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Herbert Kuhner

American “Conservative” Columnist and Tea Party Activist
Laura Ingraham Recites a “Poem” She Authored:

“First They Came”

“I am proud to stand with you,
and I am saying with great respect
First they came for the rich,
And I did not speak out because I was not rich.
Then they confiscated the property owners,
and I did not speak out because I did not own property.
Then they took away our right to bear arms,
and I did not speak out because I was not armed.
Then they came for me and denied me my medical care,
and there was no one left to speak for me,
and I couldn’t because my Medicare provider
wouldn’t’ treat my tonsillitis”

- Tea Party Rally Dec. 15th Capitol Hill,
CBS News (blog) and The Daily Show, Dec. 16, 2009‎

 Poor Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham, of Fox News, etc., is not rich.
Laura Ingraham does not own property.
Laura Ingraham does not bear arms
(But some of her Tea Party colleagues do)
Laura Ingraham does not have medical insurance.
She has nothing to lose except her tonsils.

Down with the Pen!

Steve Lonegan of Americans for Property
and Former Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey,
at the same event:

“We cannot allow the pen
to be mightier than the sword!”

Yes, Steve, that’s the rub.
Let’s do away with the pen!
It certainly would prick your silly bubble!

 Civilized

This is all far beyond the realm of civilized discourse.
The new breed of “conservatives” are crude demagogues,
primitive rabble-rousers and born-again jingoist cruds.
Unfortunately there is an army of boorish clods
to lap up all the balderdash.

The comparisons to the Holocaust are infamous! 

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This is the original poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller, who put his life on the line during the Third Reich:

First They Came

First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out-because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak out for me.