Tag Archives: Townhalls

Are the Media “Distorting the Voice of the People” on Health Care?

The quoted portion of this post’s title is itself a title — of a column by the reliably liberal, reliably biased E. J. Dionne in today’s Washington Post. The question raised in my title is a reaction to Dionne’s post, which claims the media have been playing dirty all summer in their coverage of the [...]

Things Are Getting Hot in Austin

This morning I was at a meeting where I got to eavesdrop on a conversation about the Doggett Pro-Healthcare townhall scheduled for this Saturday. It turns out that someone announced that the First Methodist Church was sponsoring the event. They aren’t. One of the members simply reserved the space. As a result of this misrepresentation, [...]

CONTENTION OF THE DAY

In the long run, the side that most insistently believes in its own arguments usually wins. This neatly sums up the outcome of the 2008 election, and the current state of the health care debate. I don’t think every swing voter would categorically embrace everything that’s happened at the town hall meetings (on either side), [...]

As for the “Mean” Girl

Little Girl Who Asked Pre-Written Question About “Mean Signs” Appears to be Daughter of Lawyer/Obama Donor.  UPDATE:  Confirmed.

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