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EDITORIAL: Potemkin Town Halls [Obama's Massive Stage Fraud & The MSM Acts As Enabler!]
The Washington Times ^ | August 11, 2009

Posted on 08/11/2009 7:08:15 PM PDT by Steelfish

Edited on 08/11/2009 7:37:16 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

President Obama should be charged with false advertising for calling yesterday's Portsmouth, N.H., event a "town-hall meeting." It was a staged, partisan campaign rally.

The Portsmouth rally was the first of three such events planned for this week. If nothing else, it was well-choreographed, if not completely scripted.


(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhoastroturfing; obama; townhalls
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Whatever happened to our country that even the Press is now corrupt?
1 posted on 08/11/2009 7:08:16 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Potemkin Town Halls!

Brilliant!


2 posted on 08/11/2009 7:11:18 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Obama's Logo = barastika)
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To: Steelfish

Try this for proof of his astro turfing http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=911911


3 posted on 08/11/2009 7:12:20 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Steelfish

The well dressed mobs are carrying mean signs saying mean things like No to Government Run Healthcare.

I guess Michelle was right this country is a mean sign carrying country.


4 posted on 08/11/2009 7:13:34 PM PDT by A message (3 years 5 months 1 week 2 days until Jim Thompson is President)
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To: Loud Mime

So the girl’s mother proudly adds The Zero’s photo to her facebook page, but the girl is an innocent novice .... Riiiight. /sarchasm - the gaping hole between a liberal and the truth.


5 posted on 08/11/2009 7:13:53 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Steelfish

“Mr. Obama is on a promotional tour, not a fact-finding mission”

I have a suggestion, he should be on CLUE finding mission...Just saying...


6 posted on 08/11/2009 7:14:02 PM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Steelfish

More than half the people oppose Obamacare, but not one could make it into the townhall....


7 posted on 08/11/2009 7:15:06 PM PDT by Always Right (The Brown Shirt Media © is coming!)
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To: nomad

Try this for proof of his astro turfing http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=911911

Thanks for posting this. I first saw this on twitter. The little girl was a plant. Her mom is a major Dim who has contributed to Zero over the years. This really needs to go viral.


8 posted on 08/11/2009 7:19:08 PM PDT by joejm65
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To: Steelfish

Obama’s “townhalls” are nothing but cheap puppet shows for idiots. Especially the idiots in his state run MSM.


9 posted on 08/11/2009 7:19:14 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (January 20th, 2013)
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To: Steelfish

Do these people ever come to the realization that they’re simply tools? I mean, what do they expect to get out of this? Are these people even paid by the administration??


10 posted on 08/11/2009 7:22:54 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Steelfish

No tampering with the circus routines allowed when BOZerO the clown is the Master of Ceremonies!


11 posted on 08/11/2009 7:24:32 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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The second person “randomly” selected to ask a question was a young girl called Julia Hall from Malden MA

Julia read the following question off a piece of paper: “As I was walking in I saw a lot of signs outside saying mean things about reforming healthcare. How do kids know what is true and why do people want a new system that can help more of us”.

This randomly asked question gave Obama the perfect opportunity to dismiss talk about “death panels that will pull the plug on Grandma” and to blame Republicans for everything. Over on the town hall comments thread AtomicPunk09 discovered someone on facebook who might possibly be Julia’s mother and had a photo of her with Obama:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=911911

Read more @ link - 13 yr old was a dem plant!!!


12 posted on 08/11/2009 7:24:41 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

The mother - and OBama - committed child abuse right there in front of millions of viewers.


13 posted on 08/11/2009 7:26:24 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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Obama’s “townhalls” are nothing but cheap puppet shows for idiots.

Rush, Hannity and Levin will rip Bammie a new one for this asinine stunt.

14 posted on 08/11/2009 7:26:52 PM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: Steelfish

That made me think of the one he had a couple of months ago and he downright lied when he used Caterpillar to help push the Radical American Socialist Experiment CRAPulus Spending Bill?
Remember he said “if Congress passes our plan, this company [Caterpillar] will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”

And then remember Jim Owens, CEO of Caterpillar refuted Obama’s outright lie, saying, “I think realistically no. The truth is we’re going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again”

What the obamanation was doing was taking advantage of American’s good manners, knowing that the guy wouldn’t come up and call him a liar right then. what a slug!

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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as the heavy equipment maker continues to cut costs amid the global economic downturn.
Caterpillar, the world’s largest maker of mining and construction equipment, has seen its sales wither as the sluggish world economy and credit crisis weaken demand for its products, used to build everything from houses to highways. The company had expanded dramatically in recent years, helped by a building boom in developing countries.

In response to the worsening conditions, Caterpillar in January announced job cuts that will ultimately eliminate 20,000 positions. It also said it would slash executive compensation by up to 50 percent and offer buyouts to about 25,000 U.S.-based employees. Caterpillar, which employs about 112,000 people worldwide, said it had imposed a global hiring freeze.


15 posted on 08/11/2009 7:26:59 PM PDT by bareford101 (Give me liberty, or give me death!)
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To: Steelfish

Washington Times AND Fox News calling out the ‘pep rally’ and ‘campaign stop’?? Amazing!


16 posted on 08/11/2009 7:28:05 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: VRWCTexan

Wow!. Everyone needs to click on your link in post #12. Planted question by the kid of an Obamaite.


17 posted on 08/11/2009 7:29:13 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: The Cajun

I think Hannity already started today. He kept playing the clip of the ditz saying, “He winked at me! Did you see that?! He winked at me.”


18 posted on 08/11/2009 7:29:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (January 20th, 2013)
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To: Steelfish
"....even the Press is now corrupt? "

"...now...."?? Absurd!

You seem to have overlooked something....The press has been thoroughly corrupt for many decades!

19 posted on 08/11/2009 7:45:48 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: nomad

The woman sitting next to the little girl is heavier than the woman standing next to 0. What am I missing?


20 posted on 08/11/2009 7:45:54 PM PDT by balls
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