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Discussing reaction to town hall disruptions, Todd notes GOP Rep. Inglis "went off on Glenn Beck ... turn off the TV"

August 10, 2009 9:21 am ET

From the August 10 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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Beck responds to Republican Congressman Inglis' remarks about him

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    • Author by renardot (August 10, 2009 9:24 am ET)
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      Chuck Todd finally gets it. Wow what a country
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    • Author by nerzog (August 10, 2009 9:30 am ET)
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      I noticed that one fellow started to state the obvious truth when he said "40 years ago, we didn't have..." but somebody cut him off.

      I can only guess at what he was about to say...40 years ago, we didn't have a massive propaganda mill shilling for one party. 40 years ago, the News Business was not a 24/7 profit-above-all-else entertainment machine. 40 years ago, we didn't have one-party saturation of the Talk Radio market in every major city, spewing lies about the opposition.
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (August 10, 2009 11:42 am ET)
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        40 years ago, we didn't have democrats running all three branches of government, hell bent on obliterating our economy and healthcare system.
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        • Author by eweston8542983 (August 10, 2009 11:48 am ET)
             
          Derails, details dear.
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        • Author by John Paradox (August 10, 2009 1:35 pm ET)
             
          PUPPIE STANDARD TRANSLATION:

          whimper, whimper, whimper

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          cut and paste as needed
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        • Author by epkklk851 (August 10, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
             
          Pup, you need to go back and do your homework. Between 1965-1967 the 89th Congress was even more lopsidely controlled by Democrats than anything in the present day, 295/140 in the House and in the Senate 68/32 with LBJ in the White House and Earl Warren on the Supreme Court. This was the era of Civil Rights, with voter rights protections and endings to restrictive covenants that allowed neighborhoods to keep out Jews or Blacks. It was also the beginnings of Medicare (a communist plot to strip Americans of freedom, according to Ronald Reagan!). Granted, by 1969, a Republican sat in the White House and Earl Warren had just retired, to be replaced by the Conservative, Warren Burger, but the 91st Congress was still under control of the Democrates by 243/192 in the House and 57/43 in the Senate. Kevin Phillips, a Nixon aide who published a book called "The Emerging Republican Majority" credited the rise in the number of women and minorities into the Democratic Party with flight of white males into Republican ranks, something that remains true today. Republicans are overwhelming White, Protestant, and male.
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          • Author by puppienrainbows (August 10, 2009 3:01 pm ET)
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            epkk, you need to go back and learn math. 1965-1967 was more than 40 years ago. I said, and was quite clear, "40 years ago". Not 42 or 49 or whatever arbitrary number you would like to select. 40.
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            • Author by epkklk851 (August 10, 2009 3:11 pm ET)
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              Pup you need to go back and read the whole comment. I also included the statistics for the 91st Congress which began its session in January of 1969. Or is that too hard for your arbitary brain to do?
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            • Author by epkklk851 (August 10, 2009 3:15 pm ET)
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              And in case you don't know how to research, here is a list (from Wikipedia) of the 91st Congress' major legislation. (It seems like a lot of voter and environmental regulation stuff to me.)
              December 30, 1969 — Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, Pub.L. 91-173, 83 Stat. 742
              1969 - Tax Reform Act of 1969
              1969 — Truth in Lending Act
              January 1, 1970 — National Environmental Policy Act, Pub.L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 852
              May 21, 1970 — Airport and Airway Development Act, Pub.L. 91-258, title I, 84 Stat. 219
              September 22, 1970 — District of Columbia Delegate Act Pub.L. 91-405, 84 Stat. 848
              October 15, 1970 — Organized Crime Control Act, Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 922 (including the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO")
              October 26, 1970 — Bank Secrecy Act, Pub.L. 91-508, 84 Stat. 1118
              October 27, 1970 — Controlled Substances Act, Pub.L. 91-513, 84 Stat. 1242
              1970 — Postal Reorganization Act (United States Postal Service), Pub.L. 91-375
              1970 — Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970, Pub.L. 91-453
              1970 — Rail Passenger Service Act (Amtrak), Pub.L. 91-518
              December 24, 1970 — Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, Pub.L. 91-572
              December 24, 1970 — Plant Variety Protection Act, Pub.L. 91-577, 84 Stat. 1542
              December 29, 1970 — Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Pub.L. 91-596
              December 31, 1970 — Clean Air Act Extension, Pub.L. 91-604, 84 Stat. 1676
              December 31, 1970 — Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, Pub.L. 91-609, 84 Stat. 1770, including title VII, National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1791
              1970 — Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, Pub.L. 91-695
              1970 — Economic Stabilization Act
              1970 — Environmental Quality Improvement Act
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    • Author by smarshall1432997 (August 10, 2009 10:01 am ET)
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      So, according to Joe Scarborough the reason for Rep. Inglis for telling people to turn off Glenn Beck was because he (Rep. Inglis) was loosing ground to the Birther Movement, "NOT" that these people were causing chaos at the TowhHall Meetings. Oh, okay.

      From Joe Scarborough: Republicans who tell their voters to 'turn off' Glenn Beck do so because they are "loosing" ground for holding onto their Republican Political seats to the movement of the Birthers who are supported by the Republican Challenger. LOL
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 10, 2009 10:14 am ET)
         
      This just in: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_08/019423.php

      Hilarious!
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      • Author by magnolialover (August 10, 2009 10:23 am ET)
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        Sounds like another Joe The Plumber type, as others have said. Could this be another person like the young campaign worker who faked her own assault last fall claiming Obama supporters did it to her?

        Also sounds like he is perpetrating fraud on people who might donate to help him pay his "medical" bills, whatever those are.

        I'm sure there is a PI tailing him as we speak. They'll nail this guy. He's not injured, he's faking it. It looks readily apparent. It's also highly ironic, as the article suggests, that this guy is taking donations to defray his medical bills because he lost his job, lost his health care. He's fighting against his own best interest, which shows me the rank stupidity of this person.

        That being said, if he was beaten down, then whoever did it needs to be in jail. We don't need idiots like that out on the street either.
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        • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 10, 2009 10:47 am ET)
             
          Fair enough, but come on: The guy's out fighting (literally) to kill health care reform that would have had him insured in case he was laid off, WHICH HE WAS, and then he has the nerve to ask OTHER PEOPLE to foot his medical bills?!

          I might go to hell for this, but I hope the bastard gets CANCER, and then gets denied insurance coverage in his next job due to prexisting condition! That might knock some sense into the ignorant bastard; get him to stop making such an effort to fight against his own interests and those of his country.

          And you're right - if he was assaulted, the attacked should be prosecutued. ABSOLUTELY. It's just too bad he didn't get a few bones broken - REALLY drive up those medical bills that he already can't afford, thanks to the system he defendeing WITH HIS OWN BODY! (The only body he has!)
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          • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 10, 2009 10:54 am ET)
               
            BTW - I'm not against you on this. Re-reading our posts, it kinds of sounds that way, but I completely agree with what you said.

            I just find the whole situation too funny for reason. These conservatives really have no sense of self-awareness whatsoeve, do they? LOL.
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            • Author by magnolialover (August 10, 2009 12:25 pm ET)
                 
              I agree. It's the same old refrain really. Alleged conservatives, fighting against things that would benefit them, mostly because someone on the radio, or the TV told them so.
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      • Author by kfraz43 (August 10, 2009 10:24 am ET)
           
        Beautiful.
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      • Author by marco21 (August 10, 2009 12:24 pm ET)
           
        Agreed. This guy is a phony, a liar and is too stupid to realize what he's protesting would actually help him. His a perfect mouthpiece for the GOP.

        Move over, Joe. You've got company on the Douche Dais.
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    • Author by HistoricallyCorrect (August 10, 2009 10:55 am ET)
         
      The de facto leader of the Republican Party is a talk radio host.
      The de facto leader of the Birthers is a CNN "news" host and some half-witted woman.
      The de facto leader of the "Health Care Scare" is a news channel.

      Scary days these are.
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