NYC Letter: The New Civility -- Maxine Waters

Day 943 of CHOPE

It's our responsibility to, to make sure that we set the right example and set the tone of civility. ... But what--we do have to make sure that among our responsibility [sic] is to be civil to each other.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL, 20th),
DNC chair and reborn civility evangelist,
after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ, 8th)
remonstrating for care in public discourse
MEET THE PRESS
WASHINGTON January 9, 2011 (NBC)

American politics are brawling. After the Giffords shooting, the Democrats thought they could use civility as a club with which to beat Republicans over the head. The Democrats absolved themselves of incivility and proceeded to piously lecture the rest of us on the boundaries in public discourse. But civility has proved too much for Democrats (and this). Without nastiness, they had no message. No message, no headline. [Inhumanitas repete.]

REP. MAXINE WATERS:
'THE TEA PARTY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL'

August 20, 2011 (LAT) - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA, 35th) came out swinging against Republicans in Congress on Saturday as she addressed the unemployed during a forum in Inglewood.

The event occurred a day after new statistics were released showing that California's jobless rate last month went up to 12%, from 11.8%. California now has the second-highest rate of unemployment in the nation, trailing only Nevada at 12.9%, and its jobless rate is well above the U.S. average of 9.1%.

Waters vowed to push Congress to focus on creating more jobs. "I'm not afraid of anybody," said Waters. "This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the 'tea party' can go straight to hell."

... According to the Employment Development Department, California employers added just 4,500 new jobs last month, a steep drop from the revised 30,400 jobs added in June.

CHOPE.

Success -- a headline!