Posted on 02/22/2017 11:11:46 AM PST by No_More_Harkin
MAQUOKETA, Iowa -- The national trend of Republican lawmakers facing angry crowds of constituents arrived in Iowa today.
Tuesday afternoon Sen. Joni Ernst sat through a 45 minute town hall meeting in Maquoketa. After taking her final question the crowd showered her with boos and chants of "Do your job."
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How many were paid protesters?
So-called "progressives," (those this writer calls "the protected class"), wherever they are found, portray themselves as the "intellectual" elite, although they appear to be totally bereft of real knowledge or understanding of the great ideas which were the seedbed of Ameria's successful 200-year experiment in liberty.
Today's liberals, especially these so-called "progressives," with all of their domination of academia, Hollywood, and Far Left politics, seem to fit into a category described in an essay by T.S. Eliot on Virgil:
"In our time, when men seem more than ever to confuse wisdom with knowledge and knowledge with information and to try to solve the problems of life in terms of engineering, there is coming into existence a new kind of provincialism which perhaps deserves a new name. It is a provincialism not of space but of time--one for which history is merely a chronicle of human devices which have served their turn and have been scrapped, one for which the world is the property solely of the living, a property in which the dead hold no share."(Bold added for emphasis)
Without intellectual anchoring in the enduring ideas which provided the philosophical foundation of America's Declaration of Independence and Constitution, their vain imaginations of superiority only expose their limited world view.
Yet, the America which rose from obscurity to greatness, from crude hoes and axes to putting a man on the moon, and from oppression by King George to a symbol of liberty for millions all over the world--that America provides shelter for them, even as they attempt to "change" her into something unimagined by the Founders.
If they are allowed to succeed in their own little provincial experiment, their posterity never will know the "blessings of Liberty" proclaimed by the Preamble to America's Constitution.
Now would be a good time for conservatives to read Dr. Russell Kirk's "The Conservative Mind, which can be read online, by the way.
In Kirk's last chapter he reviews the works of poets and writers, quoting lines which now seem to bear a striking resemblance to the players who, though rejected by freedom-loving citizens, simply refuse to leave the stage, as if reality is outside their universe of thought.
For instance, in Robert Frost's "A Case for Jefferson," Frost writes of the character Harrison:
"Harrison loves my country too
But wants it all made over new.
. . . .
He dotes on Saturday pork and beans.
But his mind is hardly out of his teens.
With him the love of country means
Blowing it all to smithereens
And having it made over new."
Yes, the pseudointellectuals who just left the White House, are entrenched in the so-called "mainstream" media, and much of Congress fancy themselves "intellectuals."
By their words and actions, however, they display that provinciality Dr. Kirk recalls as having been described by T. S. Eliot (see above) as being one of time and place, having no intellectual grounding in ideas older than their own little experience in dabbling and discussing Mao, Marx, and other theoreticians.
America's written Constitution deserves protectors whose minds are out of their "teens" in terms of their understanding of civilization's long struggle for liberty.
It certainly deserves protectors who do not consider it a "flawed" document because that Constitution does not permit the government it structures to run rough shod over the rights of its "KEEPERS, the People" (Justice Story).
Blasting it "all to smithereens" seemed to be the goal of the Far Left, which recently had control of the Executive and Legislative branches of the government.
Such politicians rely on what they must believe to be the ignorance of the American people when they make such ridiculous claims. They have been outwitted, however, by an increasingly knowledgeable citizenry who are using the miracles of technology to study for themselves ancient and modern writings on the ideas of liberty versus those of tyranny. As Jefferson wisely observed:
"History, by apprising the people of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views."
Simple. Check names and addresses and telephone numbers of people planning on attending and then limit attendance to people within your district. This will stop this harassment dead in it’s track.
They are well paid astro turf operatives bussed in out from of state
They weren’t constituents, simply paid protesters. I need to keep better track of these so I can attend ones close to my home in Des Moines.
I would love to get a few of my larger friends and counter-protest.
ASTRO TURF.
This has David Brock written all over it.
They see the REAL movement that we had. Now they’re trying to fake it like they did the protests at the Trump rallies. Pathetic.
Strafe the bastards Joni!!!
Fake Constituents!!
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TALKING POINTS--- An Obama-tied activist group training tens of thousands of agitators to protest President Trump’s policies plans to hit Republican lawmakers supporting those policies even harder this week, when they return home for the congressional recess and hold town hall meetings and other functions.
Organizing for Action, founded by Obama and featured prominently on his new post-presidency website, is distributing a training manual to anti-Trump activists that advises them to bully GOP lawmakers into backing off support for repealing ObamaCare, curbing immigration from high-risk Islamic nations, and building a border wall.
OFA calls on activists to mobilize against Republicans from now until Feb. 26, when “representatives are going to be in their home districts.” The protesters disrupted town halls earlier this month, including one held in Utah by House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, who was confronted by hundreds of angry demonstrators claiming to be his constituents.
The manual, published with OFA partner “Indivisible,” advises protesters to go into halls quietly so as not to raise alarms, and “grab seats at the front of the room but do not all sit together.” Rather, spread out in pairs to make it seem like the whole room opposes the Republican host’s positions. “This will help reinforce the impression of broad consensus.”
It also urges them to ask “hostile” questions — while keeping “a firm hold on the mic” — and loudly boo the the GOP politician if he isn’t “giving you real answers.” “Express your concern [to the event’s hosts] they are giving a platform to pro-Trump authoritarianism, racism, and corruption,” it says.
The goal is to make Republicans, even from safe districts, second-guess their support for the Trump agenda, and to prime “the ground for the 2018 midterms when Democrats retake power.” “Even the safest [Republican] will be deeply alarmed by signs of organized opposition,” the Obama document states, “because these actions create the impression that they’re not connected to their district and not listening to their constituents.”
“Unfavorable exchanges caught on video can be devastating” for Republican lawmakers, it says, when “shared through social media and picked up by local and national media.” After protesters gave MSNBC, CNN and the networks footage of their dust-up with Chaffetz, for example, the outlets ran them continuously, forcing Chaffetz to issue statements defending himself. (hat tip Paul Sperry, NY POST)
MORE HERE--- https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/notmypresident.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=664&h=441&crop=1
Well, they certainly had old guys wearing veterans organization caps demanding war with Russia. Seemed very bizarre to me.
That’s why the RATS are ‘will noone rid us of this meddlesome priest?’ with Brock, he’s burning it down before they craft their DNC tear-down and rebuild, since they don’t know who will be left standing once Sessions sinks his fangs in.
When given a microphone by a staff person, have that citizen produce their drivers license to confirm identity and location within the district.
No license, not question allowed..
For those who don’t remember, The Dems pulled these same stunts under George W. Bush when he had Congress working on Social Security Reform. Nothing new from the Dems, their method of opposition has always been to create chaos rather than engage in debate.
Great idea.Do it Republicans.
It was a THM on Veterans affairs. Then the democrat astroturf warriors showed up and shut it down.
Classy
Ping
Is there no rule that people have to show ID that they are from that district, or from that area that the politician represents? They have to get more forceful to stop these paid agitators. It’s anti-democratic to be a paid agitator not from that area and to prevent those who are from participating. They should go after Soros as well if he is the funder.
Is there no rule that people have to show ID that they are from that district, or from that area that the politician represents? They have to get more forceful to stop these paid agitators. It’s anti-democratic to be a paid agitator not from that area and to prevent those who are from participating. They should go after Soros as well if he is the funder.
How many were paid?Just the ones yelling.
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