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Posted on 08/06/2009 6:53:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Pretty cool but at that resolution anyone more than a few feet away from the camera is not going to be recognizable.
This is too funny. The little tiny Dems. have to sneak in their tiny group of supporters for “town” hall meeting because they are so unpopular in the real town.
These people are going to pay in the next election and for decades to come.
So have a town hall meeting with the real town outside the Democrats’ silly little closed pep rally inside.
Have speakers talk about the health care bill and why they oppose it. Have folks talk about organizing and donating to kick these stinks out of office in the next election.
Talk about candidates who are going to run against them. Invite those candidates to have the real town hall meeting with the real townspeople outside.
Definately “GOP Brownshirt Tactics” utilized here! /s
Whoa! I sent them to Drudge and Beck.
I sent them to Drudge, yesterday. He hasn’t put them up as far as I know.
Please send them to everyone who is involved in keeping liberty in the USA.
HCAN’s Plan: Ground War for Control of the Media John on August 5, 2009
TPM published an HCAN strategy document for dealing with “right-wing extremists”. The message of the memo is that this is war. Here’s a sample from page 2:
[[ Bring more people than the other side has…You must bring enough people to drown them out and to cover all our bases so as to marginalize their disruptive tactics.
Arrive earlier than the other side does. We need to stack our folks in the front…and we need to stake out the best spots for visibility and signs. Reconnaissance on the venue and understanding of the staging will be important here.
Be more visible than the other side…Make sure you have people holding signs in every place where a TV camera is likely to be…
Have a real plan for the media...Assign 3-5 people to speak with the reporters who attend and make sure the reporters understand the scope and message of the event. If you let the reporters focus on what they see, they will invariable focus on the mayhem…Don’t wait for the reporter to approach you. You must approach the reporters and be assertive in shaping the narrative that they write.
So it’s good to know that the calm, rational folks on the left will be doing recon on venues, trying to out-flank the opponent and charging media hill to shape the narrative of what reporters write. I’m glad they’re not militant like those folks on the right. ]]
Here a bit more from the next page:
[[ Do not debate on their “policy” points. Remember they are seeking a platform to distort the truth about reform by making health care about abortion, rationing, euthanasia, etc.
Interrupt them when they get disruptive and refocus the meeting. Line up a number of people who feel comfortable interrupting and prepare them with statements like:
[...]
Don’t get into a shouting match with them. Instead, prep people on our side to keep raising the questions that we want answered. Repetition is the key. We need to arm our side with questions that play to the strengths of our message and make sure we keep bringing them up over and over so that the press recognizes those central themes. ]]
Again, it’s good to know that the left wants a rational debate of the issues. Of course they won’t actually debate you. They’ll interrupt if you get off message and they’ll plant questions for the media’s benefit. But other than that, it’s completely about having an open and honest debate.
Okay, there’s one more page of goodies under the heading Organizing Your Own Events with a Member of Congress:
[[ One advantage of organizing your own townhall or public event with Members of Congress is that you will have much more control over the event and limit the other side’s opportunities for disruption…
Choose a venue that is difficult for the opposition to access without being noticed…make sure you set up the venue in a way that ensures that the attendees you want are at the front and that any protesters who come are sequestered as far as possible from the stage.
Lay out goals for the meeting and establish ground rules for conduct in the meeting at the beginning of the event…One way to do this is to ask people to submit questions ahead of time on cards, to permit only one question at a time, and to limit the topic of questions.
Collect signs or leaflets that are not provided by you or your organization…You can distribute your own signs in the event and offer them one as they enter if you choose to allow them to enter. ]]
But they saved the best for last:
[[ Assign people to greet the media and to stay close to reporters both as they enter and leave the event. It is important that you take away right-wingers opportunities to talk to reporters by making sure that your staff or leaders are in constant contact with the media who attend. ]]
Again, does anyone else see the irony here? The left likes to throw the words “fascist” and “extremist” at the right, but they’ve actually got a plan in writing to insure that North Korean-style minders are with the press at all times during their public events.
Unbelievable.
The real focus needs to be decertifying these unions from public sector jobs. Many municipalities and counties are hard up for money for vital services yet are forced to fund lavish pension and benefit packages for their SEIU and AFSCME workforce.
This needs to be in Breaking!
Get it to Greta, Hannity and BOR and Beck...yes, I saw a post on one of the Tampa video’s that they bused in SEIU and kept out the local voters who were very ticked off, BIG mistake, HUGE, this will only further inflame the voters... I think we have to find a way to stop electronic voting in 2010 so they cannot program the machines ala the Venezuelan way to steal 2010.
Keep in mind what happened to Donald Young, the missionaries in Kenya that mentioned Obama’s birth there and the man that was cooperating with authorities regarding the passport break in. All shot. No suspects.
Emanuel, Axelrod and Obama are nothing but Chicago thugs and they play to win. A wounded Marxist is a dangerous Marxist. They gave billions to ACORN, and others, or should I say, WE gave it to them via our tax dollars. It’s going to get really nasty as time goes on and crowds get larger.
What kind of action are the police taking at these town halls? Are they stepping in before trouble happens, during or after? What is their position at such gatherings? Can we expect protection?
Democrats and “Rent-A-Mob”....seems everything old is new again.
We are seeing the start of the “no gun” Civil War my granddaddy told me one day was going to happen. WOW
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