If it is really a genuine groundswell against the program, the media won't matter. They couldn't stop Reagan from unseating their darling in 1980.
On Aug 7, 3:06 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > MSNBC flak Dylan Ratigan breaks down in his attempt to defend Obama's plan > to seize the medical > industry:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32331267#32331267 > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:35 PM, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > especial when congressional staffers seek to pick fights and then have > > their boss blame RW extremists... What is interesting is that some > > LW folks seem to think only the LW can have genuine grassroots > > movements... Perhaps it due to the fact moveon.org is more of an > > elitist movement rather than a grassroots movement... Brown Shirts > > anyone??? > > >http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Mr_-President_-Americans-ar... > > > >>> The Obama White House has established a health care reform snitch line > > and encouraged its supporters to turn in critics for allegedly spreading > > false information about Obamacare. In its effort to intimidate and silence > > dissenter, the administration is also working hand-in-hand with the > > Democratic congressional leadership, the Democratic National Committee, > > Organizing for America (formerly the 2008 Obama campaign committee), > > friendly journalists in the liberal media, tax-exempt supposedly > > non-partisan non-profits like AARP, and the AFL-CIO, SEIU, and other labor > > unions. This campaign is creating the spectacle of Democratic congressmen > > being shielded from constituents by squads of union goons. > > > We are witnessing something terribly ugly in America this summer. > > Obama is leading a campaign to shift our peaceful democratic process > > away from civil discussions of programs and candidates to using the > > power of the state to bully those who oppose the majority party's > > policy proposals. The threat may be as subtle as the fear of being > > reported by a neighborhood informant to the White House, or as overt > > as stick-wielding union toughs who might not approve of the way you > > ask your congressman a question. > > > During his campaign last year, the president famously told his > > supporters to "get in the faces" of those who disagreed with his > > vision for America. One of his Chicago mentors recalled in a 2007 New > > Republic profile that Obama, as a community organizer, was "the best > > student he ever had, a natural, the undisputed master of agitation" to > > gain political power. Sadly, now that he has it, he is turning it > > against those who oppose him. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
