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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 719428" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/23/threats-against-legislators-captured-on-video/#more-110550" target="_blank">http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/23/threats-against-legislators-captured-on-video/#more-110550</a></p><p><strong><a href="http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/23/threats-against-legislators-captured-on-video/" target="_blank">Threats Against Legislators Captured on Video!</a></strong></p><p></p><p> by <strong><a href="http://biggovernment.com/author/jpollak" target="_blank"> Joel B. Pollak </a> </strong> They came to the Capitol in their thousands. They waved angry signs and shouted at the legislators inside the building. They even issued direct threats against politicians who refused to do their bidding–threats that could reasonably be interpreted as violent:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">They can run, but they can’t hide. We’re gonna be over there this afternoon, and we’re gonna find you. And if you try to leave town without doing your job, we’re gonna chase you. And when you come back home, we’ll be there.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>No, it wasn’t the Tea Party protest against the health care bill last month in Washington, D.C. It was the protest that union leaders staged in Springfield, Illinois this week, calling on state legislators to raise taxes–or else.</p><p>The threats were direct, they were physical, and they were made in broad daylight. Yet there was no outrage from a media that has, in general, been at great pains to cast the Tea Party movement as violent and extreme.</p><p></p><p>The man delivering the threats was Henry Bayer, director of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). But there are plenty of union workers who would prefer to keep their jobs without paying higher taxes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 719428, member: 12952"] [url]http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/23/threats-against-legislators-captured-on-video/#more-110550[/url] [B][URL='http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/23/threats-against-legislators-captured-on-video/']Threats Against Legislators Captured on Video![/URL][/B] by [B][URL='http://biggovernment.com/author/jpollak'] Joel B. Pollak [/URL] [/B] They came to the Capitol in their thousands. They waved angry signs and shouted at the legislators inside the building. They even issued direct threats against politicians who refused to do their bidding–threats that could reasonably be interpreted as violent: [INDENT]They can run, but they can’t hide. We’re gonna be over there this afternoon, and we’re gonna find you. And if you try to leave town without doing your job, we’re gonna chase you. And when you come back home, we’ll be there. [/INDENT] No, it wasn’t the Tea Party protest against the health care bill last month in Washington, D.C. It was the protest that union leaders staged in Springfield, Illinois this week, calling on state legislators to raise taxes–or else. The threats were direct, they were physical, and they were made in broad daylight. Yet there was no outrage from a media that has, in general, been at great pains to cast the Tea Party movement as violent and extreme. The man delivering the threats was Henry Bayer, director of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). But there are plenty of union workers who would prefer to keep their jobs without paying higher taxes. [/QUOTE]
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