joe scab claims the town halls are very well staged and the

[babylonsister]

audience is selected and given tickets a la idiot son (speaking specifically about the one the prez will be at in NH). I didn't know that. In fact, I didn't think that was true.

Can anyone clarify?

[Atman]

1. Actually, he didn't say that.

He said the PRESIDENTIAL town hall WILL BE carefully scripted. That no one will get in without a ticket and therefore any "hecklers" will likely be plants just so Obama can confront them.

Ludicrous either way, but just for the sake of accuracy...

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[babylonsister]

2. I sure didn't hear what he said that way. Go to video! :) nt

[liberal N proud]

3. I think Obama welcomes the loud crowd and know just how to deal with them

When they start yelling and heckling, he will pause and let them have their piece, peacefully. Then he will put their fear, fabricated or real to rest with FACT.

I am surprised that no one has picked up on this. I have noticed this, first by being at one of his town hall meetings and second watching him on the boob tube with anyone who confronts him at a town hall or press conference.

He shines when they confront him.

[butterfly77]

9. There have been many paid protestors at Obama rallies..

and usually they are black...

[liberal N proud]

10. Do you have an example of paid black protesters?

The ones I have seen surely were not black.

[butterfly77]

11. No,I don't have the receipts or anything but...

throughout the campaign there would be certain black groups or people holding up banners and shouting during Obama's townhall meetings. Just as some who are strategically placed near the cameras during the recent townhall show downs. No I don't know for a fact but I don't put anything past some of these mentally disturbed people who are paying for the bus trips...

[liberal N proud]

12. I prefer facts over what you are offering n/t

[butterfly77]

17. You don't have to accept what I am offering but..

Scarbourough is full of shit and that is my point and so is the rightwing nuts..

[City Lights]

4. My money is on Joe lying each and every time his lips are moving.

Sounds like a run-of-the-mill dirty trick the Gang Of Psychos uses. Take whatever unsavory deed your own team has pulled and claim your opponent is doing it. And don't offer one iota of proof.

[cal04]

5. this is what UnionLeader.com is reporting

Portsmouth braces for President's visit
http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Portsmouth+braces+for+President%27s+visit&articleId=a6497e7d-5e85-4881-8bc5-0d679c300777


If you want to see the President talk about health-care reform at Portsmouth High School today but weren't one of the 1,800 people selected by the White House: good luck.

And, if you had plans to drive through the city tomorrow: think again.

With thousands of people -- invited guests, protesters and the national media -- expected to swarm the Stone Gymnasium this afternoon, final preparations were under way yesterday.

City firefighters checked the hydrants around the building to make sure they were operational, workers erected high-power lights inside the building and TV crews set up their satellite trucks.

A stream of guests came to pick up their tickets yesterday. Each filled out a form on the White House Web site and were contacted over the weekend by a member of the President's advance team. They included Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Most said they had never given money to the Obama campaign.

[babylonsister]

7. Thanks for that. Actually, while I'm glad they're allowing

people from all parties in, maybe the extra caution, if that's what this indicates, is a good thing, especially in the current climate.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. RW is spinning already

They figure Obama will be able to handle anything the disrupters dish out, so they want to make it seem that the "real" people weren't allowed in. Funny, isn't it, that the MSM never mentioned how Bush's appearances were all with pre-selected people.

[butterfly77]

8. You beat me to the punch...

I finally got to the computer because I was going to post the same thing.This mf has the nerve to talk this shit when Bush wouldn't let you in if you were a Democrat and his Repug/Thugs would shout down the person or drag them out of the townhall if one happen to slip in.

KISS OUR ASS SCARBOUROUGH!AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!Scarbourough and the rest of the thugs are so worried about single payer health care. Are they complaining about all of the terrorists,and criminals in our jails that are getting better health care than regular law abiding citizens...

[billyoc]

13. I wouldn't let those clinic bombers anywhere NEAR the President if I were the Secret Service.

[zulchzulu]

14. If Sam the Scab was correct, then why have there been Repig hecklers at meetings?

Sam The Scab, as Meagan McCain has pointed out, is a fucking idiot.

[Thrill]

15. Obama could be like Bush. And not give a damn what people cared about

Have no townhalls. And do whatever the hell he wanted.

The media seems to forget that. People are lucky that this President wants to speak to them and wants to hear from them.

[Jennicut]

16. I think Obama is mature enough to deal with protesters unlike Georgie

W. had to have everything handed to him in life. I think Obama will handle it just fine and does not need any "help".