Durbin warns other lawmakers of healthcare town hall 'sucker punch'

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[Sub-Driver]

Durbin warns other lawmakers of healthcare town hall 'sucker punch' @ 3:39 pm by Jordan Fabian

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) warned other members of Congress against antagonistic audience members at healthcare town hall events who may be funded by industry interest groups.

"I hope my colleagues won't fall for a sucker punch like this," Durbin told the liberal blog ThinkProgress.

"These health insurance companies and people like them are trying to load these town meetings for visual impact on television," he added.

Liberal news sources have recently featured items about conservative and interest groups efforts to pack lawmakers' town hall meetings with brash, vocal participants.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius were faced with a hostile crowd at a town hall meeting in Philadelphia on Sunday.

Here is video of Durbin's remarks:

[algernonpj]

Rush had a caller today saying she heard some reporter on NBC say that the insurance industry was bussing in people to the townhall meetings. This is the new ploy the left is going with now.

Ahhh ... accusing others of your own tactics. I didn't notice the MSM questioning the buss loads of illegals protesting for 'immigration reform' aka amnesty a few years back No one asked how a large number of 'down trodden' illegal aliens, many of whom are not even functionally literate back in Mexico & don't know English, found the where-with-all to get matching t-shirts, professionally made signs in English, rent buses, etc.

[tumblindice]

“Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) warned other members of Congress against antagonistic audience members ... “

“Why, the h-h-hoi p-p-polloi are absolutely revolting!”
Dick the Younger, demo-douchebag,
sniffing his lavendar handkerchief

[wolfcreek]

More like frightened.

[kcvl]

Durbin told the liberal blog ThinkProgress.

Oh, the irony! I think you call that a HYPOCRITE!

We, the American people, aren't allowed to voice our opinion to our elected officials. But the "IMPORTANT PEOPLE" (below) get a personal message from them!

ARE WE FED UP YET?!!!

Faiz Shakir is the Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report. He holds a B.A. degree in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. degree from the Georgetown Law Center. Faiz has previously worked as a Research Associate for the Democratic National Committee, as a Legislative Aide to Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and as a communications aide in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Faiz is co-author of Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform

Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Managing Editor for ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report at the Center for American Progress. Amanda also served as the Center’s Special Assistant for Strategic Planning. Her past positions have been with the Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer, the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the 2004 presidential campaign of Senator Joseph Lieberman, and the Office of the Inspector General in the Office of Personnel Management.

Benjamin J. Armbruster is Assistant Editor for ThinkProgress.org and The Progress Report at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Ben grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Ohio University and a master’s degree in international relations from King’s College London. Ben previously served as a national security research assistant at the Center for American Progress and has also held research positions at Media Matters for America

Lee Fang is a Researcher for Progressive Media and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Lee is a lifelong resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland. In college, Lee held internships with Media Matters for America, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Victor Zapanta is a Researcher for Progressive Media and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Victor holds a B.A. in Technocultural Studies at the University of California at Davis. Prior to joining the center, he was a New Media Producer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in Florida, and a war room researcher for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign

Andrea Nill is an Immigration Researcher/Blogger for ThinkProgress.org, Andrea was a Communications Associate at the Immigration Policy Center where she founded the blog, Immigration Impact. Andrea was also a Communications Specialist at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), specializing in bilingual public relations.

Matthew Yglesias is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Harvard University. His first book, Heads in the Sand, was published in May 2008 by Wiley. Matt has previously worked as an Associate Editor at The Atlantic, a Staff Writer at The American Prospect, and an Associate Editor at Talking Points Memo. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Guardian, Slate, The Washington Monthly, and other publications.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Dick Turban! Ain’t that a pretty mental picture?

[Freedom56v2]

Totally outrageous that he would say this! So anyone who disagrees that attends a town hall meeting, certainly couldn’t be frustrated citizen who wants to voice their opinion—no that is only reserved for ACORN and SEIU workers mascarading as townhall participants....No citizens who disagree with dems have to be marginalized and others admonished not to be sucker punched?!!

Wonder if Senator will be having any forums in which he can be, as he puts it “sucker punched”??!! I would like to give him my opinion & yes, it will be LOUD.

[WashingtonSource]

The sucker needs to be taken out an tarred and feathered and then have his mouth sewn shut.

[Jeff Head]

NO Durbin, it is not the "insurance" or "health care" companies. it is WE THE PEOPLE, you arogant ass.

This whole thing is not about Health Care, it is about control, plain and simple.

We need to take the fight to them in their townhalls. Hammer them mercilessly with factual data and do not take no for an answer. These reps need to fear the voters, their constiutents, for their political lives more than they fear Pelosi, Reed, or Obama.

Here is a link to the full House Democrat Health Care Plan in PDF. In Section 1233 E & F, pages 426-433, you find the part about mandatory end-of-life counseling for anyone over 65 years of age. Section 152 Page 50: All healthcare services will be provided without regard to "personal characteristcs" which is not defined within the document but is understood to include immigration status.

Section 224 b Page 125: The Secretary shall design and implement the payment mechanisms and policies under this section in a manner that — (1) seeks to (B) reduce health disparities (including racial, ethnic and other disparities).

A lot more provisions now being documented at that site.

Donwload it, read it, study it, then hammer your reps over it and pass it on to all you know asking them to do the same.

HOUSE DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE PLAN - http://www.jeffhead.com/DemHealthCare.htm

Also, here's a large image of the Democratic (Obama) Health Plan chart-another Obama empty promise. This is the one the House democrats are censuring. Email these links or the image to everyone you know.

Decmocrat (Obama) Health Plan
http://www.jeffhead.com/DemHealthCare.htm

Obama and all those pushing his radical agenda are abject marxist ideologues. Their "fundamental; change" is nothing more than a destruction of the American free market and fundamental republican principle.

A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH

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By Ron and Kay Rivoli

...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.

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[Deo volente]

Let me get this straight. It's OK for the Chosen 0ne to “load” town hall meetings and press conferences for “visual impact on television"; with planted reporters, prearranged questions, and the ever present teleprompter, without which Obama can hardly speak... BUT it's a “sucker punch” when a citizen gets up and dares to question the ongoing destruction of our country?

These fools seem to think they're anointed, and it's obvious they have nothing but disdain for the American people they're supposed to be serving!

[meyer]

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) warned other members of Congress against antagonistic audience members at healthcare town hall events who may be funded by industry interest groups.

Durbin, you Dick. Is it beyond your comprehension that the people that are antagonistic towards your marxist health care plan are TRULY TICKED OFF AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT????

I strongly recommend attending these "town hall" meetings en masse wherever they are held, and getting the word out that we, the people, do NOT want government health care in this country. Period!

I'm looking forward to seeing the angry masses rise up in defense of our freedom and our constitution. These idiots, these worthless POS morons in Washington need to know that their employment terms are about to end.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Aren’t the insurance companies the ones who are giving money to left?

Nice try Dumbin.

[cubreporter]

They are not funded by anyone. They are real American citizens who are fed the hell up with all of the selfish, greedy politicans who want us to comply and bend over but they won’t do the same.

If this health bill is so darn good how come they don’t all jump on the band wagon and...that is what I would ask them at a town hall. I would ask them why they don’t sign up immediately and begin enjoying their new health care.

I would tell them to DARE NOT try and say I am funded by ANYONE but DRIVEN by my desire to continue on with the freedoms so many have died for before me. How DARE they think the people are pawns of others. Guess because THEY are pawns of so many they think everyone else is too.

Well, they are in for a rude awakening! These are honest to God everyday American citizens fighting for our very freedoms they have worked hard for. We are tired of working for all our benefits then having them taxed to death so that others who do nothing in most cases can benefit. Why should healthcare be given to an illegal????? Why? Then they turn around and will turn down a Senior Citizen whose parents and grandparents kept this country strong by working hard, spending and yes, giving to charities without obama or anyone else having to SUGGEST we do just that. We were taught at a young age to share with others and we have all our lives.

So, don’t let any of the weasels try and talk their way out of what they are trying to do to the citizens of this country. They want to CONTROL us all. They are finding out it is not going to be easy.

God bless the people of this country who love her and who have worked hard for her over the years and to our great military who have sacrificed their very lives so the rest of us can live in freedom and THAT all of you in DC means: “ We can make OUR OWN CHOICES of what healthcare we want.” There will be NO COUNSELOR in our home talking such preparation for death nonsense.

The American people are standing up tall and pround and taking our country back. Just look what the pioneers went through and those who settled the west and the hardships of the early settlers. All for what? To see our freedoms being eroded one by one on a daily basis???????????????

I think not. I think the people have had enough and now the other side is hearing them loud and clear and I hope to GOD they have the common sense to LISTEN.

[q_an_a]

Maybe your congressman and 10 DemocRAT senators will be looking for a new profession next Nov. We are a representative REPUBLIC. If they stop listening to the public then they should lose their position in Congress to represent you and like minded people.

[mkcc30]

Sounds like a kooky conspiracy theory....oh thats right only the conservatives create those. sarc/

[pepperhead]

My congressbastard is having one meeting - at 9:30 am on a tuesday.

How brave of them...

[Longhair_and_Leather]

To use the old line—”We know what we’re gonna do, you know what we’re gonna do, we know you know what we’re gonna do, and we’re still gonna do it to ya!”

[bustinchops]

How does Durbin or his people have clue one who these people are or where they’re from? Do they do background checks on everyone who shows up?

He and the rest of his scumbag ilk are just trying to make it look like the majority support the health reform bill but they’re being pushed out by the inundation of “operatives” from conservative groups and insurance companies.

[devistate one four]

All the commie pinko’s say we’re loading up on the town halls.

Well, one thing I’ve learned from the dems,...if they accuse you that means they are already doing what they accuse you of!

Suck it dems!

[unixfox]

The sucker needs to be taken out an tarred and feathered and then have his mouth sewn shut.

Then have his ass handed to him on a stick.

[listenhillary]

Nancy Pelosi memo

“The Leadership is working in close coordination with the White House and outside groups (including but not limited to HCAN, Families USA, AFSCME, SEIU, AARP, etc.) to ensure complementary efforts during August. The President, Secretary Sebelius and other principals in the reform debate will be working throughout the month to hold events, promote the message in the press and move the reform effort forward.”

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32987