing to correctly say "sons of bitches."  Nor shall I cry foul on the grounds of equal opportunity by noting that he did not call for killings of "daughters of bitches."  After all, the Angry Left would rapidly note, had a conservative made the statement, that it was typical right wing chauvinism to neglect the women folk.  Affirmative action should put daughters and minority offspring of bitches at the very front of the line, according to far left policy.  But that couldn't be further from the point.

Reassuring news came as "equal opportunity" news outlets quickly condemned Hoffa's extremist remarks.  (Hint: no they didn't.)

Of course, Americans are completely desensitized to such vitriolic war chants coming from the far left (better known as the President's base).  This type of slash and burn rhetoric is nothing new from the cuddly characters you were already warned about in the aftermath of the Gabby Giffords shooting.

For now, let us take deep breaths and count to ten.  Surely, Debbie Wasserman Schultz (the thought police) will swoop in at any moment and declare outrage at such heated, suggestive and dangerous political rhetoric.  The President must be preparing even as I type to deliver a grand speech on the importance of remaining above the fray in such fractious times for fear of inciting the worst elements of our humanity against our dedicated public servants.

You do remember, after all, that words matter.  Or is that only when Republicans speak up?

Minorities vs. Florida Democratic Party (FDP)  as redistricting battle heats up

Florida is in the middle of a huge battle over redistricting. With two new electoral votes and two new congressional districts to create, lawmakers must decide whether they care more about compact districts or minority representation. From both parties, representatives struggle over the definition over the word "fair".

Democrats argue that the current system is far from fair. David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report told 538, "I think anyone would agree that a 19-to-6 edge in the House delegation in Florida is a very overstated advantage for Republicans in a state that voted for Barack Obama." That assessment may seem fair on the surface, but both Republicans and minorities benefit from Florida's districting process.

That process fundamentally changed following the 1990 census, when Democrats still controlled the Florida legislature and wished to secure better minority representation in Congress. According to Sunshine State News, "This deal ensured a GOP majority at the Legislature and gave African-Americans unprecedented levels of representation in Tallahassee. It was a win-win for blacks and Republicans."

But the current system was designed to level the playing field for minorities. Indeed, Florida's minority representatives from both parties have been unequivocally against the Fair Districts Florida amendment. Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Miami) have mounted legal defense funds to reverse the decision, which could decimate their ethnocentric constituencies. Is this fair?

SSN claims that in an effort to white-wash their Party, Florida Democrats have orchestrated the Fair Districts effort in order to squash notions that Democrats are exclusively the Party of minorities. And the interview with Nate Silver proclaims that there is a long history of division among Democrats between minority protection and Party majorities.  Drawnlines hopes readers note this story the next time Republicans are accused of race baiting or being anti-minority.

by Nick Stone of Drawnlines Politics:

The bad news keeps piling up for DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  Notorious for resulting to Blame Bush strategy over economic malaise, DWS was asked by CNN's Ed Henry when President Obama and Democrats will take responsibility for continued pain.  "At what point do you take ownership?"  DWS answered that Democrats do own the current economy and immediately took credit for economic conditions.

DWS: Democrats Own The Economy

Debbie has recently taken heat for hyper-partisan rhetoric without regard to reality.  On Meet the Press, David Gregory pressed DWS after she claimed that President Obama was able to "turn the economy around."  Gregory quickly interjected, "Whoa, whoa.  Let me just stop you there. Clearly, the economy has not been turned around.  You just saw those numbers.  Americans don't believe that's the case." DWS repeated her claims after - you guessed it - blaming George Bush.

DWS: Obama Turned Around the Economy

I challenged Debbie Wasserman Schultz to lead by example when she famously proclaimed that words matter.  The DNC chair urged both parties to beware of demonizing each other in the wake of the Gabby Giffords shooting.  Yet, she has only dialed up her own heated comments since taking the new partisan post.  She recently claimed that the Republican Party has waged a "war on women" and wants to take voting rights "literally back to Jim Crow."  She tried to scare the hell out of old people by claiming that Rep. Paul Ryan's budget would result in patients being dropped.  Politifact rated her comments false.

Will DWS learn from recent missteps and decide that her own words matter?  We continue to hope.

Human Events: 10 Outrageous Quotes from Debbie Wasserman Schultz

This morning, the LA Times reports that the economy added only 54,000 jobs in May. This number is far short of the 190,000 new jobs predicted on average by economists. To make matters worse, unemployment ticked up to to 9.1 percent rather than ticking down slightly as predicted. On the heels of several poor economic indicators and a slumping stock market, Americans are hard pressed to wonder what planet DWS calls home.

NewsMax: Obama thugs plan attacks on potential rivals

Are you better off than you were four years ago? When Americans go to the polls in 2012, the answer for too many voters will be a firm "No." According to Republican candidate Newt Gingrich, "If he was on an equal playing field, he'd lose--on his record, on his values, on his beliefs.” Knowing that the president can't run on his dismal record, Team Obama has formulated a plan to attack his opponents instead. Already, the Obama campaign is developing dossiers against GOP candidates and potentials. News broke this week that the Obama people are even digging up dirt on Chris Christie, who has committed himself against running in 2012. What else would Americans expect from the old-school campaign thugs that surround President Obama?

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Fox News: Pelosi Caught With Hand in Obamacare Waiver Jar

by Nick Stone of Drawnlines Politics:

Today, I'm calling on congressional Republicans to abolish all waivers to Obamacare.  If the plan is good enough for everybody else, then it's good enough for Democrat special interests.

President Obama urged passage of his health care plan on two basic premises: to cover all Americans, and to reduce the costs of medical care.  Even before the law passed, experts warned that Obamacare would achieve neither of those goals and in fact could make America worse off on both counts.  Since its passage, the Obama administration has been issuing exemptions to the law, many requested by the same interests that lobbied for its enactment.  As the latest round of Obamacare waivers was released, we learned that 20 percent went to Nancy Pelosi's district in San Francisco.

According to The Tennessean, 1372 Obamacare waivers have been granted already.  It turns out that many have actually been requested by liberal activist groups, unions, and Democrat lawmakers themselves.  While millions of small businesses and employees brace for the impact of the president's health care plan, the Department of Health and Human Services is letting Obama's liberal allies off the hook.  But if the president's allies thought America needed Obamacare, then why wouldn't they want to participate in it now?

I call on Republican lawmakers to pass a bill requiring that "until such time as Obamacare is repealed in its entirety, all waivers or exemptions to its mandates shall be null and void."  If the president's health care system is good for America, then it's good for his allies.  But if it is too burdensome for Nancy Pelosi's district, then it's too burdensome for us all.

Update: The Heritage Foundation asks this morning, How About a National Obamacare Waiver?

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by Nick Stone of Drawnlines Politics.

Hold all praise and cheer for this week's White House budget proposal.

President Obama said many times during his 2008 campaign that he would rise above partisanship and political games.  He promised through his election that he would make the tough decisions. Yet the can keeps getting kicked down the road and the games continue.  For many Americans, the 2012 Obama budget proposal might be the end of our patience with a presidency in disarray.


The Obama 2012 Budget is $3.73 Trillion. Let's call it what it is: massive.

by Nick Stone of Drawnlines Politics.

As news came this weekend of the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ, friends and colleagues rightly offered condolences and praise for the popular politico.  Particularly close friend and ally Debbie Wasserman-Schultz D-FL issued a statement from her home district about the terrible event, where several bystanders were also killed or maimed.  The representative urged Congress to tone down political rhetoric in the wake of the tragedy and notably expounded that "words matter."

But do words matter to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz?

That proclamation is particularly amusing from Wasserman-Schultz who is known for her own highly partisan rhetoric.  While famous for being dangerously out of touch, Wasserman-Schultz has proven a penchant for keeping a straight face while telling bald faced lies.  She declared that the American people were feeling good about the state of our economy while the unemployment rate soared.  She also claimed on national television that the Obama economic plan would create more jobs in one year than President Bush had in 8.  Of course, that did not pan out to be true.


So do words matter to Wasserman-Schultz, or any other liberal activist for that matter?  Her party could hardly have more blood on their hands on matters of provocation of violence for political gain.  Last year when psychopath James Jay Lee held hostages at the Discovery Channel, the Left immediately blamed Tea Party rhetoric and so-called Right Wing Extremists for his actions.

Just one problem.  It turned out that Lee was an enviro-terrorist Left Wing nutjob, one of their own.  OOPS!

Whether it's liberal activist Jim Jones psyching people into drinking kool-aid on his compound or Barack Obama's friends Bernadette Dorn and William Ayers wishing they had "done more" to wreak havoc on America, Left Wing extremism has run amok in our society for generations.  We might fondly remember the cuddly characters that rioted in the streets of Chicago in 1968, the San Francisco Democrat that shot Harvey Milk, or even the psycho mass murderer (and close friend to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter) John Wayne Gacy. Indeed liberals and violence go together like milk and cookies.  Saul Alinski would be proud.

Update!!!  On RealClearPolitics, Pat Buchanan reminds us that Lee Harvey Oswald - the man who shot Democratic President JFK - was also a Castro-supportive, communist Russian spy.  He continues:

Undeniably, political rhetoric is hotter than it has been since the 1960s and ought to be dialed down. But Barack Obama, talking tough in 2008 about how he would deal with Republican attacks, himself said, "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun. ... Folks in Philly like a good brawl."

In 2010, Obama called on Hispanics to join him and "punish our enemies." Harry Reid in 2009 called Tea Party critics "evil-mongers" who disrupt town-hall meetings with "lies, innuendo and rumors."

Perhaps Wasserman-Schultz will turn over a new leaf and urge her own party to refrain from soaring, lofty, violent rhetoric.  If so, she deserves our praise.  But if she utters the words "Teabagger" or "Right Wing Extremist" to tie one psychopath to a peaceful and purely American movement for her own hyper-partisan opportunism, then she has a place secure in the darkest pits of Hell.

Here's some samples of liberal hatred inciting violence.  Here's more partisan video of what liberals have said so far (below):

Wasserman-Schultz: Republicans Are Bobbleheads


Wasserman-Schultz on Sarah Palin: "More of the Same" "Doesn't Know Much" "Unfit" "Cliff Notes"

Wasserman-Schultz: Bomb Thrower?

And of course let's not forget inspirational, non-partisan rhetoric from other leading liberals!

Pelosi: A Big Fan of Disruptors (except her own)

Obama Mocks Fox News, "Teabaggers"

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