Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may - may not, I hope not - but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."

Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.

"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESSMAN_OBAMA_MARXIST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-11-10-18-38-54

[Initech]

1. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't what W was trying to accomplish?

:shrug:

[winggirle]

6. Please don't forget to mention...

that with 'W' major overhuel with abuse of executive power and signing Secret Orders and wiretapping...man, this makes me upset just talking about it...
taff

[Lorien]

22. Exactly. Apparently Rep. Paul Broun has forgotten the past eight years

and has NEVER read the Patriot Act!

[awoke_in_2003]

63. Oh, he knows what is in there...

but is okay when the president is repub. I was arguing with someone at work about the patriot act, and of course his defense was "if you are not doing anything wrong you don't have to worry". I said "one day we will have a democratic president, maybe even Hillary. How will you feel about it then?" Shut his ass right up.

[superconnected]

70. The RW really is a bunch of crazies.

[Deja Q]

99. Yes. And 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections were to be canceled because of it..

:eyes:

Forgive me for having gotten sick of wallowing in the pig shit that others have been all too happy to take a swim in.

[amdezurik]

2. a bit crazy? no not at all

more like heaping gobs of bat-shit crazy.

[annabanana]

3. Rep. Paul Broun seemed to be just fine with

the Bush dictatorship and his Blackwater SS. .

[Thrill]

4. These people aren't even ashamed to make a fool out of themselves

[Juche]

5. What a dumb fuck

I guess he never heard of NSPD 51 & HSPD20.

[Donnachaidh]

7. Georgia's got all sorts of ignorant crazies

I really wish the newsies would not give them a national voice. Just pat them on the head and send them home.

[hangman86]

30. True. But why do they have to get elected to public office!

:banghead:

These are the type of comments that people with stocked up bomb shelters in their basements make.

[superconnected]

71. It's not really just Georgia, it's the rw is full of them in all states. My state of WA has

the same type.

[kysrsoze]

79. You know, I say let them have their press, so people see how warped they really are.

[hakkinen]

8. No shock here.

That is my congressman. My county is whacked. The weekly paper's headline after the election said "GOP Prevails." They did not mention Barack Obama by name anywhere on the front page. It was a local Republican sweep here. He beat an Iraq War vet running as a Democrat, and beat him handily. UGA is in Athens-Clarke county, and other than that county, he wins everywhere. He can say whatever he wants. It makes me ill.

[byronius]

17. Not good for you, but comments like these do not serve the GOP well.

Especially now. They look like fools to the moderates and independents that sense who Obama really is -- a leader.

The GOP civil war is commencing -- and this guy's a Palinist, which is scary as hell for us, but also divisive as hell for them.

[illuminaughty]

73. Wow! Welcome to DU and sorry.

My county is OK, but my state is whacked. (Kansas)
My one wish in Georgia is that Chambliss will lose in the re-vote.

[GOPNotForMe]

9. First-term mouthbreather. nt

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

10. Just riling the Freepers

who are as willing as this Broun idiot to "forget" about BushCo's construction of a massive, private army (Blackwater et al.), internment camps, wiretaps, and the deployment of an entire brigade of Army soldiers within the US.

Paul Broun=ass clown.

[Faygo Kid]

25. They are running wild over there on this one; 360+ posts.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129592/posts?q=1&;page=1

And spare me criticism for posting the link, post police; it's legit to be aware of the threats to the president-elect. The Repukes are determined to continue to whip their base into a dangerous frenzy. Rep. Broun needs to be censured by the House next week.

[pattmarty]

43. Jesus Christ!!!! Those people REALLY ARE crazy at freerepublic.

[Faygo Kid]

47. Dangerous to others and themselves. Check this gem out.

This isn't even on the same thread.

These people are certifiably insane:

Sweet Revenge

Monday, November 10, 2008 8:55:14 PM · 1 of 1
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Here's what I do. I go into a local business or shop and gather up the items I normally buy.... and just before I ring up my items, I ask the owner or clerk...

"By the way, did you support Barack Obama in the election?"

If they answer no, I go through with the purchase with my usual politeness.

If they answer Yes, I say.... "Well you must not need the money that bad if you're willing to vote for more taxes, so I should probably shop someplace else."

Yes, it takes some balls. But it feels great.

I plan to keep it up until I feel less depressed.

That could be another four years.

Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies

[AlbertCat]

55. Yes, it takes some balls. But it feels great.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Yeah....if you're like 12 years old. Some balls! What it really does is just piss off everyone else in line. It doesn't hurt the store owner at all. Some restock time maybe?

"I plan to keep it up until I feel less depressed."

....or are restrained from every store in the area making it impossible for you to buy something locally. Whichever comes 1st.

And your loser ass will ALWAYS be depressed and deserving of pity.

Repugs are PITIFUL!

[DBoon]

62. in some cases it DOES hurt the store owner

I believe the store owner still has to pay state sales tax on overrings, at least in some places

[WorseBeforeBetter]

67. Teeny tiny balls.

I hope "the owner or clerk" tells any neb-noses to STFU. Politely, of course. ;-) Who s/he voted for is no one's business.

[Tiggeroshii]

11. ...

:rofl:

[santamargarita]

12. We need a "Stupid Right-Wing Shitbag" thread to dump this crap into

I serious! The assholes are irrelevant!

[Career Prole]

51. Excellent idea. Then perhaps every time palin "speaks"

it will end up there, instead of on the DU homepage where she seems to have found a home.

[onehandle]

13. Fucking mother fucker. Let me out of this damn state! nt

[clspector]

14. You know, this requires

a special kind of stupid.

[felinetta]

15. Bush said it would be easier to be a dictator and he certainly did

his best to be one. These people are so lame!

[grytpype]

16. The crazies are still going to be crazy and the stupids are still going to be stupid.

They just aren't in charge anymore.

[gratuitous]

18. So, what is Rep. Broun proposing?

That this will happen "if Obama isn't stopped"? And does he have a concrete proposal for "stopping" this imagined dictatorship? Does it involve the use of force, even violent force? This statement really needs some follow-up, because to his overfevered nitwit supporters, anxious and fearful, I'm sure it sounds a clarion call to assassination. But Broun is very careful with his words not to mention that inevitable next step, which is the first resort for his scaredy-cat ilk whenever they perceive their privilege to be threatened.

[Robb]

19. "It *MAY* sound a bit crazy and off base..."

:rofl:

Jeebus save us, the Peace Corps is planning an invasion of Georgia. What, installing toilets? :D

[awoke_in_2003]

64. Russia is not going to like that

one bit :)

[AlphaCentauri]

103. LOL seems like many crazies are coming out of Georgia n/t

[grahamhgreen]

20. Everything they accuse us of is what they are doing....

[BREMPRO]

69. Marxist? RIGHT Fundies, That's why Warren Buffet the capitalist endorsed him.

wtf is wrong with these knuckleheads. lost in the weeds of their own backyard.

[DeSwiss]

21. Such comments coming from a US Congressman....

...only goes to prove the need for a universal health plan. In this case, mental health services seem to be called for.

[kestrel91316]

23. He's no better than Palin. This is incitement to commit murder, IMHO.

He's deliberately whipping up the masses, trying to raise the level of hatred.

Obama is as much of a Marxist as Teddy Roosevelt was. Perhaps even less.

[treestar]

24. Did he warn us when Bush tried to do it?

Though not.

what a moran.

[Fearless]

26. I think he needs to switch to broadband internet...

He's about eight years late.

[Piewhacket]

27. Where was Craphead Broun when GWB created HIS fascist state? Huh?

But go ahead Broun, piss off us "liberals" some more.

[Metta]

28. Bush already did that.

Militarized the police. Authorized Homeland Security to stop anyone they want within 100 miles of any border. Warrantless wiretaps. Etc.

This guy's Joe McCarthy in short pants.

[RedLetterRev]

29. Broun is today's nominee for the DU FUMDUCKER award n/t

[AlbertCat]

56. Well, the Top 10 Conservative Idiots will still be hoppin'

[NikolaC]

31. Typical Wingnut BS

Always accuse the other guy of doing exactly the same thing that you are doing. Hypocrite.

[Bigmack]

32. And the dumbshits hear that as.....

"Who will rid us of this dictator? Some patriot out there with a scoped rifle, perhaps?"

I fear for Obama's safety.

[superconnected]

72. That's exactly how I read it.

[fascisthunter]

33. This is AFter We Just Had a DIctator for President with a One Party Rule

what a crack head...

Let's see... he didn't mind:

Illegally spying on Americans

Illegally prosecuting political enemies

Stealing Elections

Deregulating our economy so the criminals could make billions

Pissing and shitting on our Constitutions, our Freedoms and our libertes

Starting Illegal wars for Oil companies and greedy profiteers in the Military Industrial Complex

Torture

Outing a CIA agent

the list goes on and on....

A typical right wing Republican Fascist. Somebody put a sock in his mouth and send his stupid rich ass to Iraq.

[ohio2007]

34. Well, some people still say bushco isn't stepping down on Jan 20 , gonna turn the WH into a bunker

and, he has a "private" army unit ready to hunker down. ;)


lol

[scarface2004]

35. i hope obama s first decree is to nuke georgia!!

problem solved by maximum leader for life obama!!!

[Agony]

36. Same whack jobs that call Hugo Chavez a dictator

Oh...wait! everybody does that?!

[scytherius]

37. God I hope Libs turn out in huge numbers in GA. nt/

nt

[sakabatou]

38. Brown gets my Godwin Award

[LynnTheDem]

39. Oh grow the fuck up, Republic Party morans.

Fucking stupid ignorant misbehaving little children

[muntrv]

40. You mean like what Chimpy was doing the past 7 years?

[BootinUp]

41. This is one wackjob that needs to shut up.

Here's hoping the Secret Service comes visiting to his home to discuss the issue.

[mitchum]

42. Broun is a stupid asswipe who has a hateful imaginary friend

[Sodbuster]

44. The Congressman obviously doesn't keep up on things as his warning is a bit late.

This from the Army Times:


Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1

3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 30, 2008 16:16:12 EDT

The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.

Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home.

Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.

I'm sure if George does it, it is okay. Anything Obama does will be horrible.
Same ol Bullshit

[Politicalboi]

45. Thanks to Bush

If Obama wanted to get rid of him and his family without a trial he could do so. I know Obama won't but he could.

[CatholicEdHead]

46. "Marxist or facist dictatorship"?

:crazy:

That means far left and far right, you cannot be both at the same time. :crazy:

[AlbertCat]

57. Thank you for pointing that out

You can't be a commie and a fascist at the same time....unless you are neither and don't know what the fuck you are talking about. Perhaps the distinguished Congressman from GA needs to go to Junior High School.

[neverforget]

61. In his world you can.....

:crazy:

[Lucky Luciano]

48. Morans never cease to amaze.

[zelta gaisma]

49. Do they give out stupid pills when you join the Republican party?

[Realityhack]

50. Title might as well be "Georgia congressman predictably acts bat shit fuck nuts crazy" n/t

[struggle4progress]

52. Poor Paul just was never the same after aliens planted the device in his head

[AlbertCat]

58. His ass....they planted the device in his ass!

The aliens couldn't tell the difference so with a 50/50 chance, they chose the wrong end.

[AlbertCat]

53. Oh brother!

A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.


and monkeys will fly out of his ass too!

Repugs are pathetic!

[primavera]

54. If that isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is. n/t

[Charlie Brown]

59. so I guess Rep. Broun will be voting to repeal the FISA bills and Patriot Act

'cause we clearly can't allow such a dangerous man as President to have those kind of powers.

[IndianaGreen]

60. and restore habeas corpus and closing Guantanamo

I hope they all re-discover the beauty of the Constitution and the separation of powers.

[yellowcanine]

65. Actually from the standpoint of homeland security it might make sense to combine the FBI, ATF,

and Treasury agents into one National Police Force. It should at least be considered. Would get rid of some redundancy and promote communication.

[stevedeshazer]

66. Why I'm the first rec and this ain't on the greatest page, I have no idear.

Kick this sucker!

:kick:

[NYC Liberal]

68. One word: projection.

I guarantee you this guy supported the Patriot Act and Bush's illegal spying program. Don't even need to go look it up.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

80. I don't understand all the GOP projection - it seems insane

do they really think we don't KNOW that it is bu$h who has been acting as a dictator?
That it is bu$h administration who have been acting as the Gestapo?
It is like a nightmarish House of Mirrors...

[Zhade]

74. That's inciting violence.

NT!

[Dark]

75. he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the FBI, CIA an military answer to the commander in chief?

[bunkerbuster1]

76. Take my state. Please!

GA is full of nutball legislators; Broun is just one of many.

(My own congressman is John Linder, who thinks we can do away with the "Ah Are Ess" by instituting a 30-cent sales tax on everything. And people actually believe him!)

[jpak]

77. Don't turn around...oh oh...Obama is in town...wo wo...

Dumbass

:rofl:

[Le Taz Hot]

78. People around here are losing their minds over this election.

The churches and hate radio/tv have these people convinced of all sorts of dire outcomes. My husband's boss has been depressed since the election. His wife, Armenian (from Lebanon) is saying they should move to Lebanon because the United States is going communist. And they're serious! :crazy:

[DemoTex]

81. Rep. Paul Broun, MD, (R-GA) is a "house-call" only physician.

In 2006 he was cited in Georgia for practicing medicine without a license. Broun is also a fundamentalist Christian of the Palin ilk. It is Broun that is "a bit crazy and off base."

[kysrsoze]

82. Congressman: Obama wants Gestapo-like force

Source: MSNBC/AP

WASHINGTON - A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."

Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.

"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27655039/

---

Just love how Rep. Paul Broun manages to mix Marxism and Nazism to his supposed favor. Whuh eva.

[babylonsister]

83. Perhaps that clown inspired this: either way, he's as dumb as he

wants to be, and that's pretty dumb.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4436048

[Blues Heron]

84. This guy goes from zero to Godwin in two sentences flat! a new land speed record!

[Ian David]

85. 27% of Americans say they are afraid of Obama.

When those 27% learn that the people scaring to them were lying, I hope they turn on them.

Unless we can drive them all of the cliff first.

How about a grass-roots Hemlock Cabin Republican movement?

[ingac70]

88. Same bunch of stupid shits that still think Bush is a great Pres. n/t

[HopeHoops]

86. Bush DID promise a smooth transition - he can just put Obama in charge of the Bush Gestapo

[9119495]

87. Censure.

[Phred42]

89. So the Reich is NOW going to project everything they've been doing

on Obama. Cute.

[4dsc]

90. Its hard to argue with stupid..

Let's face it, there's alot of stupid going around after these elections.. This is another fine example..

[apnu]

91. What an ignorant tool (nt)

[MessiahRp]

92. WTF does he think Blackwater is?

There already exists a civilian personal army of the President.

Rp

[Doctor_J]

93. Team Obama needs to swat this fly

"I guess Mr. Broun missed the results of last week's elections. Fear, slander, and hatred were defeated. It would be nice if he would join us in trying to fix this country, but if he wants to continue with Mr. Rove's tactics we will move forward without him."

[Regret My New Name]

106. They don't need to swat anything... Let these idiots make an ass of themselves.

Fact is that if they go after him in anyway then they will just feed the crazies delusions. Besides, the idiots who buy into this shit won't be persuaded either way. Anyone with even a semi-functioning brain can see that these guys are just trying to spread irrational fear.

[kristopher]

94. This line is being pushed hard by right wing radio.

What we saw at the Palin rallies was just the tip of the iceberg. They are stoking the fires of fanaticism and if there isn't some sort of price to pay I'll be very surprised. Personally, I think it is a defense against a return to some form of the Fairness Doctrine. I know it sounds crazy but it really appears that they are recruiting a defacto army to defend their propaganda machine.

[rasputin1952]

95. this line says it all:

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base,..."

These people are insane...after the attempt by bush to create a "royal" presidency, this jughead needs to find a new job, one where thinking is not a requisite. The GOP is filled w/loons, and they are grasping at straws. Let them live w/their serving bush to such a great extent, that should sober them up, after all, they lost dramatically, some of that is because they can't get away from insanity.;

[Historic NY]

96. Guess this asshat hasn't made many trips to military installations..

those guys dressed in unforms (military) or otherwise at the gate are not miltiary personel. Homeland security people for the most part are civilians. The largest expanse in government involved creating a civilian force. The private armies of this administration sent overseas were not military either. Its time to sent this guy to the re-education camps. :crazy:

[Claire Beth]

100. The man is dillusional.....Sounds like what Bush did to me..nt

[Boo Boo]

97. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base..."

Oh no... not at all. You keep right on talkin', Skippy.

[Wizard777]

98. Do they teach History in Ga.? Hitler LOST every election.

Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany and then he used a terrorist attack on the Reichstag (Congress) to overthrow the German Constitution.

[Joe Chi Minh]

101. I think he's suggesting it will be "from the frying pan into the fire - when

it will be "into the best Burns Unit modern medicine and technology can afford.

[Javaman]

102. this is the face of the repukes being marginalized. pretty insane, isn't it? nt

[shanti]

104. projecting much?

:eyes: jeezus...

[Regret My New Name]

105. hahaha. Where do these people come up with this stuff?

Shouldn't he actually do something before they make such crazy claims?

I mean, Bush & Friends have actually done things to take away our rights, yet this guy has no issues with that...