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Jim Moran's [D] town hall descends into chaos (w/Howard Dean in Virginia)
DC Examiner ^ | August 26, 2009 | William C. Flook

Posted on 08/25/2009 8:51:18 PM PDT by HokieMom

Rep. Jim Moran's town hall meeting descended into chaos Tuesday night as protestors clashed -- in one case violently -- with supporters of a broad federal health care expansion, leading the 8th District Democrat to angrily seek to evict some of the loudest demonstrators.

Moran and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean addressed a crowd of at least 2,500 at South Lakes High School in Reston, weathering hours of catcalls and heckling mixed with shouts from supporters.

Outside, a spillover crowd of protestors and counter-protesters shouted slogans at each other. A man in a Cato Institute T-shirt scuffled with a man wearing an Obama T-shirt, punched him in the face, and was shortly after kicked off the property by police officers.

Police said they were seeking to avoid arrests to help keep the crowd under control.

Inside, the scene was just as raucous. Moran -- fuming that his introduction of Dean was met with jeers -- finally lost his temper with the crowd.

"There are hundreds of people in this gymnasium who can't hear [Dean] because of a handful of people," Moran said. "These folks are not from the 8th District, they don't really belong here, and I'm going to ask them to leave."

Moran is a supporter of the $1.6 trillion House health care bill that would create a new government health option. The bill, mired in disputes among Democratic factions, has proved a lightning rod in town hall meetings across America.

The meeting hosted by Moran contrasted sharply to a town hall in Springfield held by 11th District Democrat Gerry Connolly earlier in the day.

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


TOPICS: Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; angrymob; jimmoran; reston; townhalls
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1 posted on 08/25/2009 8:51:19 PM PDT by HokieMom
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Health Care Reform Supporters, Opponents Come Out in Virginia

http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0809/653190.html

With video, although I coudn’t get it to play.


2 posted on 08/25/2009 8:55:07 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom
These folks are not from the 8th District, they don't really belong here,

The...(suppressing guffaws)..."esteemed" Mr. Moran is psychic? He just knows who "belongs" and who doesn't?

Wow.

3 posted on 08/25/2009 8:57:22 PM PDT by kromike
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To: HokieMom
. A man in a Cato Institute T-shirt scuffled with a man wearing an Obama T-shirt, punched him in the face, and was shortly after kicked off the property by police officers.

Somehow, this doesn't pass the smell test.

4 posted on 08/25/2009 8:59:05 PM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: HokieMom

AR-15.com play-by-play thread:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=918174&page=1


5 posted on 08/25/2009 8:59:05 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: kromike

Hey Rep Moran, all the money you rake in from people outside your district doesn’t belong there either.


6 posted on 08/25/2009 9:00:40 PM PDT by gthog61
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Boos reign at Reston health care event (Washington Times)

7 posted on 08/25/2009 9:01:50 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: kromike
Moran said only those living his district would be allowed in. The radio news reports said people were to bring photo ID to show at the door. Now he claims they're not his constituents.
8 posted on 08/25/2009 9:04:49 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: gthog61

Moran himself doesn’t belong here. He should go back to Boston.


9 posted on 08/25/2009 9:05:44 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

Thanks for posting. I clicked on the little arrow on the video and got it to play. Love to see the fired up folks.


10 posted on 08/25/2009 9:06:10 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: HokieMom

LOL :)


11 posted on 08/25/2009 9:06:31 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

Probably a plant. We know they do it often.


12 posted on 08/25/2009 9:06:42 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: beaversmom

Thanks! I’ll try again.


13 posted on 08/25/2009 9:07:35 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

I lived in that congressional district for 22 years. There aren’t a lot of AFL-CIO people who live in it. Sure as hell aren’t any in Reston or Alexandria. I don’t know many union workers who live in $800,000 houses.


14 posted on 08/25/2009 9:07:41 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (U.S. Out of My Doctor's Office!!)
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To: kromike

He is a psychic. I’m sure he hasn’t read the bill either, but knows that it is best for the peasants.


15 posted on 08/25/2009 9:07:43 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Somehow, this doesn't pass the smell test.

Why not? Whenever I feel the urge to go stomp some liberals, I put on my Hoover Institution tee shirt, grab the ol' Club For Growth, and head down to the Town Hall Meeting.

Then, when I whip the beat-down on some commie, the cops don't arrest me for assault and battery, why, no sir. They throw me off the property, don't even get my name, and nobody's the wiser! Heh. Aren't I clever?

16 posted on 08/25/2009 9:09:09 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: HokieMom
This works:

Jim Moran Town Hall on Health Care Reform with Howard Dean

17 posted on 08/25/2009 9:11:15 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Dems_R_Losers
There aren’t a lot of AFL-CIO people who live in it.

Lots of AFSCME, though, right? Federal employees union? And NEA. They never saw a leftist program they didn't like.

18 posted on 08/25/2009 9:12:37 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Thanks! Definitely looks like the teachers union came together up in the bleachers with their factory-made signs and Obama campaign chants.


19 posted on 08/25/2009 9:16:03 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Thunder90

That’s a Twitter feed? I’ve never read one before. Interesting!


20 posted on 08/25/2009 9:17:27 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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