Bobby Rush: 'Lynched' on the House Floor by Mississippi Republican?
When Rep. Bobby Rush donned a hoodie and sunglasses on the House floor as a stunt to publicize his opposition to the handling of Trayvon Martin's death in Florida, McClatchy News Service cooed, "For the 65-year-old former 1960s Black Panther Party activist, an act of civil disobedience never felt so good."
But Washington Post columnist Lisa Miller inflated the stunt way beyond its significance --- comparing it to lynching -- with a white Republican congressman from Mississippi, Rep. Gregg Harper, as the alleged metaphorical hangman for pounding the gavel and calling Rep. Rush out of order:
Rush read from the Bible as the presiding officer, Gregg Harper, a two-term Republican from Mississippi, tried to silence him.
For those who haven’t seen it, the exchange went something like this.
“Just because a person wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum,” Rush pronounced. And then he started to read from the book of Micah — “to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” — as Harper sharply banged his gavel.
“The member will suspend. The member will suspend,” Harper commanded.
And so it continued, for three or so minutes: the black man reading from Scripture, the white man insisting on decorum.
The scene will be rehashed in the media as grandstanding on Rush’s part (and surely that is partially true), but the image that lingers is that of one man trying to silence another whose grief and principles led him to protest.
In his new book, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree,” the theologian James Cone wrestles with the question of how, during the early years of the 20th century, American blacks could continue to believe in the hope of Jesus while American whites continued to kill their black neighbors and go praise Jesus on Sunday. Rush enacted all that tragic history and more in one moment, with Harper as his unwitting accomplice.
Cone, let us recall, is the "black liberation theology" architect that inspired Rev. Jeremiah Wright in his "God Damn America" sermons. Lisa Miller apparently finds Cone a very convenient foil for conservative-bashing.
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If I were descended...
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:03am.
...from someone who had ACTUALLY been lynched, I'd be OUTRAGED.
Any black conservatives out there with such a lineage? SPEAK UP! PLEASE.
This BULLCRAP diminishes the actual HORROR and genuine SUFFERING of those who REALLY WERE LYNCHED.
Disgusting.
Oh, barf!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:34am.
the black man reading from Scripture, the white man insisting on decorum.
Oh, please.
What a pathetic attempt to create "a martyr for the cause."
whose grief and principles led him to protest.
Give me a break. This was shameless race-pandering of the highest order.
For black grievance-mongers, it's always Selma, there are always white men with whips and dogs beating the black man down.
For crying out loud, get a grip, Ms. Miller!
Hmmmmmmmmm
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:38am.
How do the Black Panthers differ from the KKK?
The body count is a little lower.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Submitted by NC Cop on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:40am.
Exactly what I was thinking. Remember how people went berserk when Duke was running for office. Yet nobody has a problem with this idiot, Rush, who was a member of a violent racist organization.
The left are truly some of the biggest hypocrites you will ever see.
You have to remember that
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:01am.
You have to remember that liberals are twice as moral as the rest of us: they not only have standards, they have double standards.
How?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:10am.
They wear different colored hoods.
Hey Bobby,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:40am.
How many more hoddie wearing punks have killed innocents in your district?
How many?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:13am.
I heard on some newscast that two were killed in Bobby's district, ON THE DAY OF HIS SPEECHIFYING!
But that was Black-on-Black, so it doesn't actually count, right?
'When Bobby Rush donned a
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:10pm.
'When Bobby Rush donned a hoodie and sunglasses on the floor of the House'..................he was just revertin' to his yoot and his roots as a young punk................maybe he'd just come back from his district, and hadn't had the chance to change out of his homeboy outfit!!!
I can only imagine how ludicrous his SPEECHIFYIN' and SIGNIFYIN' was soundin'. I'm sure that the lily-white Eric (With)Holder was proud of this little dramatic episode..............and it proves once again that EVIL white men , especially from the south, are racist bigots!!! Nothin' like Bobby Rush, Eric (With)Holder, Boy Baraka, or any of those totally brain-dead male and female race-baiters in the House of Representatives.
And why isn't this guy's name Kwanzulu Nduyufuku, or Mohammed el Akbar bin Sheik-yer-Buti al Sodom...............instead of some weak-ass 'white' name like Bobby Rush................I mean - 'RUSH'???? That's embarrassing!!!!
Seeing as how you are our resident American Asia dweller, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 1:07pm.
... I'm surprised you didn't come up with a name like, say, Dong Ki Dong, or something equally descriptive.
Dong Ki Kong is pretty
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 1:36pm.
Dong Ki Kong is pretty good................maybe Hee Dum Fuk...................but these 'revolutionary' guys like RUSH are more into the moooooooooooslem names, or the ethnic African names - although they would NEVER live in either place!!!! And I actually think that they look down on Asians - usually when there are inner city riots, don't they go trash the Asian sections of town, since the Asians take better care of their 'turf' than the homies do???
Ole Bobby was reading from the Book of Sharpton.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:42am.
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Good morning SoL
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:52am.
Please fon't make fun of the bible of the Church of the devine Lucifer. They are just as legitimate as Pope Sharpton the Guilty.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
So it's ok when democrats read the Bible in Congress?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:53am.
Where were all the atheists screaming about separation of church and state?
By the way, a local bank has a sign on its door, telling people to remove sunglasses and hoods before entering. It states specifically the reason is for safety since most bank robbers wear shades and hoods to conceal their identities.
Racists!!
You read my mind Rad
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:09am.
Any other (conservative) quoting the Bible would have been castrated (figuratively speaking). And, as has already been noted, this coming from a "former" militant black racist is the height of hypocrisy. and if this congress-critter "whose grief and principles led him to protest", there are plenty of venues for him to do so. None of them are the floor of congress.
And for this idiot reporter to compare Rush getting kicked off the floor for his grandstanding to Mississippi lynchings just shows how ridiculously far the left will stretch to inflate non-existant controversies.
Who are...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:58am.
the hood-wearing racists today?
Crap
Submitted by packman on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:00am.
Tim, your article is pure crap. Give us a break. Rep. Rush was grandstanding and he knew it, and he simply got his butt called on it. You're trying to make this out to be something it simply isn't. Comparing this to lynching? Puh-leze! "...the image that lingers is that of one man trying to silence another whose grief and principles led him to protest...." No, his grief and principles led him to break the rules of decorum in the legislative body where he serves and he got called on it. For me, it just puts him in the same vigilante category which includes all the protestors who know it all, and are demanding "the head of George Zimmerman." Where are their brains in all of this, i.e., calling for someone (anyone?) to do to George Zimmerman what they are claiming was done to Trayvon Martin? Oh, wait a minute, he's black, so that excuses everything.
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
No, it's your comment that is "pure crap."
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:05am.
It was Lisa Miller who compared this to a lynching, not Mr. Graham. He is just citing her article.
Yeah, I'm a little confused,
Submitted by NC Cop on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:05am.
Yeah, I'm a little confused, packman. Tim was quoting an article in which someone else was comparing the incident to lynching. The artilce was about that.
remedial classes
Submitted by dmacleo on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:12am.
look in your area for adult ed reading comprehension classes, it may help.
Wow, he was really on a roll,
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:14am.
Wow, he was really on a roll, though, wasn't he? LOL
➚ Yeah, he was
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:16am.
And you done went and calmed him down before I even woke up this morning.
Hey, I was just turning his
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:27am.
Hey, I was just turning his own quote back on him.
➚ "Rush" to judgment
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:31am.
Yeah, I caught that. I was just bemoaning the fact you beat me to it.
LOL
Submitted by dmacleo on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:44am.
it was one to be proud of :)
Shenanigans
Submitted by poseA on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:40am.
This sort of chicanery makes life more difficult for decent and hardworking American citizens of all colors.
Let me guess, Packman.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:16am.
You went to public schools, right?
If only.............!
Submitted by BBallleaper on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:00am.
Now that would be good news for a change!
I am afraid that the racists
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 2:25pm.
I am afraid that the racists here are the ones who assume that Trayvon Martin is innocent and Zimmerman guilty. I know of no conclusive evidence that Zimmerman is guilty or that Trayvon is innocent. Let the court decide and demand justice. If Zimmerman is guilty of manslaughter then convict him. If Zimmerman had reason to feel that his life was in danger and under Florida law he had the right to shoot Trayvon, then set him free. But you will have to protect him if he is set free, someone will want to kill him.
Indeed
Submitted by poseA on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:34am.
Indeed, this sort of dishonor is akin to that exhibited by women who falsely claim to have been the victims of sexual harassment.
Last night 3 employees of a
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:46am.
Last night 3 employees of a convience store in Farmville, NC, that is a about 30 miles from here, were shot and killed during an armed robbery. One of the dead is a HS student. The survallence camera shows 2 of the killers are wearing, HOODIES. The killers were black. Don't know about the employees yet.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Three_People_Shot_At_Farmville_Conven...
... and you won't know, Rick.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:22am.
I've noticed that the papers and the TV never mention the racial components involved UNLESS it is a white shooter and a black victim. That is, unless of course, the cart gets before the horse like in Sanford, and they tag the shooter a "white man" before actually checking. Then they are stuck with having to call him a "white Hispanic."
And look for that 'white
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:16pm.
And look for that 'white hispanic' label to continue..............I think the MSM is quite proud of themselves for coming up with another term that they can use to cover their sorry asses, while getting their agenda across.
It's really a shame that ANYBODY has to get killed in a convenience store - I mean, what the hell is in a convenience store that is worth killing someone about?? It's a damn shame....................
➚ It's a preemptive strike
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:21pm.
Be ready to see Marco Rubio branded as a white hispanic should he be chosen for VP.
That's when race hustlers like Joe Biden jump in with "You people know what white hispanics are like, don't you?"
Very perceptive, Killa and Cool.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 1:06pm.
They could well be setting up Rubio to be a "white Hispanic."
I'm still surprised that since Zimmerman is a registered Democrat, they haven't come up with a "deflecting shield" for that fact; maybe something like Conservative Democrat.
Yeah, and I'm still waitin'
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 1:20pm.
Yeah, and I'm still waitin' for the MSM to call Boy Baraka a 'white black', or a 'black white', or whatever concoction they could come up with..........but I know it AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!!! So I'll stick with my own description of him, which is eerily very similiar to yours!!!
And, come to think of it, Rubio IS kinda 'white', doncha think?? And................he's rather conservative..........hmmmmmmmm.
No el problemo on Zimmerman being a Dem - they just don't mention it. Now, if the guy was a Republican?????? Need I say more??
➚ Or "high yellow"
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 2:38pm.
Now there's a term used in days of old to describe African Americans whose skin color and features were more white than black.
Considered a compliment given by white owners.
Sounds very condescendingly liberal to me.
Yeah, they had 'color
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 3:24pm.
Yeah, they had 'color categories' down there in South Africa too, for the various shades and races. A good friend of mine was surfing there a number of years ago - and he is Chinese/Hawaiian, and rather dark - and also a very good surfer. I guess he was doing too well, and catching too many good waves...............some of the local white boys wanted to put some whup-ass on him, but he was staying with a white guy that he had met over here in Hawaii, and that sort of cooled things down. But that would be an example of this kind of thing...........even though he's an American, and not a 'black' guy.
These people are like a stuck record.
Submitted by Tiger on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:48am.
Stuck in the past, same line over and over and refusing to acknowledge that times have changed. They are now the racists.
BIGOTS!
Submitted by ExTxMarine on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:25am.
They are racists; but they are the epitome of the word: BIGOT! A term they too often throw at Conservatives in their drivel and banter. They refuse or deny all the facts so as to hold on to a rigid mindset, even though the facts suggest otherwise!
These fools refuse to see America for it's greatness, because they would lose their Federally-mandated quotas and cushy lame jobs (race-baiting is a profession for many of them), etc... !!!
And if the roles had been reversed,
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:02am.
Lisa Miller (the Jewish-when-convenient, agnostic-otherwise) religion writer, would be accusing the GOP of grandstanding and of perpetrating a publicity stunt on the house floor.
Just how low, disgusting and filthy will that woman go?
Just how low, disgusting and
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:23am.
"Just how low, disgusting and filthy will that woman go?"
How about lower than whale s#it in the Challenger Deeps in the Mariana Trench? Her and all the other radical libs who seem to be the leadership of the "movement" (speaking of s#it). And they haven't come close to how low they will go...
We uh, uh, uh, uh, uh were getting to that.........
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:41am.
Can someone show me Mr Rush............. commenting, Obysmal commenting, Rahmbo commenting, Holder commenting on the 46 people shot IN ONE Chi-town weekend a few weeks back and 10 were killed including an innocent 6 year old girl?
Bueller, Bueller ANY FN ONE?
Nah, the shooters were NOT White Hispanics.......................
Not sure, exactly, who is to blame, but ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:06pm.
I do know that if you take a pound of crap today, they will be back on your doorstep first thing tomorrow with another pound.
Forty plus years, now, of taking racial heat from those who are every bit as racist, or more, than the majority race in this country.
Whatever the traffic will bear, apparently.
MD
Rush the Congressman
Submitted by mmilesll on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:57pm.
This clown is so feeble now he should be thrown out of Congress-wait, we can't do that, that would be racist. He should be in jail for what he did while in the Black Panthers, but that would be racist too. Rush disrespected the office only the idiots in Chicago would elect him to. He should have been removed and the "journalist" that say otherwise prove yet again that they are not what they say they are, journalist.
itching for a fight
Submitted by circletree on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 4:19pm.
is what the left and the media are......poking a hornet's nest of emotion to invoke violence which makes news and gives cover for the left. I'm almost to the point that violence is unavoidable and am ready to say "bring it. I can hit my target and have lots of ammunition and other devices of destruction if you dare set foot on my property."
I'm with you circle
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 9:05am.
I have some of those BAAAAD guns, plenty of ammo, and military weapons training (and I won't, as Hizzoner Bloomy suggests, need to "find" and "unlock" my weapons and ammo). I'm not going to be looking for trouble, but I will be watching for it and be prepared. If these talking heads and congress-critters do stir up riots and such, the media will have A LOT to report on afterwards. Florida ain't N'Orleans!