Comments on: Town Hall Passions Have Deep Roots

By: MIchael A. Beck

MIchael A. Beck — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:40:18 +0000

I have thought experiment for you: Let’s compare the crowds that have shown up at the Tea Party events with those that have shown up at G8 and G20 events. Can you you produce one frame of video footage that shows any violence at all during the conservative rallies? No! But we saw over 500 people gleefully displaying peace signs despite the encumbrance of handcuffs as they were getting hauled of to jail in Toronto.

By: MIchael A. Beck

MIchael A. Beck — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:28:37 +0000

You just confessed to being the kind of person who either gets paid to show and put on a political dog and pony show or at the very least you are the one who does the paying. But can you prove that the people in this “mob” were paid to be there? Do you have actual proof of what what you’re saying? Or are you just another knee jerk viscerally motivated liberal who doesn’t believe that proof of your statements is necessary? I challenge you or any other liberal to back up anything say with factual evidence that can stand up to scrutiny.

By: Peter the Bubblehead

Peter the Bubblehead — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:37:55 +0000

To Not a Fool at #28:
Then where’s my check?

Nobody’s been sponsoring me.

Fool!

By: Not a Fool

Not a Fool — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:35:07 +0000

These mobs that show up at these town halls are people recruited by political or medical industry operatives to be used as pawns purely for political spin doctors. I know because I am behind the scenes and my friends make a living orchestrating these publicity stunts purely for Fox News snippets.

By: bibio44

bibio44 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:36:43 +0000

#16: ““Try a thought experiment: What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush?”

Never mind “loud” and “scruffy.” It was instructive when John Stewart ran a clip of a couple who were arrested at a Bush rally just for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts.

By: bibio44

bibio44 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:31:52 +0000

As a left-wing troll (as opposed to a right-wing a-hole), I love it when rightists celebrate the “passionate opponents” who disrupt town meetings and shout down speakers. I never get tired of shoving in their faces a quote from one of their own, Bill O’Reilly, which was recently reprinted in The Forward:

“This is exactly what the Nazis did — they disrupted rallies, they came in and shouted people down,” O’Reilly said. He was speaking in 2005 about Connecticut students shouting down a right-wing lecturer. His words are still true.

By: Oakley

Oakley — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:57:42 +0000

Mr. Adams thank you for the refresher course in American History.

Americans who are protesting Obama’s “shovel ready health care” are exercising their Constitutional right to speak their protest and disagreement. They are impassioned and rightfully so. The more the media and the left try to shut them up, the more dissent will raise it’s voice.

The left and the media have wrongfully believed that the American people are stupid. Some voters were naively bamboozled by the media and by Obama’s campaign rhetoric, posing as a centrist and uniter.

The scales are falling fast from many American eyes with the hot white light of the truth now exposing Obama for the inexperienced, egotistical, punitive, leftist agenda driven politician that he is. For those who were duped, their passion is all the more fervent.

This burning love of liberty in the hearts of Americans will not be doused by a bunch of spoiled, elitists thugs and liars in the media and Washington.

By: vivo

vivo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:50:33 +0000

23. Jim Baker:

You lazily call ‘troll’ anyone who has a different viewpoint. I don’t shout, it’s your brain exploding with the shock that there is a better world out there . . .

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:00:36 +0000

Vivo is the every day troll. Whoever shouts the loudest, wins. Eh?

By: Remnant

Remnant — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:36:16 +0000

I just don’t get how one can equate the wartime defense of a port with physical force with the current healthcare debate.

Are you advocating a martial uprising against the democratically elected leader of our country?

What liberty are you in danger of losing? Choosing your healthcare provider? Making healthcare decisions?

I have little say in my own insurance coverage. I’m limited to whatever my policy dictates and that’s whatever my employer sets up. The insurance company takes nearly any clerical error or misunderstanding and uses it to deny coverage.

The only liberty is if I want to pay for my own insurance policy or pay out of pocket if I want to see a doctor out of my plan. Neither of which are feasible for me since times are tough.

Are you fighting against Death Panels? They already exist. Ask my two friends who last year had discussions with the hospital about what their options were for their comatose mother’s care when the benefits run out.

I fail to see how offering government run insurance will result in a b-movie dystopia. The government controls air traffic, protects our borders and national security and ensures us protection under the law.

If you really think that government is inept, ask yourself, “Did I get my stimulus check?”. I did and spent that sucker as soon as it was deposited right into my account along with my tax return.