Dale Robertson, the self-proclaimed “founder” of the tea party movement, speaking of teabag terrorism in the Washington Times yesterday:
“These people could be anybody. I wouldn’t put it past the Democrats to plant somebody there,” Mr. Robertson said. “They’re trying to label the tea party, but I’ve never seen any racial slurs.”
Dale Robertson photographed in January:
The right-wing Times offered this quote:
Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer also told the Associated Press on Thursday that there was “no evidence that annoying, harassing or threatening telephone calls or e-mails are coordinated.”
It’s a misleading quote. An army of zombies wouldn’t display “coordination” either –all you have to do is release them into the streets with their hunger for brains, and they’ll do the rest on their own. Dale Robertson is Exhibit A for the non-coordinated nature of the teabag terror.
Which brings us to Michael Steele, who yesterday rejected a proposal* from his Democratic equivalent to sign a joint declaration calling for civility:
Republicans see the statement as an attempt to force them to either reject the statement — allowing Democrats to say the RNC finds the incidents acceptable — or to sign on to something that the DNC would later wield against them.
By not joining the statement, Steele IS saying he finds the incidents acceptable. That Republicans fear such a statement might be used against them later means they have no control over the teabag terror and fully intend to let it run rampant. That’s not “coordination,” it’s permission, which is all the lone wolves out there need.
*Continuing my boycott of POLITICO links: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/35096.html
