posted October 12, 2004 06:28 PM            

Brownshirts on the March
Phil Brennan
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004

They were the thugs Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) used in their drive to power: beating up opponents; destroying polling booths; driving off opposition party voters at the polls; stealing ballot boxes; attacking and trashing opposition party headquarters; and generally brutalizing anybody who dared to oppose their beloved fuehrer.

The SA, or Sturmabteilung, also called 'Brownshirts' were Nazi terrorists in uniform dedicated to intimidating and brutalizing any groups or individuals who stood in their way.

They are of course long since dead, most having been butchered by Hitler's new corps of thugs, the SS, after the SA had outlived their usefulness.

In this election year of 2004 we are witnessing a rebirth of the same kind of political thuggery, this time acting in behalf of the National Socialist Democrat Abortion Party (the new NSDAP).

Consider: "Protesters ransack a Bush campaign headquarters in Orlando, Florida," wrote Wednesday on the Web columnist Kim Weissman. "Bush campaign workers are assaulted in Miami. Shots are fired into Bush campaign offices in Knoxville, Tennessee and Huntington, West Virginia. Republican headquarters in Bozeman, Montana are vandalized, for the second time in a week. The window of the Bush campaign headquarters in Bellevue, Washington is smashed, the office burglarized and computers containing campaign plans are stolen; cars with Bush bumper stickers are vandalized and campaign signs are painted with swastikas and burned."

This kind of unrestrained thuggery is going on all across the nation, and the thugs are all supporters of the new NSDAP - all of them acolytes of the Kerry/Edwards campaign, no matter how loudly the Democratic candidates disavow them.

Wrote Kim: "Scenes such as these used to be the stuff of evening news reports about elections in foreign nations struggling to achieve liberty and representative government; but thanks to the unending torrent of hatred spewed by Democrats and leftists and magnified by the media, these events are now taking place in our own neighborhoods."

Think about it - the mainstream media elite has not bothered to report on this widespread organized brutality. Imagine what their reaction would be if it was being carried out by supporters of George Bush and his Republican colleagues.

Kim Weissman put it this way:

"If such criminal violence had been directed against Kerry campaign offices and workers, the media would be in full-throated hysteria, Democrats would be screaming "hate crimes" and demanding investigations by the Justice Department, and they would also probably seek to involve the U.N. Civil Rights Commission, claiming this to be an organized civil rights violation designed to inhibit voter turnout (with more faith in non-democratic foreign organizations than in their own countrymen, Democrats have already succeeded in getting international monitors to supervise our upcoming election)."

Writing in National Review Online Stanley Kurtz revealed incidences of NSDAP neighborhood terrorism. "Plenty of folks told me that their cars had been keyed, dented, or had windows smashed in for carrying a Bush-Cheney bumper sticker. Nasty notes left on the windshield are common. And some drivers get cut off in traffic and flipped off by cars sporting Kerry bumper stickers. One fellow said a couple of young guys pulled up next to his 64-year-old mother's car and signaled her to roll the window down. When she did, they screamed, "Bush is a F***ing MORON!"

"Apparently, Bush-Cheney cars are routinely keyed in places like liberal Seattle. And liberal Bethesda, Md., has reportedly seen a rash of spray-paintings of Bush yard signs (with Kerry signs left intact). One pro-Bush family in liberal West L.A. had its yard sign stolen six times. Theft, spray paint, or just tearing to shreds are the weapons of choice against yard signs, but one Bush-Cheney sign was actually set on fire. Even in conservative Idaho, Bush-Cheney cars get keyed. And in conservative Houston, parking while visiting a friend in the liberal midtown section can mean a keyed car. Apparently, these attacks are so common that you can now buy a T-Shirt with a picture of a slashed-out Bush/Cheney logo and the legend, "A person of tolerance and diversity keyed my car."

At the root of all this is the almost total domination of the Democratic party by self-proclaimed "progressives," a code word for socialists once used by the members of Moscow's subservient American communist party to identify each other.

No matter how you describe it, Socialism is a coercive ideology that cannot survive without ultimately resorting to force to enforce its totalitarian doctrines.

Violence is socialism's ultimate weapon.

In its name, hundreds of millions of people were murdered by such socialist regimes as the Soviet Union, the Chinese communist government, Castro's Cuba and Hitler's National Socialist (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - NAZI) party among others.

In their eyes, anyone opposing socialism is an enemy of progress and must be dealt with accordingly. The stronger the opposition the stronger must be the measures against it.

Mr. Kerry and his kewpie doll running mate would deny that they are socialists, but one quick look at their programs, or as Kerry puts it, their "plans," and you see they have got Karl Marx written all over them.

Their catalogue of plans is a litany of government programs. Individual businesses small and large do not provide jobs - in their administration they will (note how Saddam's socialist Ba'athist party did it - 60 percent of the working people of Iraq worked for the government).

You name it - health care, education, scientific research - no matter what the issue, their plan calls for the government to handle it. That sort of thing has a name - it's called socialism. It starts out as socialism lite. But it has been truly said that when you go socialist you have to go all the way - you can never be half-socialist any more than you can be half-pregnant. And history shows that sooner or later socialism lite becomes socialism heavy.

The Brownshirts are on the march, and the banner they carry is a Kerry/Edwards campaign poster - and that tells us plenty about what the new NSDAP is all about.

posted October 13, 2004 11:32 AM            

[b]Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 2:15 a.m. EDT
Dem Protesters Storm Another Bush Cheney Office[/b

In yet another episode of election year violence against Republicans, protesters pushed their way into the lobby of the Bush Cheney campaign headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota last week.

The demonstrators, angry over proposed changes by the Bush administration in the nation's overtime rules, confronted startled staffers, who struggled to keep the intruders out, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

"A Bush volunteer attempted first to shut the door against the protesters, then to push out several, including Jon Youngdahl of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, who struggled to yell through his bullhorn while the volunteer kept searching for a mute button on it," the paper said.
300 workers were bused in for the demonstration by Minnesota labor unions, with about a dozen protesters forcing their way into the building.

As the ruckus raged inside, demonstrators outside chanted "George Bush, go away, don't take away my overtime pay."

Diane O'Brien, spokeswoman for the Minnesota AFL-CIO, said the group was trying to deliver 10,000 postcards complaining about the overtime changes. "We want to send a message to the president," she said.

posted October 13, 2004 01:39 PM              

More Newsmax hyped up propaganda. Not telling the story as it truly is but instead hyping it up to mean something totally opposite and promote their agenda.

Not to say that violence is ever the answer to anything but a whole lot of people in this country are very frustrated which is why we are seeing Super Bowl numbers of people watching the debates and historical numbers of people registering to vote in this election.

Bush and the conservative right will find out just how frustrated Americans truly are on election day.

posted October 13, 2004 01:42 PM              

Well Harpyr, I suppose I must place you in the camp of those who also think it's OK to commit burglary, destruction of property, assault and battery, intimidation, theft and other violence against state and federal laws.....if it's for a good cause.

Really, Jwhop, you must get out of the habit of placing people in camps and giving them labels just because they disagree with your thinking.

That is your perception of what Harpyr said not what he/she actually said or meant.

posted October 13, 2004 11:42 PM            

I fully expect some attempts by democrat groups here in Florida to attempt interference with voters on election day. Not here in the beach community were my precinct is located but in large cities, like St. Petersburg, Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville.

posted October 14, 2004 01:29 AM              

No, I do not believe in violence as a means to attaining an end if it can be avoided. If in fact this incident reported by Newsmax actually took place and if it happened as they describe it in your post I would be opposed to it completely. I have not heard of this incident in the news either on the TV news or my local newspaper or the New York Times which I get delivered to my email box.

What I was referring to is that there are occasions when civil disobedience is called for. Some laws are just plain unjust and therefore one could break those laws if they were following their conscience. As reported in your article here this would not be an act of civil disobedience but rather it would be criminal in nature. So no, I do not agree nor promote such behavior and I know John Kerry and the Democratic Party would not promote it either.

posted October 14, 2004 02:21 AM            

Monday, October 11, 2004
Letter on Voter Intimidation to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney

To: Interested Parties
From: Bush-Cheney '04 Communications
Date: 10/11/04
Re: Violence At Republican And Bush-
Cheney '04 Campaign

Headquarters Across The Country

Below is the text of a letter sent by Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney via fax at 10:15 a.m. today. The letter asks Sweeney to put an end to protest activities that have led to injuries, property damage, vandalism and voter intimidation at Bush-Cheney '04 and Republican Party offices around the country.

Bush-Cheney '04 has created a hotline for victims of voter intimidation to report what happened. The hotline, 1-888-303-7125, will begin operation at 11:00 a.m. today.

Letter To AFL-CIO President John Sweeney

Mr. John Sweeney
President
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
October 11, 2004

Dear Mr. Sweeney:

Over the past several weeks, acts of violence and vandalism have occurred at Republican and Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters across the country. In addition to the injuries, property damage and disruption associated with these acts, these events have created a threatening and intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process.

On October 5th, according to news reports, witnesses, police reports and admissions of your members, the AFL-CIO, as part of a national strategy, protested at more than a dozen of our campaign and party headquarters across the country. In many locations, the protestors attempted to enter, or entered, campaign or party facilities. As one protestor said, "Actually, we're storming into an office." In Orlando, Florida, injuries and damage were sustained. Protestors forced their way into the facility, fracturing the arm of one staffer, and vandalized the office. In Michigan, protestors entered a headquarters and engaged in activities apparently intended to disrupt volunteers trying to make phone calls.

Protests by your organization come on the heels of several other incidents at Bush-Cheney '04 offices around the country, including a break-in at our Seattle office where laptop computers were stolen from the Washington State Bush-Cheney ’04 executive director and the state Republican Party 72-hour director. Just last night in Canton, Ohio, a Bush-Cheney '04 staffer was forced to lock herself in an office while another break-in was in progress. The facility was seriously damaged and property was stolen. Additionally, gun shots have been fired into Bush-Cheney '04 offices in West Virginia, Florida and Tennessee, windows broken in West Virginia and campaign staffers threatened. In Wisconsin, a supporter of the President had a swastika burned into his front yard simply because he had a Bush-Cheney '04 lawn sign. We urge your support in helping us ensure the safety of all individuals working on our campaign and others as we are making every effort to secure the safety of all participants in the political process.

I hope you will put an end to protest activities that have led to injuries, property damage, vandalism and voter intimidation. We will hold you and your organization accountable for the actions of your members and urge you to immediately discontinue any coordinated protest efforts that result in damage to our facilities, or injury to people who may hold different political views than your members, but who share an equal right to be involved in the political process without suffering violence, intimidation and threats.

Respectfully,

Gov. Marc Racicot, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman

posted October 14, 2004 08:00 AM            

You, jwhop, are presuming because Harpyr and Mirandee feel that sometimes it is okay to express their frustrations with civil disobedience, that they are somehow in the category of ''Nazi Storm Trooper Kerry Democrats''? Huh, that's awfully open minded of you... Well, you are a Bush loving capitalistic extreme right winged conservative Bible beater, thought, right?

See my point?

posted October 14, 2004 01:22 PM              

I have heard of no incidence in Michigan as stated in this letter and I live in Michigan. I also get regular emails from Working Families AFL-CIO and have heard nothing of this letter.

In Michigan if this had happened it would have been members of the UAW or United Auto Workers. My sister and neice both work for the UAW and say it never happened.

I think this is a bogus letter and just more smear tactics. However, if you would like I can post lots of news items regarding voter intimidation tactics in Detroit by the Republican Party. So much in fact that the NAACP was called in to counteract it. The Republicans are trying to prevent the black population from voting.

During the campaign Bush has only been in SE Michigan twice and both times were in the affluent areas. He has not had the guts to show his face at the auto companies or in Detroit where the population is 88% black. He did however visit the Upper Peninsula where they have more trees than people.

Another legacy Bush has left us with is that now the U.S.A. has to have election monitors in the voting precincts just like in Afghanistan and the banana republic. That is just a total disgrace.

posted October 14, 2004 03:11 PM            

I know it's terribly racist to require citizens to abide by the election laws. So be it because it is a criminal act to breach the election laws either by falsely registering as an eligible and qualified voter or preparing false registration documents as ACORN is doing all across the country. I would prosecute anyone who votes twice or submits a false voter registration form...and I would put them in a state or federal prison.

Attacking the basis of Representative government in the United States is not something I'm willing to overlook. It isn't fun and games as democrats view it. It's a felony, it's a crime, and those perpetrating these crimes, democrats attempting to steal the election for Kerry, as they attempted for Algore need a special fitting for a stripped suit or fluorescent orange suit signifying their special status as felons.

This is the site you requested. Note, it's from the right person and the right organization to make the compliant to the Union. It's specific in it's allegations and it calls for a halt to the intimidation, harassment, assaults, break-ins, theft and battery committed against Bush campaign workers. Again, I would have each and every one of the offenders prosecuted and jailed. Not funny Mirandee and not at all the fun and games the democrat party make it out to be.
http://www.newsmax.com/r/?http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=3874

posted October 16, 2004 01:27 AM              

Now show me some legitmate news source and I might believe this rubbish.