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Ignoring efforts of anti-health care reform activists, Scarborough dismisses coordination of town hall disruptions

August 05, 2009 8:46 am ET

From the August 5 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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Previously: Special Report says "public venting" at health care town halls, ignores conservative efforts to pack events

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    • Author by nerzog (August 05, 2009 8:52 am ET)
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      Joe's been one of the worst in ignoring the real reason HealhCare reform is in trouble.

      He repeatedly cites polls which show slipping support, and pretends not to notice the massive Republican propaganda blitz that is responsible.
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    • Author by blueline99 (August 05, 2009 9:04 am ET)
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      But are these people rational Joe? Have they been whipped into a frenzy by the likes of Fox News and FreedomWorks.

      These people have all been given talking points to shout at these events and they have definitely been coached and influenced by the right who's goal is to stop this

      If this is truly a grass roots effort, it is one born in the South by older, white Americans... this looks like the same group of people who opposed the Civil Rights Act.

      Jon Stewart had a great piece about how this Faux News outrage gets orchestrated.
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    • Author by blesscurse (August 05, 2009 9:05 am ET)
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      Joe did a disingenuous bait-and-switch on this using the straw man that the actual insurance company executives were alleged to have disrupted the town hall meetings, rather than talking about the FreedomWorks memo inciting disruption.
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    • Author by snoopy (August 05, 2009 9:18 am ET)
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      Finally, the DNC hits back. Drown the rats!
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    • Author by skiploader1111 (August 05, 2009 10:06 am ET)
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      Here's the one single difference.

      Liberals get kicked out of the events. Conservatives don't.
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      • Author by skiploader1111 (August 05, 2009 10:10 am ET)
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        There is one other difference. These anti-health reform shouters don't even have a reason to be outraged.
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    • Author by MickD (August 05, 2009 10:15 am ET)
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      Apparently the shouters are invincible health-wise, and never heard of a little thing called karma.
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      • Author by blueline99 (August 05, 2009 10:35 am ET)
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        I laugh when I see these elderly white activist shout and denounce Social Security and Medicare... does that mean they tear up their Social Security check that they get each month and that they refuse Medicare support when they buy their heart meds at Walgreens?
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        • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (August 05, 2009 11:56 am ET)
             
          I want--truly want--to see these people bankrupted by their next illness by the health insurance companies they're shilling for. That, my friends, would be real karmic punishment...
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (August 05, 2009 11:57 am ET)
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        Payback from Obama, maybe? Or will Obama's right hand thug, Rahm, hand out the vendetta's?
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    • Author by roninkannushi1711 (August 05, 2009 12:33 pm ET)
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      I would suggest people register at the door. e.g. Locals would sit on one side, and the visitors on the other. That would settle that, simply put. Signing in, good way to have the community interact with the national interests. All would know. Simple communication contributes to community. All are one, in one's own town. We have cultural barriers, in our social infancy. Optimized information, by simple exchange, must happen this century.

      This fear, by some, is loud to threaten. Why allow others to dictate our locale, and family? Never to help, an extreme is out to conquer.
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      • Author by blueline99 (August 05, 2009 1:43 pm ET)
           
        That's a good idea, simple and will obvious point out the fact that these folks aren't all from the district that these congressmen represent
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    • Author by roninkannushi1711 (August 05, 2009 12:33 pm ET)
         
      I would suggest people register at the door. e.g. Locals would sit on one side, and the visitors on the other. That would settle that, simply put. Signing in, good way to have the community interact with the national interests. All would know. Simple communication contributes to community. All are one, in one's own town. We have cultural barriers, in our social infancy. Optimized information, by simple exchange, must happen this century.

      This fear, by some, is loud to threaten. Why allow others to dictate our locale, and family? Never to help, an extreme is out to conquer.
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    • Author by John Paradox (August 05, 2009 2:31 pm ET)
         
      For some reason "Jojo, the Dog faced boy" was running through my mind through that clip.
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    • Author by Digital Jedi (August 06, 2009 2:16 am ET)
         
      Riiiight. Because YOU can't do it, it must not be possible.
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    • Author by Digital Jedi (August 06, 2009 2:19 am ET)
         
      The dog? So if Obama takes too long to choose a new shampoo will they razz him over that too? Not to mention, Health Care Reform has only taken 40 odd years or so to get this far.
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