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5 facts about the anti-reform mobs

1. These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line. A group run by the same folks who made the "Swiftboat" ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.

Can you name one out-of-district special-interest group or insurance company? I keep track of my local representatives Town Hall meetings on a regular basis - no need for an unnamed 'insurance company' to deploy employees for this purpose and I am quite capable of spreading the information far and wide thanks to the WWW. You might of heard of it and Al Gore claims to have invented it. Every rally of concerned citizens that I have attended has a different flavor and home made signs; nothing that would indicate the work of a professional, as you alluded to Jenny:



Unlike sponsored mobs with uniform, professionally printed signs - all of whom voted for your messiah..err..boss Barack Obama. (Please note the spelling - it must have been embarrassing for you when your own colleagues misspelled his name during a recent trip to Russia)

This same group mobbed a woman, ripped the U.S. Flag out of her hands and tore it to pieces in front of her - you can read about it here, It is important to keep things in context, right, Jenny? Oh, you should know that 'swiftboat' is a term meaning to reveal the truth about a politician running for office. I can see why that word makes you so very uncomfortable.

I'm not the only one who can see the grass root effort behind the Tea Party and Health Care rallies, my good friend Raoul has a keen insight into this issue:

2. People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies. These crowds are being riled up by anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President's plan and scare voters. But as the President has repeatedly said, health insurance reform will create more health care choices for the American people, not reduce them. If you like your insurance or your doctor, you can keep them, and there is no "government takeover" in any part of any plan supported by the President or Congress.

3. Their actions are getting more extreme. Texas protesters brought signs displaying a tombstone for Rep. Lloyd Doggett and using the "SS" symbol to compare President Obama's policies to Nazism. Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York had to be escorted to his car by police after an angry few disrupted his town hall meeting -- and more examples like this come in every day. And they have gone beyond just trying to derail the President's health insurance reform plans, they are trying to "break" the President himself and ruin his Presidency.

Is this administration a modern day incarnations of the Germany Workers Party? I'd say no, but they certainly borrow a lot of policies from them.

A rep hanged in effigy? Say it ain't so! That would never occur with a Democrat supporter, right, Jenny?


Is this where you stole...er...borrowed the Nazi reference, Jenny? Democrats and their supporters wouldn't ever make the connection between Bush and hitler, right Jenny?

What is extreme are the numerous baseless and nameless allegations being thrown about in this email. We don't want to scare people with untrue statements, that is what the Republicans do, right, Jenny?

4. Their goal is to disrupt and shut down legitimate conversation. Protesters have routinely shouted down representatives trying to engage in constructive dialogue with voters, and done everything they can to intimidate and silence regular people who just want more information. One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to "stand up and shout" and try to "rattle" lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.



Another unnamed 'attack group' - if you have the information that will shed light on this group, why not share it with concerned citizens? These non specific allegations are beginning to sound more like rumor mongering that the truth, Jenny.

By 'rattle' you mean something like this, Jenny?

5. Republican leadership is irresponsibly cheering on the thuggish crowds. Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement applauding and promoting a video of the disruptions and looking forward to "a long, hot August for Democrats in Congress."