By NICK STONE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SUNSHINE GAY REPUBLICANS
As news came of the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), friends and colleagues rightly offered condolences and praise for the popular politico. Particularly close friend and ally Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) 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 eight. 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 nut job … 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.
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 “rightwing 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.
This is a terrible shame. Editorials in newspapers are supposed to be a place where someone can give their opinion on the news. But this is not an opinion piece so much as it is one lie after another and another.
For instance, there was an accidental photo taken of Rosalynn Carter with John Wayne Gacy in the 70′s at a campaign event. She was photographed with all of the people attending the Chicago-area event that day. To say that the Carters were “close friends” with him is the very sort of bald-faced lie that the author accuses Miss Schultz of telling. Perhaps she has told lies, but those are not listed here. What is evident is that the author is undoubtedly lying.
This is the first time I’ve read your paper and now it’s also the last. Nick Stone is evidently too partisan for civility in the wake of a tragedy and I don’t want him speaking out of turn for me.
At last, it’s nice to see in print what I have been saying all along about Rep. Wasserman-Schultz. If she spent as much time and effort working on getting meaningful legislation enacted as she does on rhetorical partisanship, we would all be much better off.
When I read this article, all I could think of was: Do words matter to Mr. Stone? His article contains a peculiar brand of exaggerations that imply that the Congresswoman agrees with the opinions and actions of anybody left of center. For your information Sir, none of the events you brought up to smear the Congresswoman with were the responsibility by members of the Democratic party.
I will take a gay-friendly Congresswoman any day over some of the Republicans elected recently elected from our area.
This editorial by Nick Stone designates a new low in a lack of standards for the AGENDA. Printing it labels the paper useless rather than serving a purpose such providing information or promoting gay culture and equality.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is one of the staunchest advocates of human dignity and gay rights.
In Stone’s world having an opinion different from his that does not re-iterate Republican rhetoric is condemnable? Disagreeing with anyone, a public or private person can serve a purpose. But, to write such a vile, dishonest and untrue essay declares no credibility of the writer. Stone, like most Republicans hate America and would like to see it destroyed by violence and hatred. Also ignored is the reality that Republicans have done a great deal to destroy gay equality progression. Maybe he can redeem himself by condemning their disruption of gay marriage, ending DADT, and not passing EDNA. If not, the majority will continue to see that it is he and the Sunshine Gay Republicans that are dangerously out of touch
There you have it…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets a pass fromt the left because she’s “one of the staunchest advocates” for the left.
The ends justify the means.
Nevermind her lunacy and lies.
Typical.