Interesting - instructions from Huffy Post on how to take over the town halls with union thugs.
In 1994, Senator Edward Kennedy was in a tough fight for reelection against a well-financed Republican opponent named Mitt Romney. There was a debate between Kennedy and Romney at Faneuil Hall and before the candidates arrived a large crowd of boisterous Romney supporters dominated the gathering. The place was a sea of Romney signs with a few placards with photos of aborted fetuses thrown in for good measure. The white, largely well-healed Republicans outside the hall were shouting classy chants like: "Last Call for Ted!" and "Chappaquiddick!" Romney arrived first and it was clear that the loud and unruly GOP partisans had the upper hand, especially in front of the local television cameras.
Suddenly, the entire scene outside Faneuil Hall shifted when about a hundred burly men descended on the place engulfing the Romney supporters. The area outside Fanueil Hall now became a sea of Kennedy signs held by very pushy, very big, and very noisy members of a local carpenters' union. Kennedy had given a fiery speech at a union hall just prior to the debate where he reminded the workers about what he and his brothers had done for labor over the course of their political careers. At the end of his speech, he urged the entire union local to pick up Kennedy signs and head down to Fanueil Hall to show their support, which they did with vim and vigor. By the time the workers assembled the Romney people had been literally pushed outside the view of the TV cameras and the landscape looked like a huge Kennedy rally.
So there's a simple solution to these Republican astro-turf goon squads that are currently disrupting Democratic town hall meetings on health care. Do what Kennedy did. Speak before a crowd of supporters who have dirt under their fingernails and know how to win battles in the workplace.
Democratic politicians facing town hall disruptions should seek the help of their working-class supporters. Make sure large numbers of people from the local unions come to these events. Then we'll see if the Tea Bagger thugs can continue their bullying tactics on behalf of corporations seeking to block progress on health care.
"Their working class supporters" Need to remember that Donna Brazile said they were not needed. They were thrown under the bus. These are not "working class" supporters they are talking about. These are union thugs. They will be pressured and threatened to thug.
"Goons" since when are protesters "goons" These are the American people trying to have a voice.
This is incredible and they are actually encouraging people to engage in this sort of behavior. Perhaps we should be able to charge Ariana Huffington with inciting a riot.
This all gives a feeling like America is ready to explode. I'm feeling afraid.
I am afraid too, but I am more angry than afraid. If it takes Americans to explode, so be it. The white house has made it clear. Acorn thugs are at meetings ready to beat people, literally. If we don't do something soon, this country and freedom is doomed. I owe it to my children and grandchildren to try to put an end to this communist takeover.
And have her and Sullivan deported as well , please? She and Sully were among the most rabid anti-Clinton propagandists in the 90's. The HuffPo readership seems to have forgotten that as well as the fact that they both supported Dubya and the war in Iraq along with Chris Matthews. MSNBC was the biggest Iraq cheerleader! They were given the kind of access that not even FOX news received!
And have her and Sullivan deported as well , please? She and Sully were among the most rabid anti-Clinton propagandists in the 90's. The HuffPo readership seems to have forgotten that as well as the fact that they both supported Dubya and the war in Iraq along with Chris Matthews. MSNBC was the biggest Iraq cheerleader! They were given the kind of access that not even FOX news received!
STAMP I completey agree I wanted them deported since they were right wing loonies and now they are left wing loonies.
And have her and Sullivan deported as well , please? She and Sully were among the most rabid anti-Clinton propagandists in the 90's. The HuffPo readership seems to have forgotten that as well as the fact that they both supported Dubya and the war in Iraq along with Chris Matthews. MSNBC was the biggest Iraq cheerleader! They were given the kind of access that not even FOX news received!
STAMP I completey agree I wanted them deported since they were right wing loonies and now they are left wing loonies.
Pretty hard to believe that these people can't see how Huffpo is nothing but, a manipulative keep the progs in line and in control b.s. spewing website. Nobody does that big a fiip flop on thier convictions...not without something being rotten.
