Pro-healthcare forces win in Alameda.......(picture heavy)

[Joanne98]

Alameda Town Hall Was A Rout

by Simian

Alameda Town Hall Was A Rout Sun Aug 16, 2009 at 12:32:03 AM PDT

Pete Stark (D-CA 13) held not just one, but three town hall meetings on healthcare Saturday in his East Bay district. The first one, in Fremont, has already been diary'd; and we skipped the second one in San Leandro in order to make it to the third, in Alameda, in time to get inside.

Although we arrived nearly an hour early, by the time we got there the rally was already well under way.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/16/767515/-Alameda-Town-Hall-Was-A-Rout

[newfie11]

1. Any bets if this will make the national news n/t

[Alameda]

2. Hey, I was there too! Nice to see another DUer there.

I thought Pete dealt with the disrupters with a lot of class and finesse, as did many of the members inside. I did find it very annoying when they just started speaking out of turn....just butting in...loudly. I had a chance to engage a couple outside before we were let in. They were anti healthcare, anti Social Security. When I asked them if they liked the highways, bridges and such they said that was fine. Government should be for things like that and defense...and border defense...keep those nasty immigrants out.