Durbin on town hall chaos: ‘This is clearly being orchestrated’

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[Sub-Driver]

Durbin on town hall chaos: ‘This is clearly being orchestrated’ Posted: August 9th, 2009 11:04 AM ET

From CNN Political Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate’s second-ranking Democrat slammed recent town hall protests Sunday as organized disruptions of the democratic process.

“We have these screaming groups on either side. That isn't helpful. Let's be honest about this. Town meetings are not bean bag, I've had hundreds of them and sometimes folks get upset. And that's part of America, part of our process,” he told CNN’s John King on “State of the Union.”

“But this is clearly being orchestrated and these folks have instructions. They come down from a Texas lobbyist in Washington…" he said.

[Sub-Driver]

must be that vast right wing something or other....

[Williams]

It isn’t, but even if it were, so what?

I sure hope the 2010 elections are similarly organized.

[Marathoner]

Gee, Little Dick, you mean they weren’t Nazis this time?

[Ken522]

That’s right - it’s that ONE Texas lobby who is telling EVERYONE what to say, think, and how to act!

[Dallas59]

THE FAULT OF BUSH!

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

Yes, Durbin, I’m proud you think its a Texas lobbyist. Texas, on the whole, distrusts, dislikes, and disdains your ilk.

[Carling]

This is how out of touch Dems like Dick Durbin really are. They don't realize that organizing free-thinking conservatives is dang-near impossible? They are used to their sheep that they keep on a financial leash doing whatever they ask of them.

We don't operate that way, DICK.

[Jeff Head]

I ti being orchestrated. By millions of individual Americans who are fed-up and angry.

They are downloading the Dem Health Care Plan HERE and elsewhere and educating themselves.

They are also reading the cited quotes of the main architect of the plan and Chief Advisor to Obama on Health Care HERE and elsewhere, and seeing the context of the plan from the designer of it.

So, when Sarah Palin callis it evil, they know for themselves that she speaks the truth.

So they are taking their feelings...and their own documentation...to their reps and getting in their faces about it.

EZEKIEL EMANUEL AND THE OBAMA CARE FINAL SOLUTION
(Must Read - Sick, twisted quotes of Emanuel)

OBAMA CARE BY THE NUMBERS

[Williams]

Do republicans ever make crazy accusations like this?

Do you want people who make things up against you when it suits them, controlling your health care?

“People aren’t unhappy about their wait for heart/cancer treatment. That’s all made up as part of an organized effort.”

[nmh]

Yes. it’s a “right wing conspiracy”!

LOL!

They are so OUT OF TOUCH!

The next election, provided ACORN hasdn’t taken over the vote, will side line them.

[cranked]

Community organizing is fine as long as it is done by Dems and Libtards, huh Durbin? Bites when it is “clearly being orchestrated” against ya, idiotic moron.

[McBuff]

I smell approaching legislation to “fix” this serious national crisis.

[new cruelty]

“But this is clearly being orchestrated and these folks have instructions. They come down from a Texas lobbyist in Washington…" he said.

That's some desperate logic. The town hall meeting that I went to in Cherry Hill, NJ was held by john adler (D). My wife, children, and I attended after receiving an automated phone call notifying us of the meeting- just a couple of hours before the meeting was held. The majority of those in attendance, including adler, were against the health care bill.

[Spok]

“The Senate’s second-ranking Democrat slammed recent town hall protests Sunday as organized disruptions of the democratic process.”

No Senator, this IS the democratic process.

[savedbygrace]

And the pro-health care groups were orchestrated even more dangerously, even incited to riot by the President of the United States. That’s some high level orchestrating, from the world’s top celebrity ‘community organizer’.

[digger48]

While we all knew where a lot the anti-war fanatics came from during the Bush years, I can't recall any elected republican congresscritter,, senator nor the administration, commenting, whining, bitching about their overtly orchestrated opposition.

[Fresh Wind]

The gangs of thugs with identical shirts and printed signs. They’re the grassroots. Right, Lord Durbin?

[bmwcyle]

[dila813]

These elites don’t get it, these people are getting made because no one is listening.

Locked out, Beat up by Thugs, Won’t answer our phone calls

This isn’t like code pink durring bush years, they were <1%, this is more than 50% of the population.

We have 15% of the population engaged deeply in contacting Congress.

[P.O.E.]

G.O.P. couldn’t organize itself out of a paper bag.

I only WISH the Republicans were this vocal.

[Kryn-Man]

I’d like to know if Dick attended any of theese so called “orchestrated” meetings, or is he just making up stuff to spin the bad policies his party is trying to ramraod down america’s throat. I’m guessing he’s just making stuff up.

[JavaJumpy]

Riiiiiight, and that one Texas lobbyist got all the way to Ohio in the last couple of weeks to get 8,000 - 10,000 folks to come out and hear Judge Andrew Napolitano, among others.

Oh, and what was that about the lobbyists in the Obama administration that I just read? Something about pharmaceutical companies, or....well, maybe someone can refresh my memory.

Bah.

[Iron Munro]

[kcvl]

We need to start dressing like this to become credible & 'normal' I guess!

[Mark was here]

Who hired day laborers to hold up professionally printed signs, and who showed up unpaid with their own signs they made their self at their own expense?

[napscoordinator]

We used to say the same thing about the Democrats when we saw the anti Iraq War rallies. I think this type of talk is done when the majority is in office. If the minority is against something, they yell...they paid people to come to these town halls or in this case “they are orchestrating”. I saw something on one of the show that the press said that a women at a rally was a regular person...only to find out she had worked for one of the Republican senators....lol. How embarassing to be found out like that. I am sure she wishes she could find a rock to hid under.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

the only orchestra playing is the one using HR 3200 as sheet music

[napscoordinator]

Do republicans ever make crazy accusations like this?

YES!!!!! Read my previous post. We did this alot when the anti-war rallies were going on.

[napscoordinator]

Do republicans ever make crazy accusations like this?

YES!!!!! Read my previous post. We did this alot when the anti-war rallies were going on.

[kcvl]

Don't forget your F*** Obama t-shirt!

[jackv]

‘This is clearly being orchestrated’

You mean, organized. As in community organize??

So what????

[RightOnline]

Oh, horses**t. They’re all just whistling past the graveyard; they know full well that none of this is “orchestrated”. They are playing to the base via their mouthpieces (e.g. CNN, MSNBC, et al).

Those attending, those who see the coverage know better and.......guess what, Dems? They DO all have one thing in common:

They vote.

[ArchAngel1983]

”The next election, provided ACORN hasdn’t taken over the vote, will side line them.".

You mean ACORN, AMERICORP, Black Panthers (new & old), Unions, Etc, Etc… Oh and don’t forget about the 30 million or so illegal alien democRATs who will be amnestied by then. Yeah, we’re a free country alright!

[JavaJumpy]

While we all knew where a lot the anti-war fanatics came from during the Bush years, I can’t recall any elected republican congresscritter,, senator nor the administration, commenting, whining, bitching about their overtly orchestrated opposition.

______________________________

No, and I wish they would have when the anti-war protestors put on Freddy Krueger costumes and marched (the thread is on here somewhere) with each protestor wearing a big sign with the name of a troop who had been killed. I always wondered if the troops’ families had been asked permission to be part of that display and if not, why was that considered OK?

The rules are different in 2009 for dissent? Since when? Who signed it into law - who passed it?

[silverleaf]

oh sure.
Organizing the banlon rebellion is about as easy as herding cats. Something about cutting MEDICARE $500 Billion and drafting Ezekiel “Death Angel” Emmanuel’s meticulous instructions for govt-run mandatory “advanced care life planning” sessions tends to rile the old folks and those who love them.

Name names you democrat putz. Start an investigation of this “Texas lobbbyist”. We’re waiting.

[silverleaf]

the plan

http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf

[sauropod]

Didja read the comments under the story?

*Whew!*

[NativeTxn]

Naps, I’m not embarrassed! I think it’s great that we the Republicans are getting some balls and finally standing up instead of getting shot down by the evil empire!

[ArchAngel1983]

”Don't forget your F*** Obama t-shirt!"

Except I’m sure that would be a ‘hate crime’.

[gwilhelm56]

This is clearly being orchestrated’

You mean, organized. As in community organize??

So what???? ABOUT TIME!!!

that looks better.

[kcvl]

Try this with the face of Obama or try this with Hillary Clinton instead of Condi Rice and see MSM birth a large cow!

[Salamander]

“They come down from a Texas lobbyist in Washington…” he said.”

I thought we were being orchestrated by Henry Mancini.

[RedStateGuyTrappedinCT]

INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN POSSESSIONS
12 OF THE UNITED STATES.—Any individual who is a
13 bona fide resident of any possession of the United
14 States (as determined under section 937(a)) for any
15 taxable year (and any qualifying child residing with
16 such individual) shall be treated for purposes of this
17 section as covered by acceptable coverage during
18 such taxable year.

The thing that stood out to me in this paragraph was that there is no citizenship requirement, you need only be a resident.

[silverleaf]

Code Pink, not orchestrated at all.
ACORN spontaneous.
SEIU thugs, ditto

sarc

[TV Dinners]

this is the theme on all the shows this morning.
Just saw Lloyd Doggett on PMSNBC stating the same thing.

The talking points memo has been released and the State Run Media and DNC operatives are in full force.

[tobyhill]

Of course it's orchestrated because there's more than a majority against this Government ramrod.

[GeronL]

They are defintiely organized on the leftside, they have been. I guess a little bit of organizing on the other side is wrong somehow?

SEIU, ACORN, OFA etc

Whats good for the goose and bad for the gander?

Are you saying there are different rules for different people?

[TV Dinners]

Texas is the only state in the Union that is worth a damn right now... perhaps little Dick should listen...

[TV Dinners]

Texas is the only state in the Union that is worth a damn right now... perhaps little Dick should listen...

[GeronL]

I think thyat Texas lobbyist has 15 people on his facebook account, he’s a real national leader