Time to point this out. Past time, really. White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina on Thursday reportedly made this statement:
And lo and behold, on Thursday evening hired SEIU goons did just that.
This is flat-out incitement to riot by a White House official. This is not flowery rhetoric, this is a call to violence.
Messina should be very publicly fired for this. The Democrats right now – especially the White House inhabitants – are beginning to feel the real heat of real opposition to their agenda. This is not the drummed up astroturf they are used to dealing with on their side of any issue. This is real opposition by average people.
They have no idea how to handle it other than to try to crush it by violent means.
Is this the change you hoped for, Obama voters? Calls to outright thuggery by the White House itself?
Fire Messina. Right now. Call off your goons. Right now. This is enough. Time to act presidential and not like a permanent candidate, Mr. Obama. Time to pull back before it is too much for you to contain.
Dial it back right now.
Gaius – you and I are living in the throes of interesting times. If Obama is urging violence against legal protest, what’s going to happen next?