Posted on 08/06/2009 3:44:37 AM PDT by Scanian
LAST week on Long Island, opponents of the Democrats' government-take over health-care legislation outnumbered Obama supporters 10 to one. The ObamaCare foes toted American flags and signs that read "We Can't Afford Free Health Care" -- prompting one foe to stalk into the peaceful crowd, gesticulate wildly and shout unintelligible threats at the top of his lungs.
These protests are an outgrowth of the broad Tea Party movement -- the coalition of fiscal conservatives and independents that caught fire after the Democrat majority rammed through the stimulus.
The same Democratic Masters of Astroturf who encouraged their followers to use "in-your-face" tactics during the campaign season now balk at vocal opposition from their fiscally conservative neighbors and co-workers.
President Obama's architects of Kabuki town halls have packed public forums with partisan plants. Now they accuse opponents gathering at impromptu rallies against the massive health-care takeover of orchestrating "manufactured anger."
Unaccustomed to pushback, the wealthy, astroturfed ground troops for ObamaCare -- underwritten by unions, liberal philanthropists, the AARP, ACORN and your tax dollars -- have resorted to projection.
The health-care takeover lobby boasts a $40 million budget and a stable of seasoned operatives based at 1825 K Street in Washington, DC. Now that cabal is accusing the broad coalition of taxpayer activists, libertarians, independents, talk-radio loyalists, bloggers and first-time protesters of being, yes, wealthy and astroturfed.
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None of Maine’s 4 congress-critters will hold public forums during the vacation break. They’re too busy.......
These politicians must believe that ACORN will have their back come the next election? Although it might be the case in the senate (big cities) I think many house members will be vulnerable.
..they must be reading the Bill .
*LOLOLOLOL*..such a knee slapper I hurt myself
Going down to Pingree’s office on saturday the 22nd. ?
Agreed ... the ignoring of the masses of voters is nothing less than a promise of future vote fraud (which I personally believe is deserving of capital punishment).
I live up in Northern Maine. What’s going on then?
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