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Video: Dem Rep. Rush Holt Rips Mic from Hands of Woman Constituent at Town Hall!
Associated Content (AC) ^ | January 30, 2010 | Marc Schenker

Posted on 01/30/2010 4:15:26 AM PST by Suvroc10

Democrat Representative Rush Holt from New Jersey's 12th Congressional District ripped a microphone from the hands of a woman constituent at a town hall meeting a few days ago, denying her right to speak further. The town hall in question occurred this past Monday in a Marlboro, New Jersey, middle school. When constituent Rhoda Chodosh got up to ask her question concerning healthcare and also voice opposition to the kind of socialized healthcare that Obamacare is all about, what did she get for her right to be involved in her local community? Bully Democrat Representative Rush Holt ripped the microphone right out of her hands and denied her the right to continue telling her congressman exactly how she felt about his performance!

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To: RaceBannon
WHY DOESN’T SHE JUST ACT LIKE A LADY AND SHUT UP WHEN HE SPEAKS

LOL. What is wrong with women these days? It seems we no longer know our place!

However, in all fairness, "rips mic from hands of woman constituent" seems a bit overboard. There was no ripping.

21 posted on 01/30/2010 6:17:52 AM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: DJ MacWoW

OK, Einstein, whatever. You win.


22 posted on 01/30/2010 6:21:08 AM PST by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: ozarkgirl

True, but he clearly shut her off before she made her point and did it in a manner that was overbearing, IMHO, and LOTS worse than Rick Lazio when he handed that paper to Hillary and supposedly intimidated her!


23 posted on 01/30/2010 6:22:08 AM PST by RaceBannon (OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
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To: tgusa; Suvroc10
You elected him, New Jersey.

Actually, no. One small district in central NJ elected him.


24 posted on 01/30/2010 6:23:24 AM PST by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Holt beat Zimmer by 481 votes. Also noteworthy is this, from wiki: “Redistricting before the 2002 elections made Holt safer, in part by adding much of Trenton.”


25 posted on 01/30/2010 6:26:25 AM PST by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: tgusa
I'm not the one that made a sweeping misstatement.

It's a pet peeve of mine. In that sweeping statement, many are tarred with the wrong brush since only well informed Freepers are the ones that read it. It implies that they are idiots.

26 posted on 01/30/2010 6:28:02 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Suvroc10

Thanks to gerrymandering this dirtbag congressman is no longer my congressman.

He and his staff are consistently rude and disrespectful to his constituents.

He was bubba’s Grayson.


27 posted on 01/30/2010 6:32:40 AM PST by Carley (Are you better off now than one year ago? HELL NO!!!!!)
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To: RaceBannon
(OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)

Your Tagline would be funny, if it weren't so true.

Saw a commercial in opposition to national health care by C. Everett Koop last evening. Since I am advancing in age,(like all of us) its getting scarier by the day!

28 posted on 01/30/2010 6:45:30 AM PST by mckenzie7 (Democrats = Trough Sloppers!)
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To: MsLady
Yes they want zombies so they can go forward with their plans to get rid of the non-workers early.

The new Demonrat mantra! Woof, woof, let granny eat dog food...spoof on 'let them eat cake'. obama's war on seniors See the links in post 43-46 and on the last page.

Expanding support for families balancing work with caring for elderly relatives with a $102.5 million Caregiver Initiative adding $52.5 million in funding to Department of Health and Human Services caregiver support programs that provide temporary respite care, counseling, training, and referrals to critical services. The administration says the extra funding will allow nearly 200,000 additional caregivers to be served and 3 million more hours of respite care to be provided. It also adds $50 million to programs that provide transportation help, adult day care, and in-home services, such as aides to help seniors bathe and cook, help which eases the burden for family members and helps seniors stay in their homes.

Even the commie rag Mother Jones is reporting the cut and gut to granny's SS/Medicare.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/01/obama-puts-social-security-chopping-block

Bambi in his own words I' won't cut Medicare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0EAP47SdcY

29 posted on 01/30/2010 6:52:01 AM PST by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: Suvroc10
Well, Rush Holt is one of the few Ph.D holders in Congress. He has a degree in Physics and has worked at both Swarthmore and Princeton. He is much smarter then the commoners and obviously knows what is best for the riff-raff like that constituient who should know better then to lecture him!
30 posted on 01/30/2010 7:17:56 AM PST by pineybill (`)
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To: Suvroc10

Confusing. Holt’s webpage says the Jan 26 meeting was a telephone town hall meeting and has a link to the audio. Nothing on there about this townhall meeting referred to in the article.


31 posted on 01/30/2010 7:36:45 AM PST by MovementConservative (Love my Mariners. Certain 2010 AL West Champs!)
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To: Suvroc10

If they weren’t trying to f**kover the American people he would have no reason to censor her, would he?

He wouldn’t have a raging constituency, would he?

Scared little squirrel!

It would be just another boring town hall meeting, just as it should be.

I am SO entirely sick and tired of these clearly un-American a-holes.

He would not have taken that mike from me.

He represented the modern American politician and she represented the modern American, perfectly.

Stop letting them walk all over you!


32 posted on 01/30/2010 7:46:21 AM PST by Boucheau
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To: Suvroc10

Rush Holt is a nasty, smug, arrogant, venomous, hateful, spiteful scumbag. Other than that, he is a great guy.


33 posted on 01/30/2010 8:03:27 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: Boucheau

So what could you have done.....Grabbed the microphone which in turn would have looked like you were creating a violent situation, and then security would have escorted you out....Or maybe even have placed you under arrest.....If people do not start seeing truth as it is, and voting these communists out we are in BIG trouble.....


34 posted on 01/30/2010 8:38:53 AM PST by 3722535r
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To: All

She was on Fox yesterday.

She moved to New Jersey from Canada and knows the Canadian Health Care System. Apparently the Rep said the Health Care Program here won’t be like Canada’s.

Right. Gotcha.


35 posted on 01/30/2010 10:12:37 AM PST by carolina71
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To: Suvroc10
I moved out of Frank Pallone's 6th District to Zimmer's 12th just in time for him to lose to Holt.

It didn't last long as I got redistricted back into the 6th.

Sometimes you just can't win.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

36 posted on 01/30/2010 10:33:42 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: ozarkgirl

Extremely overboard.... I hate it when we exaggerate!


37 posted on 01/30/2010 10:34:40 AM PST by Drea
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To: Suvroc10

The ‘ Acorn’ people of Jersey elected this creep.


38 posted on 01/30/2010 10:53:58 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try.)
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To: MsLady

Think! Because it’s still legal.


39 posted on 01/30/2010 11:34:03 AM PST by DHSMostWanted (Unelect Benedict Nelson in 2012.)
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To: novemberslady

Represses more than represents.


40 posted on 01/30/2010 11:37:32 AM PST by DHSMostWanted (Unelect Benedict Nelson in 2012.)
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