Indiana GOP Senate Candidate Richard Behney told a "patriot" group in Evansville that if "we don't see new faces" in the upcoming Congressionals "I'm cleaning my guns and getting ready for the big show."
"I'm serious about that," added Behney, who is vying to run against incumbent Evan Bayh (D-Milquetoast).
Might be time to up your investments in personal body armor.
I heard the news by way of Howey Politics Indiana, who links to a video at IndianaBarrister.com that is censored by my ISP, so I can't review it.
A quick read of this tea party maniac's website is instructive. From the page entitled "Where I Stand":
The land of the free was quickly becoming the land of the enslaved. It reminded me of what I had heard of debt bondage of medieval Europe, where children were sold into slavery for the unpaid debts of their fathers.
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We had heard that Glenn Beck had called for people who were feeling uneasy about the actions of the government to join together. In March, we decided to host a group of people in our home. Beck provided a link on his web site for people in our area to sign up to attend our meeting. This number quickly outgrew our living room.
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While all of us went about our lives – going to work, raising our families – our independence was being pilfered away by a government that was aiming at the socialization of America. We were in real danger of losing our republic.
Howey notes the chances of this nut actually getting the GOP nomination "are slim - and nil if Rep. [Mike] Pence (R-IN) enters the race." (A recent Rasmussen poll shows Bayh trailing Pence by three points.)
Still, as Howey says, "it's sobering to think that the Hoosier mainstream has been stretched that far out."
Now, I'm a Hoosier living abroad, but I own a home in Indianapolis and intend to return there some day. Just the other day I was talking on the phone to a life-long friend when the subject of Obama came up. Now, this fellow has always leaned Republican, but we often see eye-to-eye on some issues. In fact, he privately supported my efforts to get out the vote for Obama in 2008.
But not anymore. He railed on our president for a few hot minutes before I suggested we could have a long debate and not settle the issue. Once he calmed down we moved on to other matters. But his anger troubled me, and the source of that anger troubled me further.
For in his words I heard the ring of that angry bell continuously rung by the Fox minions, with words like "socialism" and "elite" sounded on harsh notes.
My neighborhood isn't safe anymore, he told me. There's been seven break-ins in the area. Folks are desperate.
He was scared and unhappy. And it was all Obama's fault.
I worry when so many people are misinformed to the point they are ready to lock and load.
Myself, I'm growing less happy with our president. Of course it's nowhere near as low as the level I felt with Bush. Some of this stuff Obama is doing just doesn't make sense, though. Cut spending in a recession? Why can't he just get the job done and put us back to work? He needs to overcome the opposition and lead us through these challenges. I'm all for everybody getting together and coming to a consensus, but not if half the folks in the room will say or do anything to see any plan fail. Sadly, for this administration, bipartisanship is dead. I say get the job done the right way and then let the chips fall where they may. No more pandering and dickering.