Tuesday, August 4, 2009

ARMEY'S HOOLIGANS

Never in my life could I imagine this taking place in OUR country: hooligans disrupting town hall meetings, intimidating elected officials, shouting down citizens and driving them from the room … hands cupped over ears. What’s next? Fist fights? Violence in the streets?

We can blame these ugly brownshirt tactics on former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey and Freedom Works for “astroturfing” these events. And we can blame corporate lobbyists for employing these thugs to protect their filthy franchises and ambush reform. If readers find this post uncharacteristically aggressive, lets just say I am feeling uncharacteristically livid. I have nothing more to say tonight, but I want to keep this topic on the front burner … and leave you with this reading list:







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2 comments:

  1. Capt. Fogg8:27 AM, August 05, 2009

    There was more than enough of it during the infamous Florida Recount in 2000. Gangs of Republican thugs were sent in to intimidate and disrupt -- and it worked.

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  2. rockync11:49 PM, August 05, 2009

    The AARP has begun an email campaign designed to debunk the myths and lies being spread about healthcare reform.
    When you don't have the numbers to win, make more noise to APPEAR that you have more support.
    Thankfully there are groups launching counter offensives against such lowbrow tactics.

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