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Malkin: Left Tries to Stamp Out Civil Dissent

Foes of health care reform aren't out of control—liberals are

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2009 12:48 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The same “Democrat Masters of Astroturf” who delight in liberal activism are crying foul about the perfectly valid rabble-rousing of Tea Party activists, writes Michelle Malkin on her blog. Conservative activists have been told to pack Democratic events and heckle them, something one liberal blogger describes as “civic vigilantism.” Malkin disagrees. “Booing a talking-points-programmed political hack isn’t ‘civic vigilantism,’” she writes. It’s “participatory democracy.”

The “anti-war, anti-free trade, anti-Bush mobsters” spent the last eight years pouring cement on train tracks, vandalizing businesses, and throwing shoes, Malkin fumes. But when the right asks aloud, “How can you manage health care when you can’t manage Cash for Clunkers?” it’s, to quote a DNC spokesman, “inciting angry mobs.” Malkin doesn’t think activists are the ones who are out of line. “It’s the Tea Party-bashers who can’t tolerate peaceful dissent.”

People holds signs as President Barack Obama's motorcade drives by en route to a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C.
People holds signs as President Barack Obama's motorcade drives by en route to a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
A man holds a sign as President Barack Obama's motorcade heads to a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, near a supermarket in Bristol, Va.
A man holds a sign as President Barack Obama's motorcade heads to a town hall on health care reform, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, near a supermarket in Bristol, Va.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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fancygapva
Aug 6, 2009 12:52 PM CDT
@ carol-- I remember when Blue Cross first came out with Health Insurance. Prior to that I paid $5.00 a visit to the doctor. when he delivered my twins he delivered them for the same $800 hospital, pre natal care, post natal and all, then he became their pediatrician (country doctor). When he gave them their shots (not very many) it was two for the price of one, he said, you have to buy two pairs of shoes for them.....then Blue Cross came out and was provided as a benefit through Burlington Industries where my husband worked. The cost of a visit sky rocketed because they had a fee schedule. Did you know that Blue Cross was initially created by doctors? Soon there were specialist visits and more vaccinations and about a million things medical. I think that "insurance" is the problem. And you notice Congress has a health plan, not health insurance. They don't pay for it, they just get treatment and the government (that's us) gets billed. THEY have socialized medicine and it's cheaper and better than what those of us who have insurance have.
fancygapva
Aug 6, 2009 12:28 PM CDT
I wonder if Malkin ever stood in a Bush era "Free Speech Zone" behind barricades that prevented anyone in the White House or any venue from seeing or hearing protests? I wonder if she would rather that Democrats give tickets to the loyal of the party and give everyone else the bum's rush as did Obama's predecessor. Creating a disturbance in a movie will get someone tossed out. Same for a PTA meeting or a City Council meeting where someone does not hold to the rules of order. These people are trying to foment at least riots and possibly revolution in support of a bunch of cut-throat insurance and drug companies. They don't have a clue what is going on even among those supposedly on "their" side.
jaguarj
Aug 6, 2009 12:21 PM CDT
Jayster..still working on your 6th grade BS degree?
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