Much has been made of the New Hampshire man, William Kostric, who showed up outside President Obama’s health care speech in Portsmouth Tuesday with a loaded gun strapped to his leg and a sign calling for the blood of tyrants.
Last night, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) weighed in More…
Republicans have been only too happy to encourage the town hall protesters who’ve interrupted so many health reform forums — and made so many headlines — this week. But Washington Post columnist David Broder has a cautionary tale for GOP leaders: A similarly boisterous protest against More…
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who faced a tough audience of town hall screamers over the weekend, gave his take on the experience to CNN today:
This wasn’t spontaneous generation at all these town halls because people are asking the same questions … and putting up the similar type
On the topic of the government’s role in mandating insurance coverage, there’s an interesting distinction being put forth by some conservatives as they aim to bring down the Democrats’ plans to revamp the nation’s health care system: Namely, they’re arguing that requiring drivers to buy insurance makes sense, but mandating More…
As the debate over health care reform continues its heated march through August, conservatives are defending the increasingly common lawmaker-directed town hall tirades as simple expressions of concern from constituents worried about the Democrats’ plans to overhaul the system.
But if Rep. Brad Miller’s (D-N.C.) experience is any More…
The first line of a press release from the National Republican Congressional Committee this morning, the first such release since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called town hall disruptions “un-American.”
‘Un-American’ Constituents Refuse to Take Murphy’s Spin
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Allen West, a retired lieutenant colonel who’s making his second run for Congress from a south Florida swing district next year, pens a column for Human Events that touches on almost every far-right base. West is angry that Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), the incumbent congressman, isn’t making himself More…
The Democratic National Committee is keeping up its attacks on skeptical voters showing up at congressional town halls, using this week to define them the way that conservatives defined anti-Iraq War protesters in 2003: as angry fringe extremists. It’s just sent out a new donation email that’s framed as a More…
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