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The Left Will Claim Austin Plane Crash Is Right-Wing Terrorism

By Matthew Vadum on 2.18.10 @ 12:50PM

Breaking news out of Austin, Texas, is that a man set fire to his house then flew his airplane into an IRS office.

It's unclear at the moment what exactly the pilot was trying to accomplish but his target will no doubt inspire the left to pile on the right. I'm guessing that long before the facts are known accusations will fly against the tea party movement, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush and who knows who or what else for creating a climate of anti-government "hate."

Brace yourself for a vomit-inducing onslaught of indignation and self-righteousness from the usual crew of leftist reprobates like Max Blumenthal, Jon Conason, Adam Serwer, Dave Neiwert, Markos Moulitsas, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow.

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Pete| 2.18.10 @ 1:04PM

No doubt despondent over the current administration not moving quickly enough to enact its progressive "reforms," just like in MA.

Dixie Pixie| 2.18.10 @ 1:54PM

When it is a political maneuver to make the IRS the heavyweight enforcer of despised policies, why is it a surprise that a nut-case would take a shot at the IRS.

Steve-O| 2.18.10 @ 2:24PM

I just read the IRS Kamikazie's (Joe Stack) farwell note at the smoking gun http://www.thesmokinggun.com/a.....ack1.html.

"The Communist Creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Capitalist Creed: From each according to his gulability, to each according to his greed."

He does not sound like a right winger to me.

Eric Lee| 2.18.10 @ 2:40PM

They already are. Check out @mrveil on Twitter. (And of course I corrected him.)

Eric Lee| 2.18.10 @ 2:42PM

Nevermind - just ignore this twerp.

S.L. Toddard| 2.18.10 @ 2:50PM

Come on, Mr. Vadum. I'm disappointed in you. There must be some way to tie ACORN into this.

Matthew Vadum| 2.18.10 @ 3:00PM

For once, you're funny! Well done.

A Stephens| 2.18.10 @ 2:57PM

Testing for Liberal/Progressive lunacy

Victim card - Check
Lack of personal accountability - Check
Anti religion rant - Check

What happened to the nuance?

Ellis Wyatt| 2.18.10 @ 3:23PM

I read his little rant and the only politician he lashes out against is George W. Bush in a very typical leftist fashion. The msm will have a hard time pegging this guy to the right. His whole rant sounded like one of Olberman's special comments where he spits all over himself.

Mike| 2.18.10 @ 4:16PM

Looks like your colleague, Jeffrey Lord, beat the lefties to the punch. You conservatives have got to stop foreshadowing your next propaganda moves.

ZerObama| 2.19.10 @ 3:07AM

Yeah, but Lord was telling the truth! Sorry.

Todd| 2.18.10 @ 5:24PM

Already happened- see the Capehart piece at the Washpo.

Michael Spurlock| 2.18.10 @ 6:10PM

Oh, yeah.
It's clear Stack was a left-winger.
But he did give money to Ron Paul, which is odd.

H. Clement Beaverman| 2.19.10 @ 1:18AM

This will, however, certainly put a crimp in the willingness of mainstream pols to cozy up to anti-tax nutters and may even prompt them to ease up on their own anti-government rhetoric....
Or maybe not. Either way, gotta be a lose-lose situation for the TP...

Mike| 2.19.10 @ 3:10AM

How do you figure? The guy was a left wing nut, he had nothing to do with the TP. It's a lose lose for liberals, you mean.

ares-san| 2.19.10 @ 1:48PM

Like a lot of nuts he probably had a mixed bag of political views. He flies a plane into the IRS, the symbol of big-government, but then leaves a marxist-laden suicide note. This is a terrorist act, however, and he was not a Muslim, i.e not all terrorists are muslims, a common claim among the r-w pundits.