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| A lesson in "the fine art of political discourse." | |
| 2009-08-12 | |
| FreedomWorks press release Washington, DC -- Today, FreedomWorks released an apology to leftist political organizations, including MoveOn.org, the Democratic National Committee, the AFL-CIO, and ACORN for our apparent ignorance of the fine art of political discourse. FreedomWorks' August Recess Call to Action encouraged grassroots citizens to attend Congressional town hall meetings and listening sessions. We asked everyone to voice their opinions and communicate their opposition to the President's proposed hostile takeover of the American health care system. Apparently, the very act of showing up and having an opinion is, in effect, to act like a "thug." Opposing President Obama's policy agenda on health care is, in and of itself, unacceptable, and has no place in our democracy. Bottom line: it's "disgusting," according to our friends on the left. We didn't know this. Evidently, we also didn't know best practices in a respectful, dignified policy debate, but our leftist friends were kind enough to "take FreedomWorks to school", so to speak. Specifically, "school" included phone call blitzes from MoveOn.org and the AFL-CIO that jammed FreedomWorks phone lines and filled up staff voice mail boxes. Callers' consistently used profanity, vulgarity, ever-popular references to "Nazis" and "brown-shirters," racial slurs targeting an African-American staffer, and even veiled threats of violence and bodily harm. Now we know how an intelligent political debate unfolds. Thank You! There are WAV files of the phone calls at the link.
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| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 These idiots in DC are lucky. During the Whiskey Rebellion there was shooting; not shouting. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-08-12 14:45 |
| #1 Dear Anointed One.....Thank you so much for bringing both sides of the isle together!!! This is working out Soooooo WELL. I can't wait for the RUMBLES to start w/ the UNIONS again. Tell me if I'm wrong....but isn't this the start of the next civil war?? |
| Posted by: Don Vito 2009-08-12 09:01 |