Quist: Defeating liberals a bigger battle than defeating terrorism

By Andy Birkey
Monday, January 04, 2010 at 8:31 am
Allen Quist (Photo from EdWatch)

Allen Quist (Photo: EdWatch)

Allen Quist, a Republican who is seeking to defeat Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota’s First Congressional District, told attendees of the Wabasha County Republicans Christmas Party in mid-December that beating the “radical” liberals in Washington, D.C., is a bigger battle than beating terrorism.

“Our country is being destroyed. Every generation has had to fight the fight for freedom… Terrorism? Yes. That’s not the big battle,” he said. “The big battle is in D.C. with the radicals. They aren’t liberals. They are radicals. Obama, Pelosi, Walz: They’re not liberals, they’re radicals. They are destroying our country.”

Quist also railed against the health care reform bill. “This is the most insidious, evil piece of legislation I have ever seen in my life… Every one of us has to be totally committed to killing this travesty… I have to kill this bill.”

Quist, who has a background as a religious right figure, has been working to align himself with the Tea Party movement.

Full video of Quist’s speech:

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36 Comments

Albert Fleischer
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 10:48 am

I don’t recall Pelosi, Obama or Walz ramming airliners into buildings. Who’s the radical here?

Sit down, Mr. Quist, and take your medication. You’ll feel better in no time.


oh albert
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

Albert, I’m assuming you’ve actually READ the health care bill? No?


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Chris- The Fold
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 3:53 pm

They all are Freedom Fighting Patriots. Isn’t it odd, however, that what’s totally missing from their lives is an actual, real, live fight for this country, like Vietnam of which Quist sat out?


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Dale
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 5:04 pm

Apparently Quist is unaware of the destruction caused by the former administration over eight years.


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Mockingbird
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 7:26 pm

Isn’t this the guy who lost his election by a landslide during Arne Carlson’s last tenure as gov

& then got appointed by Arne despite the voter rejection?


dave
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 8:46 pm

Another nutjob trying to copy Bachmann and Palin


gkenyon
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 6:20 am

Surprise, surprise, Quist sat out Vietnam. Just like all the other “patriots” who are only too happy to send another generation of American soldiers to war. The chickenhawks on the right are too numerous to count. But here’s a short list of those who refused to fight for America when they had their chance: Cheney, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Bush (AWOL), Rumsfeld…the list goes on and on. It’s a psychological thing for these guys. They felt like cowards their whole lives, and the only way they can recapture their manhood is by “proving” how much they love this country by being pro-war and hyper-confrontational. That’s the definition of a chickenhawk.


Mike Cagle
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 9:48 am

What an idiot. I thought Minnesotans were rational, level-headed people.


John
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 10:08 am

I guess this means we should start waterboarding the radicals.


ephelps
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 10:10 am

I’m disturbed by the linking of the disparagement of elected official with the term “killing”—in the popular mind this easily moves from”killing this travesty” to killing those you disagree with. No wonder there are so many death threats against Obama, with this kind of rhetoric becomes the norm in political discourse.


theguyfromchesapeake
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 10:15 am

People claiming to be conservatives do not need to be swimming in the same sewer as the Democrats. The Dems (like Howard Dean) went around this country proclaiming that GW Bush “was the enemy”. I agree that the present power structure in Washington DC has weakened this country in all aspects of how that is defined. However, the way to correct that is to vote them out. The terrorists are after ALL of us, regardless of political affiliation. Allen Quist should remember that.


EB
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 10:15 am

“The Japanese are like a sickness of the skin, while the communists are a sickness of the body. The body must be healthy before the skin can be.” – Chiang Kai-shek, some time before losing the Chinese civil war to Mao’s communist forces.


Dana in NYC
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 10:44 am

Forget the wars raging around the world, Mr. Quist has a war raging in his head. If you really listen to people, they’ll tell you exactly who they are. Mr. Quist is not a conservative, he’s a radical and a deranged radical at that. Maybe if he had ever fought in a “real” war instead of a delusional war he would have some idea of what constitutes “the enemy”. Hint, it is not your fellow Americans. All states have their extreme politicos trying to get some attention. Good luck with yours Minnesota.


gary crum
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 11:27 am

look out for the guys with the big butterfly net…they’re on the way to take you to a nice place where you can get some rest……but, actually, you can’t blame the guy..if Michelle Bachman can be elected, why not give it a go..


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dan
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 12:36 pm

I hope he scrapes his “Country First” bumper sticker off his car. Traitor…


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robert
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

Suppose someone is agasint the death penalty-are they an enemy of the state more dangerous than Bin Laden? A leftie?
I suppose that if Bin Laden would be arrested or shot on the spot then the same end should come to a leftie….But-suppose this someone is againstt the death penalty becasue they are a Christian and thinks all life is sacred? Or this person is a real Conservative who does not think the Federal government should have that kind of power over the individual…Shoot first and ask questions later? Quist is a moron disguised as an idiot.


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Jen06
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 5:47 pm

Albert Fleischer
Comment posted January 4, 2010 @ 10:48 am
“I don’t recall Pelosi, Obama or Walz ramming airliners into buildings. Who’s the radical here?”

leave it to a lib to not know the difference between radicals and terrorists.


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kntbetrue
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 6:41 pm

Nut job 2,000,010 they have them all accounted for now.

I got a feeling that even the GOP will be sorry for this one.


Loren Finseth
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 7:32 pm

With all due respect sir, you are full of shit! Being from farm country, you know what that is. You should be paying people to listen to your swill!!


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MsDaisy
Comment posted January 6, 2010 @ 9:26 am

Who are the radicals?

http://crazyinternetpeople.blogspot.com/2009/12/grand-old-party.html


Tom
Comment posted January 6, 2010 @ 10:26 am

Ehh. These nutjobs are what’s ruining America. They are incapable of doing anything but complain, insult, and spread their paranoia. If they get their way and destroy everything else, I wouldn’t doubt if they just say their yelling at eachother until they all starve to death.


Mike D
Comment posted January 6, 2010 @ 12:11 pm

Another crazy Tea Bagger!!!


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