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White House Backs Protesters' Right to Carry Guns Outside Obama Speeches
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyTwo questions come to mind: What would possess someone to carry a gun to an appearance by the president of the United States? And what would possess the White House to say such a person has a right to do so? ...
Does Hate Speech Have Limits?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyExcuse me if the sight of folks with guns outside a presidential appearance doesn't automatically make me think "Second Amendment." I have nothing against guns. My oldest brother has a very big one. He last used it to shoot a moose. Yes, it's legal to carry a weapon, but is it the best way to encourage debate on health care? Outside Barack Obama's New Hampshire town hall, a man with a gun carried a sign, "It is time to water the tree of liberty!" referencing the Jefferson quote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants." In Arizona, ...
Obama on Health Care: A Civil Town Hall in New Hampshire
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyOK, so it was more of a pro-President Obama rally than an actual "town hall" meeting, but it was a start. Perhaps now we can get back to discussing the actual merits (and possible flaws) of the legislation that would revamp much of the nation's health care delivery system instead of watching helplessly as Democrats and Republicans shout down each other, calling their opponents Nazis and what-not. Speaking to a crowd comprised mostly of doting Democrats with a few skeptical Republicans and worried senior citizens sprinkled into the mix, Barack Obama showed why debate is not something he or ...
Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin Fall into Nancy Pelosi's Trap
By Matt Lewis - Politics Daily"Never interrupt your enemy," goes the old aphorism, "when he is making a mistake." Republicans didn't get that memo. A week ago, President Obama's health care plans (I say plans, because there is not one "plan") were on the verge of defeat, the result of a flawed policy prescription and numerous political miscalculations. This week, Obama and the Democrats have some breathing room, thanks in large part to Republicans. ...
Matt Kibbe on Inciting Health Care Chaos: We're 'Not Nearly as Rowdy as a High School Football Game'
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThe head of the conservative group accused of inciting disruptive behavior at Democrats' health care meetings insists it's the Left that's to blame, not the Right. In an interview with Politics Daily, Matt Kibbe, the president of Freedomworks, contends that initially, his group's followers were "not nearly as rowdy as a high school football game." But when Democratic leaders like Harry Reid "mocked" their grassroots as phony, he said, "people were aroused." ...
Harry Reid: 'Phony' Health Care Protests Astroturf, not Grassroots
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stood up during a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday to display a prop meant to reinforce Democrats' charges that protests against health care reform have been organized by political and corporate interests. Holding up a square of bright green Astroturf, Reid said, "This is not grass roots," and added that the congressional town hall demonstrations are "about as phony as this grass." Reid acknowledged that Americans have concerns about health care legislation, "and rightly so." But he said the protests were generated by "talk show hosts, Internet rumor mongers ...
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