And just think they are terrified of a few brave citizens.
I think the Communists are stoking the hate at the townhalls to get a conservative to snap to violence.
If that occurs, then the leftist regime can control public opinion over us and arrests can begin.
I think you are wrong.
Most congress persons are used to sleepy, sparesly attended town-hall meetings. Several tens, maybe a few hundreds of angry protesters at every meeting, probably lots of phone calls, faxes and e-mails, that is serious business.
Now, a few of them may well shrug it off and tell themselves that this is jsut “astro-turfed” protests. However, the politically savvy ones know that behind every real grass root protester there are family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. And therefore a few hundreds of real grass root protester that can mean a real threat to their future careers.
Will they dare to take that chance?
More government is NOT the answer.
Yep—it won’t work because “they” are by far superior at dirty fighting than the good guys are.
Remember the British too thought that the Americans fought unfairly.”They” are far more experienced/adept/forceful, etc. in these things.
In the long run, “they” will/have prevail what with more voters/activists, etc. to vote, e.g., democraps, the dead, illegals, etc. all voting at least once!
See Also;
Who the hell is this Alimski guy?
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/gunny-g-so-just-who-the-hell-is-this-guy-saul-alinski/
I disagree. Already polls indicate that the discontent among the population clearly and strongly is against 0bama care. You seem to want to echo the dem line of a ‘vocal minority’ - when clearly they are in the majority.
You must also not be watching the same videos of these events that I have. I’ve seen citizens making clear statements that the congress critters just didn’t want to hear. They just wanted a room full of ‘yes’ men. Their heavy handedness will only serve to inflame the grassroots even more.
The article mentions 50-100 or more people arguing against this, but sees it as insignificant. Well let’s put this into perspective...first off, these are normal, everyday citizens who would have NEVER gotten out and gone to town hall meetings before. So I look at the number and realize that’s 50 to 100X (times) more than were there before. Also, the paid acorn, seiu members and plants don’t usually have more than 20-30 people at one time.
Also, the POLLS are working in conjunction with the people revolting and that sends a message as well.
People, you must keep going to these meetings even if there are only three of you....you have to have a presence. Gosh, in Philadelphia there were about 400 people there and I would guess about 2/3 were against it. The look on Sebilius’ and Spector’s face was priceless. i THINK THEY THOUGHT Phila was a “lock”. As people see these town hall meetings on Youtube, Fox and other places it gives them hope.
Keep it going and who gives a crap about if it’s 50 or 1000....remember, only 1/3 of Americans believed the revolutionary war was worth fighting...1/3! Keep it going folks, this is the freedom of our children, friends and family we are fighting for!
SHOW UP IN WASHINGTON, DC on September 12th. They can’t ignore MILLIONS of well attired people.
With ACORN (COI), State (democrat) election boards, and Obamabots, that equates to 900,000 election day votes for the Democrat incumbent or challenger.
You forgot the 17th Amendment, that turned the Senate from representatives of the state to at-large representatives of the people of the state. The "progressives" from around 1908 to WW1 really broke the government as the founders intended. I've been saying that for a while.
And just last night, I was thinking about a Congress with a 10,000 member House of Representatives (which is what it would be with each representative for about 30,000 people). The problems would be to control the size of their staff and to control committees, limiting full gatherings, and using technology to handle the votes. On the plus side, it would make it very difficult for any party to personally coerce votes or control their members, easier for third parties to win elections, harder for them to ignore their constituents, and harder for them to gerrymander districts effectively. It would make elections personal and the representatives accountable to everyone in their district. This is, of course, why it will never happen.
I tend to agree with you but these guys live by the polls and right now the polls say they are on the wrong side of the issue.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
1. Think of the campaign ads that can be used against them.
2. These guys sit in a Washington DC office and really don’t have an appreciation for the level of anger against this bill. They certainly don’t get the right information from the media.
3. The media is making these attendees to be nutcases (militia, skinheads, etc). Yet when you view the videos, the audience is composed largely of senior citizens and the audience is rather well behaved. This just HAS to be making people think “WTF? Thats not what Olberman said it was”
Remember the marketing rule of complaints. For every 1 person who actually complains there are 10 that never do business with you gain and don’t let you know why.
For each of these protesters there are probably 100 or 1000 that are against the health care disaster but can’t get to a place to protest.
I see a problem in where to put 6000 representatives and their staffs. Your either going to have to take over the Kennedy Center, or have these people work from home. I would prefer the latter. Imagine being able to speak to your representative, in person, without having to go to Washington.
Here’s one where the good guys \won, a long time ago now—and I’m not talkin’ bout elections—the old-fashioned way...like 1776....thereabouts...
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/the-battle-of-athens-2-august-1946/