Posted by
PDX Dave on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:43:27 PM
Ask any subscriber to the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, or L.A. Times. Ask any viewer of MSNBC, CBS or CNN.
Go ahead.... ask them: "When exactly did the Republicans introduce incivility into American politics?"
They will answer with one voice: "Republicans destroyed civility in American politics in 2009." On this point there is not a single voice deviating from the script. Not one.
No mention is made of Ted Kennedy's "Lies, lies lies" diatribe on the floor of the senate. Not one mainstream media voice will point out that today's conservative town hall attendees are infinitely more "civil" than Cindy Sheehan was able to muster on her most agreeable day as the heckler-in-chief.
None will revisit pictures of anti-war protesters calling Bush a Nazi and proudly marching behind banners declaring "F**K THE TROOPS!"
Legions will not muster to recall 40 years of liberals calling conservatives "nazis," "racists" "homophobes," "xenophobes," "Islamophobes," and every other name in the book - mostly unmentionable in decent company.
Yep. Republicans invented incivility in American politics in 2009.