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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
I've seen reports that many of the most vocal and disruptive attendees at the meetings have been hired and instructed on bow to disrupt the meetings by lobbyists representing insurance and drug companies.
Whoever is disrupting the meetings are doing the public a diservice by interfering with the process of the public communicating with their elected representatives.
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While I absolutely concur with your closing paragraph, I must ask if there is any proof of the assertions of these "reports" you reference. I've seen reports that Elvis is alive, the tooth fairy is real, and Nixon didn't know about Watergate. Especially in today's environment, one can get "reports" to support any wing-nut belief. Just tune into Hannity, Olbermann, Savage, or Maddow. If the host doesn't throw it out there, one of their guests or callers will.
However regardless of the kernel of the protests, one cannot help but smirk at the irony of an administration centered on a man who earned his chops organizing "spontaneous" protests and who endorsed in-your-face confrontations during his campaign now crying that their opponents are using their tactics and it's not fair.
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