Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called for the assassination of Fidel Castro, saying "I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the people." At first she had denied it, then acknowledged that it was indeed what she said. Adding, "It's an everyday situation for me." (Me, I floss.)
Pat Robertson, former GOP candidate for President, called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Bill O'Reilly welcomed terrorist attacks on the city of San Francisco.
Ann Coulter called for the poisoning of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. And for the troops to frag Rep. John Murtha - military slang for soldiers to kill a superior officer. (These were both "jokes," she later said. Unlike most humorists, Ms. Coulter uses footnotes and must inform audiences after she has said something funny.)
Conservative radio host Hal Turner wrote on his website, "Any member of Congress who introduces, co-sponsors or votes in favor of any such amnesty will be declared a domestic enemy and will be considered a legitimate target for assassination."
Virgil Goode (R-VA) has proposed limiting people of the Muslim faith from entering the United States, so that they can't get elected to Congress.
Jerry Falwell said that the Katrina disaster killing 1,800 Americans was God's punishment on abortionists.
Newt Gingrich, rumored GOP candidate for President, recently called for new limitations on Free Speech in the First Amendment.
John McCain, leading Republican candidate for President, told a room of businessmen, "I want to keep health-care costs down until I get sick, and then I don't give a goddamn."
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Your Republican Party.
Meet Compassionate Conservatism.
There's a pattern.
No outrage from Republicans.
There's a pattern.
No memorial after 9/11. Slow rebuilding after Katrina.
There's a pattern.
No minimum wage. Under-funding No Child Left Behind. Privatizing Social Security.
These don't happen in a vacuum. There's a pattern. To all these.
Not only no moral center, no moral edges.
There is a pattern.
If you are a Republican, is this what you want your party to stand for?
If you are an American, is this what you want your country to stand for?
If you are a human, is this what you stand for?
There's a pattern to all this. And that pattern is the Republican Party today.
And NO! The GOP does not get away with, "God told me so."
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