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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (30809)8/14/2009 2:57:11 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Me - Surprising to the MSM anyway.

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Surprising Findings

Megan McArdle
theatlantic.com
13 Aug 2009 05:30 pm

The protests at the Town Hall meeting are not doing PR damage to the opponents of Obamacare; rather the opposite:

   


I confess, I would never have guessed that. And the fraction of independents who say that their sympathy is increased or unchanged is 73%, slightly higher than the overall average. While I share the protester's aims, I personally think that shouting down Congressman is both a violation of our civic duties, and terrible tactics. But apparently the rest of the country isn't so worried by it.

Update: The Obama White House seems to have tapped into whatever lake of Crazy Juice the Birthers are drinking from. White House spokesman Bill Burton apparently claimed that right-wingers are showing up at health care events dressed up as Hitler.

meganmcardle.theatlantic.com
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