Josh Marshall: Rage & Performance Art

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Rage & Performance Art

Josh Marshall

In case you missed the day's events, while high level negotiations sputtered on, a Tea Party rally including Sen. Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin succeeded in capturing some of the essence of the political world the rejectionist rump of the GOP is now inhabiting in scenes reminiscent of 2009's Summer of Teh Crazy.

Spurred by outrage at the closure of federal war memorials they demanded be closed along with the rest of the federal government, the crowd symbolically 'stormed' two closed memorials and then headed to the White House where at least one Confederate Flag proudly flew and far-right gadfly Larry Klayman, who has of late been calling for an uprising to unseat the President (scheduled for Nov. 19th), told the crowd to "demand that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Quran down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come out with his hands up."

Catherine Frazier @catblackfrazier

.@SenTedCruz w @sarahpalinusa @SenMikeLee giving pledge, speaking at #MillionVetMarch at DC WW2 Memorial
10:43 AM - 13 Oct 2013

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Despite the fact that the number of participants seem to have numbered in the low hundreds, House conservatives reportedly see the event as a "game changer" which will turn the tide against the President next week and allow them to move on to victory.

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Morons.

The Eight Craziest Things Ted Cruz Said Today
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023832917

It's official: The RW is having a meltdown
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023821387

[TwilightGardener]

1. I heard it was a HUGE turnout, like something on the order of

two hundred th-- oh wait, no... two hundred. Two hundred people. HUUUGE!!11!

[RainDog]

4. They had to hijack the vets' group

and the vets' group is now publicly telling them to f off for using them as political propaganda.

[Cha]

2. K&R.. thanks PS

[pinboy3niner]

3. About those closed memorials...

A spokesman for the National Park Service said the National Mall and all memorials alongside it are officially closed, but that people participating in the marches were allowed access “to the veterans’ memorials, as has every veterans group, their families and friends who have wished to visit the memorials since Oct. 1.”

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The scene was more peaceful at other memorials, but tourists had accessed those memorials after ignoring signs detailing closures. At the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial, people ignored the signs reading, “Because of the Federal Government Shutdown, All National Parks Are Closed. This site is closed.” They tore away police tape around the site, and people were wandering past the huge sculptures that make up the monument and posing for photos.

At the Korean War memorial nearby, tourists wandered freely through the site in full view of a National Park Service employee.


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/10/13/shutdown-protests-take-over-lincoln-memorial/

[hootinholler]

5. Why are those asshats saluting?

They are in no sort of uniform and one is uncovered.

These are allegedly Veterans?

[pinboy3niner]

6. It's authorized by law:

http://www.dm.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123124214

[hootinholler]

7. I stand corrected then.

I hadn't heard about that.