Take the CNN.com poll - Town-hall protests over health care are:

CNN.com ^ | 7/10/09 | CNN.com

[MountainLoop]

Just saw this online poll.

Town-hall protests over health care are:

A - Being orchestrated by lobbyists

B - Ordinary citizens expressing their opinions

As of 7:45AM PST the results are:

Being orchestrated by lobbyists 55% 42501

Ordinary citizens expressing their opinions 45% 35350

Total Votes: 77851

[Fu-fu2]

Voted....

[Chief901]

Town-hall protests over health care are:
Being orchestrated by lobbyists 55% 67800
Ordinary citizens expressing their opinions 45% 55466
Total Votes: 123266

[LonePalm]

Of course not, it's from CNN.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[PreciousLiberty]

“Ordinary still losing 55 to 45.”

How encouraging! If 45% of CNN viewers (well mostly) think the protesters are legit, that means about 70% of the general public does. ;-)

[OneHun]

Being orchestrated by lobbyists	55%	80750
Ordinary citizens expressing their opinions	45%	65584
Total Votes: 146334

Voted several times using different browsers, but the actual numbers will not change ( will not show my vote). 

 

[ssaftler]

well of course it won't. it takes about 300 or so votes to move it 1%

Look at the results now. The tally went from 78K to 150K, and the percentage HAS NEVER WAIVERED from 55-45. Sounds like CNN has a bot that is controlling the "mob" vote to make sure it stays where they want it to be!

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

bump

[dynachrome]

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[editor-surveyor]

Bump!

[editor-surveyor]

Bump!

[Yosemitest]

Obama: "I Don't Want the Folks who Created the Mess to do a lot of Talking" "

Okay, then the DEMOCRATS need to shut up!!!

Lets review:

Who was it that moved Medicare Trust Funds out of the "trust box" and into the General Revenue, replacing them with Government I.O.U.s?
"In early 1968 President Lyndon Johnson [DEMOCRAT] made a change in the budget presentation by including Social Security and all other trust funds in a"unified budget." "

Who was it that expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover many, many more people than it was originally designed to cover?

The History of Medicare

In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The first U.S. President to propose a prepaid health insurance plan was Harry S. Truman [DEMOCRAT]. On November 19, 1945, in a special message to Congress, President Truman outlined a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan for all people through the Social Security system. The plan included doctors and hospitals, and nursing, laboratory, and dental services; it was dubbed "National Health Insurance." Furthermore, medical insurance benefits for needy people were to be financed from Federal revenues.

Over the years, lawmakers narrowed the field of health insurance recipients largely to social security beneficiaries. A national survey found that only 56 percent of those 65 years of age or older had health insurance. President John F. Kennedy [DEMOCRAT] pressed legislators for health insurance for the aged. However, it wasn't until 1965 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed H.R. 6675 (The Social Security Act of 1965; PL 89-97) to provide health insurance for the elderly and the poor.

On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Bill (Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act) in Independence, Missouri in the presence of former President Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony; Lady Bird Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Mrs. Truman also were present. President Johnson remarked: "We marvel not simply at the passage of this Bill but that it took so many years to pass it."

Medicare extended health coverage to almost all Americans aged 65 or older. About 19 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare in the first year of the program. Medicaid provided access to health care services for certain low-income persons and expanded the existing Federal-State welfare structure that assisted the poor.

The 1972 Social Security Amendments expanded Medicare to provide coverage to two additional high risk groups disabled persons receiving cash benefits for 24 months under the social security program and persons suffering from end-stage renal disease.

...(continued at link)

So Democrats,

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR INSURING THE FAILURE
OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID PROGRAM!!!

So DEMOCRATS ... SHUT UP!!!

You have no integrity!!!

[Lucky9teen]

Being orchestrated by lobbyists 56% 148190
Ordinary citizens expressing their opinions 44% 115398
Total Votes: 263588

[dervish]

Town Halls are

56% orchestrated

44% ordinary people

not good

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks dervish. One question though — what is “CNN”? ;’)