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Aug. 13 2009 - 5:01 pm | 2 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments

Health care town halls without Nazis, Soviets, screams, or fisticuffs

By MICHAEL ROSTON

This is from one of the Democratic National Committee’s YouTube channels, so consider the source.

But I have to say, what a breath of fresh air. No screaming, no comparing Obama to Nazi Germany, no saying we’re turning into socialists, no allegations that Obama is not for America, no implications that he was born in Kenya or Indonesia or is a secret Muslim. Just some spirited debate an important national issue, the kind that Alexis de Tocqueville would love. I won’t ever call anybody ‘unAmerican,’ but I know what is American; this is it.

Andrew Sullivan, if you’re out there, make this your next mental health break, will you? A lot of people could use it.

 
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    7:29 pm on 08/13/09
    Jessica Faye Carter Jessica Faye Carter Hyphenated

    It would be nice to see this on the news, instead of the crazy stuff that’s been out there lately. Good find!

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