Exclusive: Joe the Plumber suggests some members of Congress should be shot. from Think Progress

On Wednesday, Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher said that if he were in Congress, he would "probably be in jail" because he'd be charged with "slapping some member." He added, "And that's not [bull] either." ThinkProgress asked Joe at CPAC yesterday which members he would most like to slap. "Pretty much anybody that's stood there and said anything bad about our troops, pretty much anybody who sat there and talked treasonous talk about America," Joe said. He then implied that some members of Congress should be shot:

Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot 'em. And there'd be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong. You don't talk about our troops. You support our troops. Especially when our congressmen and senators sit there and say bad things in an ongoing conflict.

Watch it:

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At CPAC, Jim DeMint Urges Conservatives to “Take to the Streets” to Stop Obama’s “Socialism” from Firedoglake

Actual bumpersticker sold at CPAC

Day 2 of the Annual Wingnut Convention is off to an awesome start!

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the only member of the senate to earn a perfect rating from the American Conservative Union, called President Obama "the world's best salesman of socialism" on Friday in describing his prime time speech earlier this week.

DeMint, a fierce opponent of government expansion, told the CPAC crowd that conservatives might have to "take to the streets to stop America's slide into socialism."

Now I know what you're thinking. Yeah, yeah, BT, the Birchers have their pitchforks and torches out at CPAC. What else is new?

But this year is getting so bad, it's even freaking out wingnut bloggers. Even my Senator Boxturtle was sufficiently unnerved to the point of pleading for moderation.

rest http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/at-cpac-jim-demint-urges-conservatives-to-take-to-the-streets-to-stop-obamas-socialism/

Bobby Jindal Revises His Katrina Story from Firedoglake

There's a whole host of evidence that Bobby Jindal's story about Katrina from his truly disastrous SOTU rebuttal was, shall we say,  fabricated.  Ben Smith reports Jindal is walking it back:

A spokeswoman for Bobby Jindal now says the Louisiana governor didn't intend to imply that an anecdote about battling bureaucrats "during Katrina" actually took place during the heat of the rescue effort or directly involved the governor, then a member of Congress.

The spokeswoman, Melissa Sellers, said the story Jindal told in his response to Obama actually took place some days later in Lee's office, as Lee was recounting his frustrations with the bureaucracy to someone else on the telephone.

rest http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/bobby-jindal-revises-his-katrina-story/

"The audience erupted in cheers and laughter at the idea of Obama’s home city being obliterated. "

John Bolton picks Chicago as a city for terrorists to nuke

from Crooks and Liars by David Neiwert http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/john-bolton-picks-chicago-city-terro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylI02kvViZA

There's something about the annual Conservative Political Action Committee's annual convention that just draws out the ugly eliminationists. Every year it's someone -- usually Ann Coulter -- wishing aloud that someone would just blow away or lock up liberals and minorities en masse. This year it's John Bolton:

He [Obama] said during the campaign that Iran was a tiny threat. Tiny depending on how many nuclear weapons they ultimately are able to deliver on target. Tiny compared to the Soviet Union, but is the loss of one American city — pick one at random: Chicago — is that a tiny threat?

As Think Progress notes:

The audience erupted in cheers and laughter at the idea of Obama's home city being obliterated.

It's nice to see they've expanded their targets. When right-wingers wish aloud for terrorists to obliterate an American city, it's usually San Francisco.

Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail from Think Progress

Just days before the Inauguration, Rush Limbaugh famously declared, "I hope [Obama] fails." Since then, some conservatives have been hesitant to embrace this view. Pat Robertson said, "That was a terrible thing to say." "Anybody who wants him to fail is an idiot," said Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC). Responding to Sanford, Limbaugh reiterated his position yesterday, saying, the "hell we don't" want Obama to fail.

One of those "idiots" adopting Limbaugh's stance is former House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX). In an interview with ThinkProgress at CPAC today, we asked DeLay whether he agrees with Limbaugh's statements. DeLay said Limbaugh was "exactly" right to root for Obama's failure:

TP: Do you agree with Rush Limbaugh that we shouldn't hope for President Obama to succeed?

DELAY: Well, exactly right. I don't want this for our nation. That's for sure.

Watch it:

rest http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/27/delay-obama-fail/

Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False from TPMmuckraker

Looks like the game is up.

Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night -- about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling government red tape to try to rescue stranded victims?

Turns out it wasn't actually, you know, true.

In the last few days, first Daily Kos, and then TPMmuckraker, raised serious questions about the story, based in part on the fact that no news reports we could find place Jindal in the affected area at the specific time at issue.

Jindal had described being in the office of Sheriff Harry Lee "during Katrina," and hearing him yelling into the phone at a government bureaucrat who was refusing to let him send volunteer boats out to rescue stranded storm victims, because they didn't have the necessary permits. Jindal said he told Lee, "that's ridiculous," prompting Lee to tell the bureaucrat that the rescue effort would go ahead and he or she could arrest both Lee and Jindal.

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Jindal is a deuche

FLASHBACK: Jindal Supported Federal Unemployment Funding After Katrina Devastated His District

from Think Progress by Satyam Khanna

On Friday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced that he would reject roughly $100 million in unemployment assistance from the federal recovery package, claiming the aid would lead to a tax hike on businesses. Jindal's decision ensured that at least 25,000 unemployed Lousiana residents would not be eligible for unemployment insurance.

As the congressman representing parts of Lousiana devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Jindal actively sought assistance from the federal government. Yesterday on MSNBC's Countdown, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) called the Republican Party a "heartless and insensitive organization" and criticized Jindal for rejecting the unemployment funds. Jindal, she noted, was singing a different tune about unemployment aid when Katrina hit his district:

WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: This is a guy, who while I served with him in Congress, voted for that [unemployment] assistance twice, and is certainly willing to take funding from the federal when people are out of a job and out of their home as a result of a hurricane, but not willing to take that assistance when his constituents are out of a job and out of a home as a result of this economic crisis. I'm not sure what the difference is. A crisis is a crisis.

rest http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/24/jindal-unemployment-insurance-katrina/