The Other McCain

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Becky Gerritson FTW!

Posted on | June 4, 2013 | 32 Comments

by Smitty

“I am not here as a serf or vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place. It’s not your responsibility to look out for my well-being, and to monitor my speech. It’s not your right to assert an agenda. Your post, the post that you occupy, exists to preserve American liberty. You’ve sworn to perform that duty. And you have faltered.”

Category: Tea Party

Comments

32 Responses to “Becky Gerritson FTW!”

  1. Sight2behold
    June 4th, 2013 @ 7:52 pm

    Alabama lady!

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  3. tracycoyle
    June 4th, 2013 @ 8:13 pm

    ‘…you have sworn to perform that duty. And you have FAILED….”

  4. richard mcenroe
    June 4th, 2013 @ 8:19 pm

    we rightwing deathbeasts grow us’n some tough wimmin,,,,

    http://tinyurl.com/mgstbh5

  5. keyboard jockey
    June 4th, 2013 @ 8:33 pm

    I said Good Day Sir eleventy !!

  6. FenelonSpoke
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:11 pm

    God bless her and protect she and her family. I expect she’ll face even more harassment from the faux messiah and his acoltyes,

  7. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:22 pm

    Daniel 5:27!

  8. cristo52
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:37 pm

    BFA – Born Free American – makes a great bumper sticker!

  9. RantMan
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm

    Seemed a bit whiny to me. “They picked on meeeee… waaah!…”

    I’m just sayin’

  10. Dantes
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:48 pm

    Really? Speaking of sounding whiny…jeez.

  11. Mike G.
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:48 pm

    So when an American citizen stands up and tells the government that they work for US, they are whiners?

    What a moron.

  12. Dandapani
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:56 pm

    Ms. Smith goes to Washington!

  13. JeffS
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:58 pm

    Amen.

  14. JeffS
    June 4th, 2013 @ 9:59 pm

    You’re a jerk.

    I’m just sayin’.

  15. joethefatman
    June 4th, 2013 @ 10:17 pm

    SayUncle has a slightly different take on her statement. not bad, just Libertarian. Big L, that you might be interested in.

    http:// www. saysuncle. com/2013/06/04/i-like-the-sentiment-but/comment-page-1/#comment-425827

  16. Patrick Carroll
    June 4th, 2013 @ 10:51 pm

    Actually, “You’ve failed.”

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  18. trangbang68
    June 5th, 2013 @ 1:34 am

    Its because of lame dopes like you the government can run roughshod over people

  19. trangbang68
    June 5th, 2013 @ 1:35 am

    i listen to Becky and I realize why the best years of my life were spent living in Alabama. Wonderful place!

  20. Finrod Felagund
    June 5th, 2013 @ 1:37 am

    The words of someone who probably has never filled out a tax form in their entire life.

  21. Cube
    June 5th, 2013 @ 7:07 am

    Certainly someone who has never had the government standing in the way while they tried to accomplish something. “You didn’t build that” because we wouldn’t let you.

  22. Bob Belvedere
    June 5th, 2013 @ 8:02 am

    She was wonderful. A modern Abigail Adams.

  23. Bob Belvedere
    June 5th, 2013 @ 8:04 am

    Patrick is a jerk and much more:

    http://theothermccain.com/2013/06/04/david-frum-worries-republican-frenzy-over-scandals-will-paralyze-congress/#comment-919120564

  24. Bob Belvedere
    June 5th, 2013 @ 8:05 am

    I believe he lives in the basement of his parents.

  25. Bob Belvedere
    June 5th, 2013 @ 8:05 am

    ‘Mrs’ or ‘Miss’, please.

  26. JeffS
    June 5th, 2013 @ 9:50 am

    Thanks. You confirmed why he’s a jerk.

  27. Bob Belvedere
    June 5th, 2013 @ 11:12 am

    You’re welcome, Jeff.

  28. Dandapani
    June 5th, 2013 @ 7:34 pm

    Her call, not yours. 🙂

  29. Quartermaster
    June 5th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm

    We don’t have to go along with it. And I don’t.

  30. vladdy1
    June 10th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm

    Awesome! And I read somebody on ACE saying all people will see is a “bleached-blonde Southern lady with an accent” and think she’s an ignorant redneck. Are they crazy? That woman has a haircut, coloring, and suit (pearls??) that cost a lot of money and is definitely upper-middle-class. Sometimes even conservatives misjudge big time. She was fabulous.

  31. vladdy1
    June 10th, 2013 @ 4:43 pm

    Yeah and I notice a lot of males are “just sayin'” when they call Palin “shrill,” too. Women act like women, and that is RIGHT, not wrong. Our voices are higher, and yeah, emotion comes into them sometimes, too. Ain’t it great? (Sorry – but last “political” page I was on had pics of “babes,” letting us know they value us all long as we’re 19 and 110 lbs., in provocative poses., so I’m still a bit sensitive ANOTHER FEMALE TRAIT.)

  32. vladdy1
    June 10th, 2013 @ 4:44 pm

    Much better answer than mine. Thanks!