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One Of The Most Incredible Rants.... (Original Post) Laxman May 2017 OP
Who is the congressman? Equinox Moon May 2017 #1
Tom MacArthur...... Laxman May 2017 #2
With him being the architect of the repeal vote, this is a VERY good speech he Equinox Moon May 2017 #3
Yes, I saw this yesterday They_Live May 2017 #4
PWNED! LOL Lib May 2017 #5
Everyone here at DU needs to take 10 min and watch this NoMoreRepugs May 2017 #6
I just did, and I'm so GLAD. I just forwarded to everybody I can think of. BigDemVoter May 2017 #20
Sign this guy up to run against that Congressman. brush May 2017 #7
Go Baby Go! bucolic_frolic May 2017 #8
Is decorum SO important Plucketeer May 2017 #9
Righteous rant. trof May 2017 #10
Yeah....I'll sure BUMP this up! Bengus81 May 2017 #11
K&R 10,000 Times Over! Classic Textbook on how to RESIST tomhagen May 2017 #12
wow! Kali May 2017 #13
I respect this man... NOT the Congressman world wide wally May 2017 #14
I am surprised the congressman actually listened, without interruption Skittles May 2017 #16
He Didn't Dare Interrupt..... Laxman May 2017 #22
He should run for office. zentrum May 2017 #15
BUMP and KICK again!!! This needs to be watched by everyone..... Bengus81 May 2017 #17
Dayum! hatrack May 2017 #18
Sharing this on Facebonk, hoping some of my RW idiot "friends" get a load of this. lambchopp59 May 2017 #19
As For Congressman MacArthur..... Laxman May 2017 #21

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
1. Who is the congressman?
Fri May 12, 2017, 09:09 AM
May 2017

I found it: Tom MacArthur, Rep. 3rd district of New Jersey.
The powerful speaker is a medical doctor. Nice job!

I want to follow this and see how his next election goes.

They_Live

(3,233 posts)
4. Yes, I saw this yesterday
Fri May 12, 2017, 09:24 AM
May 2017

this constituent speaks for me, and everyone. His talking points are right on.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
9. Is decorum SO important
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:31 AM
May 2017

that we have only the TINIEST sliver of so-called representatives who speak with the fire and passion that this fella does??? Even in their snarliest of professments, they sound like they're chatting with proper old ladies over tea.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
11. Yeah....I'll sure BUMP this up!
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:47 AM
May 2017

No wonder those Pug asshats voting to kick 24M off of health care no longer want those town halls.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
16. I am surprised the congressman actually listened, without interruption
Fri May 12, 2017, 04:58 PM
May 2017

why does a guy like that do something that negatively affects so many people

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
22. He Didn't Dare Interrupt.....
Sat May 13, 2017, 07:55 AM
May 2017

shutting down this constituent would have been even more disastrous than this video turned out. Tom MacArthur is a lot of things, but not stupid... which makes his position on health care even more nefarious.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
19. Sharing this on Facebonk, hoping some of my RW idiot "friends" get a load of this.
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:31 PM
May 2017

Many of whom only have jobs right now because of the ACA.

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
21. As For Congressman MacArthur.....
Sat May 13, 2017, 07:50 AM
May 2017

an interesting editorial from the Newark Star-Ledger, also worth a minute or two of your time to read in its entirety. Here is an excerpt....

Memo to Tom MacArthur: You are the source of fear, not death panels

Of all the lamentable remarks from Tom MacArthur lately, the most tone-deaf utterance was his observation that the critics of his health care calamity share the same anxiety as those who dreaded the death panel myth sent down from Planet Palin.

"I think it speaks to the people's fear, but it reminds me a bit, people were saying President Obama wanted to set up death panels, wanted old people to die," the 3rd District congressman said after his five-hour town hall in Willingboro Wednesday. "You look back now and you realize how insane people got with their fear and their anger."

The maestro of the Obamacare repeal now says that he was referring to common "scare-tactics" used to "drum up fear," but nothing is more alarming than miscuing the national reaction to the resurrection of this fetid corpse known as the American Health Care Act.

MacArthur doesn't seem to remember: Sarah Palin and her acolytes used "death panel" to spread a lie - refuted in every advanced culture - that government involvement in health care means rationing and death.


read the rest here: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/05/memo_to_tom_macarthur_you_are_the_source_of_fear_n.html#incart_river_home
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