Bedlam against the gop

[babylonsister]

Dan Webster confronted by angry town hall crowd

By Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel

3:19 p.m. EDT, April 26, 2011


A town hall meeting held in Orlando by U.S. Rep. Dan Webster degenerated into bedlam Tuesday, with members of the crowd shouting down the freshman Republican congressman and yelling at one another.

It was the last of a series of town hall meetings Webster has hosted during Congress' spring recess, which ends Monday. While the others were civil and largely uneventful, the 300 people at Tuesday's meeting were so raucous they were scolded by a police officer to act "like grown people."

Webster tried to go over a series of charts showing growing levels of federal spending and debt, and the reason he supports the federal budget plan put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. But he was interrupted at every turn by shouts from his critics, including members of progressive groups such as Moveon.org and Organize Now.

Boos and shouts of "liar" were mixed with angry accusations that Ryan's plan to change Medicare would leave those now under 55 without health insurance in their retirement, calls to eliminate the tax cuts first put in place by former President Bush and the need to raise corporate taxes rather than cut entitlement programs.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-dan-webster-district-20110426,0,2749190.story

[sarcasmo]

1. No health insurance and no social security is what the right want for those of us under 55.

[RagAss]

4. Well, actually they want us dead. Taking away Health Insurance and SS is just the method.

[sarcasmo]

8. I figured it was enslaved.

[pscot]

9. Your parents (boomers all)

are willing to throw you under the bus in order to keep what they've got.

[RagAss]

2. Bedlam !!!!! I love Bedlam !!!!

[malaise]

3. Bring it on

:popcorn:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Seniors starting to get it---

GOP wants to cut their Social Security and make them pay more for Medicare-- a double whammy.

[underpants]

7. Lead on the nightly news? corporate media? -- no of course not

never happened just like Paul Ryan getting booed got no play.

Good for them but the media will mostly ignore it.

[gratuitous]

10. But it was so newsworthy last year

I guess angry crowds aren't really worth the time on the nooz unless they're astroturfed in by the Koch brothers and angry at nothing. Spontaneous demonstrations against real, actual policy proposals? Zzzzzzz.

[underpants]

11. exactly

it was all the rage when it was the people standing up against themselves