If you’re wondering how seriously the administration is taking its tame – some might say, ‘gelded’ – town halls, well:
A look at President Obama’s health care “town hall” Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H., shows the president out-spoke his audience by a ratio of nearly 9-to-1.
Here’s the scorecard.
Obama: 8,619 words.
Audience: 1,186 words.
You tell me.
Moe Lane
PS: Anybody else getting the feeling that one of the reasons that Democrats are being so graceless about this entire ‘town hall protest’ thing is because it’s wrecking their vacation? I mean, really: sitting in Congress and spending our money is such hard work, and here is the mob spoiling the ruling faction’s precious, precious time away from that task.
The nerve of us.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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Great point and full agreement,
CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Tuesday, August 18th at 9:23PM EST (link)but 1 nitpick if we run with this—
I saw it go up on Fox a few days ago, and their ratio is enough off that we should really get it right.
The President’s words were really 88% of the total, but the ratio was not really “nearly 9-to-1″ but actually “slightly over 7-to-1″. (7.2672)
Sorry. No I’m not. It’s my job.
Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)
soli Deo gloria
But did you count the "uh's"? nt
lthurwitz (Diary) Wednesday, August 19th at 2:46AM EST (link)Head Fake
r0per Tuesday, August 18th at 9:27PM EST (link)The Democrats are getting ready to ram ObamaCare through. It’s a Drudge headline and developing.
We shall see
antisocial (Diary) Tuesday, August 18th at 9:38PM EST (link)I don’t trust anything out of NYT. They might be testing the waters for democrats… Either ways bad for democrats.
Obama Doctrine – Boot On The Throat
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What is to be done?
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No. You can’t – Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
I doubt this too.
mikedaire Tuesday, August 18th at 9:47PM EST (link)The Dems want to stay in power. Some of them are getting the message: pass ObamaCare and this will be your last term.
On the other hand, if the Dems realize that they’re now a lame duck congress and start acting like one, anything is possible.
Yeah But...
r0per Tuesday, August 18th at 10:04PM EST (link)These people (Democrats) are delusional. They believe the reason Republicans took over in 1994 isn’t because they overreached on HillaryCare, but because they failed to pass it. They think they have a mandate and a short time to enact their agenda given the historical outcomes of mid-term elections. Beware
Health Care Reform Not-Power Grab Yes
ellisclarke (Diary) Wednesday, August 19th at 8:53AM EST (link)Any honest lawyer or lay person who has truly read the health bill HR3200, which was passed by the House, the only conclusion one could come to is that it is NOT a health care reform piece of legislation, but clearly a federal government power grab to control health benefits and treatments away from the states and doctors and private insurance companies and put this power into the hands of an UN-elected health Commissioner.
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