Sunday, August 9, 2009
Red Mass Group has video from today's town hall meeting with Rep. Niki Tsongas in Chelsford. Sounds like she got the same results as every other video we've seen on the health care issue -- raucous (are you guys getting the message that an awful lot of regular people do not want this thing?), but that's only what can be garnered from the background, because the meeting wasn't what they've posted here: Tsongas' Intimidation Tactics Against GOP Opponent Sam Meas
Pat McCarthy of Lowell, is a former WCAP radio host, and member of the Democratic City Committee. He is a long-time union and Democratic Party organizer. On August 8, 2009 Mr. McCarthy arrived at Niki Tsongas' (D-MA) town hall event on healthcare with members of her paid congressional staff. Mr. McCarthy then proceeded to help Mrs. Tsongas' staff set up the town hall.
As the town hall got started Mr. McCarthy noticed that Sam Meas (R-Haverhill), Mrs. Tsongas' only announced opponent was in the hall. Mr. McCarthy then proceeded to video tape Mr. Meas for essentially the remainder of the town hall. As Mr. Meas moved around the hall, Mr. McCarthy followed with his camera...
(EaBo Clipper is also posting the unedited video of the event itself, here.)
Edit: And in Memphis:
...reader Jeremy Kendall writes: "Interesting note: there was only one handmade sign in support of the public option at the event. All of the rest were handed out by MoveOn.org and the Tennessee Health Care Coalition."
Freedom of Speech, a reminder. Excerpt:
"In order to more fully portray the vileness of the assault on democracy being propogated by Nancy Pelosi and the White House communications office, I'm going to discuss it in the context of this great Norman Rockwell painting, Freedom of Speech."
[...]
"The painting, for those who may not be aware, was one in a touching series of paintings depicting the Four Freedoms as constructed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, and Freedom of Worship were the others.
"Now, when you or I see this painting, we see an admirable figure, a leader, a great American. We see a citizen speaking his mind, an American posessed of the God-given, inalienable right to freedom of expression. We see discourse and debate. We see what America is all about.
"The modern Libtard, represented by Nancy Pelosi and the White House Press office, sees a manufactured mob."
The soft creep of latent authoritarian interests, thuggishness and intimidation in general, becoming increasingly manifest. But it's because they care, so much ...
Creepy, indeed, though vile is rather more to the point.