THOSE EVIL, HEARTLESS, INHUMAN BASTARDS ... SURE WISH WE COULD BE MORE LIKE THEM
Steve Benen flags this story:
Jay Townsend, GOP Spokesman: 'Let's Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators'
A spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) is facing criticism after advocating violence against female Democratic senators in a Facebook post.
Jay Townsend, the official campaign spokesman for the freshman representative, went on a vicious online rant on Saturday, which he began by taunting a constituent who voiced criticism about an earlier post on gas prices. "Listen to Tom. What a little bee he has in his bonnet. Buzz Buzz," Townsend wrote.
"My question today... when is Tommy boy going to weigh in on all the Lilly Ledbetter hypocrites who claim to be fighting the War on Women? Let's hurl some acid at those female democratic Senators who won't abide the mandates they want to impose on the private sector."...
Townshend is getting the response he deserves:
Comments from outraged constituents quickly followed. "'Hurl some acid' Jay Townsend? Do you realize what that means?" wrote one person. "Acid attacks are particularly brutal, aimed almost solely at women, with the intent to maim and disfigure. I couldn't imagine a worse piece of invective from someone who puts the Republican war on women in quotes."
Another commenter: "Mr. Townsend, do you think we live in Afghanistan?"
This, as it turns out, is the same Jay Townsend who, when he was running for Chuck Schumer's Senate seat in 2010, appeared at Pam Geller's rally against the "Ground Zero mosque" on June 6, 2010. Here's his speech at that rally -- in which he addressed the Islamic cultural center's champion, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, as if he was personally responsible for every bad thing done by anyone anywhere in the name of Islam:
... The wounds have not healed, Imam! And we cannot soon forget the hatred that spawned this assault on our sensibilities is taught in too many of your mosques and inscribed on too many of your prayer rugs. Not here, not now! Until you have excised the hatred that is inscribed in the schoolbooks of your impressionable young -- not here, not now! (Smiles.) Until you have removed from the world stage the despots who advocate the annihilation of America and her allies -- not here, not now! ...
And so on and so on. This, apparently, was all Imam Rauf's fault, according to Townsend. Odd that Townsend didn't mention acid attacks (though, admittedly, they weren't as much in the news then). But the fact that he's mentioning them now makes you wonder if the right's obsession with the behaviors that besmirch Islam is just a form of jealousy.
I don't know Townsend's personal opinion, but it seems to me a whole lot of righties go nuts over Islam while advocating their very own version of theocracy. As if a Christian version would be any better than the Sharia law they're so sure is taking root in the US. Somewhere.
ReplyDeleteNan Hayworth(less) is my feckin' Teabagging Congressidjit.
ReplyDeleteShe's a piece of useless shite, since real shite can be used to fertilize plants.
I called her DC office, and the (what sounded like a child) young woman who answered didn't know have any prepared comment, took my info, and said someone would call me back later.
Yeah - I'll believe it when the phone rings.
I asked if her phone was ringing off the hook.
She said it was.
I didn't yell at the poor kid, she's probably some idjit Conservative kid who's an intern - I don't want to make our side look like bullies.
I did tell her that the Congresswoman needs to get a statement to them, preferably disavowing this misogynistic asshole's hate-filled comment.
She either too feckin' stooooopid, too lazy, or hoping this blows overs.
Probably all three.
Did I mention she's a useless piece of shite?
Dark Avenger's 1st Rule: Unless the person behind the desk or on the phone is named Donald Trump, they probably had nothing to do with the reason you're pissed off right now.
ReplyDeleteI second Kathy's opinion above. A theocrat's a theocrat, I don't give a damn which batch of theology he's trying to cram down my throat.
ReplyDeleteMr. Townsend operates a website - http://jaytownsend.com/ - that claims to be a political training tool designed to "help conservative candidates gain a political edge." On that site he encourages people to contact him the following three ways. Write to him and tell him what you think.
ReplyDeleteJay Townsend
P.O. Box 517
One Deer Hill Ext
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520
Phone: 845-458-1210
E-mail: jay@jaytownsend.com
Checking out the site will also tell you a lot more about his opinions on other issues
throw the SOB in federal prison where he belongs.!!!anybody else would have wound there for comments like that to any congress man or woman
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