Republicans Just Voted To End Medicare -- So Where's The Outrage?

[Swede]

Members of Congress are back in their districts, attending town hall events, explaining to their constituents why, exactly, they want to make such major changes to the health care system.

If that sounds familiar, you might be wondering if we're in for August 2009 redux. That was when conservatives and tea party activists caused mayhem at Democratic town hall events and sowed doubt in the minds of members and the media about whether the push for health care reform was really viable. Now, Republicans have their sites set on Medicare and Medicaid, and just voted, almost to a person, to basically zap both programs.

So are we in for a repeat?

Don't bet on it. So far this week, we've seen a handful of video clips showing Republicans being interrogated by constituents -- experiencing mild discomfort, but nothing like the genuinely frightening scenes two years ago, when large groups of coordinated, angry activists forced members to call off and cancel events. This is frustrating for progressives -- but don't be too quick to pin the blame entirely on Democratic and liberal ineptitude. It turns out there are plenty of non-obvious differences between then and now.

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[msongs]

1. If dems were competent at PR the ads would just write themselves lol nt

[pnwmom]

2. My Rethug Congressman didn't vote. The coward.

AND he doesn't hold town meetings.

[Cleita]

4. Mine did and he had a lot of angry gray hairs show

up at his headquarters.

[Cleita]

3. Senate won't and I hope Obama will veto it if it gets that

far. There is outrage but right now we are watching the House of Representative Republicans trip over their two right feet and you can be sure we will show up in droves at the 2012 election to send them home permanently.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Town Hall meetings have been hot

the MSM will not report on it. Watch the RM show for this, and details, She covered it very well. As she put it, the outrage is there, but the Washington media will not cover, hence it is not news.

Makes me wonder how long until they can her too? Truth to power and all that.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. No outrage, because even the most cynical among us knows that Pres. O

would never sign onto such a bill. The professional left has spent 98% of its time bashing everytime someone in the WH breaks wind. This is part of the reason the activist community didn't know what was about to happen in WI, OH, FL & elsewhere. The progressive media's preocuppation with the Obama WH consumed the activist community, and allowed an historic resurgence of the GOP, nationwide.

[Scuba]

7. And where's this alternative.????????

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x945661