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Suicide Pilot Joe Stack Sounds Like Tea Partier to Me

.. says one blogger; that's 'reprehensible,' says another

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2010 9:22 PM CST

(Newser) – Joseph Stack’s anger at big government in general and the Internal Revenue Service in particular sounds very much like another of the day’s big noise-makers to Jonathan Capehart. “After reading his 34-paragraph screed,” Capehart writes in a Washington Post blog of the Austin suicide pilot, “I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we’re hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement.”

This is just the type of finger-pointing that makes Dennis Bakay’s blood boil. “I’m not about to blame Joe Stack’s kamikaze mission on Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, or the Tea Baggers like some on the left,” he writes for Philly2Philly. “That is irresponsible and reprehensible … purely agenda-driven and not looking at the facts.”

This undated photo shows Joseph Stack.
This undated photo shows Joseph Stack.   (AP Photo)
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stormy7
Feb 19, 2010 3:24 PM CST
Teabaggers, the new white version of terrorists.
stormy7
Feb 19, 2010 3:23 PM CST
Why are the news outlets making a point that this wasn't a terrorist attack. This guy was a home grown white American male terrorist. He's a true teabagger. Give credit where credit is due.
Count-Spatula
Feb 19, 2010 7:19 AM CST
Pillory him all you want, but be ready for the hordes of similar people losing it. The working man has not gotten a fair shake in the Bush era and beyond, with congressmen giving handjobs to bank CEOs. Be prepared to roll out your tired insults when it finally reaches you. The corporatocracy and non-recovery, insures you will be in his shoes at some point, because you are not in a position to loan millions to candidates. He won't seem so desperate then.

Keep firing at the wrong targets though. It prevents you from thinking about what's really going on.

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