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Maxine Waters Health-Care Town Hall Draws Cheers (Pathetic)
Daily Breeze ^ | 9/24/2009 | Josh Grossberg Staff Writer

Posted on 08/24/2009 1:10:45 PM PDT by Mark

Published 8/24/09 Los Angeles Daily News

In a departure from what has become a familiar scene in the national debate over health care, nobody clashed at a town hall meeting hosted by South Bay Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday.

Instead, the more than 400 people who attended the event at Los Angeles Southwest College near Inglewood applauded, chanted and gave standing ovations during Waters' presentation, which lasted far longer than the two hours it was scheduled for.

"The health care system is broken and it's got to be fixed," she said. "It's not simply about the 47 million people who are uninsured, it's about people who can afford health care, who are paying premiums every month but finding that their premium costs keep increasing. God forbid you have a catastrophe."

In good spirits, Waters said she had a theory why the tense atmosphere of other meetings was absent from Saturday's event.

"I sent them a message," she said to cheers. "Don't try that with Maxine Waters."

Other politicians have faced angry questioners when they hosted similar events in recent weeks. And protesters have used the events as opportunities to criticize not only health care reform, but other policies of President Barack Obama. ...........

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: 111th; healthcare; maxine; maxinewaters; townhall
The link has her photo.........talk about a captive audience!
1 posted on 08/24/2009 1:10:45 PM PDT by Mark
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To: Mark

ROTFLOL


2 posted on 08/24/2009 1:13:25 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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"It's not simply about the 47 million people who are uninsured...

Nor, the lie that 47 million people are uninsured.

3 posted on 08/24/2009 1:13:47 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Who cares? The crowd is representative of her worthless district and she’s a member of the CPUSA!


4 posted on 08/24/2009 1:14:04 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Caltholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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Hack ghetto socialists like Maxine Waters are truly one of the enemies within....


5 posted on 08/24/2009 1:16:05 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Those are very well planted townhall meetings...FOR example our Rep. Reyes held his this past Saturday in the most poverty section of the city...the barrio!! Of course the majority who attended were gungho for the bill...remember the majority were LULAC, La Raza and illegal aliens who were there representing American citizens!! DISGUSTING PIG!!
6 posted on 08/24/2009 1:16:18 PM PDT by RoseofTexas (Give me liberty OR death!!!)
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"I sent them a message," she said to cheers. "Don't try that with Maxine Waters.

Wow, such tough talk, Maxine -- but what your stupid little racist, socialist pea-brain fails to understand is that you are simply admitting that you can't handle opposition, dissent or disagreement.

Let's see you try to give that same town hall meeting in middle America rather than in Inglewood!

7 posted on 08/24/2009 1:16:32 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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Monkey see - Monkey do !

Woops.

That is a Racist statement.

-—— then again Maxine is a Black Racist.


8 posted on 08/24/2009 1:18:54 PM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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Probably because her audience was representative of her voters who by voting for Maxine proved themselves to be idiots.


9 posted on 08/24/2009 1:19:06 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Mark; All

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from noon to 5 p.m. at the state capitol in Sacramento

The time for change is now. We simply aren’t going to take it anymore.

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It’s time that the politicians and bureaucrats got off the backs of California’s productive people and freed them to produce the innovation, wealth and jobs that only they can.

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10 posted on 08/24/2009 1:20:41 PM PDT by AuntB (First the government cripples you, then it tries to sell you a crutch!)
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the more than 400 people who attended the event at Los Angeles Southwest College near Inglewood applauded, chanted and gave standing ovations

Not only did she promise these leeches free health care and free cars, but she also promised them free access to your bank account and your 401K if they'd just keep voting for her the Messiah.

11 posted on 08/24/2009 1:29:03 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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Maxine Warns of "Socialist" Takeover...
12 posted on 08/24/2009 1:29:18 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Mark; abigail2

ping & bump


13 posted on 08/24/2009 1:30:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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Instead, just one man stood outside the hall. Wearing a Halloween mask and a hood, he silently held a handmade sign over his head: "Disease yes. Medical reform no. Satan."

When asked if he was expecting any support, the man laughed.

"No, I'm all alone," he said.

14 posted on 08/24/2009 1:37:26 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: Mark

Ignorant a** fools.


15 posted on 08/24/2009 2:18:08 PM PDT by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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To: Clock King

In her district free bullet hole repair is an important part of health care.


16 posted on 08/24/2009 2:55:20 PM PDT by Wooly
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