Chicago politics now reaches out to a national level.
From Woody's Place comes this video:
The asshats in the blue teeshirts are from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) -- buddies and co-conspirators with ACORN -- and when National Public Radio thinks something is fishy in this liberal dreamland, something is well past their sell-by date... (more on ACORN here)
Denny over at Grouchy Old Cripple found the SEIU press release for the event and gave it the fisking it so deserved:
SEIU Statement Gotta love this. The SEIU issued a statement on the thuggery that occurred last night in Mehlville Missouri at Russ "Clueless" Carnahan's townhall meeting.
"Last night, in St. Louis, a Reverend and SEIU member was assaulted at a town hall dedicated to discussing our national healthcare crisis. The incident, along with a town hall in Tampa, Florida, has been all over the radio and cable news shows. GOP operatives are rushing to paint it as SEIU thug violence. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Who ya gonna believe? This dipstick or your own lying eyes.
"In fact, the Reverend, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, and others who attended in hopes of a peaceful dialogue about our nation's healthcare crisis, endured the latest attempt by right-wing fringe groups to hijack the democratic process through violence if necessary. Last night, the Teabaggers' violent tactics broke and dislocated the shoulder of the Reverend.
We know the cops must be in on it since they only arrested the SEIU choirboys.
"Let's be clear: These groups, backed by insurance companies and corporate front groups, want nothing more than to preserve the status quo system of rationing, where HMOs choose doctors, and insurance companies deny us the care we need. Their dearest hope is that by resorting to outrageous charges of Nazism and euthanasia, they can make the American public too afraid to support real reform.
What are you dudes afraid of? If the bill is such a great thing, why are you trying to ram it through? Shouldn't there be a long and extended debate on the bill's merits? Shouldn't there be public hearings? Shouldn't there be a national dialogue. As someone at one of the rallies states, "It took Obama 6 months to decide on a dog and he wants to ram health care reform through Congress in three weeks."
"But SEIU and hardworking women and men all over this country are standing up to their bullying tactics. We deserve a national conversation about how we will fix our failing healthcare system and help make this an economy that works for everyone."
But you assholes don't want a national conversation on health care. And as for the bullying tactics, let's talk about Kenneth Gladney the black dude who started all the violence. The SEIU dude's fist was minding its own business when BAM! Gladney's face attacked it. And then to make things worse, the innocent SEIUs dudes' feet were minding their own business when Gladney's body, which had gone down on the ground to fight dirty, attacked their feet. What a sneaky mobster he is!
I want my Republic back again dammit!
Posted by DaveH at August 9, 2009 1:14 PM