George W. Bush must be pissing himself with laughter: Dems "arrogant, out of touch with Americans"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Facing more heated questions, Specter tries humor

By GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press Writer Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press Writer – 1 min ago



Randy Hook, 50, of Hopewell, Pa., yells at Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., during a town hall meeting on health care in a Penn State University ballroom in State College, Pa, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. More than 400 attended. Opponents occasionally drowned out the Republican-turned-Democrat.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Sen. Arlen Specter, facing more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting Wednesday, sought to defuse tensions about health care reform debate with a few jokes.

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"What's up with all this? This is socialism," said Randy Hook, 50, of Hopewell, being cheered on by some attendees. "What about the money and speed of all this? If this is for the people what's the big hurry."

After looking Hook in the eye, Specter walked away and answered, "We're slowing down. We're taking our time to do it right."

Among the most common questions was whether the senator would sign up for a single-payer option if passed by Congress in health care legislation. Specter said he thinks a single-payer option ought to be on the table, but has little support in Congress.

Some critics praised Specter for having courage to face detractors, while others derided him or his Democratic colleagues as arrogant, and being out of touch with Americans.

"If a bill is proposed that I think is unwise, I will vote against it," Specter said.

[ellie]

1. Look at that angry asshole

What a fuckhead.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. The obvious question is...

..."Was he that angry during 8 years of Bush-Cheney, how many Bush-era events did he attend, and was he doing that finger-pointing, shouting, show-boating thing when he did?"

[ellie]

7. Of course not!

I am sure he just loved Bush and his cronies.

[Doctor_J]

12. No, because hate radio and Big Media didn't tell him to

he's a brain-dead Limbecile.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Apparently ignorance is not that blissful.

he's looking like an angry pimple.

[Eric J in MN]

2. RE "what's the big hurry"

This is one of the slowest moving major bills of the decade.

[drm604]

6. I know.

This seems to be one of the major talking points and, like so many others, it makes no sense.

[Doctor_J]

10. 14,000 people per day losing their health care, Limbecile

Arlen is a joke.

[bluestateguy]

4. I am proud to be out of touch with those Americans

I have no interest in "connecting with" or "understanding" such people who shout down civil discourse at town meetings. You bet I am out of touch with "Christian" fundamentalist wackos, militia thugs, teabaggers and birthers. I'm proud to be way out of touch with such people.

[louis-t]

5. How often did this idiot stop to read talking points

from his 'packet'?

[graywarrior]

9. Wow, who knew there were so many mentally ill loose on the streets of America.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Wish someone would have had Randy sign a pledge to never receive either Medicare or SS.