When the Koch backed tea party shut down town halls, it was "grassroots". . .

[Triana]

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. . . but when women stand up for our rights, it's "mob rule".

TWEET OF THE DAY from: https://twitter.com/Catlady628

EDIT to add image I created for this:

[UTUSN]

1. R#19 & K n/t

[ctsnowman]

2. And when 10 TPr's show up somewhere it's

covered by every media outlet. When 10,000 show up in WI it's a footnote because there was some sideboob that day.

[Triana]

3. That's it.

That's just it.

[niyad]

6. or even when half a million or a million and a half (depending on who estimated) turn out (like

the 2004 march for women's lives)

[Andy823]

4. Exactly

The media is owned by the right, they put out the right wing propaganda and ignore "real" issues. Every state run by republicans have been doing the best they can to take away the rights of women along with all the other right wing agenda issues. It has to stop and the only way it can change is to vote the people who are trying to turn this country back 100 years! Getting the tea party clowns out of office is the change that needs to be made, and putting in people who will do what is right for the people of this country, all the people!

[bonniebgood]

10. KRAD74 whatever 'many civil rights' in history you've been told

the republicians have been very busy campaigning for 30 years to take them all back
because their owners' the corporations say so and demand it.

[freshwest]

38. +1. In order to make more profits. Inequality is good for their business model, not ours!

[arely staircase]

11. you aren't very good at this. nt

[hatrack]

14. Such as . . . . ?? Once you get past Reconstruction, things get a little, uh, thin for the GOP

[Bill USA]

16. women are to be considered equal citizens and complete human beings enjoying all the rights thereof.

the fourth amendment to the constitution protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure by the Government.
Amendment IV
(Privacy of the Person and Possessions)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.



fanaticism in writing laws tramples on individuals' rights to privacy, most especially in cases of medical decisions which should only be made by the patient in consultation with his/her doctor.

The Repulbican party's constituency is anybody who can provide enough money to be heard by the Replican Party Leadership or individual con-man (i.e. Republican lobbyist/politician).

[freshwest]

39. +1

[freshwest]

28. Well said, agree with every word.

Note the Koch kingdom on the left and their armed minions in RED working with their media, aiming to cut out the BLUE, which are Democrats and all of us!

[niyad]

5. k and r and thank you for that image

[life long demo]

7. Couldn't be any clearer!!

Thanks, great pics.

[KansDem]

8. Wasn't the catchphrase used by CorpMedia...

"Rage in the Heartland?"

Edited to add:



This is "grassroots."

[Triana]

18. "Reduce intrusiveness of Government"... "No Gov't Run Healthcare" - EXCEPT

When The American Taliban want to DECIDE FOR WOMEN what's best for them, mandating unnecessary trans-vaginal ultrasounds before getting an abortion - which is flatly: legalized RAPE.

When these assholes are advocating these types of policies which deny women needed health care and force women to pay for procedures they DON'T NEED - and they ARE passing such legislation in some state in the U.S. almost daily, then I have real trouble taking their ignorant and sophomoric whining seriously.

Seriously.

[freshwest]

29. Triana, I adore you for that post. Keep telling it!

ANIMAL FARM EXCEPTIONS:

Some animals are more equal than others.

ALL YOUR UTERI ARE BELONG TO US!

[Lunacee_2013]

40. I'm saving that pic for later. Nt.

[RockaFowler]

25. I forgot about this one

Countdown to Judgement Day?? Oy Vey!!

[KansDem]

32. And with an exclamation mark...

[Liberal_Dog]

12. K & R

[Iliyah]

13. I remember non stop coverage

in 2009 to 2010 of that horrible well paid for movement to benefit the 1%. The 1% used the tea brats to the fullest and look now, 99% are going down in the economy and the 1% making record profits. GOPers still have the tea brats trained to do and vote against their own interest.

Seems like the Women of America have to stand tall and strong and vote these motherf**kers out or the next step will reverse the voting amendment that allows Women to vote.

[Pharaoh]

15. When they totally crushed the occupy movement

We were called terrorists and dirty hippie filth.

[Triana]

19. That's another prime example of their pretentious hypocrisy.

I'll let someone else create a meme for that! It needs one.

[mountain grammy]

17. when democracy fails, our corporate media can take full credit

their complicity in the "teabagger uprising" can never be forgiven or forgotten.

[freshwest]

42. +1

[Bill USA]

21. Great post. recommended!! in the interest of protecting everybody's civil rights!

[felix_numinous]

22. Their hypocrisy means nothing to them,

they are poised to steal the next election. Controlling the population is easier done with everyone 'in their place'. The bastards.

[ZRT2209]

23. tell it!

[d_r]

24. .

[freshwest]

26. Oh, hell yeah! Thanks for the graphic! *steals* How goes it today in Tejas?

[Triana]

27. Steal all you want! Thats why I shared it.

I'm not in Tejas but I understand the cowards recessed until July 9th.

[freshwest]

30. Well, that says a lot right there! What's next, secret ballots at night like the GOP did to screw up

Medicare under Newt Gingrich?

And loved your post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023139561#post18

It doesn't get any clearer than that!

[Melinda]

31. The Koch Bros didn't back the Tea Party, they created it:

Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaire Koch Brothers

A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the formation of the Tea Party movement more than a decade before it exploded onto the U.S. political scene.

Far from a genuine grassroots uprising, this astroturf effort was curated by wealthy industrialists years in advance. Many of the anti-science operatives who defended cigarettes are currently deploying their tobacco-inspired playbook internationally to evade accountability for the fossil fuel industry's role in driving climate disruption.

The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, traces the roots of the Tea Party's anti-tax movement back to the early 1980s when tobacco companies began to invest in third party groups to fight excise taxes on cigarettes, as well as health studies finding a link between cancer and secondhand cigarette smoke.

Published in the peer-reviewed academic journal, Tobacco Control, the study titled, 'To quarterback behind the scenes, third party efforts': the tobacco industry and the Tea Party, is not just an historical account of activities in a bygone era. As senior author, Stanton Glantz, a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) professor of medicine, writes:

K&R

[Triana]

34. I know. But stuck to the exact quote from the source.

[Rebellious Republican]

33. Now I am really confused....

We have the GOP, the Tea Party and the up and comer Freedom Party by Sarah Palin who was sponsored by the Tea Party and the GOP while she was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, The party also advocates positions similar to those of the Constitution Party and Libertarian Party, supporting gun rights, privatization, home schooling, and limited government.

Have I missed anything?

[cantbeserious]

35. The Oligarchs Only Know One Story - Theirs

eom

[Initech]

36. They also only worship one god: $$$$$$$$

[Mnemosyne]

37. ...

[Fire Walk With Me]

41. You didn't see this? One of the Repubs there called them "terrorist".

"We had terrorist in the Texas State Senate opposing SB 5" ~Bill Zedler, (R) Texas
http://twitpic.com/cz83k7/full

Anyone they don't like is a terrorist.

[Triana]

43. That's the American Taliban's new "meme"...

...they call anyone who refuses to be oppressed by them "terrorists" - notice the corprats are now using the same epithet against anyone protesting their poison and destruction. Environmental protesters are "terrorists". Folks protesting the KeystoneXL pipeline are labelled "terrorists"

The American Taliban and their corprat friends should really stop projecting.

[xxqqqzme]

46. and 35 years ago the boogie

man was a communist. Same script, different cast members.

[blkmusclmachine]

44. Did the Kochs help pay for Obama's 30,000 Drones?

[WCGreen]

45. Ain't that the truth!!!!!

[dusty trails]

47. And, of course....

....there's no Republican war on women. Hardy har har