“She’s not a doctor, but she plays one at town hall meetings” — Hannity

NewsReal Blog ^ | August 17, 2009 | Kathy Shaidle

[HorowitzianConservative]

Last week’s notorious health-care town hall hosted by Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee is the gift that keeps on giving.

It’s bad enough that Jackson-Lee interrupted a question from a cancer-survivor constituent to take a cell phone call — then denied having done so, and hinted on CNN that video of the incident had been “doctored.”

But the word “doctored” takes on a whole new meaning, thanks to the latest revelations about what else happened at that embarrassing town hall.

On Friday night, Sean Hannity picked up a story that first broke on conservative websites, all because a lowly blogger dared to ask questions that the mainstream media couldn’t be bothered to raise.

At that town hall meeting, a young woman who described herself as a “general practitioner” stood up to praise Obamacare, and was rewarded with a hug from Jackson-Lee. A photo of that hug accompanied a Houston Chronicle story on the event.

[BertWheeler]

Call me paranoid, but I think Sheila Jackson-Lee’s cell phone usage during questioning was preplanned also. She probably told one of her aides to call her halfway through the town hall and, if she acts condescending and appropriately arrogant, maybe some of those in attendance will start screaming and shouting and the press will play it up as townhallers gone wild!

It’s no surprise that the journalist writing the story knew the doctor wasn’t a doctor but an Obama campaigner but left it out anyway. Why let facts get in the way of a good photo op.

[ConservativeMind]

ROTFL! Liberals have no integrity, character, or shame.

[sr4402]

The Gift that keeps on Giving.

Notice, it is the bloggers, once again, ferreting out the truth. Go Freepers Go!

[Bullish]

Pretty damn stupid Sheila, even for you.

[BubbaBasher]

Sheila Jackson-Lee is NOT smart enough to think that up.

[353FMG]

Liberals — born and trained to deceive. They’re reminiscent of Bolsheviks and Nazis.

[uncbob]

What is really obnoxious about these lefties is they haven’t enough sense to realize that if they were right they wouldn’t have to lie

[Voter62vb]

Exactly. What’s with all the free passes on the “make believe”???!!!

I guess, the ends justify the mimes....

[SkyPilot]

But as Hannity reported, the blogger behind “Patterico’s Pontifications” dug through some readily available Internet data bases, and discovered that “Dr. Roxana Mayer,” wasn’t a doctor at all, but a graduate student in social work at the University of Houston — and a Texas Obama delegate during the 2008 election. “The reporter who wrote the Houston Chronicle story apparently knew that Mayer was an Obama delegate, but didn’t include that detail in her story.” (The paper later edited the caption to the photo, but didn’t issue a formal correction.) And the story doesn’t end there. “Patterico” thought a woman pictured sitting next to “Dr. Mayer” at the town hall looked familiar. Sure enough, that woman was Maria Isabel. Mayer admitted she’d been invited to attend the town hall by Isabel, whose previous claim to fame had been her appearance in this widely-mocked photo of a 2008 Obama campaign office, where a photo of Che Guevara, the onetime chief executioner for the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba, was prominently displayed:

Just wow.

[kidd]

Why isn’t this person in jail for impersonating a physician?

[BykrBayb]

Sheila Jackson-Lee is always comically stupid.

[SterlingSilver]

We need citizens in the 8th District of Florida (Orlando) to attend Town Hall Meeting with Alan Grayson TONIGHT!

I’ve been asking Alan Grayson’s office (8th District of Florida - Orlando) for weeks if and when he will hold a Town Hall meeting here in his district.

I kept getting “We plan to have one, but we’re not sure when and where - it will probably be the very last week of August. Watch the website for news on this.”

Finally, posted at 6:00PM yesterday (Sunday) with only 24 hours notice, Alan Grayson’s web site has announced that the Town Hall here in Orlando will be held tonight (Monday) at 7:45PM at the local IBEW Union Hall.

Here’s the announcement:

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ALAN GRAYSON
[8th Congressional District of Florida –Orlando]
TO HOST HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL
August 17, 2009 7:45 PM

From Grayson’s website:

Congressman Alan Grayson will host a town hall meeting to discuss the need for health care reform, listen to concerns or answer questions from the constituents he serves, and debunk the many myths being circulated about the current proposals.

WHAT: Health Care Town Hall

WHEN: Monday, August 17, 2009, 7:45 p.m.

WHERE:
IBEW Local 606 Union Hall
820 Virginia Drive
Orlando, FL

The Congressman intends for and expects this event to be a respectful and productive discussion.

This is the second public health care meeting the Congressman has held during the summer district work period. On July 27th, he met with about fifty members of his Health Care Advisory Board. The meeting was announced 72 hours in advance, open to the public, and promoted and covered by multiple media outlets.

The Congressman also will conduct a health care telephone town hall on Thursday, August 20th at 7 p.m. People interested in being a part of that event can sign up on the Congressman’s website.

[BigCinBigD]

That was my first thought as well.

[Diogenesis]

kidd: "Why isn’t this person in jail for impersonating a physician?"

Obama "Doctor": "Yes, I delivered Obama, in Hawaii,
with Morgan Fairchild assisting, that's the ticket,
and we put in on a CD at the time, ....."

"That's right. And as a result I have given Miss... I mean "Doctor" Roxana Mayer
full dispensation to practice medicine and surgery in all 57 states."

[Voter62vb]

It was hard to pick her out what with the disguise she put on to distinguish her from the 08 photo.

[Oldpuppymax]

The criminally misrepresented and dishonest reporting of the MSM. It’s how Hussein got elected.

[VRWCmember]

Yeah she looks different when she lets down her Marge Simpson hair.

[JBR34]

She’s wearing the same dress too.

Way too funny!

[Liberty Valance]

Yeaaaah, that's the ticket!