DNC Blasts "Sham" Town Hall Protests

Huffington Post by Sahil Kapur | Aug. 5, 2009 (News)

Jen O'Malley Dillon, Executive Director of the DNC, says the protests "are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform." She accuses them of using "lies" and "fear" to sustain the status quo.

"Health insurance reform is about our lives, our jobs, and our families -- we can't let distortions and intimidation get in the way," writes O'Malley, before offering five ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 5, 2009

Kapur reports on DNC reaction to corporate world organizing disruptive mobs to disrupt democratic town hall meetings.

Freedom of speech was intended to help all opinions to come out in order to support an informed democracy. Shouting lies and intimidating concerned citizens with the intent to prevent opinions being expressed is directly counter to the intent of free speech. This is the mentality of thugs and the mob.

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