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Originally Posted by lofhay
I know that I am late to this thread, but I want to bring up a thought about the angry attempts at disrupting the town hall meetings. At first I could not figure out where the angry ones were coming from. Then I realized that comments like "We want our country back" were probably refering to the fact that we have a black president and the angry ones were afraid that their view of the country as being of white people and for white people was being upset. All this had nothing to do with healthcare, but protesters were using this forum to try to arouse opposition to our black president. Does this make sense?
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I doubt seriously it has anything at all to do with the race of the President. I think with all these bailouts and the hundreds of billions of dollars that seem to flow from Washington in an unlimited fashion and politicians that are out of touch with their constituents is beginning to wear on peoples nerves. I believe this discontent began during the Bush years and the Patriot Acts, wars, etc.. and the change people expected with this last election has become just more of the same. People feel disconnected from their elected officials and the whole government in general. The town halls was just a convenient way for people to vent this discontent.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Most do seem to be old white people, but some aren't. They seem to be an accurate cross-section of the Republican party, at least as far as the racial demographics. I suspect it's myriad conservative, evangelical, and social positions that are being seen as "real American" and that now seem to be on the list to be left behind.
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I guess the next election will tell if it's truly "accurate cross-section of the Republican party". Like the Democratic Party is all that
Neither party truly has the interest of the average American at heart. Elected members of both parties only worry about themselves.