Townhall protests take their toll
Financial Times reports that some of the newly elected Democrats are beginning to waver on the health care proposal in Congress;
Mr Kratovil, who was hanged in effigy by a healthcare protester at a town hall meeting in his state of Maryland, said he would have voted against legislation if it had come to a vote last month.
Tom Perriello, another new representative from neighbouring Virginia, also says he is not yet ready to support the current proposals in the House of Representatives, partly because he is “still getting feedback from?.?.?.?constituents”.
Neither man has ruled out voting for a revised package.
The Hill says Harry Reid coined a new adjective for the town hall protesters. Yes, we’re all “evil-mongers”.
Reid coined the term in a speech to an energy conference in Las Vegas this week and repeated it in an interview with Politics Daily.
Such “evil-mongers” are using “lies, innuendo and rumor,” to drown out rational debate, Reid said.
“It was an original with me,” Reid said of the term. “I maybe could have been less descriptive,” he said, adding that “I doubt you’ll hear it from me again.”
Our buddy, DanNY, confronted some SEIU thugs up in Long Island today.
In Los Angeles, cops cornered a guy suspected of threatening the White House.
A man suspected of making threats against the White House led police on a chase Thursday then holed up for hours in a car outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles.
The building had been locked down since noon, and employees were told to stay inside, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
The unidentified suspect made a threat against the White House, but details were not being released, U.S. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said.
I guess SPLC will be adding him their domestic terrorist list. Fox News reports that Democrats are erecting “roadblocks” to protesters;
Americans who want to express their opinions on health care reform at town halls across the country are encountering a host of roadblocks, ranging from fake schedules to a demand that they show their driver’s licenses or photo identification.
Supporters of President Obama’s plan say they are pushing back against opposition that is disruptive and designed to shut down debate. But opponents say the supporters’ tactics are underhanded and designed to undermine democracy in action.
So I guess every one we see that oppose the health care plan are legit now. You sure you guys want to do that? Wasn’t it easier to just say they were outsiders than it will be from now on? A new Fox News poll says that 52% of the outrage is real – wanna make it 100%?
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Health Care debate
What are the odds that some of those jackasses demanding photo ID are also against showing ID in order to vote?
ECM — pretty dang high, I’d say.
And I thought that using the word “evil” as a prefix — as in evildoers — was frowned upon in Democrat circles. I guess their moral relativism allows them to turn (a phrase) on a dime?
How do you know what kind of ground cover you have?
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL …
… when you see it, you know it’s astroturf.
ECM–Beat me to it. For the record, I’m calling the local offices of my moonbat Rep, Carol “Che” Porter. Not holding out a lot of hope for a face-to-face meeting. Pity, really. She made such an ass of herself against her predecessor Jeb Bradley, accusing him of being a Bush lapdog and hiding, when she does far worse.
I still like the term “Thought Criminals.”
Take any one of these tactics, just a single one, and apply it to the previous administration, and you would have had monkey ass leftards marching in the streets and burning down Starbucks from east to west.
Burning down every Starbucks? Tell me the downside to this.
Well, to be honest, their coffee already tastes burnt anyway, so…
Seems that some of the dem reps are demanding ID to enter “their” town halls. The ones who are actually having them, that is. Mark Schauer D-Mi has decided to only have phone-in town hall meetings. Sen Stabenow just invites those she wants to hear from, not the great unwashed. That is, when she isn’t feeling the “volatility” in the air from global warming/climate change, or whatever the phrase of the day is.
Poor Senator Stabinow “feels it when she’s flying”. Uh Huh. Well, moving on from that high point, stimulating as the thought might be, apparently no one has done me the honor of blowing me in to the “Snitch Site”. Either that, or there has been a farming out of the response mechanism due to Fox New’s scrutiny and questions regarding such site, and the only thing in my Stocking tonight was this: ——————————————————————————– From: Tim Kaine [mailto:democraticparty@democrats.org] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:43 PM To: Bob Smith Subject: What’s at stake Bob — In the last few months, we’ve made more progress on health insurance reform than we made in the previous 60 years. You can tell from the reaction of reform opponents that we’re doing something right. Special interests who profit from the status quo are spreading brazen lies that stir up anger, and Republican leaders are chiming in with over-the-top rhetoric that detracts from the public debate. Just last week, Rush Limbaugh insinuated that President Obama was comparable to Adolf Hitler. It’s a perfect example of “the old politics of fear and division” that President Obama talked about during his campaign. But there is too much at stake, too many Americans facing rising health care costs and shrinking paychecks, for us to let the politics of yesterday prevail. The last thing opponents of reform want is a positive, civil debate. They know they’ll lose on the merits, so they’re turning to lies and division. It’s up to us to expose each distortion for what it is: a lie, plain and simple. If we do that, we’ll better our politics — and bring badly-needed reform. Monday, the White House launched a new online resource that could help — a “Reality Check” site to help Americans clear up health care lies and misinformation. Visit the site today — and then send it to your friends so that everyone you know learns the truth. Whether it’s a parent wondering how reform will affect seniors, an old friend confused about a lie they’ve heard, or just a concerned co-worker, we all know… Read more »