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Cummings: protest organizers want to "make it appear as though there's a great deal of opposition" on health care

August 04, 2009 10:58 pm ET

From the August 4 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews:

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Previously:

Kornacki: like Tea Parties, protests are lobbyists "manufacturing, with the help of conservative media outlets, outrage"

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    • Author by dmhack (August 04, 2009 11:10 pm ET)
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      Interesting... these bused-in thugs are being shouted down at some town hall meetings. I bet there's video of that, but all we get to see are the rent-a-thug meetings over and over again.

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      • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (August 04, 2009 11:16 pm ET)
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        Of course we won't see it, dm; it contradicts the obviously-played theme that the thugs represent the mainstream of opinion...
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (August 04, 2009 11:47 pm ET)
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          The story is already scripted...just watch FOX News: Popular uprising...!
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          • Author by twseattle (August 05, 2009 4:48 am ET)
               
            Talk about wagging the dog, how can they think this won't blow up in their faces?
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (August 04, 2009 11:35 pm ET)
         
      That is absolutely true. In the sixties crowds would gather in major cities and protest the VietNam war and with careful telephoyo lens work, you could dissplay a massive protest or a street corner gathering, depending on which political group paid more.
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    • Author by cmanptown02 (August 05, 2009 1:21 am ET)
         
      To me it just sounds more rational to sit and laugh at these right-wingnuts. But we really need to email or call a congressman and counteract these protests!
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    • Author by snoopy (August 05, 2009 9:21 am ET)
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