Friday, April 9, 2010
Cohen Plays Hardball on the Tea Party Issue
Posted by Jackson Baker on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:02 AM
9th District congressman Steve Cohen continues to be the focus of attention — national as well as local — on the issue of Tea Partiers and who they are.
Most recently the congressman was Chris Matthews' guest on Thursday's installment of the MSNBC cable show Hardball. Did he walk back his statements critical of Tea Partiers? He did not. Check out the congressman's appearance here.
Locally, Cohen was a guest this week at Republic Coffee's weekly series of open chats with political newsmakers. There was some spirited back-and-forth between Cohen and members of the Tea Party movement at that event. Video of that conversation — which was part confrontation and part genuine dialogue — is available at the Blue Collar Republican blog..
And the Flyer's cover story this week in part discusses the contretemps and related circumstances.
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I contributed one of my custom semi-automatic rubber band guns to Steve's campaign the other night--maybe he can strap it on next time he goes incognito at a Tea Party.
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dislikeCohen can afford to play hardball. He is in a "safe" district that will elect only a Democrat, and thus he can roll over for The DNC upon command. I think Congressman Cohen is smart, articulate, and a master at playing the game. There is no way he believes half of what he's saying, but it gets his face on The National News programs.
The real game begins with Willie Herenton challenging Cohens' seat. Mayor Herenton is also a veteran of dirty politics, and he will pull a race card on Cohen in a New York minute if it wins an election. Cohen, being born white, cannot win that battle. If Mayor Herenton can get a good voter turn-out, then Mr. Cohen is history. Although both would probably vote lockstep liberal on almost all National issues, I believe Congressman Cohen has a proven record of constituent service that would be hard to follow for anyone. Mayor Herenton, on the other hand,...is, errrr,... black. There is your choice. The voters deserve the leadership they elect.
What a Crock of Crap....
Tea Party = KKK?
and TEA PARTIERS would have assasinated MLK?
and Huge Government Entitlement = Budget reduction?
MSNBC is a DISGRACE for airing this crap and not questioning...
The American people are not that stupid....this man should be booted out for his disgraceful and deceitful use of Civil Rights comparisons.
MLK would more likely be a member of the tea party than against it....as he was on the right side of the issue back then and would likely be on the right side of history today...and right = might.
Tea Party is standing up for the rights of all individuals against government control.....this Race stuff is BS
I've read their signs and listened to their rants. If not outright racist, the Tea Party is certainly deluded by a very narrow whitebread vision of America. I think it's a synergistic effect of taking Viagra and Prosac at the same time.
... and washing them down with a six pack of Bud Light longnecks all before attending your favorite all white, full gospel, fundamentalist church.
regarding secession -- I say this in all seriousness: Please, please do it. Secede already!! Teabaggers of America: MAKE GOOD ON YOUR THREATS.
why are the normals complaining about this? let their people go!! I will happily relocate. I will miss NOLA, but it's for the best. Also we will need to build a wall. There's a "shovel-ready" project right there.
Mr. Cohen is using a tired old game of name calling and image creating. It is really sad. I have always heard that when others cannot debate the issues they name ca. He definately "name called". It would have been better to debate the issues.
I have attended several of their functions and found them to be cogent people of various backgrounds.
Don
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