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From ABC, August 10, in reaction to Pelosi/Hoyer's Op Ed in USA Today suggesting that the town hall troublemakers are unAmerican.
1. More cracks in leadership solidarity
2. Up til last week there was scant seen a sliver of light separating Pelosi from the prez
3. Obama vs the bluedogs, Obama vs CBO, Obama vs the gubs, yes
4. But Obama and Pelosi were ONE
5. The pressure's getting to em, they're beginning to FALL out
6. The last few days they've been bickering over those jet aircraft the princess pines for
7. Word is today, she's not gonna get em
8. And that was the White House, Defense Dept, that pulled that particular plug, GROUNDING her
9. Watch Obama's very OWN town hall tomorrow in Portsmouth, NH, it's gonna be fascinating
10. Unless he hand picks his audience, he's gonna get GRILLED, respectfully, of course
White House Disputes Pelosi Contention that Town Hall Protests are "Un-American" - Political Punch
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1. More cracks in leadership solidarity
2. Up til last week there was scant seen a sliver of light separating Pelosi from the prez
3. Obama vs the bluedogs, Obama vs CBO, Obama vs the gubs, yes
4. But Obama and Pelosi were ONE
5. The pressure's getting to em, they're beginning to FALL out
6. The last few days they've been bickering over those jet aircraft the princess pines for
7. Word is today, she's not gonna get em
8. And that was the White House, Defense Dept, that pulled that particular plug, GROUNDING her
9. Watch Obama's very OWN town hall tomorrow in Portsmouth, NH, it's gonna be fascinating
10. Unless he hand picks his audience, he's gonna get GRILLED, respectfully, of course
White House Disputes Pelosi Contention that Town Hall Protests are "Un-American" - Political Punch
The White House disagreed this afternoon with the contention by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, that the disruptions at town hall meetings are "un-American," as the Democratic congressional leaders contended in a USA Today op-ed this morning.
"I think there's actually a pretty long tradition of people shouting at politicians in America," White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton told reporters on Air Force One when asked about the comments.
"The President thinks that if people want to come and have a spirited debate about health care, a real vigorous conversation about it, that's a part of the American tradition and he encourages that, because people do have questions and concerns ...And so if people want to come and have their concerns and their questions answered, the President thinks that's important. Now, if you just want to come to a town hall so that you can disrupt and so that you can scream over another person, he doesn’t think that that's productive. And as a country, we've been able to make progress when people actually talk out what our problems are, not try to shout each other down."
At his town hall meeting in Portsmouth, NH, tomorrow, Burton said, President Obama "thinks that we're going to be able to have a constructive conversation tomorrow and he'll continue to do that at the town hall later in the week and throughout this effort."
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