"We can go to the soap box, the ballot box, or we can go to the jury box. And hopefully we won't have to go to the bullet box." Hey, the Tea Party "movement" isn't about violence, or racism, or any of that stuff. It's about calling the health care bill Nazi-inspired and reminding people that Barack Obama is an Indonesian Muslim. Oh, and remember to vote our way or we shoot you.
On-Point Host, Tom Ashbrook: Joining us from Royal Oak, Michigan, is Jeffrey McQueen, founder of USRevolution2.com, which has created a modified American flag to serve as a symbol for the Tea Party movement. He has been protesting government involvement in the auto industry at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week.
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Ashbrook: if the Tea Party works out for you, to your vision, what will we see in ten years?
McQueen: Well I hope across America no politician will travel this country without seeing this flag so they're reminded of who they work for.
Ashbrook: How about the American flag? That's not good enough? You know, the stars and stripes?
McQueen: This flag has never been meant to replace the national flag. This flag has a specific purpose and it's time has come. To show the politicians and the media that we're ready for a second American revolution. And with that, you know, in America we have a choice of four boxes for political change. We can go to the soap box, the ballot box, or we can go to the jury box. And hopefully we won't have to go to the bullet box.
Ashbrook: Bullet box? Are you talking about armed revolution?
McQueen: Have you seen the ammunition sales the last twelve months?
So remember, folks, health care for the poor? That's Nazi BS! True American heroes take up arms to overthrow democratic elections. Got it?
And of course, this isn't the first time that conservatives have raised the idea of using the bullet box to undo the results of those pesky elections.
Catherine Crabill, a Republican nominee for Virginia House of Delegates: We have a chance to fight this battle at the ballot box before we have to resort to the bullet box. I am glad for all of us who enjoy the use of firearms for hunting, but make no mistake, that was not the intent of the Founding Fathers. Our second amendment right was to guard against tyranny.
So vote conservative and all is well. Screw it up at the ballot box, and that'll have to get rec-t-fied by my leetle friend here. Got it?