Sen. Ben Cardin Townhall Health Care Protests Towson Maryland Part 1 of 4

On August 10, 2009 hundreds of citizens rallied together to speak their minds on the national heatlh care reform bill outside of Maryland Senator Benjamin Cardin's first townhall meeting. This is the raw footage that I shot of the event. Both sides of the issue are represented.

The weather was horrid and it's amazing that this amount of people showed up. My guesstimate is 70% of the protestors did NOT support health care reform. And if anyone looked "manufactured" it was those people wearing red shirts with a nice big professional banner. But I digress...just watch the videos and please comment!

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[bohicarico]

The video is great! My son and I were there to participate with the crowd outside. There's more chance of Mr.Soetoro releasing his actual birth certificate than there would be of us getting inside the building.

Nevertheless, I was fortunate to strike up several interesting conversations with folks who support single-payer or government option. My take-away? I believe we all want what's best for all, we just disagree on how to get there.

[areuter727]

Agreed. The law makers need to go back to the drawing board and come up with a better bill.

[Megnanimity]

Sad  Sad Sad

[bubbaofwar]

and I wonder there those tax credits will come from eh?

[cheeseleader09]

I'm a little confused about this. I saw Mccain on TV saying drop the public option- but if there was a public option wouldn't that mean you wouldn't have to pay for it. Oh yeah, I also think you should have done some more editing.

[VeseyConspiracist]

Bright guys can be wrong too. Especially when cable TV channels keep feeding them misleading and often deceptive horror tales.

Check out the claims about taxes on some reputable fact-checker like Factcheck-dot-org or Politifact.

[TiredOldFart]

You're right. A guy bright enough to run his own business has no clue about money. /sarcasm.

[lbarfett]

Trust a Canadian.....don't accept universal healthcare...it's awful.

NOBAMA

[cinderellafrankness]

hmm... If this is supposed to be an informative video (which you try to make it out to be) it's missing some things... 1. the alternative view 2. the facts and 3. the point. This video shows over nine minutes of angry right-wing ranters complaining and almost NO ONE on the other side. Sure, you film them, just like I'd film a bird if it flew through my shot. The only thing fairly represented on each side are the 'manufactured' signs. Careful, your bias is showing.

[VeseyConspiracist]

The small businessman at 1:07 is misinformed. Its a myth that health insurance reform will hurt small businesses.

To the contrary, reform will ease the burdens on small businesses, provide tax credits to help them pay for employee coverage and help level the playing field with big firms who pay much less to cover their employees on average.

So many of these folks have been scared and manipulated by dishonest corporations who want the status quo to keep lining their pockets.