Following a few short weeks after the death of Walter Cronkite, journalism has lost another titan. Robert Novak was a conservative but, aside from that, he was a reporter’s reporter. He was scrupulously fair in his reportage, hammering both Left and Right equally hard. His contacts and sources in Washington D.C. were the stuff of legend. We will not see his like again. RIP.
Oh Sheila, You Make Me Feel Like A Surgeon, Hugged For The Very First Time
August 13, 2009Patterico has the details on Roxana Mayer, an Obama delegate who posed as a pediatric physician at Sheila Jackso…hold on, I gotta get this call…watch the video while I’m talking to someone else…
Okay I’m back…Sheila Jackson Lee’s townhall. She even got a nice hug from the Congresswoman.
Do you think the Democrats would need to resort to union goons, moppet questioners with a high “cute” quotient, and phony physicians to help them make their case if what they were advocating was something good?
The Democrats are terrified of real questions and real constituent anger. It is not because they are in fear of their lives as some of the more squeamish members have alleged. It is because they are afraid that we the people can see that they offer us nothing but the prospect of massive debt and an ever-increasing government influence on our lives. Well it’s too late for them. We do see it. We are on to you.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has the rules for proper etiquette at town halls.
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Obama Ripped By American College Of Surgeons
August 13, 2009The American College of Surgeons has ripped President Obama a brand new orifice for the stupid and insulting statements he made in a town hall a few days ago.
If you recall, Obama stated that doctors should be counseling their diabetic patients to eat right, lose weight, get exercise, etc. That apparently doesn’t pay for Dr. Feelgood’s brand new Mercedes, however, so rather than counseling the patient to manage their diabetes the doctors are lopping off limbs because a foot amputation will pay the doctor $50,000. Hot Air has video.
This comes after Obama’s press conference where he warned us about doctors ripping out children’s tonsils because it was more lucrative than diagnosing allergies.
It can’t be stated strongly enough. These are not mistakes the President is making. These are lies. Great big lies. The President is insulting and demonizing the physicians as part of his pattern to demonize anyone who disagrees with him. Physicians who are opposed to Obamacare are cruel, heartless organ and limb thieves. Go to one of these doctors and you will be very lucky not to wake up in a bathtub filled with ice, a scar on your back, and a note written in lipstick on your chest. More and more, the Hope And Change administration and the Congressional majority are looking like a bunch of petulant thugs.
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Rep. Frank Kratovil: Soldiers Are Suicidal Crazies
August 13, 2009At Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil’s town hall, he was asked a very simple question by a small boy. “My grandfather is a retired war veteran. What are you going to do to make sure he gets health care?”
Aside from the fact that it’s a pretty naive question (he’s only a kid, after all), Kratovil’s answer was stunning. Rather than explain that veterans have free health care provided through the Veteran’s Administration, he started telling the kid that a lot of soldiers are “kind of sick” (as he gestures to his head nearly approximating the old hand signal for “crazy”) and that they run the risk of suicide.
I’m sure the kid will sleep better tonight knowing that Grampa is a suicidal nut. Thanks Rep. Kratovil!
H/T: Red State.
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Sheila, Take A Bow
August 12, 2009Michelle Malkin brings us this delightful video of the insufferable, arrogant Sheila Jackson Lee interrupting her town hall where she was listening intently to her constituents to take a phone call.
Nothing says “I’m listening” more than answering your cell in the middle of a conversation. I’m wondering if this was one of those “Call me so I can leave if this blind date sucks” tricks.
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The Clampdown 