--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "margovon" <margovon@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers > > > > President Obama has promised to change the way the government > > > > does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page > > > > from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with > > > > supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions > > > > provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. > > > > > > No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their > > > 'free speech zones'. > > > > Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's > > campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball > > questions. It's still softball and not the game as > > advertised. "...we didn't screen anybody." > > > Actually, I have it on good authority that > there WAS "screening" going on. > > For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting > to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested > for rabies, and if they tested positive they > were not allowed in the hall without being > fitted for a muzzle. > > But I think it is important to remember that > this was to protect the other Town Hall > attendees from the spread of the disease > should the PUMA folks start frothing at the > mouth and attempting to bite people, and was > NOT an exercise in the limitation of free > speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. > > It was the same with the requirement that > radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts > with the letter 'F' printed on them during > the meeting. This was also a health measure, > designed to warn other attendees not to get > into discussions with them, because the > resulting shrieks and screaming on the part > of the feminists has been proven to cause > tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. > > Some of the radical feminists complained later > that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, > and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' > but most observers in the News media wrote > that off as hopeful projection, because the > women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked > in decades. > > Just trying to be helpful by providing some > of the "back story" behind the headlines... > You seriously crack me up.
Thank you for the laugh.