Rasmussen - http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/march_2010/55_favor_repeal_of_health_care_bill

How long does the pot need to be stirred until it's soup?

And what on Earth is this doing on the GC2 "Game Talk" page?

Teabaggers At Capitol Chant “N’ Word, Spit On Black Congressman

I for one always look forward to comments from non-Americans on American issues.  But I really wish they would at least educate themselves on the issue before commenting.  There are several in the Stardock family of websites that could run rings around Americans on American issues, but unfortunatly most cannot.  And indeed health care is one issue where the "furiners" that have commented do not appear to have a clue on how America works or the issues.

Please, before posting more errors and making incorrect statements learn.  Health care in the US is available to EVERYONE including illegal aliens.  And you do not have to join anything.  And if you cannot pay, you do not (how can you if you cannot?).

The health care billl is both a misnomer and bad.  It does nothing for health care.  It is all about Health Insurance.  And for those touting its greatness, I would ask one question.  if it is so good, why is Obama and Congress and the senior staff of each exempt from it.

And finally, I would agree with the OP.  Let's find who is making the threats against congresspeople and prosecucte them to the max!  But do not go on a witch hunt just because you "think" it is someone.  As we have seen all too often (Kentucky, Colorado, Wisconsin). the guilty parties who trashed democrat cars and offices were found to be democrats.  I expect the same here.  A leopard does not change its spots.

Problem is - none of it happened.  All alleged, but then no one could be found that had witnessed it.  Just another attempt at democrats trying to play the victim to gain sympathy.  And you fell for it (more likely just wished it was true).

Great source.  using a derogative name to spread a false rumor.  Now that is investigative journalism at its best (or what passes for it these days).

wow, lot of heat and so much forgotten of what the previous administration is responsible for.

I read "will of the people" several times in these threads and how Obama is not doing the "will of the people". just a minor point here. health care reform was a part of his presidential promises, he was elected by a majority ergo he is doing the will of the people, just saying....

well, like it or not it has been kind of exciting. we haven't had so much in your face crap since the 60's. I can only hope that I'm as right as I was back then as you all were wrong.

Sorry buddy, but that allegation is a complete lie.  There were dozens of cameras/video cameras present and NOT 1 slur or anything was recorded.

Link

Will you be retracting your statement, or continue with the Tea Party is racist lies?

Here, here!  Excellent point!

Here is the story from the AP http://mobile.nbcactionnews.com/w/main/story/10005556/

And here's the video, you can see him reacting to being spat upon and you can see the individual in the balck tee shirt that did the spitting. Go to 1:25 into the clip.

As far as the claims of Ni**er the clip is not definitive. Clearly the larger chant is Kill the Bill however both Cleaver and Clyburn claim they heard the N-word. Note that he comes back with a cop at about 3:00 although no action is taken.

So, is it soup yet?

when a congressman says he was spit upon or was called the "n" word, i believe him. when a congressman says his office windows were shot out or he has been threatened because he is jewish, i believe him.  <<<< eric cantor. remember him? he's a republican. the main difference is you have media nuts and politicians on the right calling on people to 'storm washington', go to a person's home to intimidate him, or break windows in democratic politicians' offices. have you seen or heard of anyone on the left asking anyone to do any of these things?

teabaggers? well, yeah. that IS what they called themselves before it was pointed out to them what the term means.

yes, "teabaggers" do call the president the "n" word. i attended a tea party rally in a neighboring town last fall just to see what they really complained about and the "n" word was used rather freely. so don't tell me there isn't a racist undertone to the tea party bullshit.

rasmussen poll? somebody actually gives the rasmussen poll any credence? come on! has drudge or rasmussen ever had a poll that was not tilted to the right? likewise, does anyone give a poll conducted by chris mathews or keith olberman any credence? you know polls conducted by those two are tilted to the left.

the media lie? you mean like faux news, limbaugh, malkin, colter, beck, hannity, breibart, and many others who claim to not be media but are.

the right will retaliate by voting the dems out in november, huh? wow. after medicaid was passed (it wasn't a popular vote at the time either), it wasn't an issue in the next election. after social security was passed, the presidential candidate who said he would repeal if elected lost in a landslide. nope. not a chance in hell will the dems lose control of congress.

if the repubs have a better idea, why didn't they enact something when they hadone-party rule during the first 6 years under bush? if the individual mandate is such a bad idea, why was grassly, hatch, and others on the right wanting the same thing in their opposing proposition to healthcare reform during the failed attempt at hcr by clinton back in the early 1990's? why does massachusetts have it now? wait! wasn't it romney who championed the state run healthcare system in massachusetts?

lost freedoms? what lost freedoms? oohhhh! you mean the freedoms lost under the patriot act, right? the patriot act passed under bush and continued by obama? yeah, i can agree with you on that one. the patriot act definitely should be repealed. any lost freedoms under the hcr bill? nope. none.

oh, by the way, is there ANY doubt now as to why palin resigned as governor? to save the alaskan taxpayer money, right? you actually believe that? her resigning cost the state taxpayers more money that it would've if she had stayed. republican members of the alaskan legislature have admitted that. do you honestly believe she didn't resign so she can get the money now while she can? after november's elections, she'll fade away and won't be able to cash in like she can now. would she have the book, fox commentator job, or getting the tv show on tlc if she was still in office. nope. she resigned to get the money, nothing more. anyone who thinks she'll be the republican presidential candidate in 2012 is living in a fantasy world.

As I mentioned, the many videos prove he is lying, and since playing the race card is typically up the alley for democrats, you shouldn't believe them at all.  I haven't heard anyone on the right calling for the breaking of windows, can you cite a source?  And yes, please lookup how the Huffington Post was encouraging violence against the protesters.  

Yes of course.  The majority of polls all show the same thing.  Must be some type of VRWC.

I suppose you have no problem being forced by the hand of the IRS to purchase health insurance mandated by the federal government.  Let me guess, you are probably someone trying to benefit from it.

Yes, and I attended a progressive rally and they were all praising Karl Marx.  So they must all be marxists.

@ OldMsgt,

The guy from Newfoundland who went down to the US for surgery did so because he believed he could get better treatment there.  So?  That doesn't mean our system fails.  It just means our system needs MORE OPTIONS!

quoting myself from a previous thread...

@ Dr Guy,

I could say the same thing about the US impression of our (Canadian) Health Care System.  Here's quoting myself from another thread again...

obiwan, are you really a complete idiot? nobody on the right calling for breaking windows? what about that idiot militia dumbass from the south who admitted telling his 'followers' to break the windows of democratic officials' offices? have you not been watching the news the last few days. even faux news had that story. what about the beloved tea party idiot from minnesota, bachman, who actively called for tea party people to storm washington while appearing on hannity's show? she has done that on multiple occasions. and then you have beck saying that obama, pelosi, and reid are trying to get people to kill him.

playing the race card, huh? does that mean cantor is playing the jewish card? i highly doubt that, big fella.

the majority of polls show the same thing? those same polls show that if you ask the people who are against hcr about individual policies included int he bill, they are for it.

am i trying to benefit from it? you're truly an idiot, aren't you? i have good insurance. it's probably better than yours. purchase helath insurance mandated by the federal government? don't you purchase auto insurance madated by the government now? oh wait!! you mean the same mandated insurance purchase championed by romney, grassley, hatch, dole, nixon, and others on the right in years past? it seems to me if you had paid attention to any of the negotiations which led to the present bill, you would know that stipulation was an idea from the right, not the left.

you attended a progressive rally? liar. they were praising karl marx? again, liar.

monk, emergency rooms here are just like that. i've waited for 2 hours to get something to relieve the pain from a kidney stone.

Of course you call pull numerous sections of a 2600+ page bill and poll people on it.  Everything isn't bad, but as I mentioned, the majority of Americans do not want this bill.  

I believe your rabid anger is hindering your thought process.  No, you do purchase private insurance mandated by the government now. The health insurance mandate is unprecedented, and does not compare to any other government program.   

You sir are hilarious.  A guy with a blog on blogspot is hardly some influential leader of the "right". 

The same to you sir.  I wouldn't believe for one second a person as angry as yourself would attend anything that might hinder more government welfare.  

It really is hard to argue with someone who keeps preaching "faux news".  Silly progressive.

Maybe if there were a public option to drive the rapacious, arrogant insurance co.'s prices down and more people could get reasonable outpatient care, ER's wouldn't have to function like out-patient clinics and people wouldn't become walking train wrecks and you wouldn't have had to wait 2 hours in total agony from kidney stones MadDeez....and I'm truly sorry that did happen to you.

me angry? nope. not yet. and yes, i did attend one last october with a friend of mine who is active in the tea party 'movement'. you want mark's phone number so you can call him to verify it?

me preach 'faux news'? nada. if it weren't for shep smith, they wouldn't have a nwes department at all.

that guy with a blog is actively calling for civil unrest. i never said he was a leader of the right. i did give him as an example of some right-wing nut case, tho. but then again, he's no more of a nut case than bachman, beck, limbaugh, or palin are.

me hilarious? well, i'm not a preofessional comedian but i have been told for years that i'm good at telling jokes and humorous stories.

silly progressive? me? no. i'm a dead serious progressive.

so, you admit you buy mandated auto insurance but yet you aren't bitching about it? why not? btw, i'm not angry at all and my thought process is much clearer than yours, obviously.

also, a majority of people are for the bill when polled about indiviual processes of it. you won't see that fact on faux, though.

would i have voted for it? no. it isn't 'single payer', is it? until this country has single payer universal healthcare for everyone, we'll lag behind other countries in how we treat out citizens.

doc, you're absolutely right! on a personal note, thank you.

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson