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Democrats, Media Distorting Town Hall Facts
Newsmax ^ | August 10, 2009 | James Hirsen

Posted on 08/10/2009 9:22:51 AM PDT by holy joe

No shortage of chutzpah on the part of the White House, Democrats, and mainstream media.

Even after White House press fixture Helen Thomas criticized the planting of reporters at so-called press conferences, the manipulation of public events and sentiments continues.

Now we see the president, Dem Party, and Machiavellian media revving up their propaganda engines to push an unsuspecting public into believing that town hall meetings are staged, rent-a-mobs are bullying congressional members, and insurance companies are choreographing the entire scenario.

Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and others who express concern about the socialization of our healthcare system are getting slimed. Those who speak out at Town Hall meetings are being painted as nothing more than “manufactured protesters.”

But the same politicians and media that are defaming citizens for daring to ask questions were sickeningly silent when members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a.k.a. ACORN, really did fabricate protests at the homes of AIG executives who received bonuses following the government approved TARP bailouts.

Big Media covered ACORN’s sham demonstrations while ignoring, or covering with a sneer, the tea parties that spontaneously sprang up from coast to coast...

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TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 111th; aads; agenda; angrymob; bho44; bustunions; communism; deceit; demlies; democrats; dnc; enemedia; healthers; liberalfascism; liberalmedia; marxism; mediabias; msm; obama; obamacare; pelosi; rahm; seiu; socializedmedicine; stalinisttactics; thebiglie; townhalls; unionthugs

1 posted on 08/10/2009 9:22:51 AM PDT by holy joe
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2 posted on 08/10/2009 9:27:59 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: holy joe

Obama is going to strike back twice as hard at Americans!...What U.S. President has ever uttered such insanity?


3 posted on 08/10/2009 9:35:10 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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4 posted on 08/10/2009 9:38:18 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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5 posted on 08/10/2009 9:43:57 AM PDT by sauropod (People who do things are people that get things done.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

“What U.S. President has ever uttered such insanity?”

None that I can remember...however, Benito and Adolph would be proud.


6 posted on 08/10/2009 9:46:04 AM PDT by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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The Left has in its ranks Healthers who lie and spin conspiracy rumors about the protests against nationalizing healthcare.


7 posted on 08/10/2009 9:49:45 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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Oh, I think ostammer is thinking bigger than Benito and ol’ Adolph. I think he’s trying to emulate old “Country Joe.”


8 posted on 08/10/2009 9:56:00 AM PDT by bustinchops
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To: holy joe
all the media have to do is see the links that are asking for paid protesters and thugs
9 posted on 08/10/2009 11:32:29 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman -- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

“Obama is going to strike back twice as hard at Americans!...What U.S. President has ever uttered such insanity?”

Well...Abraham Lincoln.


10 posted on 08/10/2009 1:00:03 PM PDT by dsc (The "t" in the word "often" is silent.)
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“Democrats, Media Distorting Town Hall Facts”

Well, Satan is the father of lies, and the father of leftism. Whuddaya expect?


11 posted on 08/10/2009 1:01:29 PM PDT by dsc (The "t" in the word "often" is silent.)
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