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Posted on 08/06/2009 9:30:55 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Groups coordinate Obama opposition By: Mike Allen August 6, 2009 11:38 AM EST
Conservative and business groups, some funded in part by insurers, are mobilizing members and supporters to participate in health care forums that lawmakers are holding in their states and districts this month.
Congressional town halls are typically sleepy and sparsely attended. But passion about President Barack Obama’s health reform plan is drawing hundreds of people to raucous gatherings, with Democratic officials portraying the crowds as “angry mobs.”
Much of the outpouring appears to be spontaneous, or encouraged by Glenn Beck of Fox News. But much of it is being encouraged by Washington-based groups that are devoting considerable online resources to encouraging turnout. Some of the groups even supply supporters with scripts and “talking points.”
A White House official said the president’s side will benefit from coverage of the chaos.
“We’re not looking shrill,” the official said. “The opposition looks shrill and not interested in talking but interested in screaming. When did the American people prefer screaming over talking?”
As part of the town hall turnout drive, Americans for Tax Reform offers an “Obama Spin Translator: Taking the Propaganda Out of Health Care Newspeak.”
“Over the August recess, Congressmen will be holding town halls on health care,” the document says. “There’s likely to be a lot of spin and doubletalk from very nervous Democrat members. We’ve assembled a dictionary to help you wade through the rhetoric and understand the real impact of health care ‘reform.’”
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People are angry, but they aren’t mobs. If they want to see mobs, keep doing what they are doing.
I was just told that NC-D Rep. Brad Miller has claimed that he got a death threat and will not be holding his promised meeting with conservatives on Friday afternoon at his office in Raleigh.
Yeah. Right.
They haven’t seen an angry mob.....YET.......red
“When did the American people prefer screaming over talking?”
Usually after talking fails and right before they start loading weapons...
I’m just curious why union mobsters are better than health insurance mobsters.
It’s not quite like busing the homeless to vandalize Rummy’s house.
They won’t be able to accurately describe them as
“Mobs”
until they are marching with battle rifles.
I think we should say that the angry mobs are fake Conservatives rented by the Left to give the Right a bad name.
I’m going to take my anger out on them at the polls. Tens of millions of us are.
See also—> Think Progress, MSNBC ‘Manufacture’ a Story With Putative Smoking Gun ‘Mob’ Memo
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/08/think_progress_msnbc_manufactu.asp
Got into it with a libtard friend today about this stuff. They really do not see the blowback coming.
It concerns me that the media is mouthing exactly the Democrat talking points. Don’t we have a free press anymore? I know that our little town has one of the last remaining independent newspapers in northern CA. http://www.pioneerpresslive.com/ The rest are chains.
Dem - talking points released by e-mail:
There’s been a lot of media coverage about organized mobs intimidating lawmakers, disrupting town halls, and silencing real discussion about the need for real health insurance reform.
The truth is, it’s a sham. These “grassroots protests” are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform. They’re trying to use lies and fear to break the President and his agenda for change.
Health insurance reform is about our lives, our jobs, and our families — we can’t let distortions and intimidation get in the way. We need to expose these outrageous tactics, and we’re counting on you to help. Can you read these “5 facts about the anti-reform mobs,” then pass them along to your friends and family?
5 facts about the anti-reform mobs
1. These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line. A group run by the same folks who made the “Swiftboat” ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.
2. People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies. These crowds are being riled up by anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President’s plan and scare voters. But as the President has repeatedly said, health insurance reform will create more health care choices for the American people, not reduce them. If you like your insurance or your doctor, you can keep them, and there is no “government takeover” in any part of any plan supported by the President or Congress.
3. Their actions are getting more extreme. Texas protesters brought signs displaying a tombstone for Rep. Lloyd Doggett and using the “SS” symbol to compare President Obama’s policies to Nazism. Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York had to be escorted to his car by police after an angry few disrupted his town hall meeting — and more examples like this come in every day. And they have gone beyond just trying to derail the President’s health insurance reform plans, they are trying to “break” the President himself and ruin his Presidency.
4. Their goal is to disrupt and shut down legitimate conversation. Protesters have routinely shouted down representatives trying to engage in constructive dialogue with voters, and done everything they can to intimidate and silence regular people who just want more information. One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to “stand up and shout” and try to “rattle” lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.
5. Republican leadership is irresponsibly cheering on the thuggish crowds. Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement applauding and promoting a video of the disruptions and looking forward to “a long, hot August for Democrats in Congress.”
It’s time to expose this charade, before it gets more dangerous. Please send these facts to everyone you know. You can also post them on your website, blog, or Facebook page.
Now, more than ever, we need to stand strong together and defend the truth.
Thanks,
Jen
Jen O’Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee
The comments to that one are a scream. We are threatening violence, someone is going to get killed, etc. Who knew that conservatives attending town meetings would get so many knickers in such a twist?
Well that settles it: I guess that makes me an “Angry Mobster” and proud of it!
SEIU and ACORN are sposoring my Democrat Communists town meeting..in the “bad” section of town. Theyare trying to intimidate concerned Citizens but I am going anyway. ^pm tonite YBOR CITY Palm Avenue. Be there. Tampa.
JUST A REMINDER:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
When did the American people prefer screaming over talking?”
when a$$holes like you stopped listening to talking.
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