This YouTube was taken at a recent town hall meeting held by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D - Tampa Bay) on health care reform:
The racism at these events is always implicit, sometimes explicit. When this kind of fascist mob scene erupts in Alaska (it will), as it did around the civil rights hearings over the late spring and summer in Anchorage, will the Alaska media have the courage to portray it accurately as the most disgustingly racist set of events in recent American history? Will the Anchorage Daily News editors have the wisdom to put the Alaska protests into some sort of meaningful national context, and relate it to the vile outpourings of this kind of proto-fascist hate speech that occurred time and time again outside of Sarah Palin campaign events in September and October, 2008?
I hope so, but doubt it will be covered in any depth.
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Lisa just posted a link to her Town Hall meetings on facebook and this is what I posted:
"Will there be troopers present to arrest those who would act to disrupt you meeting?"
I doubt there will be either a reply or law enforcement to keep the peace at any of them and you can bet the teabaggers will be out in force.
-Laz
Hey, how come no comment about the black man beaten to the ground by pro-Obama union thugs yesterday?
So remember , folks, dissent is patriotic except when conservatives are the ones dissenting. And then , of course, it MUST be racism because when liberals lose an argument they always shout "RACISM".
Hooray ! Obama is healing the nation !!! According to the Left, 50% of the American people are now "racists", "swastika-carrying Nazis", "political terrorists", "angry hateful mobs", "proto-fascists" and "astro-turfers" all because they dare oppose the Messiah's bankrupt policies. Meanwhile Obama (the President of the USA) tells those who disagree with him to "shut up" and tells his "supporters" to "hit back twice as hard" , the Democrats call out their Union thugs to attack patriots, the White House sets up a "snitch line" so people can grass on their neighbors & family if they don't support Obama and the MSM call half of the country "terrorists"!! Wow, how's that hope and change working out for us ?
That group was scary. I'll bet the policemen were frightened, too. I kept expecting a fire marshall to appear. Some mechanism should have been in place to have a way to line up for entry. Speakers outside the room would have helped.
Good luck with the Alaskan meetings.
"That group was scary."
Really ? The pro-Obama SEIU Union thugs who beat up a black man in the parking lot were more scary.
The crowd in the photo were angry because Democrat Representative Carnahan's minion kept 800 plus citizens waiting outside the main entrance to the meeting for over 90 minutes while 125 SEIU members were secretly let in thru a "handicapped" entrance. Once the SEIU army was in place Carnahan ran thru a speech took a couple of planted questions and fled into the night leaving the SEIU to "get in the anti-Obamacare protesters' faces" . I guess this is "democracy" the Chicago Way.
Good luck with the Alaska meetings...how many SEIU thugs are the Dems going to bus in?
Mr. 3:11 and Mr. 12:19, are you going to back that rhetoric up with a link to a credible source or are you just gonna pee in the corner?
Munger isn't going to talk about the black guy that was beat up by pro-Obama thugs because to Munger that is A-OK!
The "progressives" don't consider him black anyhoo...
Valkyrie
Yes
lowest education rates, free money society, completely federal subsidized economy
jingoism, cronyism, exceptionalism
How many of the best students in Alaska STAYED in Alaska for the last 20-30 years?
Yes free money migrants will be out in full force. Irony will be there will be loads of angry veterans... funny that
It's about the government and socialism, nothing else. Race card crap is just that ...crap. Do you want those who destroyed Medicare/Medicaid, Welfare, Social Security, and veterans care making decisions about YOUR health care or running a health care program for YOU? I think not... Go home pinkos. Try it in Venezuela, not here.
Well, I see that we've been invaded by "anonymous" Freeper cowards, the usual right wingnut anti-Obama racist crowd. Time to start moderating the comments, Phil.
Remember, folks, that Dick Armey and his astroturf group, paid for by the health care industry, are the ones behind the Teabaggers. They lost the last election, but they just can't get over it.
Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Americans favor a single payer system, the the insurance industry is determined to kill one. It's time to let Begich and Murkowski know that we won't condone their support of an "insurance" industry that puts profit before good patient care.
HBAK,
I don't have time to moderate the comments, but am happy to see the freepers and astroturfers feel PA is worthy of their lies, vile and creepiness. At least their time spent here isn't spent fucking over somebody else, eh?
Howard Dean said it best. Republican need individual to vote against their own best interest.
Recent History lesson:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/01/elec04.prez.dean.confederate.flag/
"The usual right wingnut anti-Obama racist crowd"
Please point out ONE comment in this thread that has been "racist" or are you just projecting ?
Phil, your blog must be a real threat to some folks. The anger and venom dripping from their lips speak volumes. I guess their still smarting from having their "pit bull in anappropriate mini-skirts at veterans events" quit the job she couldn't handle. Love stinks. Keep up the great work, Phil!
Hey teabaggers (aka Timothy McVeighs-in-training): As Bill O'Reilly would ask, "Don't you love your country?" LOL
No way to prove it, but I smell astroturf...
On Rachel Maddow: Ex-evangelical Frank Schaeffer nails it and warns of right-extremist violence. Great clip!
http://tinyurl.com/lmdjnr
"No way to prove it, but I smell astroturf..."
Oh please !! In your dreams maybe but in reality...no way. Just interesting to drop into the fever swamp of "progressive" blogs now and again and feel the pure hatred you people have for those who dare to have a different world view from yours. Life is so simple being a Leftist.....
Islamic Terrorists are misunderstood victims...America is an evil bully..
Leftist are wonderful....all consevatives are racist ,"evil Palinbots"
Grow up , children...
Definitely some combination of astroturf and Saracuda's jilted lovers...er, minions. LOL
You guys are a bunch of idiots. People are concerned that the moron in the whitehouse and the three stooges who control him -Frank, Pelosi and Reid - are running this country into the ground with their government expansion programs....
I love Alaska but Progressivealaska should be renamed to reflect the reality of who is behind this garbage...
moronicalaska is much more accurate...
JustOneMan
JustOneMan -- Cheney, Dubya & Co. ran this country into the ground and deeply into debt over the past eight years. Obama and Co. are left to clean up the horrific mess. Get your facts straight.
JustOneWoman
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