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[...] – beneath all of the accusations of being a bunch of un-American crazies organized by the Republican Party that need to be reported by informants and then photographed and investigated by the Federal [...]

[...] these people are crazy.  In a rare burst of coordination by a decimated American right-wing, the headlines this [...]

[...] Would that the GOP had the balls. 2009 August 6 by cmblake6 Those "moderate centrist" RINOs didn't start this. [...]

[...] roll over anytime the Dems launch an attack.  But I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised to see this on [...]

[...] } Democrats accuse GOP of inciting mobs Posted: August 5th, 2009 12:14 PM ET From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston A DNC Web ad [...]

[...] well (to put it mildly) for legislators when the topic is health care reform legislation.  The media and Democrat Party narrative is that the opposition is backed by or misinformed by talk radio and by the evil [...]

[...] See the original post here: Democrats accuse GOP of inciting mobs [...]

[...] of encouraging and coordinating the disruptive behavior at the town hall meetings. Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/05/democra... [...]

[...] = Angry Mobs The Democratic National Committee will amplify its charge that Republicans are responsible for "inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right wing ex... in a new 65 second Web video that will release Wednesday [...]

[...] Full Story: Of course they are. We've seen the emails: Democrats accuse GOP of inciting mobs. [...]

I guess Republicans incited the American Revolution too then.

Talk about fear mongering... Looks like Obma is taking his lead from the GOP playbook once again.

Rahm Emmanuel says "never let a good crisis go to waste." By whipping up the specter of angry "mobs" (who are p.o.'ed taxpayers), they are laying the groundwork for restrictions on firearms ownership. Remember the hype about mexican drug lords getting all their guns from the U.S.? That trial balloon landed with a thud.

I don't associate with either party. I don't want this health care plan shoved down my throat. This is not what government is for.
Dems or Repubs did not influence me to this decision.
Regards,
John

This whole thing is sickening- ignorant people being manipulated by right wing corporate lobbyists- AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE BEING MANIPULATED TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO FOR THE WEALTHY!!!

It's a sad day when free speech is compromised in this country in favor of totalitarian mob rule.

Boy, is this the post calling the kettle black!! After MoveOn.org, Code Pink, ACORN, and Act-Up (Just to name a few), I think the Democratic Party and it's fanatical followers have to take a real close look in the mirror if they want to cricize people for "inciting angry mobs". It appears the Demcrats can dish it out, but can't take it.....

How ridiculous! Democrats are we not entitled to voice our opinions against your wasting our tax dollars? After all we are the tax payers who fund all the crap you waste our money on. We cannot afford any more of the Democrats experiments with trillions of our dollars and in the process destroy healthcare. Just goes to show how clueless the Democrats are and can't stop blaming everyone for their short comings.

Wow. Almost reminds me of Iran. Let's see, the ruling party there didn't like opposition from the masses, so they claimed the US was inciting the protests? When is Ayatollah Pelosi gonna get it?

Why is the DNC running ads? They are in charge and have been for 2.5 years...

Not for much longer however...

Sounds like the dems are desperate and scared. I was at one of those events and nobody told me to be there. EXCEPT ME

teabaggers don't know that these healthcare reforms are going to help them. most of the baggers are just middle class or below as most dems are but still they cling on to their party and are emotionally blindsided towards their party, just like one friend of mine is. it is not america that is first to them, it is their party.

the rich gopers fund these baggers to dig their own grave.

Unruely behavior at a political event? Oh my stars and garters.... say it isn't so. I'm sure the behavior parallels with the loud protestors bussed in by Move On.org and other left wingnut organizations during the Bush era are merely coincidental. Liberals complaining about professional protestors should recognize that their example has caught on... and will probably become a permanent feature in the chaotic landscape that is American politics. Liberals protesting that protests are becoming unruely... I feel a major chuckle coming on.

That would be because thats exactly what the GOP is doing. They would rather a civil war than have a change in the status quo.

Criticism in politics is great. Outspoken citizens are great for democracy. However, any issuing death threats against the president, in the way they were before Obama was elected, need to be tried for treason. If I hear a death threat in the crowd against President Obama, I will call the FBI immediately.

Its amazing, in a party where most of the members identify themselves as Christians, to consistently see such anti-Christian behavior.

This is a no brainer, of course the GOP/conservative radicals are responsible for this outrageous actions. What low class jerks!

Well stated, we know you now gop! You can FOOL some of the people sometimes, but now we know your treacherous ways!

When citizen's voice opposition to anything Obama – they are labelled unauthentic sore losers – driven by a right wing conspiracy. The real story here is not the noise at the town hall meetings, rather that Obama and his supporters refuse to legitimize any voice that does not keep in line with their agenda. Wow! Kinda like in Iran, when the governement did not like the voices of the voices of the people. There they attacked physically. In Obama's administration, the attack is against one's legitimacy. Does anyone else see the concern of this slippery slope!

Since when was it a bad thing to get mad when you think the country is not being run properly? During the Bush administration people protested against the war and many other things, as is their right. Now that people are protesting and letting their feelings known it is a bad thing? It really pisses me off that the DNC dismisses people's views as if they are being manufactured by some political action committee. People are mad – get used to it. I never heard Bush whining about people protesting and blaming it on the DNC or Clinton....

The Thugs of NOPE can't stand it when their tactics are exposed for all to see. If the mobs they've ginned-up were really interested in a dialogue about healthcare, then why scream and shout at townhall meeting for the purpose of legitimate discussion and debate. Perhaps the Blubbering Conservidiot Sniveling Moron Class are not interested in enlightenedi discussion – just in creating tea-bagging/birther hysteria and anger.

Apparently protest is not allowed in the Boy Wonder's Marxist State!!! The Deomcrats need to create some jobs and get this economy going rather than wasting money on political paybacks for the boy wonder's victory last november. And please don't tell me that a rise of .004 in the GDP is a signal that the recession is over. What a joke the Deomcrats have become!

I guess since there were no torches and pitchforks it must have been a fake mob.

Why is it the that DNC and congressional leaders hate free speech so much ?

Maybe if Congressman were in Washington to represent the people from their district instead of themselves and their party leadership it wouldn't take screaming at town hall meetings to get their attention.

It's not dismissing critics as the RNC is stating, but what solution can we come up with if everyone is shouting at a town hall. By doing this no one gets heard, no problems/questions get answers, and we're still left with a healthcare system with rising cost and debt which is causing 60% of the bankruptcy filings in this country.

Accuse? It's a demonstrable fact, not an accusation.

Learn to report, or gtfo.

I agree with the right wing extremists like Boehner and Limbaugh that we should reduce government spending. Not one more dollar for Iraq. Let the Iraqis use oil profits to pay our troops. Oh, I forgot, the right wingers were going to do this originally but then they discovered there wasn't a defense dollar that they didn't like.

The Republicans are willing to do anything to keep the status quo. They are now behaving like disrutive school children who need behavioral interventions. They act out when they don't get what they want. Does anyone out there know how to develop a behavior plan for these unruly Republicans. Perhaps losing election after election will modify their behavior somehow. As far as positive reinforcement goes, these guys are too old for stickers and m&ms.

Instead of complaining about health care reform why don't we protest our great great grandchildren having to pay off the debt caused by these rediculous corporations and their greedy CEO's....let's protest the Federal Reserve and bring back the gold standard.

It is absolutely absurd for the same group of people who support operations like Code Pink to assert that concerned constituents showing up at a town hall meeting to voice their concerns about a potentially disastrous health care bill are just a "manufactured mob." These citizens represent mainstream America - but if the DNC wants to dismiss their concerns, that will be just fine - the GOP will gladly address their concerns in 2010 and 2012.

Republicans hate americans. They deny us health care but take to wars. They deny us stimulus esp cranker funding but vote to rebuild Iraq for 10 trillions.....war and reconcstruction plus va budget and war injuries. We pay taxes but get nothing of it. Obama is right to spend at home.

I find the dmocratic response insulting and dispicable. This type of smarm and patronization is how the democrats alienate the middle class and will ultimately lose the next election for them.

How many times can one say "government-run health care experiment" in a single statement? The GOP have obviously decided that this will be their new insidious catchphrase – talking of it being an experiment as if the first time anything new is done by a government isn't an experiment?

I believe it. The loudmouth rabblerousers at these town hall meetings aren't there to get information or facts. They just want to disrupt and cause hate and discontent. That's been a Rethuglican tactic since Nixon's days. And unfortunately it works, so they keep it up. It's the usual "swiftboat" tactics, hate and fearmongering that the Rethugs love so much since they don't have real facts to oppose a program or policy. I hope the Democrats don't let them to this to the Health Care Reform.

Republicans support gun rights for all but not health care for all.
Republicans claim to be pro life yet support the death penalty.
Republicans claim to be the moral majority but will incite hatred.
Republicans claim to be small gov yet tell you who you can and can't marry.
Republicans claim to be christians yet will kill for their GOD.

CNN, you know that this DNC information is not accurate or correct, because you have had reporters at these meetings. Yet you continue to rehash these false statements without challenging them nor give accurate coverage of the extent of these meetings, only looking for the most heated ones that will generate visual images to support the DNC claims. When are you going to return to honest and fair journalism and get off the advocacy role for your own political bias? Shame on you! Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave!

Are Republicans so out of touch that they think staged protests that prevent concerned Americans from voicing their concerns are a good thing?

i wonder how much the insurance company are paying these people maybe free health care for a year

One problem with the Repubs "explanation": these people are NOT outraged about the health care plan. What they are protesting is that they are racists who say Obama is not a U.S. citizen. Nice try.

started with the hag palin and they haven't stopped ever since.........it is their mentality....................

Of course the loony libs would whine about this silly accusation, since they themselves use every tool in their propogandist book. These are the same loony libs who never saw a conservative speaker at a university that they didn't shout down and physically disrupt and threaten through the organized actions of MoveOn.org, Code Pink and other fringe groups.

In this case, the people and passions are real, and not manufactured. The loony libs feel threatened by this grassroots movement, and they have every reason to...

"Are Democrats so out of touch ..."

Now that's an expected twist. The Republiklans' demise is exactly because they are out of touch: out of touch with technology; out of touch with the average American; out of touch with the times; out of touch with true patriotism; out of touch with diplomacy.

The Rethugs have become irrelevant troglodytes. The only thing they are truly in touch with is the money that they've made off the backs of average citizens, through unnecessary wars, and big business lobbyists. They are keeping both hands on their money while attempting to drive the car. They are just an accident waiting to happen. Pitifully inevitable.

"Stacking" the audience with people with scripted duties (such as disruptive yelling) is an old, old trick. The repubs can't think of anything original!

Let's not to forget to mention 'FOX' news who rallies these extremist to the call. FOX is the worst of all them. Their Motto of "Fair & Balance" is a joke! The sad part is people actually watch this crap, instead of finding a news problem (like Public broadcasting) to get the real news. I'm independent but I really do not like what Republicans are doing, and disappointed in Democrats for not standing up sooner!!! Give the President a chance, six months is so little time to make such large changes to our country!

It's not an empty accusation, it's true. Republican lobbying groups have circulated a memo identifying strategies and best practices for disrupting town halls, including shouting down speakers and other tactics designed to prevent meaningful debate on health insurance reform.

This is hysterical...even the Bush Administration didn't stoop this low. Are the liberal elitists this far out of touch.

Usually.

And what happened to freedom of speech?
At least they aren't staged events where the Democrats have someone ask a specific prearranged question. At least they are spontaneous events. People have a right to know everything there is to know. Debate is good for America and we need more of it and less trying to shove something down our throats that doesn't fit.

If, as RNC's Gitcho said the protester are merely expressing thier view, then the GOP would not be disrupting the town hall meeting after expressing thier partiular point of view. What is clear, is that they are not trying to communicate. The short slogans repeated over and over again prevent everyone, including the politicians holding the town hall meetings, from being able to have a discission or express a complex view point. The planned, funded, and corrdinated actions of the GOP step on the 1st amendment and the rights of Americans to assemble and disuss political issues.

When do the brown shirts start showing up to beat down open discussion of issues? This is not democracy, it looks more like the shameful tactics of people like Rove and the Swiftboaters. The Republican party does not seem to be getting the picture, America is rejecting extremist politics.

Again, the Republicans are lying... what a surprise. Their 'playbook' for inciting anger, unruly mobs and hate has already been exposed and now they're claiming innocence? Ha! They're just as "innocent" in letting the Bush Administration drive our economy into the toilet by approving all of his failed economic policies. GOP: Greedy Old Perverts.

The republicans never tell the truth. If they did, nobody would vote for them. So, they have to lie. They have some very well financed special interest groups helping them put out the lies. Americans suffer greatly because of these lies. Tell me how my family and I are better off without health insurance.

the GOP is doing what they did during the election – they whip the kool-aid drinking, simple minded people into a frenzy with lies, propoganda and misrepresentations. it is the most pathetic thing i've ever seen. drink up simpletons.

we are simply at that point were republicans in their attempt to do nothing want to kill americans and line the pockets of the ultra rich health care executives.

THERE IS NO RIGHT TO LIFE

WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE

What a bunch of crap. 85% of people like their health care. The president of Italy does not go to Canada or stay in his own country for medical needs. Yes 47 million people do not have coverage, 20 million is made up of people who spend their money on other choices and 20 million are illegals. Does it make sense to scrap a whole system for that????? How about some tort reform?? Why will no one dare say those words. Obama can't go against his backers.

I love the Democrats, when Acorn is busing people in to protest the hateful republicans or somebody getting money its "grass roots" individuals exercising thier rights of free speech. But when people actually don't like thier policies its the baby beating conservatives inciting mob mentality. What load of hypocritical BS.

The anti-Obama critics fail to realize that our current national health coverage is akin to having to pay every time you flush the toilet.

It is the insurance companies and their lobbyist customers that are benefitting from all of the accumulated fertilizer and NOT the overwhelming majority of Americans.

So then i guess any protests and dissent during the previous president's term were really only democrat incited.

Dems are starting to sound a little desperate. Good. They should with the problems and economic disasters they are trying to lay on our country. I see they are blaming Bush again. I'm not saying Bush was perfect because he wasn't but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have tried to ruin the USA like Obama and his gang are. They are delusional at best. They'll get a good wake up call in 2010 and 2012. It's not about Dem or Repub at this point – it's about protecting our Constitution – these people have every right to protest and make their feelings known. Obama is the one who called for going "door to door" back in the fall – I guess that's okay if you are a liberal. We have the same rights and are protected as well to protest this joke of a bill.

So, let me get this straight. The DNC sees no possible way that anyone in the United States could possibly be angry with the crap that's coming out of Congress? This is all just another vast right-wing conspiracy? Why not just have the Secretary of State call it for what they think it is!

Are we going to have to face allegations of some conspiracy every time we criticize one of the President's moves? I thought this was the same sort of crap the Left faulted President Bush for during his terms.

Well...they do..

I have no idea who's behind the protests but it sure seems like the shoe is on the other foot. If the GOP is at the heart of the protests, good for them. Its about time they play politics on the DEM's level. Opposition to Obama and his agenda is always margionalized by the DNC and it is time that every legal means of speaking out needs to be used to remind the liberals that the other half of the country is has a voice too. Whine away DNC, you are just drawing attention away from your agenda, and isn't that the point?

So typical! How else can they explain away the fact that the majority of Americans are mad as hell. Enough of the lies; out with the bums!

I think the DNC has it right – it seems the Republicans will do anything to disrupt progress in this Nation. They have become the party of NO!

These silly accusations from the Obama administration and the liberal Democrats come as no surprise. They will do and say anything to bully those who disagree with their ridiculous policies (which bascially amount to nothing more than power grab & control). Resorting to playground jabs, instead of actually listening to their constituents, shows just how Obama & his minions really ARE aware of our legitimate concerns... and it scares them.

Fact of the business is – there's too many unanswered questions about national health care to ram it thru so fast. It needs to be thought out and financial questions answered before it becomes law. The white house doesn't seem to get it.

I called the RNC, and was told that the Republicans have nothing to do with the mob actions; there are no "elected Republican officials," on site, and I was also told that the disrupters are "free American citizens who feel threatened by the plan and who have the right," to do whatever.

Just thought I would tell you what happens when you call.

Yeah – it's the Republicans it's not about Bad policy being created on the hill.

OK, let me get this straight- Democrats or liberals are labeled as "protesters" "organizers" or "activists" when they have an event to show their disapproval of something, but those who disagree with Obama's plan are labeled as part of an "angry mob" or a "right-wing extremists?" If you are a Democrat, it is portrayed as cool and progressive if you protest, but if you disagree with the Democrats, it is portrayed as backwards or crazy.

Wait, isn't this America, where we all have the right to protest and the right to free speech? So much for the new era of politics we were supposed to be getting.

Who ever wrote this I couldn't have said it better, Former President Bush and the Republican Part They lost the election,” the narrator says. “They lost on the recovery act, the budget and children's health care. They've lost the confidence of the American people after eight years of failed policies that ruined our economy and cost millions of jobs. Now, desperate Republicans and their well funded allies are organizing angry mobs – just like they did during the election. Their goal? Destroy President Obama.” Sad but true. Go President Obama

In DNC terms, "they" is the American people and "we" is the Obama administration. Remember under Reagan when "we" was all of us.

who needs to accuse them of that.. i thought they were proud of the mob menatlity. isnt that the best to way to control the herds... unfounded fear and enraged excitement.

why is it when a democrat protests or disagrees it is good for the country, but when a republicans do it we are an angry mob? Can you say double standard!!!!!

I think the American people will remember with vivid clarity of the meeting where President Obama was accused of "paling around with terrorists" during a speech of Sarah Palin. That mob was getting very angry. Who was behind it?? the GOP. I have been a life long Republican, never voted for a Democrat until this election. I am tired of the bickering, screaming, etc. that the GOP is doing. Show me somethig of value that this party has our interests at heart. Iwish all American people would start screaming for TERM LIMITS!

It's actually government-funded, not government run.

They just "don't get it" and if they did, they wouldn't care anyway.
Pelosi and Crew just take care of themselves and don't listed to the American people because THEY JUST DON't CARE what we want.
Get rid of them all ................they've been around too long.

t wouldn't be so bad if they people yelling at their congress people weren't shouting talking point straight from Rush & the GOP; talking points that aren't even factual. Is the GOP going to base a revolution on lies?

A more appropriate headline would be "GOP uses Dems' own tactics against them". This is exactly what Obama supporters, MoveOn.org, Code Pink, etc, etc were using against the Republicans this time last year.

We need to get rid of these worthless representatives NOW!

I am angered by their callous ignoring of what the people have to say, and their arrogance in assuming that we the people are too stupid to listen to. I am not associated in any way with ANY organization, when has it become wrong for THE PEOPLE to address their so-called representatives? These idiots need to remember who elected them, and start actually representing US, instead of their special interests.

oh PLEASE!

Isn't it time the Republicans snuggle up to the table and start thinking about compromise and what is best for their constituents? i bet their image would be much improved (and they may even WIN a seat or two back) if they worked toward common good. What a notion....."for the common good."

Buggers!

Typical republican response...they are after all the masters of spin!

Another typical republican response will be to take all the fruits of Obamas efforts, all the positives of the recovering economy, all the savings they'll get with reformed healthcare and STILL complain, still point senseless, irrational fingers. They're just the PATHETIC result of the massive dumbing down of the american people.

"In a remarkable example of callousness, the White House and Democrats have reduced the concerns and opinions of millions of Americans to 'manufactured' and have labeled them as 'angry extremists?" What about all the "extremists" who were in favor of science doing its job over the past 8 years? And what about all the underemployed over the past 8 years that the Republicans didn't care about? And the less than 30% of Americans who are NOT in favor of national healthcare are MORE important than the 71% who ARE in favor of it? That's being callous on the part of the Republicans.

The Democrats just cannot fathom that people are angry with them. The Republicans are not inciting anything. If they had that kind of influence, you would have seen it during the elections. Instead, individual citizens are taking advantage of the opportunity when their representatives are home to make their voice heard. But, instead of listening to their constituents, the politicians are ignoring them and trivializing them. For those politicians, there is a reckoning coming in 2012.

What are they called by the libs when they are from ACORN and the unions supporting Obama? Why did dear leaders Justice Dept. drop the charges against that black militant organization in Philadelphia for voter administration? Why are libs so hypocritical? Why has Nancy Pelosi not reported any results of Charlie Rangels tax cheating? Why has the state run media not followed up on any of these things?

The GOP's scare tatics don't work especially when they have done nothing to decrease health care costs or manage the deficit. It's time that we let the government provide us with a health care option similar to the one that they run at the VA.

If the republicans dissent, it's called "inciting angry mobs".

If the democrats dissent, it's called a "grass roots movement".

Unbelievable.

It is a mob when the republicans stand-up and disagree but it is a grass roots town hall discussion when it is democrats standing up and disagree.

The GOP has been using allies to plant themselves in these townhall meetings to disrupt them. This is just exactly the type of behavior that can be expected from those that have had there way since 1994 and can't stand to have some other group in charge now...

With all of the aforementioned being said, I too do not want the government being in charge of my health care or my insurance. We that have a group policy or private insurance would most likely see our care thrown into a government run program, which as we all know, do not run a smooth ship with medicare and medicaid.

Thanks but no thanks.

GOP..........You are the worst.......You should be ashamed to call yourselves Americans........Stop inciting misguided individuals to keep biting off their noses to spite their faces......Insurance mobsters are not hurting themselves.......They are hurting your middle America moms and pops constituents that you are bussing to townhalls to yell and scream like hyenas at Democrats.......Pharma gansters are laughing at all of you all the way to the banks......

Get a grip DNC. You are so out of touch with public opinion right now, yet you dismiss a cold reality check as hysteria. People aren't in favor of this because you can not effectively communicate the finer points of the proposition, which leads them to believe you are pulling the wool over their eyes. And I have to believe since you are dodging all questions that require any level of specificity, that you are.
I'd be screaming too. Call me an activist I guess. An activist for the United States of America.
ha.

The repubs are getting more desperate all the time. They have tried the scare tactics and failed so now they turn to the ultra radical fascist wing of their party to undermine Obama and the nation.

The public is very aware of this tactic and will turn on the repubs.

We remember that the repubs have no credibility any more. They are the party of lies, corruption and deceit. They are the party responsible for the Iraq war and the financial crisis.

Yes, Americans will not forget the party of gwb.

GOP = No new ideas. All they have is attack tactics and the American people know it.

Unbelieveable! I guess the Democrats need SOMEONE to blame (of course it would be the Republicans), because they cannot fathom that Americans can actually THINK for themselves and comprehend just how BAD this health care reform bill really is. I truly cannot wait until the next congressional elections!

So, since the disapproval rate for this heathcare bill is at 50%, does the DNC actually expect us to believe there are no dems who are against this bill, that STILL has yet to be read by most of those who have a vote? Really, DNC, really?

How long before the Republicans finally realize that these tactics will no longer work!?

The American public has come to realize that the Republicans and so-called Blue Dog Democrats represent the interests of large corporations, not their constituents!

A single payer health care system can work when managed by capable and responsible people.

I know the Bush administration went out of their way to reinforce the idea that government cannot get things done ... a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy if you will.

The Democrats are clearly demonstrating that running our government with dedicated professionals who care about our country and society we can make our country great again!!!

Not to take away from the problem with these kinds of tactics, the Dems have been doing the exact same thing for years. Just calling it like it is...

Why is the GOP rep not pointing out that this health care proposal is blatantly unconstitutional?

Funny, I didn't see anything in the GOP response stating that they weren't, in fact, inciting mobs to disrupt town hall meetings. Surely, they would have denied it if it weren't true.

Heck, they'd deny it if it WERE true. After all, this is the party of Richard Nixon, who denied his part in Watergate, Ronald Reagan, who denied his part in Iran-Contra, and Bush/Cheney, who denied everything from lying to illegal surveillance to torture.

They are the Party of No, and they take no responsibility.

The Repubs are incitng the racist part of their party. They are spreading fear among these people and trying to disrupt the new direction we need to head in.

Southern Republicans are former Dixiecrats that do not like civil rights or healthcare for poorer Americans. They fled the Dem party in 64-65 when civil rights legislation was enacted.

No party can tell me what to say or do. What worng with people disagreeing with the adminstration?. Is this still a democracy?
DNC should take a look a tthe worlds largest democracy

What comes around goes around...

Now let me see. Isn't it the tradition of the Republican party to develop nasty tricks. These right wing Nazi type ideologues in the right wing of the REpublican Party would do almost anything to get theri point across even if it is illegal. It is too bad we have such a renegade party in our country.

The democrats are a bunch of hypocrites. This is NOT mob incitement, this is a grass roots movement. That's what the democrats call it when they do it. In case they don't know it there are a lot of strong feelings against this plan out here. Personally I do not know a single person who is in favor of it.

You are joking right? The dems want to realease a video condeming the actions of the RNC one day after they demanded that a video questioning the health care plan should be removed from the internet – hypocrisy anyone?

These outside groups should be exposed for what they really are. Instead of so-called grass roots, these are fringes incited from right-wing lobbyist groups, such as FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. It is a funded ploy by greedy insurance interests against real health-care reforms for Americans.

Shame on you, GOP!

These mobs are eerily similar to Palin rallies and teabaggers. Video should be released again to expose their deplorable actions so that Americans can return to more constructive discussions on health care.

Hello GOP.. You have lost me entirely. It will take a real convincing to get me back. I am sick of hate coming from this party. I cannot believe as a fiscal conservative to abandon my party, but I am done. I have will take higher taxes than hate anytime. Goodbye. Sick of GOP.

Show us an Alternative!

Republicans are great at "Saying Know", "Calling Names (Socialist)", "Road Blocking", "Slowing Progess/Process Down",

But when are they going to show us some Alternatives?

Health Care WILL be reformed.....That's a giving but where are the Republican Points of interest?

Competition is Always Good in Capitalism so Why is it so Bad when the Private Insurance Companies have to compete with the Government?

Sound to me like the Insurance Companies are going to have to provide More Coverage for a More Competitive Cost!

What's wrong with this?

HAHAHA. Laughable.
Democrats – snap out of it and start governing by public opinion and not your own extreme agenda. If the people aren't for it, it shouldn't be so, no matter how much you feel its the right thing to do.
I love how when the same thing happens with Acorn, no one calls them activists. They are just concerned citizens.
What's an activist anyways? Just because the media or a liberal paints you as an activist, does it mean your opinion is invalid?

Many Americans – Republicans, Democrats, and Independents – have legitimate questions concerning the bills being debated in Congress to reform health care in this country. These questions should be debated in Congress, town halls, in the media, and among our citizens. But viciously shouting down proponents of health care reform with no purpose other than disrupt a discussion of the issues is reckless, callous and malicious. Republicans that support this type response to the public debate on health care reform only seek to muffle debate and not promote it. Most Americans, however, understand the importance of this debate and will eschew the right-wing rhetoric.

You are joing right? The dems want to realease a video condeming the actions of the RNC one day after they tried to get a video questioning the health care plan removed from the internet – hypocrisy anyone?

We hear it all the time on right wing hate radio: "These people must be stopped!" For most people it's just a rallying cry, but for those who have a screw loose it's a call to arms that often turns out tragic. Domestic terrorism is almost entirely from the right these days, and the cheerleaders of the lunatic fringe have emerged from parks and street cornbers and now have audiences of millions on the radio and TV.

The DNC will find out just how angry people are in 2010.

I guess she hasn't read the latest polls that show more Americans support this than oppose. Where is the opposition? Gullible old folks who listen to Rush, think Fox News is actually news and can't understand the internet enough to realize this won't hurt them. But when the GOP say this will be a plan like England where they're told when to die....yeah, that's a bit idiotic.

Why do Republicans worship ignorance so much???

When the republicans do it, its called inciting a mob, when the democrats do it, its called the finest tradition of free speech.

Dear Republicans and Democrats,
If you have constructive criticism as to how to improve health care and reduce costs, please feel free to voice your opinions. We certainly need to work hard together to improve the current system. However, if you are going to act as shills for the health insurance industry and disrupt meaningful debate over this important and complex matter, you are not voicing your opinions, you are prostitutes. As for Ms. Gitcho, you are intellectually dishonest and a liar.

Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the AM radio jihadist and followers that listen to them are behind this movement.Limbaugh called for violence at the DNC convention last year but quickly retracted it when told by snerdly he could be jailed for inciting a riot.Now he takes a more subtle approach in his wording,but I think the intent is there.I cant wait till he is jailed for tax cheating,and I hope they use the Rico Act against him also.

You can tell the republicans are scared. That means we're on the right track. Unfortunately, their fear has spread to the easily misled base who, yet again, have been cowed by fear into acting against their own best interests. Twas ever thus. Have a nice day!

The American people are already paying for those that don't have health care. When someone without health cannot afford to go to the Doctor, they wait until their illness is serious and end up going to the emergency rooms, which cost a lot more money.

Prevention is better and cheaper.

Even a cold, practical analysis of the fear-mongering reveals it makes little sense strategically. Remember how the last Presidential election turned out despite all the inflammatory "He's a terrorist/socialist/illegal alien" rhetoric? Maybe the right wing should re-think how this disruptive anger schtick is going to play with the centrists and independents, who will REALLY decide the next few elections. Remember how the other guys won big-time? The scare tactic approach to manipulating the electorate is a foolish strategy that will simply backfire with all those voters who don’t buy the “real America” business.

I have no problem with Republicans being against President Obama's health plan but what I can't figure out and maybe someone can help me is what are the Republicans proposing. It seems they are running negative ads but offering no solution as if health care is fine the way it is.

Do on to others as you would have them do on to you...Are we not deserving of the same health care coverage as OUR congress?

Been saying for years the only difference between Republicans and Nazis is Republicans don't wear brown shirts.

There are so many derogatory words that I could use to describe these people and their actions, but I say ignore them. They aren't interested in acting like adults so treat them like unruly children. I do wonder why none of these people have been arrested for disorderly conduct. Their behavior sure seems to meet the criteria.

There are still people that believes that the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' are a proof of the 'danger' the Jews represent to the whole world. There are still people who don't believe in the NASA and scientific community and calls Neil Armstrong a great hoax. There are still people that believes that the Earth is flat. There are the birthers...
Reasonability doesn't works with them, period.
If they are gathering all around in order to disrupt any attempt of a serious conversation about the Health Care System, with or without Reform, and the GOP is somehow and someway helping them on that matter... it's more than 'Shame on you GOP', it's an attack on democracy.
But if the Dems are just using scare and fearmonger tactics then the attack on Democracy comes from their side.

Welcome to politics... we got angry left-wing "mobs" during the Bush administration. We now get angry right-wing "mobs" during the Obushma administration.

Once again, the Democratic and Republican parties prove to be the true cancers on American society.

Republicans doing what they do best. Scaring people and distraction from facts. Just swiftboating again.
Will Americans fall for it again? Hopefully not.

So, the disruptive spirit of Palin lives on. Apparently the RNC likes and encourages this type of behavior. Whatever happened to disagreeing without being disagreeable?

Where was the outrage by the media and the Dems when these "mobs" were attacking Bush, Cheney, and others of the Bush Adm.

Take note: These "mobs" are voters. See what happened to the Republicans when they ignored the protests.

Even though I am in the over 50 category, I support drastic Healthcare changes. The reason most of the support for Obama's plan is under the age of 50, is simply they know that their futures are dependent on an effective solution to a huge and growiing problem. Being a retired business person, I know that in order to reap future rewards, in this case control of Healthcare costs, investments have to be made now.

Actually I think it is the plan itself which is inciting the angry mobs. I am angry and haven't been contacted by anyone affiliated with any group or association. As more people find out what is contained in the plan(s), the anger will continue to build.

Many of the "tea baggers" who are now participating in these ignorant shout down charades show themselves for the mean spirited fools they are. One women was shown holding a bible up for the camera like she is on a mission from God. Unfortunately, 10% of American adults are now taking legal prescription psychiatric medications (to the delight of Big Pharma) and it looks like most of those are showing up in the town hall meetings to discuss healthcare.

What kind of ignorant, third world theocracy do they want to turn this country in to? The sheep are feeding themselves to the wolves.

Why don't we take a poll during the mob scenes to c what will be the actual truth.

Even Bill O'Reilly condemned conservative republicans for their support of these right wing nuts. The RNC just does not get it. I used to be a die hard republican until the Republican Party was hijacked by these idiots. These people are truly dangerous and the RNC and the rest of the republican party needs to split from them as fast as possible.

I agree with RNC spokeswoman Gitcho – we do need to have a dialogue about the future of health care in America. But this won't happen as long as Republican operatives use their angry-mob antics to disrupt informational meetings. Why do they insist on wasting our time? Voters need information and discussion, not shouting matches at town meetings. Are the Repubs so threatened by rational discussion by adults?

Why isn't CNN following the lead of MSNBC and shining a bright light on what the Repubs are doing to create phony insurrections?

No one is inciting me. Polls show about half of americans support Obama care. I am sure that the 46% of working people who pay no income tax are in that half. We are stealing are childrens money for current consumption. This madness has to stop. If you think its bad now wait until Obama makes all the illegals citizens.

Yep, that is what they are doing....shame on them....

Why of course, it couldn't be concerned citizens exercising their right to voice opposition to this proposal. It must be a mob, unless it's code pink, or acorn, or on and on.

These are the tactics that leftists have used for decades. Consult Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals."

Politics is a contact sport. Crybabies.

blame, blame, blame, blah, blah, blah!

the democrats have complete control of the executive branch and legislative branch, and they can't do anything but blame and whine.

Why am I not surprised that the GOP are inciting mobs! Everyone knows what that's all about! They will fight anything President Obama does because they want to smear him and make him look bad.

I wonder where the Dems' sense of moral outrage over "inciting mobs" was when Code Pink was up to their antics. And how about the mob that took over the MinuteMen's presentations?

It is truly hypocritical and revealing how the liberal media and the Democrat Party refer to liberal mobs as "activisits," and in the same breath refers to Americans exercising their First Amendment rights as "extremists."

Somehow I doubt CNN will approve this message. Too much truth here.

It is called freedom of speech. If an American does not like the way the government is doing things, it is completely ok to voice your opinion. There was a large crowd so obviously if everyone is trying to say something, it would sound loud BUT I did not hear anyone say anything disrespectful. Congress and the president just do not like the fact that that the majority of Americans do NOT like the plan. The CNN pole should not be factored in since CNN is so obviously slanted toward the president. It is better to look at unbiased polling data.

Someone's inciting those "tea baggers." The GOP is certainly not discouraging them.

Obama WILL NOT be challenged on ANYTHING!! So much for a democracy. What "that one" doesn't realize, and from what I see on these blogs, you libs don't seem to get, over 90% of the American people have insurance that they like! I don't understand why the whole system needs to be changed just to insure 20 million illegal immigrants and those people that, for some reason or other, cannot afford insurance. Granted the cost of medical/medicine/research is out of hand and that needs overhauling, but the whole, entire "system" does not! But, boy oh boy, if you buck Obama, watch out!

The only inciting that I needed was the daily White House press briefings and whatever celebraty tour stop the President is speaking at currently.

GOP = Stupid + Sour Grapes + Ignorant

What a bunch of hooey!!!! There are as many Dems as Republicans as Independents at these rallies, and they're all soeaking with the same voice. STOP THE SPENDING, RUSHED LAWMAKING, OVERHAUL OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM .......... let's start with TORT REFORM. That alone will save billions in health care costs.

These reporters want to make us think we're "alone" in this pursuit butr we know different. Again the reporters and news media show their ignorance and bias.

The DNC could have just said people who don't believe their lies are acting "stupidly."

As a physician who has delt with both government and private health insurance, I can assure the public that government plans of medicare and Tricare are far superior to any private plan in choice and coverage. Americans are being lied to by a republican lead political machine. Republican conservatives fera change of any kind. Mr. Obama's health care reform efforts should be lauded and supported by Americans of all political persuasions. How ignorant can 45% of our country be?

The DNC and the Supreme Leader of iran BOTH claim the people who are demonstrating are extremists,,,,imagine that!!

RNC extremist Gail Katchoo is a retarded idiot just like every Republican who listened to The Fuerer Jarge DUH-bya Bahoosh for eight of the darkest years in American history. The RNC is the blind leading the blind. And these toothless hacks disrupting town hall meetings are so uneducated they can't spell "GED." Viva La Revulucion! We won and the Greedy Old Pricks (GOP) lost. Ah ha, we will pass health care and help heal a very sick nation while the health insurance companies succumb to cardiac arrest.

Which waaay did 'e go Jarge?

So the Republican party has the power to get people to hijack these town hall meetings with unrest and anger towards the new health care bill, but they couldn't use all those magical resources to win an election. Seriously? This charge is quite silly. Despite what everyone thinks, the Republican party does not have secret agents in all sectors of society just to undo the work of the Democrats.

E-messages have been produced that confirm Republican-allied groups are organizing and encouraging the disruptive mobs.

One of those groups is Americans for Prosperity, a well-funded rightwing group that helped organize teabaggers, opposes environmental regulation, healthcare reform etc.. It pretends to be a grassroots organization but is heavily funded by one of the Koch brothers, oil magnates and sons of a founder of the John Birch Society.

As the old saying goes, follow the money.

So did the Democrats incite all the Code Pinkers and far left protesters to attend Republican town halls? Could it actually be individuals and small groups that vehemently oppose Democrats' policies?

The party in power always forgets that they don't have 100%-or recently even 50%-support from the public.

Note: There IS NO vast right-wing conspiracy. The Republicans are far too disorganized to coordinate their own membership, let alone a bunch of wing-nuts on the fringe.

Well, at least poor people won't be showing up - the cars they might otherwise have been able to afford are being smashed by their abusers.

Like spoiled children, the Republicans need to sit down and shut up. I'm sick to death of their whining and gnashing of teeth.

My teenage grandson is a leukemia survivor of 8 yrs., but under our health care plan as it is now, he can never carry health insurance, as he will always have a "preexisting condition". How dare the Republicans keep others, just as worthy, from having medical care insurance. What a bunch of hypocrits. McCain wanted to give illegals amnesty and health insurance, but not cancer survivors..

Open your eyes and ears to what is happening instead of jumping to conclusions.The masses are very angry with the current administration and congress for not listening to them. you are spending money we don't have and trying to spend more in an economy that is tanked. rather than try to shove every socialist program down our throats why not get one thing right (the economy) so that there is funding for all those socialistic programs that are already implemented. this administration has done nothing right, but if you believe the lies spewed from their mouths, they feel they are gods. if this health care option is so good lets see our elected officials be required to have it as their only plan.

Is anyone surprised? That seems to be the way Obama's toadies (not ALL Democrats) react to ANY form of criticism.

What are they afraid of? The days of the rich getting richer on our backs is over? Blue Cross or United Health Care won't donate millions to their re-election campaigns? Time to tell this corrupt, slezy morons to take a hike.

The GOP is responsible for 25% of the anger in white america but 75% of the people anger lies within their own hearts. I'm thankful that I believe that the only way to fight hate is with good. I'll continue to pray for the human race.

If you watch some of these crazy people at these town halls, they are clearly right-wing fanatics with mental issues who are spouting off talking points that were begun by the likes of Limbaugh. It is reminiscent of the "domestic terrorist" freaks at the McCain/Palin rallies last year. There is no such thing as rationale dialog or respectful disagreement where these people are concerned.

Loonies, the lot of them.

E-messages have been produced that confirm Republican-allied groups are organizing and encouraging the disruptive mobs.

One of those groups is Americans for Prosperity, a well-funded rightwing group that helped organize teabaggers, opposes environmental regulation, healthcare reform etc.. It pretends to be
a grassroots organization but is heavily funded by one of the Koch brothers, oil magnates and sons of a founder of the John Birch Society.

As the old saying goes, follow the money.

BHO is making GWB look like a genius.

In the rest of the civilized world, people do not fear a health problem as an event that could destroy their families' future. We don't need health insurance; Wall Street investors need health insurance. The rest of us need health care, now.
"Less choice"? "Lower-quality coverage?"
What world do these people live in? Anything is better than a choice between slow financial ruin (paying insurance companies who will do their best never to pay in the event you should need it), or quick financial ruin (getting sick without insurance).
Kick the profiteers out of the system. We don't need them. The proof is in every other developed country, where people can get medical attention without someone making a buck on it.

Only people inciting me are the lefties

It wouldn't be so bad if they people yelling at their congress people wouldn't shouting talking point straight from Rush & the GOP; talking points that aren't even factual. Is the GOP going to base a revolution on lies?

It is about time that the Democrats got some backbone and called out the Brownshirt Wing of the Republican Party. Those responsible for disrupting townhall meeting should be arrested for disorderly conduct and those inciting them should also be prosecuted. If police can handcuff and charge a man in his own home, they should have the courage to administer the law to a real threat to society.

The DNC has no clue of the manure avalanche that is waiting for senators and representatives when they come home for the August recess. Americans can tell when someone is trying to pull a fast one on them and they don’t like it. What we have seen so far is just an inkling of the public anger that is seething over the actions of the President and Congress since January of this year.
The rhetoric of the DNC letter of August 4th indicates fear and panic on their part. They are fully aware that if sufficient time is given for the American populace to evaluate the intent and cost of the health care plans, they will be rejected.

Yet again the republicans cant stop being Bad losers

two angry parties both wanting power. the attacks will never end. we need a third or fourth or fifth party to give us a more democratic form of government.

we need health care reform, but i shutter to think of the cost to my children when Obama's plan goes through.

The ignorant republican propaganda machine is using the same tactics that the Nazis used to disrupt Germany's government in the 1930s. The majority of the American people are well educated and informed and these tactics will not work in this day and age. The educated majority spoke up on that Tuseday in November of 2008 and will speak again in 2010 when more republicans will lose their seats in congress. Ms. Gail Gitcho, you will see on that election day. See you next Tuesday in November, 2010.

The GOP is a terrorist organization. If one wants to have their voice heard, then show up to the meetings, be civil and represent your position in a mature way. But these people don't want a debate. They want a fight. It is only a matter of time before they become violent.

(And FYI, they are also all on the payroll of either the GOP or the Special Interest Lobbys, just like the people who rioted the Florida recount in 2000.)

You know, this might hold water if it weren't for the fact that many of the Democratic members of congress are against over-reaching health care reform as well.

Don't try to demonize people who exercise their right to free speech. At least they aren't breaking windows and burning things, the hallmarks of left-wing protesters.

Are the Democrats SERIOUS? This is an insult to the American Public. What did you the democrats do for 8 yrs? TRY TO DESTROY GW BUSH? Absolutely. Democrats love dishing it out but absolutely can not take it. On top of that the Public is sincerely angry about the Policies that Obama is trying to put in place. I am not some Right wing Extremists I am an Independent and I am angry at the defecit that OBAMA has created and the health care he is trying to slam down the american publics throat. This is going to backfire in the face of the Democrats. Especially the hypocrisy involved with there message. AMERICANS DONT LIKE THE POLICIES that the Democrats are trying to implement. END OF STORY.

It is about time that the Democrats are taking a stand against the spoiled brats and schoolyard bullies of the Republican Party and the rest of the radical right wing conspirators. They can't win an election honestly, they have to bully, lie, and try to disrupt civilized discourse on the real problems of the country. They are the barbarians at the gates who only want to destroy what others are trying to build. They are a minority in our country now thanks to the mess they made of trying to run things. They are incompetent, corrupt, and greedy and all they can do is criticize the work of others but they can not offer anything constructive to getting us out of the terrible mess that we are in now that they caused.

Our Great communist experiment can only end in a bad way for ordinary americans.

Typical left-wing Chicago style politics. Obama and his minions use the likes of ACORN to organize protests, commit voter fraud, and corrupt our government. Here we have actual citizens – on their own – standing up to the hordes of DC and demanding better representation and the libs mistake it for their own cheap tactics. Wake up libs – not everyone plays evil and dirty like you do. There ARE actually some true patriots left in this country and they can't stand the evil you are doing to this country. Get ready for a lot more of the same.

Let's have a discussion, people. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, etc. etc.

The Democrats hate it when their rivals use their own tactics against them.

It's obvious what's happenning. The insurance companies, the right wing extremists, Rush Limbaugh. These mobs, nothing they say really makes sense.

I wonder if they were paid to do it.

I agree with the DNC.......this same thing happened at the McCain-Palin rallies last year...how shameful and Un-American it was for people to be yelling 'Communist' and 'Socialist' at a U.S. political rally! Using the well known power of innuendo.....these far-right extremists are doing everything they can to stop a discussion of health care reform. These reforms are still under discussion and no set in stone final plan has emerged. Is the GOP's plan just 'business as usual'.....and the millions who do not have health care will continue to not have health care? Is the GOP so 'out of touch' that THEY cannot see this current situation is driving the deficit larger every year and has to be addressed?
Once again the GOP believes burying their heads in the sand will absolve them from any blame, and make any problem just 'disappear'......wrong!

Ummm.......What like ACORN this is called community organizing which The Clown Obama knows a ton about. Look at it like ACORN only they are not looking for free handouts

The Democratic party is completely out of touch with the American public. They can go to any newspaper website and read the same comments by many other everyday American's. REAL people! Their accusation that we are associated with special interest groups...etc....Is absolutely insulting!!

8 years of the Dems completely bashing the repubs was okay, but now it's wrong to do it to the Obama administration? Hyprocritical stuff like this is why the Independants are running away from the Reds in droves.

They need to get their act together or it's all over come 2010. The Democrats have the ball...why are they fumbling?

The Democrats accused the Republicans of being out of touch with society...look what happens now that they are in power.

This is garbage. The socialist policies of the congress and obama administration are the ONLY things inciting we the people. Congress refuses to listen to our e-mail, letters, faxes, calls, pleas, and cries. Now they will face angry mobs. We the people are fed up and we are coming.

What about all the crazy libs that shut down Tancredo and UNC chapel hill, or other tactics. It is ok for them to be heard but not normal Americans. Come on, report the truth.

Talk about your head in the sand. Right wing extremists??? They look like normal people who are pretty ticked the Government has squandered the wealth of the nation and now want to run us even deeper into debt while taking control of our health care. I thought Dems wanted the Governments hands off our bodies. I guess that is just if you're black professor or looking to kill an unborn baby. If understanding this looming health care fiasco is an albatross around our countries neck and opposing it makes you a right wing extremist then count me in.

The strategy of inciting mobs began with McCain's pick of Palin. However, I don't think the McCain campaign nor the GOP expected the global media to pick up on it as much as they did. The small town ignorance expressed by the countless mobs of uneducated bigots who never strayed within 10 miles of their place of birth was put on display for all of the world to see. The educated world laughed at Republicans, at Palin, at her ChriSSt Nazi supporters and at the old fool John McCain for choosing her. Republicans have changed their white sheets, torches, ropes, and pitchforks for business suits and blackberries – they just need some of their supporters to carry out their new mob strategy and party ideology.

Love the lib logic – if Acorn gets out and organizes dead people to sign up as Democrats, its "democracy in action" – but if citizens are encouraged by legislators to express their opposition to an unecessary health bill that will increase the national budget by a sixth, its "mob rule." This is Orwellian: "All citizens are equal, but some are MORE equal than others."

Thank you Gail Gitcho... excellent way of telling those who pay attention..exactly what is going on here. This just shows how much American's are losing their own Democratic process. We express mass concern, and we are right wing extremists? Obama is more threatened by Patriots than he is by IRAN. He is willing to engage them, 'stick a feather in his cap and call it diplomacy'.

We have a right to be heard. Next we can expect an overwhelming police presence at the meetings, with camera's rolling in a new wave of leftist propaganda. Only Stalin was a better master of propaganda that Obama's administration.

We know what Freedom is... and We will Keep it ..thank you very much!!

I absolutely can not believe the accusation by the Democratic party! We are REAL people who have REAL concerns about the proposed healthcare reform! Personally, my husband and I are every day middle-class Americans. I happen to also be an RN. I feel (and many of those I work with state the same) that the less government involvement in healthcare and our healthcare choices....The Better! What is being proposed will dearly cost the taxpayer (though they will lie to you at first and say it won't just to gain support!), it takes away personal choices concerning our health, and it will diminish the quality of care you receive. This is NOT reform!

So everyone that disagrees with O'Bamma is part of an angry mob? Maybe if we had an objective Media with Journalists they could find something wrong with this propaganda. Maybe it is the Media that we need to get rid of. It is the right of people who disagree with the government to voice their opinion.

This reminds me of Hitler lining up the Jews to go to the gas chambers. Maybe if someone had mentioned that was not such a good idea, it would not have occurred. This is what happens when you have facist communists running the government.

If this were one bit true, it would only be further evidence that Republicans are finally learning – fight fire with fire.

Such tactics are what the failed Republican Party has sunk too; it is now a dangerous, morally bankrupt organization.

"The Democratic National Committee will amplify its charge that Republicans are responsible for “inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right wing extremists … to disrupt” town hall meetings..."

What do the Democrats expect? The Republican Party is controlled by a small number of radical right wing extremists like Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele and Dick Cheney.

Yes he did act stupidly. I think the president should never comment on local matters especially when he does not have all of the facts. He really needs to start thinking before he speaks. I feel the same way about the proposals that he has made ( cash for clunkers ) . He doesn't think things through.

I am ashamed to call myself a Republican, after seeing how these people behave.

This is nonsense. I am a Democrat. And I don't want this plan. 80% of us should run away from this and demand that we debate on the very merits of any plan before anyone votes on this. This is odd that we are voting in way too many items way too fast without knowing the consequences of the proposal. If you haven't read the bill, why are you so ancious in having this passed????

I'm sorry but I just don't see Republicans working the health insurance problems we face. All I see is them trying to stop it. They had eight years to work on this problem (and the deficit by the way) and not a word was mentioned about it. So why should we think they actually care about it now?

- Telling old people the government is going to trick them into signing their lives away.
– Scaring people into believing that "the socialists" are out to take away their rights.
– Telling people Obama wasn't born in the US and has presented a fake birth certificate.
– Rounding up mobs of rable and busing them to town hall meeting so they can intentionally disrupt.

Excuse me right-wingers....but if you actually have a point....why do you have to lie so bad?

All you have to do is watch C-SPAN, during the session of the Energy and Commerce committee meeting. Anthony Wiener and Waxman made it very clear they intend to push on the floor of the House ( with Pelosi blessing) a full bill pushing for One Payer System (Universal Health) Elimination of Medicare Eligibility Under Parts B, C, D.

my god Washinton is so FUBAR. Let me state for the record my anger stems from a poor plan, from a poor leader, with no details on how to pay for it (aside from raising my taxes) and I am completly against my government being in any buisness; especially when they can't make Amtrak work, or medicare, Medicaid, SS, cash for clunkers and I guess we'll see how Government Motors works out...

The GOP is inciting hate and spreading lies – they will stop at nothing to eliminate our Presidents agenda for our country....and the idiots at fox news are leading the pack.

I saw proof that many of the people were bussed in a paid by a lobby group to disrput the meetings. Maybe the RNC didn't do it but their lobby group did. When you watch the replay of the event, it does appear that the group of people just shouted down anyone who tried to speak and were not interested in a discussion about anything.

Americans should have a chance to ask real questions and have them answered; not be shouted down by paid groups of distruptors, who just want to kill any chance for change, in our healthcare system.

Republicans are intent on making sure the government stops. Witness their attempt to stop the Town Hall meetings by gang of hecklers. The party of NO in trying to keep us citizens from being represented by our representative. It is not enough that they want Obama to fail and thus the rest of the country, they want to make sure they are heard over everyone else. That is so un-american. Shame on you conservatives.

The Dems are right. The GOP is digging itself a big ugly hole. They can't crawl into it fast enough for me! Bush promoted the transformation of the GOP into what former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips calls "the first religious party in U.S. history”. The GOP supported Bush's backward thinking (outwardly hostile to science) and his failure to deal with huge economic distortions which got us in this mess....and now the GOP are no better than a lynch mob? They need a new PR director, among other things.

The guy who is behind organizing all these is a disgraced former hospital executive who defrauded the government out of billions. Do you think he really gives two hoots about what is right for the American people or is he out for a little revenge. They are using the same PR firm in charge of the swift boating using BLATANT lies. They are just using these undereducated racists for their own purposes and could care less if they were lying dead out in the street. Stupid sheep.

I predict the GOP talking wackos and their freakshows will be having a field day today on their shows across the country ripping President Clinton in some sort of fashion over his bringing these two journalists home. You watch and listen....they will see this as a stunt, as an act of something deplorable and will probably throw in some accusation of treason along the way.

What happened to the quardoned off free speech areas we had under Bush?

The groups that are being set up are disgusting – but, because we are the United States of America, they can exist. Ironically, when the former president was in office these things were not allowed or they became victims of wiring.
The evolution of the Republican party has been disgusting and leans more toward socialist tendencies then any democratic group. This is not Abe Lincoln's party anymore!
That being said – when it comes to our goverment – there needs to be compromise across the aisle. Our new president has reached out more and more and is rewarded by constant slaps in the face. I'm to the point where I hope the dems start strong arming and forcing the republicans to behave. That seems to be the only way to get things done.

I will be attending a TEA Party today. No one is forcing me to attend; no one is busing me to the event. It's just that I am very concerned about where our country is headed and I want to join in anything I can to put a stop to it, and NOW!

Why are the Dem's so stubborn – maybe the anger and frustrations are warranted, maybe they should take a breath and actually think about what American's want instead of looking to blame someone or some party – they have become the party of blame. Everything was Bush's fault and now it is the GOP. We are all losing confidence in that type of leadership.

I believe it. Republican congressmen are heavily on the take from the healthcare/insurance industries. That's why Republicans keep saying the status quo is good and fight health care reform. I had no idea how corrupt the Republican party is until health care reform came around.

They have good health care that is paid for by us. What do they care about us.

By "angry mobs" does the DNC mean angy voters who are tired of the constant baloney being served by Obama and Pelosi?

Wake up people, these are not angry mobs. They aren't being paid for showing up. They are not extremists. Leftist propaganda.

Sadly brings back flashes of the RNC Sponsored Palin Rallies and crowds yelling "kill him" and other Horrific things...all the while Republican Palin smiling away ear to ear. I Honestly feel the RNC has an Intense Hatred of Obama....its really sad. Fear is a Powerful way to confuse people and that along with "NO" to everything he's trying to do is all they've got. I've become more pushed to the left as a result

Dear Democrat Leaders:

I'm confused. During the presidential campaign, didn't Obama tell people to "get in their faces"? Didn't he pull out all stops aided by ACORN and MoveOn.org?

And now you're telling people to shut up and sit down like Pelosi did with Hillary Clinton during her campaign run?

Keep on pushing these massive bills because you ain't seen nothing yet.

Is the DNC serious? These kind of politics scare me.

So, Liberal groups like MoveOn and ACORN can organize protests, bu Conservatives can't? That's what I like about Democrats, their fair-mindedness and belief in equality. And if the Democrats think these people are "mobs", they've never seen an ActUp demonstration.

What a crock!

Whining democrats!

A Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!!

Typical. Always the Victim Party aren't we???

The only people making noise about the Prez is the GOP but they have nothing to offer to get the country moving again. Because the GOP has offer nothing but noise and crap, the voters will say, "At lease Obama tried" and the GOP just sit back and complained. Who do you want? A doer or a do-nothing?

And we didn't know this. If you were living under a Bush (pardon the pun) over the last 6 months you might not know this. Republicans are bullies. They are inciting as much hatred as possible. They are unstable and by their words and actions have proven their hatred many times over. They are bent on dividing the country and Americans as much as possible. Religion and guns. They same republican moniker that has been passed on for years. Nothing has changed, exept we have a black president and it is just eating these people alive. We are either going to have to listen to this for the next 8 years. The republicans are already starting to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher.

If this is true which I doubt it is. Then good, how long has the democrats been doing this.....for YEARS!! So its about time, thats all ACRON is and nobody says anything aout that. I Hope this is true

It made up of the same rent-a-mob crew that disrupted/halted the 2000 Florida vote re-count. Remember that folks? The so-called "concerned residents" turned out to be Republican staff members. What a desperate and scary bunch they are.

that's messed up.

people voicing their concern... thousands of them... it they are "fake"

yet when 20 anti-war protesters camp out to bash Bush, it gets news coverage for days. AND Bush defended the protesters' right to say what they were saying.

The Obama administration comes out and says that these people are fakes and a "mob".

You have got to be kidding me. You will see, come next election. This is no joke. Its no mob. Its real Americans who are going to take back our country from the internationalist, wealth redistributing progressive fascists.

I personally would love to show up to town hall meetings to counter this pack of organized, mindless wing nuts. The Democrats need to start organizing counterdemonstrations as well as packs of demonstrators to go to Republican town hall meetings.

Your asking if I believe this was done? YOU BETCHA.

It should be made clear before the meeting starts that only people who are there to sensibly debate the issues will be allowed to stay. Anyone who is there to only shout and scream and disrupt others from speaking should not be allowed to stay. Their agenda is quite clear. Speakers from both sides should be allowed to speak freely without interruption. The media is catching on to these groups of protestors and it does not look good on them. It could all backfire on the protestors as they are being seen as only obstructionists.

This is ridiculous! I am the everyday average american. I work a full time job, I vote, I keep up with current events, but I am sick of the bickering. The fact is that the health care plan that is on the floor now is not a good plan. The costs are too high for a country so far in the red. I work in healthcare and I can appreciate the hardships of the uninsured, but more goverment is not the answer. There is already so much red-tape in health care that the more we add by implamenting new regulations and new guidelines the less doctors want to go through the hassel.

As a Democrat, who worked for the election of President Obama, this is stupid politics. People are more angry now having difficulty in paying their bills and trying to move on. I think the White House is leading this phony charge and they are making a huge mistake. O needs to get some real results not start the second civil war in America between the haves and the sinking o the middle class.

Let the GOP continue their stupid antics. They shoot themselves in the foot every time!!!!!

Nonsense, Obama is doing a pretty good job of deflating expectations. To suggest that the republicans are that organized is funny. I fear the next go around when the republicans win and they yell loud and clear...."We won, you lost, get over it" Those Dems sure are an arrogant bunch but they try to make you feel good with nice feel good messages.....Nice messages but they can't seem to solve problems without spending lots of money. Guess what....it's our money they want to spend. Personally I could care less about party affiliation, I don't want to keep paying more money to help illegal immigrants get health care and provide more help to folks who won't help themselves. As I look around, we are still at war, we are still in Cuba, We are planning huge tax increases.....the only thing different than before is the huge TAX!!! Stupid is as stupid does!!

Funny, democrats will negotiate with terrorists (Billy boy is back from N. Korea), but won't talk with Americans about healthcare. Ironic.

Well excuse me for exercising my freedom of speech!
If we're motivated to protest against Obama's and Pelosi's plans, then you'll just have to suck it up. No one told us to go, we want to go because we're fed up with you!!!
If it was OK for us when we were hippies to protest the war, why isn't it ok to protest other things we know are wrong, like this farcical health care plan. Whiners! Thieves...Left wing of the Dem Party, trying to steal every right we have.

The DNC needs to wake up and pay attention. It is more than just "rabid right wing extremists" that are not happy with the snake oil the Congress and President are trying to sell with the expansion of the government trough into every area of our lives.

I am in charge of my life, my family's life. I am responsible for my wealth or lack of it, my success or lack of it, my health or lack of it, my retirement or lack of it, my finances or lack of it......................NOT MY GOVERNMENT.

You just don't get it. This is a republic, we can speak our opinion, and you need to listen to your constituents more carefully.

It seems as if the DNC might be inciting hatred here.

In the old days it was called sedition and treason. They hung people for that. Now it's become an acceptable practice. It's called conservative.

There's just not much that scares me anymore - certainly not hysteria drummed up by noisy liars and malefactors filled with hate. If they can find a more freedom loving, fun loving, life respecting nation somewhere else; let them go there. Don't try to overthrow this one, or try to make it fail. Let's try to make it work!

Right, like organized liberal protest groups NEVER disrupted Republican events . . . . .

I love it: Democrats have been linked in one way or another to YEARS of organized protest. But when THEY do it, it's called, "Free Speech Protest."

When Republicans do it, CNN calls it: "inciting mobs."

Give me a break. Your grossly biased partisanship is showing ....

It’s not hard to believe that the DNC does not understand when the America people revolt against the Democrats / liberals in Congress. Their health care plan is just another way for the teleprompter president and the tax cheating Democratic Congress to get their hands in our pockets. The teleprompter president his amateur hour administration have no real improvement for the American people. We have the DNC / Democratic Party in Congress driving this nation into bankruptcy.

Of course republicans are behind all this circus. They oppose to reform the health care, they are always in favor of big interests, and they are using the conservative base to make their war against a reform that is needed urgently.

I support public discourse and urge everyone to voice their opinion. But please do so in a respectful manner, without resorting to bullying and intimidation.

I don't know about the rest of the democrats, but if I was at a town hall meeting and a bunch of republican losers started screaming in my ear, i'd show them how to really disrupt the meeting. By the time the cops got there, some big mouth derelicts would be missing some teeth!!! Why people sit there and take that crap is beyond me. Come on losers, TRY ME, I beg you!!!!

inciting a riot? you have got to be kdding me..ask anyone out here in america and you will find we are VERY concern with the direction of this country. bailouts, big spending, pork, bias meida coverage, tax increases in areas OTHER than income tax, money paid back by banks that were suppose to reduce the deficit put inot a general fiund and used by barney franks to complete a housing project, mass media coverage on the gates issue with hardly any on the black panthers harrassing people at the poll AND being pardoned, tim g saying we may have to raise taxes on the middle class now because of runaway spending.. government czars that are communist, government czars as a whole, gavernment intervention in all areas of private business aren t you concern?

Did they hire Sarah to incite riots yet? I can hear it now "kill them, they're terrorists!" The Republicans have no other plan than fear – it worked for them throughout the Bush years and sadly, it seems to be working for them again. That the American public can be so easily manipulated is sad testimony to our characters.

Oh, come on...... gibe me a break! These are hardworking, decent, normal Americans. If this is an unruly mob, where is the anger at the left-wing protesters we've seen over the decades? There were no buses loaded up. There are no "big bad insurance companies" behind this. Its just Americans with a different point of view expressing THEIR anger for once. The left-wing does NOT have a monopoly on protest or freedom of expression.

The DNC has an exclusive right to free speech? Nobody that is in disagreement with Obamacare should dare disagree publicly? The People are mad because their representatives are not listening to them. They were ignored on the stimulus vote and will be ignored again on Obamacare.

is this all the repubs got.ITS A JOKE.A BAD JOKE BUT STILL A JOKE.NOT FUNNY.after eight years of bush chaney corruption.we the american people should be protesting.WHERE IS .WAS ACCOUNTABILITY ON IRAQ.lets get the truth out there so we can heal as a once great nation.

Liars lying about liars. Democrats and Republicans all clamor for the right to give your tax dollars to their fat, greedy, rich friends.

Without this new plan, big insurance companies will suck trillions of dollars out of health care. With this plan, big insurance companies will suck trillions of dollars out of health care.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but all you need to do is fool enough of the people enough of the time.

Good for the Dems finally getting a backbone to stand up to the Republican Lies. If they (or specifically John Kerry) had one back in 2004, we might be in a different situation today.

This is pathetic of the DNC to attack protesters like this. This is an attack by the DNC against free speech, nothing more.

This "create an enemy to reduce attention on the Dems" video is something the Nazi's would have generated. Be Afraid . . .

Another irresponsible attack from the DNC. The DNC firmly believes in mob rule, where a majority does what it wishes without any consideration of opposing or alternative views.

The democrats are quickly on their way to the ash heap of history. First step was the election of "The Fool", next step is 2010, then 2012.

As if the Democrats never organized protests and caused disruptions while Bush was speaking somewhere. Hello Kettle, meet Pot.

Why shouldnt we incite mobs, all the democrates want to do is pass new tax laws and then pass a health carer that will give old people counciling on how to give up their lives so the government can share their wealth.

Its time the mobs take back America from the Obama Socialistic Republic of Non-America people known as Democrates

The GOP has no rational argument against health care so they are stirring up their irrational base to make noise like they normally do instead of debating the topic. GOP wants more of the same, no coverage for all Americans, rising health care costs for American's and Profits for insurance companies.

GOP, if you have an answer, lets see your plan for covering all of American and reducing cost and submit it to the CBO. Otherwise, if you are not going to help with this issue, sit down and shut up.

Poppycock. The Democrats are just ticked off a page from their playbook was stolen. Alinsky's tactics are working against them now.

Once your guy is elected, free speech sucks.

I for one can't wait to be ordered to give all I can "afford" to BHO's fat, greedy, rich friends and then denied coverage if and when I get really sick.

And I thought Bush sucked.

Seems to me that the Dems are desperate because they can not get health care passed, because the American public has wised up to the worthless stimulus package and wasteful bailout of the Auto companies only to see them file for bankruptcy, Dems realize that Main Street has caught on to the fact that they are going to have to be taxed for this big spending liberal president and they are mad that this racist president threw the police under the bus! And most of all Dems are trying to stop Obama's ratings slide with this ad! People complained that the Republicans were thugs yet it seems that the Dems are the ones assuming the role of thugs. If you do not agree with them – you are unpatriotic and against America!!!

The future does not bode well for the GOP. The GOP has allowed its future remain captive of an extreme minority led by political talk show entertainers. The changing demographics and lack of diversity will doom any GOP political come back in the immediate future. Mob politics will turn off the majority of Americans.

These morons, the mobsters are fighting against their own interests. They are being manipulated by corporate lobbyists and are too stupid to realize it. They are truly rethuglicans and have become the party of NO solutions, NO ideas and NO compassion.

WOnder if not a case of protesting to much not that the democrats would stoop to inciting something just to blame the republicans and distract folks from their own messes

I'm all for freedom of speech; it is part and parcel of what makes this one of the greatest countries on Earth, but this is bulltwinkle! If you feel strongly about the Presidents policies write to your congressperson. There is no need for Republiklan leaders to encourage these types of "spontaneous" demonstrations for the whole country and world to see our ignorance and intolerance (bigotry). I was absolutely stunned when I saw this type of thing at McCain and Palin's rallies during the primaries without a peep from either Sarah or John to put a stop to it. Not only was this classless on their part, it was evil. No president, that I can recall, has worked so hard for the regular folks and been hated and disrespected so much in return. May God bless him, and keep him safe from his enemies.

How about the Liberal loonies that broke windows and threatened a speaker at UNC several months ago causing the speaker to cancel his speech!! I guess that was just Free Speech???? Democrats=Party of Hypocrites!!

It happened in Maryland's First District yesterday. People had their minds made up and would not listen to the congressman explain anything. They would not even listen when he said he agreed somewhat with them, that he did not support the health care bill as it is right now or anything. He voted for the cap and trade after winning concessions for agriculture, and Maryland already had cap and trade, but that didn't faze them either. They came spoiling for a fight, not to listen to the congressman. They are the ones who are scary. They make wild claims with nothing to back it up. They say they are losing freedoms (don't know which ones, they didn't specify) and that socialist regimes are taking over America. ????

You know I am tired of the fighting back and forth. Can the two parties sit down and figure out a Health Care plan that is good for all americans. Instead of spending all this money for smear campaigns, maybe that is how we come up with the money to do the health care reform.

Why not let them continue? It will only serve to isolate the right wing tea-baggers even more than they already are. If the DNC were smart they'd keep their mouths shut and let the gun toting, homophobic bible bangers continue to self destruct.

If the GOP is inciting angry mobs, what were the Democrats doing during Bush's entire term? Good gravy, talk about blatant hypocrisy!

Additionally, I noticed that opponents of the current ruling party are now classified as extremists, when they used to be called 'concerned citizens' or 'patriots' while the GOP was in charge.

My how times have changed...

Why is it that Democrats cant take their own type of response. When President Bush wanted to make statements, or have meetings, or went places, people protested, drew cartoons of him, and Moveon.Org, Code Pink, I can go on and on.

I think its great that the Republicans the extremists granted are acting like Democrats.

Shows how childish we have become. Why do we owe Obama any more cooperation than Democrats gave President Bush.

The American people have not been duped, we are questioning all things and letting Congress know.

Perhaps we have hope after all.....

The GOP is behind this craziness. They should be encouraging people to talk and get answers but nooooo they rather hold klan rallies.

This is all that the Republicans have left to do. It is an organized effort to disrupt any meeting concerning the health care debate. The party of "no" will continue its goal of defeating anything the Democrats try to do even if it hurts the country as a whole.
People forget when Bush was in office that anyone who said anything about Bush was accused of being unpatriotic or a traitor to this country. How soon they forget.

This is a well orchestrated push-back by republicans who want President Obama to fail, and insurance companies who want total control of the health care system. Insurance companies don't care if you live or die ... and if this battle for reform is lost ... they will raise your rates, cut your coverage – with no restraints!

Can you afford to pay more? What if you loose your job? Busing loud mouths, primed with yelling points, whose only purpose is to cause havoc, doesn't move the debate forward.

In my opiniom President Obama is doing an excellent job and I think that Republicans should unite to get forward, this is not about party... unity just america, progress and opportunities at all levels.Stupidly repeated over and over you see news or unimportant events ....

Blame the Republicans for everything...that seems to be the party line. Just because someone doesn't agree with the Government taking over our healthcare and voices their opinion, means they must be Republican. Funny, when Democrats bus people in to disrupt a Republican meeting it is a positive, grassroots campaign that is the backbone of America, but when Republicans supposedly do the same, it is hurtful and wrong. Democrats have such a double standard.

Democrats are doing a pretty good job of it too. No unity, self interest rules.

As Homer would say "there is no justice like angry mob justice"

Not true but that's the “I’m a victim" democrats.

What kind of an example are we setting for the future generations. Why are we teaching them that it is okay to mob and heckle those who are trying to conduct the peoples business in a quite and diplomatic way? This type of behavior is not representative of the american way of governing – in the United States we respect the voices of all those who care to participate in the process of making change. The hallmark to a great democracy is not in the few that try to push things by force, but rather from the many who peacefully debate.

I think they need to print and hand out the info frm this groups, including the description of how to disrupt meetings. It is very un-American to deny other citizens the right to discuss, debate and decide for themselves on this issue. This neo-nazi tactic is intimidation. These folks are being fed a constant diet of false, manipulative and misleading disinformation, with the intnet of creating anger and fear. What they do not realize is that this is not 1993. This fear can turn to violence very quickly and is the most undemocratic activity I have seen in my lifetime.

All of these town halls and public forums should be cancelled before someone is injured or worse.

These members of the rabid Reich are just that, rabid. They have proven they are not interested in a civil discourse, but are only interested in "breaking" this black President at any cost.

I am afraid that would even include killing others "for the cause".

I guess it was OK for the DNC to incite angry mobs against Bush?

spare me, read a bill next time before you whine about angry voters

As a lifelong Republican I am very sadened by the self destruction the party continues to inflict upon itself.

This latest move will only backfire again and drive it further into the margins!!

Sad indeed!!

Just like a republican!!...They are a "dying breed" & doing everything they can to destroy O'Bama, IT WON'T WORK!!!
Too bad, the repubs are losers, liers & cheaters..they pray for our country to fail..Is that a true American??NO
A true American would stand behind our president & help him to get us out of this awful mess that a repub put us in!!
HAIL TO OUR CHIEF...HE WILL SUCCEED...

There's a number to call the GOP and complain about these thugs creating mob scenes and disrupting the Americans WITH RIGHTS TO ASK QUESTIONS.

It displays on the screen when you see the ad. CALL.

DUH – ya think?

The Insurance Companies are paying big bucks for help from the GOP to stop this healthcare reform. They might have to give up their big bonuses if the outrageous premiums stop being paid. And the premiums are going up even now !!

Who is surprised? With no alternative plan of their own, Republicans are taking the usual approach here by playing dirty. These tricks are the only reason Republicans get elected anymore. Angry lies fueling fear and distrust.

Bush used lies and fear against Kerry in 04. I thought it was so obvious that people would have learned not to listen anymore, but there will always be the crazies, I suppose.

I will be surprised if this will not be followed by assassinations.And of course Obama will be the prime target.This is a veiled conspiracy against him.

Once again the repugs have no asnwers to the questions, but their scare tactics continue. These mobs are being set up by insurance lobbying companies in DC.
BTW folks, this IS socialis/communism. I can think of at least two countries, maybe three, where the people are bussed in for demonstrations. Of course, in Curba, North Korean and possibly Venezuela they are there to show support for the government not bring it down!
This is not helping the repug's cause at all.

The DNC can stick it in their ear. The people at those town hall meetings are both Democrat and Republican, and they are hardly rabid extremists.

What's coming up at town hall meetings and similar events are simply ordinary, everyday Americans who strongly oppose the way things are going in government these days, i.e., more taxes, more borrowing, more spending when there isn't any money to spend, Obamacare, bailouts, mushrooming debt, increasing government control and regulation, what looks more and more like a welfare state or, as some call it, a nanny state, etc. etc. etc.

Puh-leeeze! Let's get back to the basics of the U.S. Constitution and what used to be the American standard of individual responsibility and personality accountability. With no unearned entitlements.

I'm surprised to see this reported in the MSM. I assumed that uncomfortable truths about the right would be related to the blogs and a few liberal pundits.

Congratulations CNN, for pulling back the curtains and allowing the sun to shine on this fungus on the body politic.

Here is my question....are they mad because they were asked and honest question?? Whether it be from a "right winged extremist". Or are they mad because they had to either lie and say that they read this bill or that they haven't read it.

Either way, I have heard recordings of the town hall meetings. And yes there was a lot of hoop la, but it was primarily because the idiots couldn't answer a single question!!!

FYI Dems in Washington, we are not all a bunch of Lemurs that are ready to follow you off the cliff. There are some of us that still believe in America and its promise of tomorrow....without the aid of tax payer money for everything!

You should have seen old Bill O , jerk, grinning like a no class constipated grinch, with too much money, but no life Glen Beck, this is what I think of FOX.News.

F=Fake, False,Freaks

O=Obnoxious, obscure,obscene

X=Xenophobic

Channel for mostley White dissruptive, no change, power hungry, Conservitive constipated, no hope Republicans.

The average Republican is being used by the health care lobbies, who want nothing to do with reform. They are being used by Beck and Hannity, who want nothing more than to see Dems fail. They are being used by a bunch of people who truly want poor people and the unemployed to suffer, because to help them might change their own way of life a tiny bit, and they will not tolerate any change in their own status. The accusations hurled at these meetings are not true, yet Republican leaders think if they scare enough people and repeat the mantra enough times, the bill will go down, or at least, be watered down so that the pharma companies will still make their huge profits. So tell me who the Republican leadership wants to help. Not their constituents...just the guys who support their campaigns with the big bucks.

Astroturfing at its finest.

the work tool comes to mind.

T he Repubs still don't get the fact that we are now living in a post-racial world, and that people are now judged on the basis of what they do and not by the color of their skin.

Well, I for one believe it's about time people talked about this. I've seen it on both sides in rallies and protests, but never was I more terrified of the leadership as when I heard the McCain/Palin supporters yell "Hang him!" and "Terrorist!" when talking about Obama. That kind of speech has no place in a developed, civilized world. So we can either stop pretending we are civilized, or try to show the good example that earned us the respect of the world after being around only 200 years.

Rubbish!

Typical GOP tactics and lies. They are now disrupting town hall meetings by shouting out any conversations. The GOP says once the American people hear about health care, they won't like it. BUT, they know that's a lie. That's why their new tactic is not to allow the American people to hear anything. They know that the American people REALLY Want Health Care, they are scared! The American people now know that these shouters are nothing more than extreme right wing Nuts. The GOP supports the insurance and drug companies, Not the American people. If you want to know why, FOLLOW THE MONEY.

The party of no.

These people who are disrupting town halls aren't patriotic and don't seem to believe in a democratic system. Town halls are there so everyone can be heard, not just shouting imbeciles. Unlike the W town halls where you had to sign an agreement to participate, these are OPEN to ALL in the public. Don't abuse this freedom by trying to stifle open and free discussion. That's what dictators do.

What happened to the GOP?

It's not only the GOP. It's United Healthcare, Aetna, Blue Cross and the large pharmaceutical companies who are funding these fanatics via their giant lobbying firms. They are trying to preserve their record profits by gaming the system with lies, distortions, fear and playing to the ignorance of the mob. America is the only civilized country in the world who does not provide health care to everyone. We are the only country which pays private insurance company billions of dollare to exclude people for preexisting conditions and deny them needed treatment. They are spending over a million dollars a day trying to stop any type of bill.

The democrats are paranoid!!!! First it was the insurance companies hiring us, and now the GOP. Wonder what they will come up with next?

Simple to say, WE DON'T WANT YOUR SOCIALIST HEALTH PLAN. Republicans are educated (as opposed to democrats) and can read and understand the garbage that is being touted as a National Health Plan.

The dems can take their plan and stick it where the "sun don't shine!"

This comes as no surprise. The GOP desires it's political power back, at apparently any cost yet, they fail to understand that America wants to move on...without them!