13 years ago this week a right-wing anti abortion group called operational rescue, emailed its members encouraging them to participate in the special hollowing contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you could make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy. they even showed you how to burn the effigy once you made it. the whole thing was supposedly a protest about abortion related aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all expense paid trip to d. c. just burn that effigy. i m not showing you this because the contest was particularly impactful in anyway. it wasn t. this was a fringe group in 2009 taking dangerous political rhetoric about political figures like reid and pelosi to a new and discussing extreme. but the fact that there were not mass effigy burning across the country is not the point. the worry is not th
its members encouraging them to participate in a special halloween contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you can make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy, they even showed you how to burn your effigy once you wrote it. it was from aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all-expense paid trip to d.c. just burn the effigy. is this was a fringe group in 2009 takinging dangerous political rhetoric about reid and pelosi to a dangerous new extreme. the worry is not that violent rhetoric and mainstream politics is going to cause level-headed mainstreamer to do something insane and awful. the worry is that violent rhetoric encourages the least stable amongst us to do. a democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi, a month before the halloween contest in 2009. how concerned are you about the tone of the political de
the interest of the consumers and community, and their country. to invest in america bankrupting production and refining capacity. if they don t, they are going to pay a higher tax on their excess profits and face other restrictions. so there seems to be a democratic plan here as it concerns inflation, inflation, inflation. and yet, republicans are still landing their attacks against democrats on the economy. there are polls tightening every day and voters are saying the economy is their top concern. so what should democrats do? what can democrats do? there is one week left here. well, here s democratic congressman mike levin, facing a tough reelection campaign in a california swing district. republicans are talking a lot about inflation. and yes, it s a big problem i ve been working hard to address. but what are the republican plans? a bunch of bull! that s right. the republican plan is massive tax cuts for billionaires and giant corporations. pretty much
increasing production and refining capacity. if they don t, they re going to pay a higher tax on their excess profits and face other restrictions. so, there seems to be a democratic plan here as it concerns inflation, inflation, inflation, and yet, republicans are still landing their attacks against democrats on the economy. there are polls tightening every day. and voters saying economy is the top concern. so what should democrats do? what can democrats do? there s one week left here. well here s democratic congressman mike leavitt who is facing a tough re-election campaign in a tough california swing district. republicans are talking a lot about inflation. and yes, it is a big problem that i ve been working hard to address. but what are the republican plans. a bunch of bull. that s right. the republican plan is massive tax cuts for billionaires and giant corporations. pretty much their plan for everything. it won t bring down inflation but it will make their donors