Bob On CNN… Almost

Bob Parks: Black & Right ^ | 9/7/09 | Bob Parks

[bocopar]

I got an email from a nice producer requesting I appear on CNN at 12:30pm EST to discuss Paul Krugman's latest op-ed, The Town Hall Mob. Unfortunately because of distance, it wasn't possible, but she'll keep me in mind for future rebuttals.

But while we're on the topic, let's look at Krugman's latest take on the "town hall mob"...

Some commentators have tried to play down the mob aspect of these scenes, likening the campaign against health reform to the campaign against Social Security privatization back in 2005. But there’s no comparison. I’ve gone through many news reports from 2005, and while anti-privatization activists were sometimes raucous and rude, I can’t find any examples of congressmen shouted down, congressmen hanged in effigy, congressmen surrounded and followed by taunting crowds.

And I can’t find any counterpart to the death threats at least one congressman has received.

Getting shouted down sucks, doesn't it Paul? Clearly, an unwelcome shoe-on-the-other-foot moment.

Let's get back to reality here.

[darkwing104]

Nothing like adding a little facts to challenge the normally unchecked rhetoric...Keep giving them hell.

[La Lydia]

Bob, you need to move closer to a CNN studio!