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Mon Aug 29, 2011 at 09:12:19 AM MST
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We knew that these "citizen demonstrations" were staged events which were picked up by the media. These "protests" bled into Denver area events, including one at the the opening of a free medical clinic for the homeless in Denver. http://colorado.indymedia.org/... But, that was then. Now, the Republicans elected as a result of that sometimes armed intimidation don't want to have their "town halls" disrupted by "leftists. So, they are keeping us out.
All across the country, Republican members of Congress have done their best to duck their critics this August, traditionally the month when town halls can become heated and policy agendas shifted. But with congressional and Republican approval ratings way, way down, it seems the GOP is preoccupied with quieting those who might criticize them over facing the music back home.
In Florida, Rep. Daniel Webster (R) distributed a sort of blacklist of local activists that aimed to tear down those who might criticize him at his town hall meetings. The tone of the list was almost comically paranoid, with photos next to big warnings that activists once worked for the "Barak [sic] Obama Presidential Campaign" in 2008.
In Ohio, Rep. Steve Chabot (R) ordered police on scene at one of his August town halls to confiscate the video cameras of progressives in attendance, a step up from his overall ban on constituent cameras in his meetings that he's had in place "since at least June," according the the Huffington Post's Amanda Terkel.
This kind of thing needs a lot more attention than our complaining about Obama and the Democratic Congresspersons...unless we want to cede our country and our lives to these fascists. |
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