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town hall meeting stories: 79 news summaries

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 GOP Wants to Resurrect 
 That Town Hall Feeling 

Party hopes to drum up anger over health bills

Nov 11, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans are hoping to re-create the late-summer town hall meetings at which angry voters lashed out over proposed health care legislation. Sen. Lamar Alexander tells Politico the party is planning 50 phone and in-person gatherings over the next few weeks. "If every American has a chance to read the... More »

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health care • Democrats • health insurance • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • town hall meeting • House Republicans • Gallup poll

Dems Gird for Battle Over Veterans Day Recess

This time, they have something to crow about (and be criticized for)

Nov 10, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Given what happened last time they took a vacation, Democratic lawmakers are steeling themselves for the Veterans Day recess, anticipating a fresh round of battles on health care reform. Members of Congress from both sides have been armed with fact sheets and talking points on what Republicans dub "The... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • recess • health care reform • MoveOn.org • town hall meeting • US Chamber of Commerce

PROFILE

 In Health Battle, 
 Dick Armey Rides Again 

Ex-House leader strides back onto national stage over health care

Nov 5, 09 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's battle over health care reform feels like the early '90s all over again to Dick Armey. The former House majority leader and his FreedomWorks foundation have been at the heart of protests against the Obama administration, channeling conservative power in the same way the Christian right used to,... More »

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Republican • House of Representatives • political activism • health care reform • town hall meeting • Dick Armey • tea parties • FreedomWorks Foundation

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Teabaggers Turn on Graham

GOP senator pilloried for op-ed with John Kerry on dangers of climate change

Oct 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham drew the ire of teabaggers at a town hall yesterday for colluding with John Kerry on climate legislation. Angry protesters called the South Carolina Republican a “traitor” who made a “pact with the devil” by “going to bed” with the Massachusetts Dem in an... More »

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climate change • John Kerry • Lindsey Graham • town hall meeting • climate change legislation • carbon emissions • bipartisan • Tea Party • teabaggers

OPINION

 Fox Ain't News, It's 
 'the Opposition Party' 

Other media outlets need to highlight 'propaganda:' Boehlert

Oct 13, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Fox News has exited the journalism community this year,” Eric Boehlert writes. “It's a purely political player,” which would be all well and good if other media outlets would just report that. As it stands, Fox goes happily about its “propaganda” while hiding behind... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • propaganda • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • health care reform • town hall meeting • right wingers • Obama administration • birther • teabaggers • opposition party

(AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter says Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's speech last week was an act "based on racism." Carter says Wilson's comment was part of an "inherent feeling" of some that a black man should not be president. In responding to a question at... More »

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Jimmy Carter • racism • health care reform • speech • town hall meeting • House Republicans • Carter Center • President Obama • Joe Wilson

House Dems Back to Work
in Same Quagmire

Public health insurance option still splitting party after hectic summer break

Sep 8, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats returned to work yesterday in the same position they were in before they spent their summer break getting an earful from the public, the Washington Post reports. House lawmakers are still expected to move first on the health care bill. But while broad support remains for some kind... More »

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health care • Congress • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • town hall meeting • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

(Newser) - To listen to the Obama camp and the liberal media, the anti-Obamacare protesters at last month’s town halls are a grave threat to our way of life, Mary Katharine Harn writes in the Weekly Standard. But “the climate of paranoia and violence that enveloped our political system... More »

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violence • Kevin Bacon • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters • conservatives • Obama administration • President Obama • Footloose • progressives

(Newser) - The Rev. Steven Anderson—he's the Arizona preacher praying for the president's death—is positioning himself nicely to take up a new title, writes Jeffrey Weiss for Politics Daily: American Taliban. Anderson isn't a terrorist. But he is a "man with an absolute belief in a particular interpretation of... More »

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Taliban • politics • town hall meeting • religious violence • Steven Anderson • Faithful Word Baptist Church • religious extremism

Rural States Would Gain Most From Health Reform...

...but their vehement residents want it least

Sep 2, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - With some of the highest percentages of uninsured citizens, rural states like Wyoming and Iowa stand to benefit the most from health care reform—but they’re also home to its most vocal detractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. Such states tend to have lower personal incomes, more small businesses... More »

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health care • Medicare • Medicaid • health care reform • uninsured • town hall meeting • rural America

 Dems Plan Rallies to 
 Counteract Ugly Town Halls 

Health care reform advocates look 
 to Obama '08 playbook

Aug 31, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Obama supporters will try to recapture the energy of his presidential campaign with a two-week health care reform push featuring a bus tour, rallies, and more than 2,000 house parties. Organizing for America, the network of Obama supporters now run by the Democratic National Committee, aims to show lawmakers... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • rally • health care reform • town hall meeting • campaign rally

ANALYSIS

 America: Why So Furious? 

Terrorism, recession, economy drive nationwide rage

Aug 30, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - With town halls gone mad and anti-Obama protesters toting guns, this is America’s angriest summer in recent memory, McClatchy reports. The fury of voters has deep roots, from a long history of hate groups to anti-Vietnam marches to rage against George W. Bush when he left office—but it’... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • terrorism • militia • anger • immigrant • town hall meeting • hate groups • economy • George W. Bush

 GOP Candidates 
 Hold Own Town Halls 

Republicans jump on Democrats' reluctance to host ugly meetings

Aug 30, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican candidates across the country are staging their own health care town halls in a bid to upstage Democratic incumbents, Politico reports. With many Democrats declining to host the rowdy events, GOP challengers have seized on town halls as easy tickets to voter connection and press coverage. “By the... More »

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health care • Republican Party • health care reform • Republican candidate • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • congressional candidates

Gun-Toter's Pastor Prayed for Obama's Death

Ariz. preacher called prez 'socialist devil'

Aug 28, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man who brought an assault rifle to an Obama town hall in Arizona last week had attended a sermon the day before during which the pastor said he would “pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell,” TPM reports. “I’d like Barack Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • town hall meeting • assault rifles • pastor • guns • Steven Anderson • Chris Broughton

OPINION

 Sorry, Mr. President, 
 Nobody Likes Change 

Let's reform health care, as long as it can stay the same

Aug 28, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you listen to pandering politicians or ranting radio hosts, you’d think Americans want big, far-reaching change right away. They might disagree on what change, but nobody likes the way things are. Well, you’d be wrong, writes Michael Kinsley for the Washington Post. As the health care... More »

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protests • Clinton administration • health care reform • town hall meeting • change • Obama administration • President Obama • William Kristol

(AP) - John McCain met with an angry crowd at a town hall meeting about health care reform yesterday, sometimes having to fight to talk and telling one woman who wouldn't stop shouting that she had to leave. The senator hadn't yet opened the meeting to questions when one audience member continuously... More »

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John McCain • health insurance • Arizona • Phoenix • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters • public option

OPINION

If He's a Fascist, Then You're
a Moron

Let's not belittle
the actual victims
of fascism: McArdle

Aug 27, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every few months, some hyped-up protester decides someone they don’t like is a fascist. It’s “beyond moronic,” writes Megan McArdle of the Atlantic, whether you’re talking about George W. Bush or Barack Obama. “The Bush administration did many bad things. But to call... More »

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Barack Obama • Adolf Hitler • town hall meeting • George W. Bush • protesters • Fascism

 Randall Terry 
 Booted From 
 Va. Town Hall 

Crowd chants 'kick him out' at antiabortion activist

Aug 26, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Theatrical antiabortion protester Randall Terry was escorted from a town hall last night as he hammered Howard Dean for "baby-killing," Salon reports. Terry has been protesting outside town halls, but last night, he came indoors as the former DNC chair and Rep. Jim Moran met with constituents in... More »

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Howard Dean • health care reform • town hall meeting • anti-abortion activists • Randall Terry • Jim Moran

(Newser) - Two men who brought guns to events featuring President Barack Obama belong to the same right-wing organization, Talking Points Memo reports. Chris Broughton, who carried an assault rifle into an Arizona town hall this week, and William Kostric, who brought a handgun to a New Hampshire forum last week, are... More »

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Arizona • town hall meeting • right wingers • guns • We The People

OPINION

NRA Shouldn't Tolerate Gun-Toting Protesters

It's just not a safe way to use a firearm

Aug 20, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside,... More »

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NRA • gun control • protests • health care reform • town hall meeting • National Rifle Association • political protest • guns

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