There has been a lot of hub bub around the town hall meetings of late. The most controversial of which is the claim that the visibly irritable opponents of health care reform are partisan plants. That the ruckuses are organized. "Astro-turf" conspiracies meant to undermine a popular president and the majority in Congress. The accusations are numerous, but the evidence is nonexistent.
Nothing. None. Not a scintilla (and if there is I would love to see it). This is just the best way many health care reformists have come to reconcile what is difficult for them to acknowledge, the people don't want reform in any of the ways they have been proposing.
Hell, even Nobel-laureate and pint sized liberal pundit Paul Krugman contends that,
[block quote]But while the organizers are as crass as they come, I haven?t seen any evidence that the people disrupting those town halls are Florida-style rent-a-mobs. For the most part, the protesters appear to be genuinely angry.[/block quote]
Good for him. We couldn't expect anything less than reason from such an esteemed Princeton professor. Obviously the rational conclusion which brainiac must the conclude is that the heated opposition represents represents objection to the proposals, right?
No. Paul Krugman thinks:
[block quote]That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that?s behind the ?birther? movement, which denies Mr. Obama?s citizenship.[/block quote]
*facepalm*. Racism. That's it. It couldn't be that the proposals are ludicrous on their merits, no, it's racism.
Not only are these people in power right now, but he represents one of the smartest of the bunch. God help us.
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