Tea Party organizer vows to burn pelosi and Perriello in effigy

Posted: November 13th, 2009
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

In this article on CCN I usually steer away from anything too political but found the title interesting. I also tend to steer away from protest, but this was an article about a Tea Party organizer who borders on the edge of desperation by planning to burn the likeness of two House Representatives and one of them is the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This will all take place in Virginia and the organizer thinks about one hundred people will be showing up to participate in the demonstration. The protest is against the health care legislation that is being pushed through the house against the peoples will.


I love the thought of being able to speak out against the government in this free country with out the fear of repercussions. In any other country the threat of being run over by a tank is real and here protest is a form of free speech. I especially like the idea this man had of burning the image of Pelosi because I have to change the channel on the TV every time I see her goofy face with her mouth open and speaking words of nonsense and lies.


I consider this organizer a genius as he is still protesting peacefully and he is not anti- American like the flag burners. Flag burning protesters are despicable. This man is just anti-stupid, anti-immoral, anti-unethical, anti- unconstitutional and he explains himself rather well in his statement, “We're not going to actually set Perriello on fire or Mrs. Pelosi on fire," Coleman said. "But we have been trying for months to get our point across just how vehemently we are opposed to this health care legislation. For the House vote to come so close and to know that Mr. Perriello is on the other side, it's a kick in the stomach that a lot of people couldn't take." Coleman's weekend rally is to protest mainly the Democrats in their efforts to fix the healthcare system. The article included the reaction of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen who condemned the plans as "shocking and despicable." But I agree with Coleman when he rebutted, "Something shocking and despicable is how they've handled this health care legislation," "Going behind closed doors, writing a bill that is going to fundamentally change what America is. More people are going to be killed by this health care legislation than this bonfire."


I rather enjoy the spunk this man has for getting the attention of the Democratic leaders as Democrats do not seem to respond to the American people until it starts to get personal. Then it is all about them as victims of outrage and they turn their focus to making the offender look bad, instead of focusing on what the offender is trying to get them to pay attention to, like the Healthcare Reform bill and how it will not work and will be actually damaging to the entire American system. I only hope the expected number of attendees to this rally will be in the thousands and not just a hundred.