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Meanwhile…
*Eyewitness Account of Union Thugs Beating Black Conservative At Last Night’s Town Hall Meeting of Congressman Carnahan in St. Louis
*A supporter of health care reform, left, who did not want to give her name, pushes forward to rip a sign out of Kris McLay’s hands outside the Stout Street Clintic visited by Nancy [...]

Godwin’s Law gone wild.

When your congressional representative can’t find some kiddie human shields to hide behind, he or she may be choosing the next best method of constituent avoidance:
Phoning it in!
Over 10 years in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird has stayed tethered to his district, flying back to Southwest Washington for more than 300 sometimes-bruising town hall meetings [...]

Fashion statement.

Watch the senior citizen “hooligans” and “civic vigilantes” in Dallas question a condescending AARP representative about Obamacare. Dues-paying members are speaking up about the organization’s sellout of its members — and the AARP brass is not happy. Yes, the winds of real hope and change are blowing:

This is rich. White House smear merchants and their nutroots water-carriers are decrying “corporate lobbyists” funded by the evil health care industry. Referring to Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients Rights and former Columbia/HCA executive, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs jeered: “I think you’ve got somebody who’s very involved, a leader of that group [...]

“There was a misimpression that I was in favor of suppression or discouragement of dissent…”

The consigliere to the Clinton thugocracy decries the taxpayer counterinsurgency — and calls on left-wing hitmen to photograph and investigate Obamacare protesters to prove that they are being “paid” by the “Republican right” to express their opinions and demand accountability from their congressional representatives (never mind that so many of these protests have been aimed [...]

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Tea Party-bashers gone wild
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2009
The activist Left can’t stand competition. Last week in Long Island, NY, opponents of the Democrats’ government health care takeover legislation outnumbered Obama supporters ten to one. The Tea Party activists toted American flags and signs that read “WE CAN’T AFFORD FREE HEALTH CARE” – [...]

I’ve noted the irony of the unhinged Left moaning about the “insane rage” of the Right many, many, many, many, many times.
Allahpundit reports tonight that the DNC is now decrying “mob rule.” Lefty bloggers are comparing grass-roots conservatives to Holocaust deniers and waving around the moral equivalence card to smear peaceful Tea Party activists [...]

Well, they want you to report on anything “on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy.”
So send this link to my post questioning the health care czar’s secret budget and this link to my post on health care czar Nancy DeParle’s conflicts of interest to flag@whitehouse.gov
Also feel free to snitch on yourselves and [...]

White House flack Robert Gibbs, Dick Durbin, and others are trashing the Tea Party movement/taxpayer counterinsurgency as “Brooks Brothers” astroturf brigades.
Vid of Durbin:

I’m reprinting my June 24 column in full below as a much-needed pot and kettle reminder.
See also Karl in the HA Green Room. Read the whole thing and pass it on, especially this:
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Tons of readers are asking where to find a comprehensive list of congressional health care town halls so they can get in the game.
Tea Party Patriots can point you in the right direction:
Get going!
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Blue Dog Steve Driehaus, a Democrat congressman from Ohio who voted for cap-and-tax and the stimulus boondoggle, gets an earful at his [...]

Had to post this one separately. Reaction from the raucous crowd in Philly when Arlen Specter says health care takeover has to be done “fast” (hat tip: Salena Zito):

Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett went home to Austin, Texas, and heard from his constituents about the planned government health care takeover.
Message: “Just say no!”
This taxpayer counterinsurgency is exactly what I talked about on the ABC This Week panel earlier today. The long, hot recess is underway. Make yourselves heard. Mark your calendars for the nationwide [...]

The nutroots were quite upset with George Stephanopoulos for inviting me on his This Week roundtable. They piled on him on Twitter. And even Paul Krugman tried to stir up lefty ire.
God forbid a non-establishment, non-Beltway-certified “acceptable” conservative have a voice in a mainstream forum!
Unlike Matt Lauer, Stephanopoulos wasn’t compelled to play “beat the clock.” [...]

The vote was 31-28 tonight in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
John McCormack has the breakdown: “Blue Dogs Bart Gordon (Tenn.), Baron Hill (Ind.), Mike Ross (Ark.), and Zack Space (Ohio) vote(d) yes.”
More from Reuters.
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Melt the phones:
Bart Gordon (Tenn.) – 202 225-4231
Local:
Murfreesboro Office
(615) 896-1986
305 West Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cookeville [...]

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We have the momentum to kill Obamacare.
The congressional recess period is critical.
I’ve joined many grass-roots groups in a nationwide coalition holding a Recess Rally on August 22, 2009.
The Tea Party revolt and the grass-roots counterinsurgency against the health care takeover have taken congressional offices locally and Washington, D.C. by storm.
Now, more than ever: [...]

Reader Matt S. emailed me tonight to let me know that several hundred activists turned out for an Obamacare protest in Indianapolis outside Democrat Sen. Bayh’s office. More at INteaparty.com
He sent a few photos. My favorite is the first:

Thug thizzle.

I told you how impressed I was on July 4 with the energy, organization, and commitment of the Dallas Tea Party movement.
They are fired up and showing how grass-roots activists are making a powerful and sustained impact in their neighborhoods.
Check this out from the Dallas Observer: How a Local Rally For Obama’s Health Care Proposal [...]

Get your tea party on.

“Centrist” Democrats in the House say they oppose the government health care takeover plans of their leaders and their president.
They’re barking loudly, demanding major amendments to protect small businesses and taxpayers.
But do the Blue Dogs have any bite? Or will they be bought off like many of them were on cap-and-trade and Porkulus One?
The Hill [...]

Reader Citizen M in Raleigh, NC e-mailed me a pic I’m designating as Tea Party sign of the week. Love it:

I said this afternoon in my post on the North Carolina health care counterprotest that grass-roots activists for fiscal conservatism are matching the lefty astroturf crowd person for person and sign for sign. I repeat: It’s happening more often than you’ll see in the NYTimes and on TV.
Here’s another report from an anti-MoveOn/anti-Obamacare counterprotest today [...]

Soros crowd outnumbered four to one.

From the very beginning of the Tea Party movement, I’ve reported that activists have directed their disgust at both parties over fiscal recklessness.
It’s an inconvenient truth the Tea Party-bashers would rather ignore.
The anger at Republicans who voted for TARP hasn’t gone away. And Texas Sen. John Cornyn was vividly reminded of that as he spoke [...]

I returned from the Dallas Tea Party this weekend inspired and motivated by the massive turnout of citizen activists. The official county estimate of the day-long event’s crowd: 37,000!
The Tea Party organizers aren’t surprised by the MSM games of lowballing numbers. And they are not letting it distract them from their agenda. Behind the [...]

I’m here in Big D, hanging at the Ewing mansion. Will speak shortly. Via Breitbart TV, here’s a livestream embed (for archived clip, go to the sidebar, click on “menu,” browse “on demand library,” and select the clip labeled “09:23:34PM.” Forward to 22:00 for my speech). Tea Party On!

Photo credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patrick W. Mullen III/Released)
How are you celebrating America’s 233 years of freedom? Do this first: Thank all our troops on the front lines and all our veterans who have served and sacrificed for that freedom. The photo above was taken in May in [...]