Asheville Tea Party Meets Congressman Heath Shuler from LiberT on Vimeo.
This video was shot by @LiberT who blogs at Fr33 Asheville. He is a young and enthusiastic Republican in Buncombe County.
During the meeting, Congressman Heath Shuler indicated that he will be voting against HR 3200. Please call 202-225-6401 and congratulate him, and encourage him to be independent of Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. Other contact info for him is available at his Congressional Website.
Here is a write-up of the meeting:
At 5:15 pm this evening, 8 representatives of the Asheville Tea Party and 1 Hendersonville Tea Partier were given a private audience with Congressman Heath Shuler.
In our group were Dr. Bill Rieke and his wife Margaret, Bill O’Connor, Doug Lack, Gary Shoemaker, Brian Umbarger, Jeffery Lane, Bill Lack, and me, Erika Franzi.
I began the discussion by sharing with Congressman Shuler some of the concerns that many of you have shared with me.
- This plan is too expensive for a country that is already broke.
- The federal government is not capable of handling the responsibility of an industry that makes up 15% of our economy.
- The Public Option as a backdoor route to a Single Payer health care plan.
- Achieving universal healthcare without shooting costs through the roof means rationing of care.
- This plan, if its so good, should be required for all federal employees.
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I am gladdened that he has said he will be voting against HR 3200 (aka ObamaCare).
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those aren't 'patriotic americans' at all, they are thugs paid for by limbaugh and co to do their bidding. republicans have shown thier true face, political terrorism. what a bunch of traitors.
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Yes, Congressman Shuler did look terrified of them, besides, I'm sure he has a policy of not negotiating with Terrorists.
I've yet to receive a check from Limbaugh and Co. to do what I do, and they haven't either.
This is what it looks like in a Constitutional Republic, where people meet with their elected representatives to express their concerns on the issues.
For a lefty like you, it is scary stuff, indeed. Your dreams of a Socialist State are beginning to crumble before your very eyes.
'Conservative black man'! Hahaha! You guys are so proud of that! So where was the 100+ mob yelling so loud that no one could hear Shuler talk? That is your normal m.o., right? Disrupt the discussion in favor of organized chaos? Wouldn't it be awful if these non-gop politicians had answers to your questions? But they can't change minds if citizens can't hear opposing views, right?
I guess 'blue dog/elephant' shuler gets the gop treatment, since he's been bought by the HCPs to block legislation. How is a public plan going to make your private plan more expensive exactly? In a logical mind wouldn't it be the opposite, since these HCPs are giant monopolies that price-fix just like gas stations? Or are you the typical, on medicare, pro military neo-cons complaining about socialism among the dems? Aren't medicare, the military, and social security all socialist by your incorrect definition?
I do agree that politicians should get the same public plan they offer us, but how do we go from agreeing on that to you thinking a public plan to compete with the private plans, which many Americans/small business owners cannot afford, is a bad idea? Won't a cheaper plan that brings prices down at the HCPs, accepts pre-existing conditions and doesn't refuse treatment to sick people be good for America? Only a selfish, population-hating elitist could think otherwise.
Dems aren't the elitists. They want to include the poor. You neo-cons started using that word because it would be harder to use it to describe yourselves once you'd attached it to your simple people's view of the democrats. You should be ashamed if you aren't getting paid to further this republican stupidity. What's next, getting rid of science class nationwide? How uneducated must you be for these republican ideals to ring true and not stink of big money interference? Did Bush teach you nothing about your party?
There was no mob of screaming people because there were no Democrats at the meeting to keep the Republicans out of the meeting, genius.
Shuler is a Blue Dog, not a progressive, which means that your plans of socialism are pretty well sunk.
Mumpower did point out that Shuler was bought and paid for by "Big Pharm", but Democrats still joined with Republicans and elected the guy.
Shuler said he was going to vote no on HR 3200.
no need to lie, scarlet. the majority of town halls have been democratic senators mobbed by hundreds of bussed-in, unemployed, milking-the system hypocrites with yellow flags.
you think the blue dogs are anything but ignorant southern boys in ignorant southern areas being intimidated by the right-wing crazies? of course, you are prolly too dumb to think these things out. maybe mumpower will tell you if that is true or not. btw, how is his career working out? haha. what a joke. lesson- don't start being a bossy jerk until after the election. but he's still the speaker to you, right?
did you notice how civil your teabaggers are with people "bought and paid for by 'big pharm'" vs. those fighting the multi-billion dollar industry? that should be a clue if you weren't all so thick-headed. hopefully shuler's reign as senator will be as short as his reign as qb. you know he's dumb when he was a sec qb in college. prolly had tutors doing all his work so he could throw more footballs. i guess bush proved that dumb people vote for dumb people.
so to get this straight, you think the HCPs are going to start doing the right thing, or they already are, right? and you think that gov't programs (like the military, medicare, fire dept, etc) are socialism, right? and you think your 'black guy hero that proves you aren't racist' really needed a wheelchair, despite walking around normally in the video after his 'attack'. did you know he's uninsured and taking up a collection to pay his fake medical bills? you guys can sure pick 'em.
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