Comments on: Republican Congressman Jokes about Democrats Getting “Lynched” at Town Halls, GOP Audience Laughs

By: bonkers

bonkers — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:45:28 +0000

Given the hand he was dealt, I find some of the more caustic criticisms hard to believe. You can hold someone’s feet to the fire, and still be supportive over all.
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Well said.

By: PeorgieTirebiter

PeorgieTirebiter — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:14:07 +0000

Your apparent disgust with President Obama’s strategy reminds me of Otter’s response to the other Bluto’s famous speech.

Otter: “I think this situation absolutely requires a real, futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.”

Bluto: “and we’re just the guys to do it.”

The applause of some progressives and independents would likely prove cold comfort to those stuck with the consequences of achieving nothing at all.

Given the hand he was dealt, I find some of the more caustic criticisms hard to believe. You can hold someone’s feet to the fire, and still be supportive over all.

By: lefttown

lefttown — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:06:36 +0000

And don’t forget the back door deals the administration made with Big Pharma. They “give up” $80 billion, and we can’t negotiate on pharmaceuticals, nor can we buy drugs from Canada. All in the name of bipartisanship, of course.
Maybe I should go to a townhall meeting with a sign saying:
“Insurance Reform now! Support Big Pharma!”

By: AngelsAwake

AngelsAwake — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:46:50 +0000

Wouldn’t we prefer it if the Republicans kept getting publicity? If they keep like this, they’ll keel over in the polls soon enough, and our victories in 2010 will make electing Obama look like just the tip of the iceberg.

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:28:56 +0000

Obama is now talking about “reforming insurance practices.” Real healthcare reform, still only a dream in the U.S..

By: hychka

hychka — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:27:45 +0000

Maybe so, but you can put it to ‘em and watch them squirm back under a rock where they belong.

By: bonkers

bonkers — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:23:56 +0000

(cough). Nice.

By: JimboTex

JimboTex — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:23:05 +0000

There needs to be a concerted effort to make Republicans reject and denounce these thuggish tactics.

There’s one problem with that. The Rethuglicans will denounce these thuggish tactics when St. Ronald Reagan rises from his grave and does the Moonwalk with Michael Jackson.

By: hychka

hychka — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:22:51 +0000

Just got an Obama e-mail asking me to call my Congressman, Steve Buyer, about health care. I’m afraid Buyer is a lost cause, but I did register my support of a public option and real reform of health care. And, I insisted that the staffer also report my deep concern for the Brown Shirt tactics that the GOP is supporting at towm meetings around the country and that Buyer should use his influence to knock it off because disrupting debate hurts everyone.

By: bonkers

bonkers — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:22:47 +0000

It sure is a slow process to change mindsets on a mass scale like that. It’s happening I think, and just the fact of having Obama in the White House will speed it up immensely on a number of fronts. Onward and upward!