# Is another right-wing terrorist attack coming? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 12, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892 "2005-04-12T01:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/41 "2005-04-13T15:59:40Z")
> [@Renob](#): > > A Senator who, incidently, didn’t even read the memo. That’s what Martinez says. I see little reason to believe him. > [@](#): > > And then what, **ITR**? We have Rehnquist very likely stepping down this year, an upcoming Senate fight over judicial nominees, talk of eliminating the filibuster… And you don’t see why the right would spend some serious energy beforehand demonizing the judiciary? Really? I can’t believe it would be difficult for anyone to connect the dots. > [@](#): > > Liberals like to twist the words of a few people to make it seem like conservatives are doing so, but that doesn’t make it so. I suppose this is directed at my quote-fest above. I’m not trying to twist anything. I’d just like people with real responsibility to behave, you know, responsibly. I’m funny that way. In my opinion, the over-the-top rhetoric has an obvious end – demonize judges so that in the upcoming appointment fights the right sees the judiciary as a problem that desperately needs to be solved, which provides cover for attacking anyone urging restraint or opposing appointments. Mind you, I’m not sure I see how this is an _effective_ strategy – the religious right couldn’t get angrier about Roe v Wade, so stirring them up seems pointless to me. But whatever, I’m not Rove; we’ll see how it plays out. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/42 "2005-04-13T16:13:28Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Dirk – give me a break. A “cafe press” t-shirt isn’t an example of “the left”. We don’t know who put that up. It could have been **Brutus** , for all you know. Oh, give it up. Anything that can be remotely tied to the GOP has been used to run down anyone that is conservative. Now you’re backing off saying there are “fringe” elements of the DNC that are out of the mainstream? Why can’t we associate those calling for assassination of Bush “leftists”? (Funny how the media uses the phrases “right-wing” and “leftist”. I can’t remember seeing the phrase “left-wing” in _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or the holy _New York Times_.) ELF and PETA? Lefties, these are your responsibility. Care to justify the environmental cause that’s helped with domestic terrorism? Shut the fuck up. If you honestly think “your” party is somehow morally superior, you have a rude awakening coming. No party is perfect. But it is rather amusing that instead of the Dummycrats touting what they stand for and believe in, all they can do is spend every ounce of energy criticizing minutiae. Yeah, that’s leadership. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/43 "2005-04-13T16:22:04Z")
Children please. I know “pin the wing on the loon” is a lot of fun but it’s not really answering the question in the title is it? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/44 "2005-04-13T16:22:16Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Oh, give it up. Anything that can be remotely tied to the GOP has been used to run down anyone that is conservative. Now you’re backing off saying there are “fringe” elements of the DNC that are out of the mainstream? Why can’t we associate those calling for assassination of Bush “leftists”? I’m quoting the GOP leadership. Pony up something similar from the other side. Pointing to a T-shirt site is not serious. > [@](#): > > Shut the fuck up. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/45 "2005-04-13T19:07:09Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > (Funny how the media uses the phrases “right-wing” and “leftist”. I can’t remember seeing the phrase “left-wing” in _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or the holy _New York Times_.) **Left-wing** [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D12FB385E0C768EDDAE0894DC404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D12FB385E0C768EDDAE0894DC404482) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A15F73D540C768EDDAF0894D8404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A15F73D540C768EDDAF0894D8404482) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A11F63C550C7A8EDDAB0994DF494D81](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A11F63C550C7A8EDDAB0994DF494D81) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A10FC3C5D0C7A8DDDAA0894DE494D81](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A10FC3C5D0C7A8DDDAA0894DE494D81) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20610F8355A0C718CDDAB0994DC404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20610F8355A0C718CDDAB0994DC404482) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715F9395D0C728EDDAF0894DC404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715F9395D0C728EDDAF0894DC404482) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D1FFA3D5B0C768DDDAC0894DC404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D1FFA3D5B0C768DDDAC0894DC404482) **Just for fun, "rightest"** [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B11F834550C718EDDAA0894DC404482](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B11F834550C718EDDAA0894DC404482) Perhaps you should do more reading of the holy New York Times, or any at all, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/46 "2005-04-13T19:39:01Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Shut the fuck up…the Dummycrats **Moderator’s Note:** **Duffer** , please cool it a bit. This is Great Debates, not the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/47 "2005-04-14T03:09:00Z")
[DeLay apologizes for rhetoric in Schiavo case](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-13-delay_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA) ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/48 "2005-04-14T03:39:29Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Delay apologizes Is that a flying pig I see outside my window? Have temperatures in Hell hit -50? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/49 "2005-04-14T03:52:51Z")
It’s an admission that his rhetoric was beyond the pale for a House Majority Leader. Sans an admission of exactly _why_ the comments were inappropriate, or really any explanation of what he meant when he made them. But that’s probably too much to expect. I’ll cut the GOP leadership some slack for this action, but just a little, and hope cooler heads are starting to prevail. Here’s hoping. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/50 "2005-04-14T05:39:33Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > If there is a right-wing terrorist attack, presumably against a left-wing target, will the left then wring their hands and ask, ‘Why do they hate us?’ or ‘Which of our policies brought this attack on us’? Nah, because we already know what the answer to those questions are – the Reagan Administration’s easing of the FCC’s equal-time provisions, which paved the way for the rise of one-sided venom-filled right-wing talk radio. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/51 "2005-04-14T06:41:29Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > [DeLay apologizes for rhetoric in Schiavo case](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-13-delay_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA) Obviously deLay got notice from his terrorist buddies that a judicial attack is imminent, and figured he could profit his political career with a little show of moderation. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892/52 "2005-04-14T06:47:54Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > Yes, there are a lot of calls to “defeat them” and some “intolerance” as viewed from the “left,” but no one on the right, to my knowledge, has called for outright assassination of a political figure. By a coinkydink, I just ran across this historical nugget from the archives. From the Virginia State Republican party convention, August 1994: > [@](#): > > Most booths did a brisk business in buttons, which expressed just a few simple themes: “There Are Americans And There Are Liberals”; “AIDS Abortion Euthanasia-- Don’t Liberals Just Kill Ya”; “Sodom and Gomorrah Had Gays in the Military”; “Clinton Doesn’t Inhale – He Sucks”; “Real Men Are Not Called Hillary”; “If the Clintons Divorce, Who Gets the House?”; “President Clinton: ‘You Can Play with the Dog, but Leave My Pussy Alone!’” and **"Where Is Lee Harvey Oswald When America Really Needs Him?"** > –Sidney Blumenthal, _The New Yorker,_ July 18, 1994 Remember, this wasn’t a bunch of loonies calling in to Limbaugh or Liddy’s talk show – it was the Republican Party of Virginia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-another-right-wing-terrorist-attack-coming/298892.md?page=2)