Dick Armey Supposedly Has Death Threats

[discocrisco01]

Via http://weaselzippers.us/2010/08/25/leading-tea-party-group-being-hit-with-death-threats-forced-to-move-into-high-security-building-in-dc">Weasel Zippers

One of Washington’s principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections. The number and intensity have reached such heights that the organization is leaving its downtown location near the FBI and moving to a high-security building near the U.S. Capitol.

“FreedomWorks and Dick Armey receive dozens of threatening and harassing calls and E-mails each day. Many imply violence and use of weapons,” spokesman Adam Brandon tells Whispers. “As we get closer to the election we expect the harassment to increase.”

He says that FreedomWorks will hire additional security, meaning less money for its election-eve, get-out-the-vote, or GOTV, campaign. “Unfortunately, we may have to use resources for security guards that we would rather use for GOTV,” he said.

The group plans to move to 400 North Capitol Street NW, a secure building two blocks from the U.S. Capitol. That building also houses Fox News Channel’s Washington Bureau and several other media outlets.

FreedomWorks provided some of the recordings of the threatening calls to Whispers and they include physical threats and profanity aimed at the group, Tea Party spokesmen and even conservative talkers. “You guys better watch it,” says one caller. “Now, we are going to destroy and obliterate Rush and Sean Hannity,” said another. “Those two guys are dead"

I still think that there is far more crazies on the right than the liberals. We want progress, they want regression. However, one should not resent the other side to the point where your making death threats. I know several conservatives that had good character and are good people. They just have stinky thinking. My old sponsor in AA was a Republican and we had several civil conservations about politics.

Dick Armey is not the "great Satan" and does not deserve death threats. I think the people making death threats need to see their spiritual adviser on how to drain the swamp of resentment.

[Zoeisright]

1. I highly doubt that Mr. "Ward of the State" Armey has received any death theats.

Repukes are the ones who make the death threats. This has happened many times - a repuke crying wolf and whining about how picked on they are, and it turns out not to be true.

[KingFlorez]

2. Sounds like a ploy for money

It's very odd that they mentioned hiring security would cut into money for GOTV. They want to get more money from the tea party drones, most likely for their own pockets.

[LiberalFighter]

13. And an excuse to be in the same building as Fuek News and control the news.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I'd guess Karl Rove, but I think he's too busy to bother with Dick.

[katandmoon]

4. What a crock.

[texastoast]

5. How much did he pay to have some of his staffers do that?

That's my thinking. It shouldn't be too hard to prove one way or the other, but I doubt he will pursue it. He likely already knows.

[Chipper Chat]

6. The burning of the Reichstag, anyone?

:think:

[BurtWorm]

7. Come on. It's gotta be Michael Steele.

:think:

[MidwestTransplant]

8. I'll bet the culprit has a backwards B on their face.

[napi21]

9. Well, he did incite violence, so live with it! Or die with it. nt

[MilesColtrane]

10. Hmm...I'm surprised that he didn't go with the "Jesus is going to call me home unless I get money"..

thing.

It worked for Oral.

Well, I guess there's more than one way to get the base fired up.

[Trajan]

11. Here and elsewhere ....

I have very very rarely seen any threats of violence BY Liberals or Progressives against anyone ....

I'm sure it happens, but so very rarely .... Anarchists primarily ... But I doubt even they give two fucks about Armey ...

This is some shady BS ....

[RandomThoughts]

12. I don't think threats against anyone is a good idea.

[bullwinkle428]

14. I smell a rat. A big fat rat with a white cowboy hat!

[donheld]

15. Why are you posting crap from a right wing blog?

[notadmblnd]

16. Oh, they're planting the shit themselves to garner sympathy and donations

There's not a doubt in my mind.

[davidpdx]

17. If he hasn't gotten a death thread for sure

please send me his phone number. I have a few choice words I'd like to say to him.

[marmar]

18. ............

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. While I agree with your sentiment I am smelling a rat

When was the last time any serious lefty went into violence? the 1970s.

What was it, last week that we had a rightie?

This smells of old fashioned Karl Rove style dirty tricks.

[Bitwit1234]

20. Poor him...he wants sympathy

I wouldn't give it to him. I hope no one does away with him. I hope he somehow lives the rest of his life in despair and he gets reminded of all the things he has done to this great country. The thing is countries like Germany and those ME countries have only one despot, while we have many. THEY ARE CALLED REPUBLICANS.

[mtnester]

21. Since he is sytematically destroying the moderate Republican party

wondering fo those threats are from his own folk? Just a guess on my part (and highly probable)

Don't think these are from Dems....and I only BARELY think he is getting any threats at all.