Bluedogs get torch and pitchfork mob treatment:: "An unruly Little Rock crowd heckled and shouted"

[jefferson_dem]

Ark. crowd mocks lawmakers over Obama health plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An unruly Little Rock crowd heckled and shouted at two Arkansas Democratic congressmen Wednesday, accusing them of supporting a government-backed health plan that would take away Americans' personal choice and freedom.

At one point, U.S. Rep. Mike Ross sat with his head in his hands while the crowd shouted. He and fellow Democratic Rep. Vic Snyder told audience members at a forum at Arkansas Children's Hospital that they wouldn't support a completely government-run, single-payer health insurance plan.

"But that's what Obama wants!" an audience member shouted, leading to more heckling.

Ross, who represents south Arkansas, sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and has led his fellow Blue Dog Democrats in delaying a vote on the health care overhaul until at least September. Ross is chairman of the Blue Dogs' health care task force.

The Blue Dogs — a group of mostly Southern, fiscally conservative Democrats — have not committed to supporting or opposing the bill yet. A deal reached last week calls for exempting more small businesses from a requirement to offer coverage, cutting subsidies to help people buy health insurance and making any government-sponsored insurance plan negotiate payment rates with medical providers.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_us/us_health_care_overhaul_ark

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Do they really believe this is helping their cause?

[KansDem]

2. I still can't believe there are "Americans" who believe we still have "choice" and "freedom"...

Hey, Doofuses! Ever had to select a doctor out of a directory provided by your health-insurance company? Did you really get the one you wanted? Ever had to change insurers? Ever had to re-select a doctor because you new plan didn't include him/her in their directory? Did you really get the one you wanted? Ever had to change doctors because the medical center he/she was connected with decided to go "out-patient only" and he/she had to find another hospital? Did you get to re-reselect again? Did you really get the one you wanted?

"Personal choice and freedom" my ass!!! :grr:

[Monk06]

3. I love this idea that Obama has destroyed "my America" meaning my White America.

The opposition to health care reform, cap and trade and
economic stimulus is all about them being pissed that
a black family is living in the White House.

The Blue Dogs better wake up and smell the coffee because
the birther/wingers hate them as much as they hate moderate
Republicans

[JustAnotherGen]

4. What

KansDem said.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Rep. Mike Ross? Didn't Olberman just barbecue him?

Isn't he the leader of the Congressional Blue Dogs, with $millions of health company bucks?

The freepers should be thanking him, not attacking him.

[Cali_Democrat]

6. That's what happens when Bluedog idiots try to delay health care reform.

Gives the lobbying firms and insurance companies time to sabotage town hall events with unruly mobs of reich wingers.