Sen. Durbin: Town Hall Protests "Clearly Orchestrated"

Sen. Dick Durbin says that angry dialogue at health care town halls are "clearly orchestrated" by Republian groups. "Town meetings are not bean bags." He adds that "screaming groups on either side [aren't] helpful." Sen. John Cornyn says that it's a good idea to "slow down" and listen to the people during the August recess and come up a plan other than "this huge government takeover of our health care system."

Durbin is also asked about the White House's "fishy" email program, and used "Senator Barack Obama" as an example. He says it's a "rebuttal to some bad information", and disagrees with Cornyn's "government takeover" comment.

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[AtlasObjectivist]

Durbin is an embarrassment to Illinois. Time for CHANGE.

[3684541]

Wow. It is so insanely ridiculous to suggest that liberals aren't all moved by the DNC and the liberal media. All they have are hallow talking points, just echoes, being beat in their empty heads by this liberal agenda. Are you kidding me? Where are these people talking out against university students preventing conservative thinkers from presenting at their university? It is obscenely one-sided in this country with the media. The RNC must make use of the internet and win congress in '10!

[olumorador]

moron.

[TWIZZLEism]

I think it's a combination of both. When you go to a town hall meeting it's the same rhetoric. Everyone says the same things and it's often absurd. I think people like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh play a huge role in getting people scared by spreading lies which leads these paranoid people to act out against their elected officials. It's really sad. The most recent meeting I went to, this man got up and started yelling and the congressman put him in his place which was nice to see.

[bmoecardinals]

dick durbin is a real jerk and a nasty liberal!

[Khazule]

Yeah, I bet they do.

[BIGSKYHAL50]

Don't know about you socialist Khazule. But I know the people I talk to. They HATE your system, and come here for most healthcare.......

[Khazule]

Can you stop lying about my country please? There are no 'waiting lists' for anything except minor or elective surgery, and those are typically 2-3 weeks. I love your Palin'esque logic: "I live near a group of people, so my knowledge of them must be intimate". You're an idiot.

[BIGSKYHAL50]

I live next to canadians (sorry about spelling). Many come to the US for anything major concerning health care, operations, stuff like that. Many beleive the quality of the doctors is better also, which makes sense, because doctors make alot more money in the US than in Canada.......You don't want to be put on a waiting list for a gall bladder operation if its hurting you now..........

[SuperEvilC]

You haven't seen nothin yet. ;D

[integral]

gee, superevil, you're just a little bit insane in the membrane, arentcha?