Its been about two weeks now since the town hall meetings on health care reform (health insurance reform or whatever they call it today) started to remind people that they can do something to help shape policy change in between election cycles. Everyday citizens, most of which have never been involved in any form of protest, took to these forums to have their voices heard and questions answered. What they were greeted with was nothing short of utter contempt by some in the news media, congress, senate, and the President himself. They accused us of AstroTurfing, said they we carried swastikas to the meetings and that we were Un-American. The only things I have seen that are unwarranted was Rep. Frank Kratovil hung in effigy and the earlier mentioned supposed swastika carriers. Now I don’t condone outrageous behavior from either side but I do think the left has no standing in getting that upset over it considering all the atrocious and wanton protests that occurred during George W. Bush’s administration. Protests that were actually vicious but were glossed over by the MSM and given a happy face. Do they really want to go tit for tat because they would do so at their own peril.
Now that some representatives have realized that its not a good idea to call the American people angry mobs or as in the Presidents case, to tell them to shut up, they are trying a new tactic. They are using plants or stacking the meetings or both. Obama’s town hall in Portsmouth, NH featured an adorable little girl (supposedly chosen at random) who asked the President about all the mean and nasty signs that the protesters (who for reasons unknown did not get ‘randomly’ chosen to participate inside) were waving outside the meeting. Turns out this girl and her mother are not as random as they seem. Maybe you missed the town hall in Houston, TX on Tuesday held by Sheila Jackson Lee. You know, the one where Sheila interrupted a question from a constituent because she had to answer her cell phone. This is the same meeting where Sheila took a sympathetic question from the self appointed (plant) Dr. Roxana Mayer, a physician who does not live in Jackson Lee’s district, who turns out not to be a physician at all but was a Texas Delegate for Obama. If Obama says that he doesn’t want people to think that he is putting plants in these meetings, he needs to stop putting plants in these meetings.
Another thing that has been popping up is this sudden concern to require town hall attendees to present a photo ID that proves they live in his or her district. Thats fine with me because the people that are being bussed in from other districts are the ones that are for ObamaCare. It is interesting that they are concerned about the validity of the people coming to town halls (because most of them are against ObamaCare) but they are against photo ID when it comes to voting in elections (most illegals vote democratic because their vote is bought with social programs and soft immigration laws). Whats next, sending out unsolicited emails to citizens from the White House?
