Republican Town Halls Burst With Medicare Anger, But Fox Isn't There

[Drew Richards]

It's Spring Break for Congress, and Republican lawmakers, fresh from slashing billions from citizen services, bringing the government to the brink of shutdown, and passing through the House Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget to give the richest Americans another 10% tax break while eliminating Medicare in favor of a voucher system marched triumphantly home to tout their victories, only to be greeted like an unsightly rash on prom night.

For more:

http://wonkronk.blogspot.com/2011/04/republican-town-halls-burst-with.html

[liberal N proud]

1. "unsightly rash" more like a boil on my but that will not heal

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Fox may not be there, but other news outlets are.

The LA Times had a big above-the-fold article in today's paper.

Here's the link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-congress-recess-20110424,0,1993819.story


How funny! Apparently the Times used the same source you did.


:kick:

[butterfly77]

3. Kicked&Recommended...

[emsimon33]

4. These Town Hall Meetings don't fit Fox's narrative

[deacon]

5. Paul Ryan is the Jim Jones of the GOP. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

6. Corporate Media = RepubliPravda. Inc.

Fox is the freakin Ministry of Deception & Diversion (R)

[tanyev]

7. K & R

[Blue_Tires]

8. ttt

[trotsky]

9. Teapartiers and rank-n-file Republicans have been hoodwinked for 3 decades...

into voting against their own economic interests. Not all of them are too stupid to figure out EVENTUALLY that they're getting screwed.

[RagAss]

14. Yes, 20% of them have a 100 IQ....there's hope.

[Overseas]

10. K&R

Wish it weren't so.

Wish the media would cover the objections to Republican policies as often as they covered the town hall storms against national health insurance, but Democratic opposition isn't supported by right wing funded PR machinery that coordinates media coverage.

[snot]

11. Is this an opportunity to point the discrepancy out to Fox watchers?

[JoeyT]

12. You can try, but I doubt it will do much good.

It's mighty hard to argue with brainwashed and stupid.

[pacalo]

13. Wonder why the Republicans don't seem fazed about the constituents' blowback?

I'm with Wonkette:

As the country is lousy with Republican Diebold machines, Republicans seem to show little concern for any sort of election backlash. The GOP's legislative tapeworms are well entrenched and will probably require more than the ordinary, garden-variety plebiscite to root them out.