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Rep. Doggett: 'Mob Scene' Born of 'Fanaticism'
Rep. Doggett: 'Mob Scene' Born of 'Fanaticism'
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (R-TX) said his health care town hall this weekend was a "mob scene" filled with people from outside the neighborhood, and compared the protesters to birthers and secessionists. "It's the same fanaticism I saw on Saturday," Doggett told Chris Matthews on Hardball. He ...
Rep Doggett meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009 (video)
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Rep Doggett meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009 (video)
youtube.com — Rep Doggett met with constituents outside a grocery store in south Austin regarding the health care bill. Apparently the event was mostly advertised in libe... (more) Rep Doggett meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 ...
Angry right harasses Rep. Lloyd Doggett with anti-health care chants.
Angry right harasses Rep. Lloyd Doggett with anti-health care chants.
thinkprogress.org — Today, House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representatives with large, angry throngs (“ town halls gone wild ”). The corporate lobbyists engineering these ... (more) Angry right harasses Rep. Lloyd Doggett with anti-health ...
Doggett calls protesters a 'mob' - Glenn Thrush
politico.com — August 03, 2009 Categories: Health Care Doggett calls protesters a 'mob' Rep. Lloyd Doggett's office is calling the protesters who swarmed him in Austin over the weekend a "mob," and blaming the chaos on the local libertarian and Republican activists. ... (more) Doggett calls protesters a 'mob' - Glenn Thrush
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Taking on the mob
Political Animal — ... in Hartford called on Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) to commit suicide as a way to cure his recently diagnosed prostate cancer. And even though it lacked any clear appeal to the murder of public officials or even a good suicide joke, I'm still pretty fond of this case on Tuesday where the head of the local Tea Party group up in Rome, New York just started yelling 'liar' over and over at a clearly befuddled and caught off guard Steny Hoyer." Let's not forget the protestor carrying a tombstone with Rep. Lloyd Doggett's (D-Texas) name on it -- at the same event ...

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Bill Scher: A Right-Wing Mob Is Not a Majority
huffingtonpost.com 8/4/2009 — We're seeing more and more YouTube video of hostile constituents berating members of Congress to kill health care reform. Last month was the infamous Rep. Mike Castle town hall where the crowd demanded the congressman say that President Obama was not ...
Rep. Doggett: If Health Care Supporters Don't Speak Up, Insurance Companies Will Win
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/4/2009 — Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), whose health care town hall Saturday turned into a "mob scene" of shouting protesters, just summed up this whole thing. CNN anchor Rick Sanchez asked Doggett why, if public opinion polls are split down the middle, we're ...
Know Your Town Hall Mob Agitators!
iowahawk.typepad.com 8/6/2009 — By Linda Douglass Deputy Assistant Under-Minister of Truth White House Health Care Task Force Greetings citizen! By now you may have heard scattered rumors of state and party officials encountering reactionary resistors at local health care reform ...
Dem Congressman Gets Death Threats Over Health Care BillThe Political Carnival
By GottaLaff We knew the irrational mob mentality of the Rushpublicrazies would escalate, and we were right: Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) will not be hosting any town hall events this August -- instead, he's making himself available to constituents for one-on-one meetings about health care reform ...
Tea Party Mob Threatens Life Of Rep. Brad MillerOliver Willis
The GOP Beast strikes . Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) will not be hosting any town hall events this August — instead, he’s making himself available to constituents for one-on-one meetings about health care reform — and at least part of the reason is this: His offices have received ...
The Unintended Consequences of Mob Harassment (Redux)Political Animal
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF MOB HARASSMENT (REDUX).... Following up on yesterday's item, the upsides to right-wing activists bullying their way through town-hall meetings are clear: they get to intimidate supporters of health care reform, shut down discussions that might help...
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