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(Loony) Sun-Times Columnist: ObamaCare Opponents a 'Fifth Column,' Rural America Rife with Birthers
Newsbusters.org ^ | August 11, 2009 | Ken Shepherd

Posted on 08/11/2009 6:29:19 AM PDT by WhiteCastle

The liberal media meme on conservative protesters at health care town halls is that they are full of vitriol, but lacking in substance. So how does Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg take on critics of ObamaCare?

You guessed it.

"At any given moment, 40 percent of Americans are dead wrong," Steinberg insisted in the lead sentence of his August 10 column, "Scary how a lot of bitter McCain backers oppose Obama at every turn."

But not only are opponents of ObamaCare "dead wrong," argues Steinberg, they're an un-American, if not outright traitorous "fifth column" dedicated to stopping President Obama's agenda at any cost (emphasis mine):

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: angrymob; birthers; chicago; chicagoway; obamacare
The kool-aid drinking Neil Steinberg may be reached at nsteinberg@suntimes.com
1 posted on 08/11/2009 6:29:21 AM PDT by WhiteCastle
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To: WhiteCastle

Liberal coasts of U.S. rife with communist fools and thugs.


2 posted on 08/11/2009 6:31:27 AM PDT by madison10
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To: WhiteCastle

Neil Steinberg is a whiny leftist drunk who lives in lily-white Northbrook, Illinois, yet has the audacity to characterize opponents of ObamaCare as racists. He is the worst sort of democrat hypocrite.


3 posted on 08/11/2009 6:31:57 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to America.)
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To: WhiteCastle
..."fifth column" dedicated to stopping President Obama's agenda at any cost

I'll take that as a compliment.

Only a sick, twisted liberal, poisoned by drinking the left-wing Kool-Aid for decades could even think such a thing of us.

4 posted on 08/11/2009 6:35:16 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: WhiteCastle

Does Mr. Steinberg have any positive arguments to make about this bill? Or is he merely satisfied with deriding anyone who opposes it?


5 posted on 08/11/2009 6:48:59 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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> “Scary how a lot of bitter McCain backers oppose Obama at every turn.”

Scary how a lot of bitter KERRY backers opposed BUSH at every turn!

What goes around comes around, pinhead.


6 posted on 08/11/2009 6:49:37 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Windflier

They’ve been deriding and slandering their opposition for years - decades.


7 posted on 08/11/2009 6:50:48 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: WhiteCastle

Good ole Neil - same guy arrested for hitting his wife.


8 posted on 08/11/2009 6:58:34 AM PDT by TJ Jackson
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To: WhiteCastle

As usual, their words towards us actually describe them and their own actions.


9 posted on 08/11/2009 10:27:32 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Kenya? Kenya? Kenya just show us the birth certificate?)
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