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Woman Who Said She Was ‘Just A Mom’ At Town Hall Meeting Is Exposed As A Republican O

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Woman Who Said She Was ‘Just A Mom’ At Town Hall Meeting Is Exposed As A Republican Operative

Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI) faced a “heated” discussion about health care at a town hall meeting yesterday, with people in the crowd who were heckling, interrupting, and filibustering him.

One vocal attendee was a woman named Heather Blish, who identified herself as “just a mom from a few blocks away” and “not affiliated with any political party.” When interviewed by the local NBC affiliate, Blish insisted she was not a member of the Republican Party. “I left the party,” she said. Blish’s statements, however, are distortions. From NBC’s report:

Her LinkedIn page shows something different. She was the vice chair of the Republican Party of Kewaunee County until last year. She worked on the John Gard campaign, who ran unsuccessfully against Kagen last year. And it says she’s a part of the Republican Party for Kagen’s district, as well as the Republican Party of Wisconsin, and the Republican National Committee.​

Huffington Post’s Sam Stein notes, “Blish’s deliberate misleading of the local NBC reporter feeds into the suspicion that she — like other protesters at these events — are there because of political reasons not policy disagreements.”

Indeed, Republicans have been heavily promoting these protests. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) has said that the time for polite town halls is “over,” and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has said that Democrats will have a “very, very hot summer.” State Republican Parties have also joined in.

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Here is her LinkedIn page.
Heather Blish - LinkedIn

And?
Advisor, IT Committee
Republican Party of Wisconsin

Vice-Chairman
Republican Party of Kewaunee County

Secretary
Republican Party of Kewaunee County

Heather Blish’s Groups:

Vice-chair, Republican Party of Kewaunee County, Executive Committee Member, 8th Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin, Member, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Republican National Committee

In other words she is a bold faced liar, something that it seems Republicans can gracefully do without any shame.
 
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And?


In other words she is a bold faced liar, something that it seems Republicans can gracefully do without any shame.

And their constituency seem to encourage it. Heinous.
 
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I could care less


I hope they destroy Obama's health care plan and any other liberal fantasy land ideas he has.


I'm sick of it. all of it. Republicans too, you know. They're usually worse, just not so pronounced.
 
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In other words she is a bold faced liar, something that it seems Republicans can gracefully do without any shame.
I wasn't disputing anything I was linking to her profile so people could view it for themselves....

But to be fair, she has not been an advisor or chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin or Kewaunee County since February 2008. She also left her post as Secretary of the Republican Party Kewaunee County in February 2006.

She may have been involved in the Republican party in the past, but that does not mean she is still involved currently. The only thing that could suggest that is this:
Heather Blish’s Groups:
Vice-chair, Republican Party of Kewaunee County, Executive Committee Member, 8th Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin, Member, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Republican National Committee

Even with that said, how is she a "Republican operative"? Can't she be a member of the Republican party and still make an comment? You can say she lied but Republican Operative? Really? I think it is perfectly plausible to believe that she left the Republican party and is now independent. I am not going to use her LinkedIn profile which states she is part of the Republican group as evidence that she is some Republican operative. For all I know she hasn't been on that profile for a year.

Is there any other evidence besides her LinkedIn profile that proves she is currently Republican?
 
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Well gosh, instead of just honestly saying something like "Yeah, she should not have been dishonestly trying to misrepresent herself as an independent", you people try to worm out of this. Again, her words:

...not affiliated with any political party

Really? really not affiliated with any political party? So I guess working as:
  • Vice-chair, Republican Party of Kewaunee County,
  • Executive Committee Member, 8th Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin,
  • Member, Republican Party of Wisconsin,
  • Member, Republican National Committee

And you are going to argue, honestly try and argue that she is an independent,
...not affiliated with any political party
?

She is asking this at the town hall of the Congress member, who defeated the candidate she worked for? And you so shamelessly try and suggest....good lord, DOES THE SHAME GENE NOT EXIST IN THE DNA OF REPUBLICANS? I swear to god, it does not get any dumber, or shameless than this. Just try honesty for once, admit she should have been honest herself.
 
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People who disrupt these meetings should be arrested for disorderly conduct. Politicians who encourage this behavior should be ashamed.

People who claim that only Republicans lie are liars.
 
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People who disrupt these meetings should be arrested for disorderly conduct. Politicians who encourage this behavior should be ashamed.

People who claim that only Republicans lie are liars.

I did not claim that only Republicans lie, only that they are very competent at shamelessly lying...repeatedly. And repeating those lies, even after being caught shamelessly lying. Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but this woman did not make a mistake, and it is not a mistake to continue to claim that she is not affiliated with any party. Any further advancing that notion is a shameless liar.
 
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This woman is just the first that is going to be exposed as a fraud. She is tool.
 
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And so you erroneously think that Democrats are clean and pure as the wind-driven snow???

Please the Excuse that the "Dems made them do it" is really wearing thin.

It doesn't hold water.
 
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Please the Excuse that the "Dems made them do it" is really wearing thin.

It doesn't hold water.
No, I wasn't going there. You Libs think that you alone are qualified to govern so let's go over the pattern, OK??

Now, all states that have been dominated by Democrats for decades are either already in the toilet, like Michigan, New York (which just passed a brand frigging nedw licence plate fee), California, or certainly circling the bowl.

Seems to me these states need a good dose of solid Conservatism if they are to thrive again!
 
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I did not claim that only Republicans lie, only that they are very competent at shamelessly lying...repeatedly. And repeating those lies, even after being caught shamelessly lying. Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but this woman did not make a mistake, and it is not a mistake to continue to claim that she is not affiliated with any party. Any further advancing that notion is a shameless liar.
Posts #3 & #4 imply that lying is specificly a Republican problem.
 
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Posts #3 & #4 imply that lying is specificly a Republican problem.

No posts 3 & 4 specifically say Republicans lied, not that the Dems do not. There is no inference to only Republicans lie.

If I say "Bush lied", that does not mean that I am saying Bill Clinton didn't.
 
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No posts 3 & 4 specifically say Republicans lied, not that the Dems do not. There is no inference to only Republicans lie.

If I say "Bush lied", that does not mean that I am saying Bill Clinton didn't.
Talking about individuals is different from talking about groups. If I said that Dems have an honesty problem that certainly implies a problem that's specific to them.
 
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If I said that Dems have an honesty problem that certainly implies a problem that's specific to them.

No, it is no different. It's saying a specific group lies, not that the others don't.

Saying "the Republicans Lie", does not automatically imply Dems, Independents, or whatever poilitical group do not.
 
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It's a top down organization.
 
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People who disrupt these meetings should be arrested for disorderly conduct. Politicians who encourage this behavior should be ashamed.

People who claim that only Republicans lie are liars.

Yeah!! To hell with all that freedom crap!
 
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Yeah!! To hell with all that freedom crap!

Can anyone say "free speech zones"?

The Republicans used to love them.
 
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So, which protest was instigated by an 'infiltrator' again??

Was it : YouTube - Town Hall Protest - Tampa

OR was it : YouTube - Health Care Chants and Protests

or maybe : YouTube - Lloyd Doggett's meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009

or was it : YouTube - Fed Up Americans Erupt Over Obama's Govt Healthcare Takeover, Scolded by Pompous Kathleen Sebelius

How about : YouTube - Arkansas Health Care Town Hall Gets Heated: "Get the Government the Hell Outta Our Way!"

could it be : YouTube - Town hall meeting with John Dingell 08-06-09

This has NOTHING to do with 'political opposition' nearly as much as it has to do with the fact that people are waking up from the 'american dream' and are getting pissed off at what's been going on around them...There's videos of people confronting about 20 different senators, left and right,... THIS IS the beginning of the end of the status quo.... and I can tell you it's going to get crazy from here. I can guarantee with the numbers of people showing up at these events, and with the present drop in Obama's popularity (depending on the specific study, it seems that Obama's already lost approuval of at least 5% of the people that voted for him, with an approuval rating of 40-45%, that the opinions represented by the people voicing out their concerns is completely BIPARTISAN... everybody hates obama's health-care takeover without prejudice.

It's the smell of freedom brewing.
 
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So, which protest was instigated by an 'infiltrator' again??

Was it : YouTube - Town Hall Protest - Tampa

OR was it : YouTube - Health Care Chants and Protests

or maybe : YouTube - Lloyd Doggett's meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009

or was it : YouTube - Fed Up Americans Erupt Over Obama's Govt Healthcare Takeover, Scolded by Pompous Kathleen Sebelius

How about : YouTube - Arkansas Health Care Town Hall Gets Heated: "Get the Government the Hell Outta Our Way!"

could it be : YouTube - Town hall meeting with John Dingell 08-06-09

This has NOTHING to do with 'political opposition' nearly as much as it has to do with the fact that people are waking up from the 'american dream' and are getting pissed off at what's been going on around them...There's videos of people confronting about 20 different senators, left and right,... THIS IS the beginning of the end of the status quo.... and I can tell you it's going to get crazy from here. I can guarantee with the numbers of people showing up at these events, and with the present drop in Obama's popularity (depending on the specific study, it seems that Obama's already lost approuval of at least 5% of the people that voted for him, with an approuval rating of 40-45%, that the opinions represented by the people voicing out their concerns is completely BIPARTISAN... everybody hates obama's health-care takeover without prejudice.

It's the smell of freedom brewing.
It's something Liberals hate!!
 
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It's something Liberals hate!!

Listen, I've been acting against ... well, when I was young it was 'corporatism', which morphed into 'free trade' which morphed into 'globablism' where people would try to voice their concerns... but really when I first took an interest into the specific problems that this continent is facing was mostly all hippies that forgot the 80's were over, punks, and first years at universities.

So, when I saw that video of Lloyd Dogget getting hounded down by regualr people, your neighbours, and not only got in this guys face when he tried to say 'It's good, I'm voting for it regardless." the people STOPPED HIM FROM LEAVING (peacefully) and then followed him out to his car... it litterally brought a tear to my eye that something I've put so much energy into, been ridiculed so much for, and tasted so much tear gas for, now suddenly gaining the type of momentum that I seriously never imagined would happen...

I just fear that since the most powerful have no qualms of announcing that a world population of 500 million - 1billion people would be 'ideal' that, in order to maintain their power, that they might nuke the planet and try to gather up the leftover pieces...
 
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