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Subject: It's a real problem
Abstract of articles: http://johnlegry.wordpress.com/republican-insurance-nazis/
Excerpt:
Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet: writer and author of
Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One Of The Elect,
Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived
To Take All (Or Almost All) Of It Back.
Here’s the emerging American version of the fascist’s
formula: combine millions of dollars of lobbyists’ money with embittered
troublemakers who have a small army of not terribly
bright white angry people (collected over decades through pro-life mass
mailing networks) at their beck and call, ever
ready to believe any myth or lie circulated by the semi literate and completely
and
routinely misinformed right wing Evangelical
religious underground. Then put his little mob together with the insurance
companies’
big bucks. That’s how it works — American Brown
Shirts at the ready. Republican leaders taking insurance industry
money and
organizing what amounts to roving bands of thugs
not only need to be exposed but should also become absolute pariahs.
The Lobbyist-run Groups “Americans for Prosperity ” and “FreedomWorks” Dick Armey-Orchestrated Memo:
Here is a leaked excerpt from the folks organizing the intimidation campaign:
* Artificially Inflate Your
Numbers: “Spread out in the hall and try to be in the front half. The objective
is to put the Rep on the
defensive with your questions and follow-up.
The Rep should be made to feel that a majority, and if not, a significant
portion of at
least the audience, opposes the socialist agenda
of Washington.”
* Be Disruptive Early And
Often: “You need to rock-the-boat early in the Rep’s presentation,
Watch for an opportunity
to yell out and challenge the Rep’s statements early.”
* Try To “Rattle Him,” Not
Have An Intelligent Debate: “The goal is to rattle him, get him off his
prepared script and agenda.
If he says something
outrageous, stand up and shout out and sit right back down. Look for these
opportunities before he even takes questions.”
THE “SCORCHED EARTH POLICY”
Dick Armey and company have been driven mad by
their reversal, not just of political fortunes but of seeing that they’ve
wasted their lives.
They now know they were wrong: about the country,
the free market, war for fun and profit, and what the American people really
want.
They made their best case and were rejected by
the American people — and by history. Bush was their man and he turned
out to be a fool.
So now all the Republican gurus have left is
what the defeated Germans of World War Two had: a scorched earth policy.
If they can’t win
then everyone must go down. Obama must fail!
The country must fail!
No, I don’t believe that these people are about
to take over the country. No, the sky is not falling.
But the Republican Party is. It is now profoundly
anti-American.
John Legry
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