Ed Schultz's Op-Ed: This is Not the Country That We Should Be Proud of Right Now
By Heather Thursday Aug 13, 2009 7:00am
Ed Schultz takes on the Republican fear mongering that's stirring up the crazies at these town hall meetings.
But first, tonight's "OpEd."
Goofy? Yes. Spooky? Yes. And a guy shows up with a gun at a presidential town hall.
If that's not dangerous, I don't know what is.
Now, to do all of this justice, I have to show you this first tonight. Take a look at what happened inside the town hall meetings of Senator Arlen Specter and Senator Claire McCaskill today.
Here it is.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You and your cronies in the government do this kind of stuff all the time. Well, I don't care!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I do not want to pay on a health care plan that includes the right for a woman to kill her unborn baby.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't want this country turning into Russia, turning into a socialized country.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What it says is, as a 74-year-old man, if you develop cancer, we're pretty much going to write you off.
MCCASKILL: You don't trust me?
AUDIENCE: No!
MCCASKILL: Hey! Hey!
OK. Ma'am-OK.
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SCHULTZ: Fear, fear, and more fear.
