I read this story earlier(and was intending to post it when life got in the way
) and I had a different take on it. What I noticed is the way in which it was written. Since the protestors were often portrayed as 'tea party' types, it seemed to me there was quite a bit of inflammatory language as compared with the 'peaceful' bottle throwing pos that inhabited protests when Bush was in office. Now protestors are 'angry mobs' and there is 'rising incivility' and 'disruptive behavior'. Apparently to the press, disagreeing with a congressman vehemently and using your first amendment rights is uncivil, disruptive, and 'angry'. When bottles are thrown, drugs smoked, and disobedience to the orders of police officers trying to keep traffic in order and streets cleared, it is 1st amendment rights in action. The media is disgusting anymore.
Of note also is the sheer arrogance displayed by democrats, mirrored by DU(think of the 'hah cracker the minorities are taking over' post from earlier at DU today). Some particularly arrogant quotes steaming with liberal snobbery:
“There is no point in meeting with my constituents and [to] listen to them and have them listen to you if what is basically an unruly mob prevents you from having an intelligent conversation.â€
'Intelligent' conversation is thwarted if you disagree with me and if I am so deliberately smug and obtuse that I frustrate you to the point of having to ask a question over and over again.
“I have no problem with someone disagreeing with positions I hold,†Bishop said, noting that, for the time being, he was using other platforms to communicate with his constituents. “But I also believe no one is served if you can’t talk through differences.â€
You, the constituency, elected *ME* for *MY* opinions. If you don't like them along the way, tough shit. My idea of talking through differences, is you will put yours aside in favor of mine, after all that's what the republicans did for 8 years before this under the fallacy of 'bipartisanship'.
Close to 100 sign-carrying protesters greeted Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) at a late June community college small-business development forum in Panama City, Fla. Last week, Danville, Va., anti-tax tea party activists claimed they were “refused an opportunity†to ask Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.) a question at a town hall event and instructed by a plainclothes police officer to leave the property after they attempted to hold up protest signs.
Protestors are NOW a threat when they are conservative apparently. Again, it was free speech back when a bunch of disgusting leftists 'protested'.
“I think it’s just the fact that we are dealing with some of the most important public policy issues in a generation,†said Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), who was confronted by a protester angry about his position on health care reform at a town hall event several weeks ago.
No, you smug pos, it's that people disagree with your 'public policy issues', not that you are 'addressing' them. I'm sure some, like me, see that YOU and your ilk caused a lot of the problems with mandated coverage and such that lead to inflated health costs and here you ride in to want to solve the problem you created with another problem that hasn't worked effectively anywhere else. But Dems love to convince them that they are doing 'hard things' for the American public's good. What a bunch of communist pos they are.
“I think in general what is going on is we are tackling issues that have been ignored for a long time, and I think that is disruptive to a lot of people,†said Bishop, a four-term congressman. “We are trying, one by one, to deal with a set of issues that can’t be ignored, and I think that’s unsettling to a lot of people.â€
No wonder this smug elitist pile of steaming do had to be escorted out by police. What an elitist little commie he is isn't he? Basically, you don't know what's good for you little people, but I do and I'm going to make it all better even though you are having growing pains. Jesus H. these people don't grasp they work for US...they think they are our parents. I don't know the last time the KIDS chose the PARENTS if that's the case.
Freshman Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.), whose event at a Syracuse middle school was disrupted, said that he still planned to hold additional town halls but that he was also thinking about other options.
“I think you’ve got to communicate through a variety of different ways. You should do the telephone town hall meetings. You should do the town hall meetings. You should do the smaller group meetings,†said Maffei. “It’s important to do things in a variety of ways, so you don’t have one mode of communication.â€
I'm too much of a coward to face my constituents face to face with the unpopular crap I'm trying to force down their throats.
“You’re going to have people of varying views, and in this case, you’ve got the two extremes who were the most vocal,†Maffei said of the flare-up at his July 12 event.
His view of extreme? Moderate and right.
On Tuesday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who handles incumbent retention duties for House Democrats in addition to chairing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, met with freshman members to discuss their plans for the monthlong August recess. While the specific issue of town hall protesters never came up, according to sources familiar with the meeting, he urged them not to back away from opponents.
“He said, ‘Go on offense. Stay on the offense. It’s really important that your constituents hear directly from you. You shouldn’t let a day go by [that] your constituents don’t hear from you,’†said one House Democratic leadership aide familiar with the meeting.
That's right, because the voice of opponents really don't matter. What matters is you are the other team, the enemy(offense) and you have to keep ramming it home to them until you win. Nice!
But Democrats are quick to point out they’re not the only ones facing hostile audiences. They single out Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), who found himself in a confrontation earlier this month with a “birther†protester, and insist that Republicans face a backlash of their own if it appears the party is too closely aligned with tea party activists or other conservative-oriented protesters.
“It’s a risk that they align themselves with such a small minority in the party,†said Brian Smoot, who served as political director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the past election cycle. “They risk alienating moderates.â€
Yet another smug Dem there at the end who thinks moderates are more likely to align themselves left. Or, look at the language bolded,conservaties are now a 'small minority'. Those who find constitutional issue with this even more so. My goodness this bunch is about as smug and self-serving as they come. Better then half the country, which means some more liberal and moderate squishies too are against this money sucking scheme, yet we are to believe that better then half the country are irrelevant, unruly, 'difficult', don't know what's good for them, and are a 'small minority' of right wing kooks. As long as the media are in this bunches pocket and write articles like this, I can't see us ever pulling back to the country of greatness we once were. That would take unbiased CENTRIST reporting which lets face it is more what FOX is despite the protests it is right. Will never happen. They are either the lone shark that will lead the charge out of this someday or they are doomed to fall under the weight of the propaganda machine. It's really very sad to watch. I just hope I am an old woman and gone before it turns into a full run state machine. My heart is already heavy watching this smug bullshit. We truly have lost all control of this great country. It's been taken over by thieves and liars elected by a horde of greedy and short-sited masses who usually come to regret their temporary insanity that is short-sitedness.
Excuse any errors folks...gotta run for a bit and don't have the time to check it all.
