Sen. Claire McCaskill finally runs into the bigots she so happily excused

[democracy1st]

LEBANON, Pa. – Jeers and taunts drowned out Democrats calling for a health care overhaul at town halls Tuesday, and one lawmaker said a swastika was spray-painted at his office as debate turned to noisy confrontation over President Barack Obama's plan. The president himself was treated more respectfully.

McCaskill admonished the rowdy crowd of some 1,500.

"I don't understand this rudeness," she said. "I honestly don't get it."


In Missouri, McCaskill was peppered with questions about health care for veterans, seniors and illegal immigrants and provisions funding abortions. One man was arrested after allegedly taking and ripping a sign from a woman that showed a picture of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus with the words, "First Lady of Civil Rights."

Someone shouted out that they didn't trust McCaskill.

"Beg your pardon ... you don't trust me?" McCaskill said. "I don't know what else I can do."

Specter said that in a long life in politics he hadn't seen anything like what he witnessed Tuesday and at a town hall last weekend that turned even uglier.

"There is more anger in America today than at any time I can remember," Specter said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_protests



Claire McCaskill: Town Hall Anger "Not Manufactured"
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) says at a town hall that it is "a huge mistake" to assume strong opinions from anyone opposed to President Obama's health care reform plan are "manufactured". She said that they might be "organized" but they are "not manufactured."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKGwKdd6r0Y

[RandomThoughts]

1. The anger was always there.

It has always been there.


When it went from the right base up to people at top, and then got policies enacted it had an outlet. It was funneled and used by both private and public systems to enact harm on people.


A few months ago, maybe a few years, that head on the public government side was stopped, now it has to go up and out through some of TV, since they still have part of that. It also has other outlets to go up and out.

But things are getting better, and many people are working for good things in many sectors.

It is there to create suffering and fear, to not let a person see their own actions, and to keep them working for that anger. It is only irrational fear, and every time that irrational projection of future events is shown to not happen, when they see that health care actually helps people, including them, the next time anger will not be able to get to them and use them as easily.


In my view, when it was done in secret behind closed doors, people did not see how bad it was, but when it is shown for all to see, and can not just be done in secret it is seen for what it is.

[tularetom]

2. I think she got an education today

Namely, you are wasting your time trying to play nice with these assholes.

She actually did pretty well at the meeting from what I saw.

Now let's see if she has the backbone to follow through on what she learned.