"Reid Opponent Embraces Patriot Group That Warns Of 'Giant Concentration Camps'"

[Clio the Leo]

Dont worry folks! Just because the Chicken Lady got clucked tonight, the Crazy Train that's roaring through Nevada is still going strong!

Reid Opponent Embraces Patriot Group That Warns Of 'Giant Concentration Camps'

Justin Elliott and Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 9, 2010, 1:03AM

The peculiar ideology of Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee challenging Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada, is perhaps no better illustrated than by her embrace of the patriot group Oath Keepers, whose membership of uniformed soldiers and police take an oath to refuse orders they see as unconstitutional -- including enforcement of gun laws, violations of states' sovereignty, and "any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps."

"We support what the organization stands for," said Angle's husband, Ted, told TPMDC in a phone interview Monday. "Sharron does."

Members of Oath Keepers -- whose motto is "Not on our watch!" -- take a 10-item oath affirming that they will not, for example, force citizens into detention camps or invade a state "that asserts its sovereignty and declares the national government to be in violation of the compact by which that state entered the Union."
Often seen at gun shows and similar settings, the Oath Keepers were singled out by the Southern Poverty Law Center in its 2009 report on the return of the militia movement since President Obama was elected as "a particularly worrisome example of the Patriot revival."

According to the SPLC, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, a former staffer for Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) warns his followers against "a coming dictatorship" that will happen if "our brothers in arms go along and comply with unconstitutional, unlawful orders." An extensive report on the group by Mother Jones in March suggests supporters of the movement believe they're living through the first steps of the shift away from constitutional freedom. Members of the group -- many of them in the armed forces -- share the "belief that the government is already turning on its citizens, they are recruiting military buddies, stashing weapons, running drills, and outlining a plan of action ," the magazine reported.

Angle's relationship with Oath Keepers hasn't been on the media radar, but she made a little-noticed attempt to woo the group's members at an event last fall, Rhodes told TPMDC Monday.

Rhodes said the Angle event was organized after she reached out to the Southern Nevada chapter of Oath Keepers, took place in a clubhouse in Las Vegas. "She's got a pretty good track record of being a pretty sincere Constitutionalist," Rhodes tells TPMDC, adding that Oath Keepers does not endorse candidates.

It may have been a shrewd move: the group's size and prominence on the Right has been on the rise, as a crop of profiles in national news outlets attests.

Ted Angle told TPMDC he doesn't know if he or his wife are full-fledged members of the organization, but said that they fully stood behind its principles.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/reid-opponent-embraces-patriot-group-that-warns-of-giant-concentration-camps.php

[DrToast]

1. Angle is worse than Lowden

Seriously, she may be the craziest person running for office this year. I think she's worse than Rand Paul.

[Clio the Leo]

4. lol, Kos just said the SAME thing. nt

[Clio the Leo]

2. They may have a point. Here's photographic evidence of the President stashing a weapon...

.... this particular one given to him by the West Point cadets .... he obviously smuggled it onto Marine one and .... promptly stuck it in a box somewhere.

[4lbs]

3. That's why I think Angle's win actually helps Reid.

People will see how looney she is and not be that excited at the thought of her representing the state of Nevada.

[David__77]

6. I believe he will win somewhat comfortably.

She will become the poster woman for the GOP nationally with any hope. She's a total nut.

[OHdem10]

5. She wants to abolish the Dept of Energy-----Wow, and with the

oil disaster of a lifetime in the Gulf::::

This lady has some duzy ideas.

Senator Reid has his work cut out for him, but his
opponent could make his work less difficult if he
plays his cards right.

[MrModerate]

7. Speaking of crazy "Republicans . . ."

How did Orly Taitz do in her race for California SoS?

[Egnever]

8. Yup i think ole Harry dodged a bullet.

The only thing that could have saved him this go round was a total wack job getting the nod. Yay for the nutjobs!

As a bonus our sitting govenor also lost his primary! wooohooo for another asshat down and out!