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Dem Congressman Speaks to Democratic Socialists, Calls Tea Party ‘Small and Dismissable’
- Posted on October 11, 2010 at 5:56pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Rep. John “Read the Bill” Conyers, D-Mich., speaking to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) prior to the “One Nation Working Together” march in Washington, dismisses the tea party movement and discusses all he and President Barack Obama have in common with the DSA. He is “honored” to be introduced by Frank Llewellyn, the DSA’s national director:
John Conyers Talk: DSA at ONWT from Frank Llewellyn on Vimeo.
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Comments (191)
missmarie
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:45pmCome on Michigan! Seriously? You can do better than this! A petoskey stone has more intellect and understanding than Conyers! Please do not burden the American people with this buffoon for another term. Please!
Report Post »puck30
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:57amI think his district covers Detroit, if that’s true it makes him a lifer. I wouldn’t worry too much that looks like a small group to me.
Report Post »brinksmom
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:44pmConyers needs to go to jail! We shall see how “small and dismissable” the Tea Party is on November 2!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:37pmI have filled out my absentee ballot and my wife copied mine…. and even though I DESPISE RINOs, we went repuglican all the way (mispelled on purpose). Better a few endangered RINOs than ONE living liberal.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:33pmThe more i send things like this to my misinformed liberals the easier it’s getting them to see the light and change.
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:30pmI think they‘ve made the biggest financial mess that any government’s ever made in this country for a very long time, and Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them. They then start to nationalise everything, and people just do not like more and more nationalisation, and they’re now trying to control everything by other means. They’re progressively reducing the choice available to ordinary people.
Report Post »Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
mutt
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:27pmNo wonder the NRA continues to support the Dems. They give us a lot of reason to stock up on ammo and keep our bores clean.
Report Post »mutt
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:23pmObammy has certainly created an environment where the closet loons of the left can bask in the sunlight and feel down right righteous about it. The curtain has been pulled back, the shine is off, the Democrats under Obammy are not your grandparents Democratic Party. The Dems are being held hostage by socialist, America destroying progressives who are acting out in desperation.
Report Post »Obammy is leading his party into oblivion. Conyers has paid for his first class ticket on the ride down
BigPaulie
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:18pmAnother one that needs to go!
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:15pmDepartment of Peace….sounds like something out of 1984/Brave New World. One of the documents put out by the HHS(health and human services) regarding Obamacare is an acknowledgement that we are entering a “brave new world’ with their plans. And they make that statement with pride….
How is it that people who are out and loud about destroying the constitution of the United States are not held accountable for Treason? How is suppporting and endorsing destruction of the Constitution not an impeachable offense?
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:25pmI agree with you all the way. Our nation is turning into a society too close to “A Brave New World”. I’m reminded of movies like Gattaca or Equalibrium; 100% government control.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:50pmWhen they say peace and security……….
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:58pmThat’s closer to a scene in “Idiocracy” than “Brave New World”. $5 says that guys holding.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:13pmI’d be miserable and full of hate if I had to listen to this curmudgeon try to figure out how to breathe and talk at the same time all the while spouting utter nonsense and lies. Semper Fi.
Report Post »Jimmers46
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:10pmDrugs will do that to ya ???
Report Post »Geo Buds Old Lady
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:09pmNot surprised, just continuously astonished at what we have in Washington.
Amazing.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:09pmEverytime I look at this ugly mug from Detroit,
Report Post »why do I think of thanksgiving turkey ?
Hmmmmm
caitlynsdad
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:08pmCome November, the Democrats will be the ones who are dismissed.
Report Post »voodoo donut
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:08pmYou know, they used to try to hide their association with the DSA. Those days are over, I guess.
Report Post »mutt
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:07pmOh that John Conyers, married to the felon Monica (My vote is for sale) Conyers, part of the Kwame Kilpatrick corruption team in Detroit.
Everytime I open up this web site, the Democrats give this Independant a good reason to never vote Democratic again. This time Im pissed off and bringing my friends. Conservatives could never make this $hit up, Out of touch, out of control and hopefully after November, out of office.
Report Post »lturley50
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:07pmConyers is one the best thing that’s happened for the tea party movement…..can you say….“Read the bill”?
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:21pmCan you say Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!!
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:10pmYou = Please read the bill before voting on it….
Conyers = What bill?
Report Post »G-Money
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 8:32pmAlthough I agree with the concept of Term Limits, I feel it would cause more harm than good. When a Congress persons last term rolls around they will sell your state or district down the river to prop themselves up finacially. I know they are doing this now but I feel it would be worse if Term Limits are imposed. Face it folks you can’t legislate behavior, the reason these fools are in office is because WE THE PEOPLE put them there and keeps them there. We have to come to the realization that staying informed and being involved in the political process needs to be treated like a second, third, fourth job! Then with the information at hand GO VOTE and get your neighbors to vote. For too long there has been a mindset that discussion of religion and politics is to be dicussed within the family and not outside it. The CRAMPS (Communist Revolutionaries, Anarchists, Marxists, Progressives, and Socialists) have know this for a very long time and get their memebers to vote, while we conservatives used family and work as excuses for not getting involved and saying “whatever”. Now we see what is happeing because of that “whatever” attitude, our country is on the verge of becoming a Socialist State. Term Limits NO, getting involved and staying informed YES.
Report Post »thegr8restoration
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 1:41amPicture this, Conyers reading the health care bill out loud on Masterpiece Theater. It would be a punishment too cruel for rapest and murders!
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:03pmThis man‘s speech pattern and thought pattern is very disjointed and doesn’t even make sense. Is he sober?
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:14pmTerm Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!!
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:51pmI think what Conyers is saying could be described as Mystic Psycho Babble or Socialist Hyper- Garble. Either way it doesn’t make sense to anyone with an I.Q. above 10! But being intelligent isn’t required for membership in the DSA!
Report Post »rmsuperglide
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:03pmSurprised?
Report Post »benrush
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:03pmHURRAH SINGLE PAYER bill. Who do we nominate as single payer? George Soros?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:48pmAs a non natural born dual citizen Gyorgy Schwartz (George Soros) would only flee to the one nation that would welcome him in with open arms and fifteen roseries, The vatican. And since he has so much of his equity tied up in gold right now , over seventeen tons of it, More than likely he has no assets we could sieze in our country. One thing you gotta admit about Gyorgy, he’s smart. But when you’ve been alive for at least 4500 years and you write the rules to this system of things, one could only hope you’d know how to get it to dance to your tune, eh?
Report Post »klstj
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 8:37pmSoros is an expert in collapsing and manipulating economies for personal gain. We are his trophy prize. He’ll stand at nothing to take us down, hence the gold, same as the Chinese. We’re in real trouble here and its going to take more than 11/2. It is only the beginning, we are facing the devil in disguise. They feel so empowered right now that they are outing themselves and proud to do so. Maybe it took a radical offense on liberty for true patriots to open their eyes. I don’t condone violence, but my dear brothers and sisters, we are in for the fight of our lives. Sedentary by peaceful times, the sleeping giant ( we the people ) must be not only awake, but vigilant and true. God bless all of you.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:03pmThis ‘Small and Dismissable’ movement has you scared!
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:03pmWill he be willing to repeat that on Nov. 3, 2010. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 11:25pmEat crow Dems!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:02pmcan this guy string a freakin paragraph together? listening to him was more painfull than nails on a chalkboard. why is this guy even in a position of power? he is a prime example of ineptness lack of ability and idiocy that is rampant in our countries leadership positions. GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:14pmTerm Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!!
Report Post »Jamestown
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:46pmI left Minnesota 6 years ago…it is a dumbed down population…christian churches with lesbian couples as baptist church leaders., schools that hire spanish teachers because illegal can’t understand english, HORMEL INC. WITH 78% ILLEGAL EMPLOYEES…now its al freakin…by by beautiful Minnesota…without Gods intervention…we have lost THE UNITED STATES
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:10pmIt’s called re-electing the senile!!! Look what happened to “Sheets” Byrd….re-elected until he died in office! My God, those idiots in WV would elect a corpse if they thought they could get some more free money from it! VIRGINIA! YOU NEED TO DECLARE WEST VIRGINIA’S STATEHOOD NULL AND VOID AND GET THEM BACK UNDER CONTROL!!!!
chazman
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:44pmI want to back up 5000YRLEAPER. We, as American Patriots, MUST GET TERM LIMITS MADE INTO LAW!!!!
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 8:05pmI had a very hard time listening to him on there as he takes forever and a day to get his words out! I kept skipping ahead to just hear snippets but it was nothing I wanted to hear. (Socialist garbage!) Waste of a few minutes!
Report Post »Can’t wait for HOUSE cleaning day!!!
PerazziRay
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 5:03ampsycho sis i have to agree, that was painful to watch. i think the remarks about the tea party were the least we have to worry about. Department of Peace? come on!! seriously??
Report Post »PerazziRay
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 5:06amAre we going to have somebody in charge of bowing protocall???
Report Post »benrush
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:02pmThe professional twit leading the amateur twitterers.
Report Post »AngryTexanFromAmarillo
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:06pmTREASON
This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offense is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
“”””””“MOST IMPORTANT PART””””””””””adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offense is punished with death.””””””””””””””””””””””””
which is exactly what Obama has done and many many of our congress and senators have done as well.
It is time that we surround the white house and demand the law be enforced with out prejudice.
then we move on to congress and senate. demand justice.
Obama has committed treason on more than one account and should be held accountable by the American people.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:02pmYep & you will see how small WE THE PEOPLE are .
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:09pmYes, Can we please remind him by force of LAW that he was seaking to enemies of Democrocy in this clip, perhaps with treason charges?
Report Post »5000YRLEAPER
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:13pmTerm Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!! Term Limits!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:22pmLOL .. they certainly are in a tizzy over our small little group! TEA Party November 2nd! Victory Party November 3rd … vote out these idiots!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:24pmI moved from Michigan because I was sick of the SOCALISTS running the state! Maybe Michigan will wise up and get rid of idiots like Conyers (D) but I wouldn’t count on it! Too many depend on government in the state.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:25pmA Crook married to a Crook = a Crook son .
Report Post »Do it Baby …. Do it .
Dustyluv
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:19pmSame people that said 10/2 was bigger than 8/28…dream on dingbat!
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:36pmI giggle like a school girl just thinking about the possible look on his face November 3rd. :)
VOTE VOTE VOTE these arrogant fools out folks. I also agree with Leaper, term limits!
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 7:49pmSincerely…they are “speaking in a language for current press to be the documentation of future history.” Don’t sit still for this. Things like the Ft. Hood is MUSLIM TERRORIST…CORDOBA = TROPHY…These headlines are what they will be teaching your children in a future from now, DON’T LET THEM WRITE IT THIS WAY.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 8:25pmI like the part where he says Obama needs to create jobs for the “trillions”
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:10pmDoes this look small to you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3OxZhXKQ0
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:36pmterm limits are a terrible idea. For the love of God look into it or at the very least think about it for about three minuets. if we have what could be 50% of congress at every point in time knowing they don’t and cant ever run again they will have no reason to even fear there own base. out of all the problems it would cause it will most certainty not solve a single one. I ask you to look at how well term limits have done for the executive office.
Report Post »Term limits will fix nothing and cause many unintended consequences. funny, just like every other law. If you want, hit me up and i will recommend some good books on political philosophy.
Uncle Sambo Lives Here
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 10:33pmWell, Anarcho, though I see your point, what we have going on NOW certainly isn’t working. These scumbags get in there and believe they own those positions.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 10:53pmActually, Anarcho Capitalist, I agree with you. A few years ago, our city government changed from a mixed party rule to completely Democratic, both the Mayor and the Council. OMG! Rarely have I seen such infighting and back stabbing. Many of the new council members just couldn’t wait to get in there and throw their weight around. The older, more seasoned council members just sat back and let the “newbies” commit hari-kari. It was awful. The newbies had no idea on how a piece of legislation was passed, how to compromise and how to make long range plans or decisions. And no one was more surprised than the newbies were when many of them were not re-elected. Our long term representatives actually know what they are doing, know when to dig in and know when to compromise. They are able to work with other council members who have different political opinions and views without getting ugly. Our city is better for it.
There have been a few boards in my own experience that I have wished and prayed that some of the members would quietly disappear. You proabably know the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for, you may get it”? Well, I got my wish and some of them did move on. And their replacements were just unbelievable. So, I’ve learned the hard way that one must be very, very careful when one says “I’ll vote for anybody but __________.” because the other candidate may not be all peace and light either.
Report Post »TONYFROMNY
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 11:33pmYup, and the captain of the Titanic said ” it’s only a little piece of ice”
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 1:55amOh, they don’t care…sometimes I think they believe they’ll get what they want even if they loose.
Report Post »Scothantlas
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:41amNo term limits make it that a signed petition by the majority of a congressman’s congressional district make it…51% or as high as 75% is enough to recall that congressmen on a vote of no confidence and
Report Post »force them to be replaced. Let the people be able to fire these clowns at any time and watch how fast they get back on the straight and narrow.
roguetea
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 11:40amrogue, The Effective Agenda
@ Anarcho Capitalist & Taquoshi
Government getting less done with greater difficulty would serve us much better than deeply entrenched incumbents pulling all the wrong strings, digging deeper into our pockets and living fat and sassy for decades on our thin dimes. It is easy to create ‘crisis’ mentality and mode. Career politicians make ‘crisis’ into art form to our detriment. We end up serving them, they fail to serve us.
Term limits is only a part of the issue, the solution, perhaps the smallest part. A diligent electorate maintaining vigilant eyes is by far the more critical fix to our ailments. The burden must always fall on ‘We The People.’ Passivity, disinterest and neglect never proves the easy path on matters that connect us all. Get involved, stay involved. This is our Nation. Let us act like it.
Report Post »tea party, ReAct 2010, ROGUE ON
ron the veteran
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:02pmthey are about to get a we the people foot in the ass. its time to start asking these losers to kindly get the hell out of our country if they dont like it here the way our constitution has it laid out to be.
Report Post »Lilypie
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:38pmAnd racist too?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CLPhz0DHM&feature=player_embedded
robroy1974
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:37amI do not want a One World Congressman or woman. I want, expect and DEMAND United States of America Congressmen and women!
I mean, what the heck man?
Report Post »American_Woman
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:40pmI think politicians should be required to have a performance review in front of their constituents or possibly in the form of a Performance Evaluation mailed/emailed to our homes.
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