David Scott on a racial undertone in the debate over health care reform

Just because I am against the health care plan doesn’t mean I am racist. I find it misleading that pro-obamacare supporters pick the worst sound bites and excerpts to try to paint all those that oppose their reform as racist. According to the Dr that asked about the obamacare proposal, he had tried to get in touch with Scott about it but Scott refused to meet with him. Scott is a liar that abuses his power to attack the people he should be working for. Vote him OUT!

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Another smoke screen designed to obscure truth and freedom of speech by concerned citizens. Shame on this “servant of the People” — do any of Speaker Pelosi’s sheep know what that means now-a-days? Both Dems and Reps can smell the rotten fish they are trying to sell us. So, stop already! Enough! Answer the people’s questions, and don’t keep using those tired talking points no one believes, anyway. Show “the People” some respect. Answer our questions.

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Why do liberals always play the race card when they are losing? No one has brought race into this, except the democrats. Vote this socialiust out of office. Throw them all out in 2010 and the rest, including Obama, in 2012. Obama…what a disappointment. Now we need to pray for “change.”

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I wish I lived in his district, because I would vote him out. He treated a constitutent horribly, and one that was respectful to him and the group. He should be ashamed. And it has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with regular Americans getting sick and tired of their representatives not working for them, not listening to them and not even reading the freaking bills. It is a disgrace. Vote them, out and Hank Johnson, you are my rep, and if you don’t treat your meeting attendees better tonight, you will find yourself in trouble too. Do not support a single payor system or government run healthcare.

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Yet again, the south has risen an is showing its TRUE colors. The congressman was asked a question about HEALTHCARE at a meeting to that was to discuss the topic of a $70 million reconstruction of Ga. 92 in the community. Sixty-eight homes and businesses will be destroyed in the process. Homes that just happen to be in a predominantly African-American community. So its OK to distract, divide, and abuse the democratic process when its AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOMES at risk…. just as long as the GOP gets it’s point across…which is what again????? Oh yeah that’s right… stop people from getting health care.

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Yes vote this moron out. Enough with these imbeciles and their quest for more bigger government and control of our lives. So sick of these cretins.

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Enough of this Socialist agenda! The last time I looked we have the RIGHT to assembly and protest. Obama and his cronies think they’re going to ram this crap down our throats and make us all LIKE it? Ha! America, you’d damn well better wake up and realize what is at stake here.

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Scott is the racist in this argument. He cannot intellectually argue his point so he hides behind the color of his skin. When will the fools who vote for people like this going to learn that race is a poor reason to vote for someone. Thats how you get idiots like McKinney making you look like a bunch of clowns. My money will go to his opponent in the next congressional race.

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If I’m not mistaken, the faxes sent to Mr. Scott’s office is what brought race into this issue. If you want to be heard and want respect then give it in return. The sad part is that all of this makes everyone miss the big picture and I’m pretty sure the ones protesting haven’t read anything but have gone on the word of others. Before speaking please be informed. Has anyone here read the entire proposed healthcare reform bill? I haven’t so until it is made available for me to read, I’ll keep my opinions on it to myself.

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Let’s face it. The issue is not really health care, the issue is that there is a black man in the white house. Pure and simple, you know racist are always the last to know they are racist.

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It’s called racism because it is. You people, yes, you people can’t handle the fact that a Black man can get this done. It’s eating you up. We can see it. It hurts to the core that that idiot president we had in for the past 8 years just screwed everything up, the surplus, relationships around the world, the global economy. You said yeah, let’s hand this mess over to the Black man and watch him fall on hie face. Now you’re frickin’ surprised at his ability to take it all on, head-on, and get it done. You know things are getting better, you just don’t want to admit it. And, like it or not, Health Care reform is coming, despite racist conservatives utilizing freedom of speech to hide their ignorance, are trying to hi-jack. It’s coming, just sit back and watch our new awesome President, get er’ done.

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I tried voting him out. We actually a great candidate to run against, an african american FEMALE!!! DOCTOR no less. You better believe she would have had a better perspective on how to fix healthcare than a career politician. And please he is by far a Blue Dog Democrat. I contacted him about his support for Cap and trade and his letter back was very demeaning and basically stated that I didn’t know what I was talking about… but I’ll grant you that was most likely his staff.

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This kind of retaliation from David Scott is exactly what is holding back the African American community. Stop making excuses for yourself! He is a community leader with no respect for his community. And Rev, Dr. Bishop Whatever you are, be so glad you are a black man in America today – you have been granted far more on the basis of simply being black than anyone could ever dream of.

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The truth hurts-

I’m racist because I don’t support the ideas of a black man, but you’re not racist for not supporting the policies of President Bush?

Even bad logic works both ways.

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It is strange that just becuase he does not support the anti-healthcare position, David Scott has been labled a racist, and an idiot. I would hate to hear what his opponents think about him after the proposed bill passes. Maybe some of the estimated 1 million out of work opponents can just reject the coverage this fall when they are sick with swine flu….. I’m just saying.

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The constitution grants us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Healthcare, food, housing etc. are not rights. For decades our govt. has engaged in acts that are destroying our civil liberties and violate the constitution. They steal from those who work hard and give to those who do not. It is time for us to stop this once and for all…

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“The war’s on,” says Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., and he’s not talking about a conflict overseas. The battle over health care is in his own backyard, where thousands of people are trying to tell him what to do, some not so nicely.

Hill is a leader of the Blue Dogs, a caucus of 51 conservative Democrats whose hard-bargaining support is critical to President Barack Obama’s bid to overhaul the health-care system.

“I’m trying to control the event,” Hill said, shortly before an informal discussion with a dozen business people at the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. “What I don’t want to do is create an opportunity for the people who are political terrorists to blow up the meeting and not try to answer thoughtful questions.”

That decision irritates some of Hill’s constituents, who have been calling his office to demand time. They are furious that he voted July 31 in the House Energy and Commerce Committee for a hefty bill that would include a government-run insurance option.

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Same sh*t, different story in the ol’ AJC!!!!!

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Was I the only one to finish reading the story. I know at the end of the paragraph he referred to emails and letters he has been receiving from ignorant azz people. Anyway how can you bring up healthcare at a meeting about people homes. That is just insane….to me!!!

And I wish that people will take the time and read the healthcare and stop listening to their right-wing cowards. I mead have you people learn enought about just listening to what people tell you. I mean really, didn’t the nation debt increase when Bush told you we had to go to work because of weapons of mass destruction. Have we yet to find those weapons yet? Ignorance…still come in all shape, sizes and “COLORS”

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Unbelievable. Those of you who throw the term “racist” around need to first learn the definition and then get the chip of your shoulder. Maybe then we can have a discussion. Crying racism because does not agree with a policy made by Obama is infantile at best.

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Billy Bob, Herman just uses this conservative cover to make money. Trust me, when he goes home, he knows he’s black. People, we should all stop following entertainers. I worked in advertising for over 20 years, Hannity, Cain, Limbaugh, Conservative, Liberal, if they are on the air, they are watching ratings and will do whatever it takes to build wealth, which I have no problem with. I just take their views with a grain of salt, Jesse and Al too.

And “Amazed”, please, please tell me why in general, conservatives supported everything that President Bush did while he literally drove the country into the ground? Please, help me understand that??? Lest we forget, “HIS” administration told us we were on the brink of a depression, if we did not pass the stimulus Bill, that is now blamed on President Obama!

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Our health care system, which now only leaves a mere 50 million people without coverage, is wonderful. Clearly the envy of the world. Why should we change it, just because a bunch of liberal, socialist, communist idiots think it shouldn’t send you into bankruptcy when you get sick. People who can’t afford their own health care probably aren’t worth keeping around anyhow. Send them to Canada or Britain or France, or perhaps, better yet, let them expire.

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Rep. Scott has resorted to playing the race card. This is very disappointing and very small of him!

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“that kenyan- born communist muslim obama, he’s trying to tell me what doctor i can go to!”… this is pretty much standard fare on these blogs.. god y’all right wingers are a scary bunch… Full disclosure: i’m white, wealthy and i would rather have a national health care system… I dont get brainwashed by liberal media why do you guys get brainwashed by rush, fox news, hannity, etc?

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8*@Kenneth Cobb** “Let’s face it. The issue is not really health care, the issue is that there is a black man in the white house. Pure and simple, you know racist are always the last to know they are racist.”

Give me a break! Would you like to discuss how many people voted for Obama because he is black and they didn’t have a clue what his policies (or lack of) were? I have nothing against the man and couldn’t care less what color he is. I have major problems with his policies. I don’t want to be told that if I happen to be unemployed, that I can’t conserve my limited funds by choosing not to have health care so that others that don’t make that choice can.

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In this particular situation Scott should have made it clear up front the meetings were to discuss local situation and not health care. So long as he has a specific meeting set up to discuss the health care situation that seems fair enough.

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RACIAL MY ASS! A MAN WHO THROWS THE RACE CARD EVERY TIME SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH HIM!! DISGRACE TO AMERICA

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Based on a lot of these comments, I see that Scott is right.

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I’ve been reading all of the comments and I’m just wondering, has anyone seen or read the healthcare reform bill? I don’t even think it’s been written. If i’m wrong please let me know where I can read the bill and learn for myself.

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If it hasn’t been written, then how can any of you have formed an opinion already?

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I find it amazing that Cong. Scott has seemed to forgotten that Mr. Osborne addressed the audience and announced there would be questions from those who were in attendance for other than the Hwy 92 project.

Yet, he accused those of us who would dare question his thoughts on governement healthcare of “Hijacking” the meeting???

He loudly stated, “If you want a meeting, call my office”! When he was told Isaac (his aide from the Smyrna office) had been called twice the day before, it looked like Isaac wanted to charge the person who would dare call him out!

This is yet another example of true arrogance and elitism at its finest.

***************************Purge them all—I can’t wait until November 2010*************************

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As a white yankee living in a neighborhood that is 96% black let me tell you about racism.

I can’t work hard without being entitled. I can’t speak up without having an agenda. I can’t educate without being snobby. I can’t live freely without being threatened.

The one thing I can do is choose my health coverage. This is not a black or white thing. My mother and many friends don’t have insurance. If you want it… work for it.

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Tongo say “How dare rich white doctor ask the great, the honorable, the Senator Scott to answer a question. He must be racist.”

I will let you decide who is the racist–me, the Dr. or Rep. Scott.

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Beuatifull Soul_33- That’s alot of the point,our elected officials have’nt even read it in it’s entirety! Most importantly our President! It’s over a 1000 pages, and god only knows whats been put in it. People just want to be able to trust our govnmnt, and we can’nt if they won’t be up front with us. This administation was elected with the promise of transparency and to stray from the old way’s of DC,but it looks like much of the same.

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‘In Defense of Patients & Physicians’: http://drmccloud.com/blog.php

While everyone debates health care, the INSURANCE COMPANIES NEED TO GET THEIR HANDS OFF THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. The medical profession has been RAPED by insurance companies. Stop the “physician networks;” allow doctors to have an open market. Stop the “pre-certs! They waste time, money, energy. A doctor and patient can decide what’s needed, NOT the insurance companies.

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We already have government run health care – ask the men and women of the armed forces about it, ask a Congressman about their health coverage, ask anybody over 65 about their Medicare – it might not all be perfect, but it is better than no coverage at all! I assume that all who are against government run health care will be declining Medicare coverage when they reach qualifying age – I know I won’t!

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Hey ummm….Ryan – the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness isn’t in the Constitution – that’s the Declaration of Independence – which carries zero legal weight in this country.

Constitution says that the gov’ts job is to
1. provide for the common defense
2. promote the general welfare
3. establish justice
4. promote domestic tranquility
5. and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity (i.e. future generations)

Healthcare can be interpreted to fit under several of these – as can the argument against.

I think this rep’s frustration isn’t the protesting – it’s the venue. He’s trying to meet with a group of constituents about a separate issue that impacts them. They probably got nothing accomplished because a bunch of folks shouted and screamed during a meeting about housing. He’s holding a meeting about healthcare at another date – yell at him then. Basically they used their first amendment rights to deny the first amendment rights to another group. The right to swing your fist ends where the other man’s face begins the old saying goes.

I don’t want a single payer system either – however I’ve read a good deal of several of the bills floating around and none of them mandate a single payer system. It basically will create a gov’t run company like Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac – that people who are in between jobs or don’t get coverage through their employer can buy, just like people aren’t forced to get their mortgages from Fannie & Freddie (and thank goodness) So a lot of this anti single payer system anger is I think inherently correct but doesn’t apply to what’s being tossed about.

What members of the right can do (and I will fully support) is try to come up with something. The majority of Americans want some type of reform because our costs are spiraling out of control and contrary to what ray said, our healthcare system is pretty junky – we rank around 35th internationally if I recall. I would like to see a Republican come forward with a plan that will help rein in costs and increase coverage. I certainly don’t want government running the healthcare after their record with schools & financial institutions. I guess my point is this:

Some type of healthcare reform is going to happen. It’s not an oppressive corrupt gov’t trying to control you – it’s what a majority of Americans want and voted for. It stinks being in the minority on an opinion but you’re options are 1) yell and scream – which gets you nowhere. How successful were all those anti-war protesters? 2) Get Republicans in Congress to generate a plan that will help our system. If you come up with a good plan and can get support behind that plan (from more than 30% of the electorate) then two things can happen – your plan passes, or the dems face backlash in the elections for shunning a popular plan. The way the right is going now they aren’t going to gain anything from this – because pitching a temper tantrum doesn’t get you (or your kids) what you want.

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Halibut Maoir:
My retort is summed up in a three words….”the Northern Arch”. I did not hear one member of the sons of the confedracy ask governor Perdue about the Flag when Homes in Cartersville and Buford were in danger before that project was killed. So why then is it acceptable to talk about healthcare reform when 62 more homes and businesses are in danger just becuase “some” do not think their homes are important enough to give the proper respect to the democratic process.

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Wow, I am a conservative freedom fighter and I’m amazed at the ignorance of the comments here. Do these angry Republicans truly not understand that they have become stooges of the agents of power, wealth and privilege?? Just look at the corporate interests orchestrating these astroturf protests. This is a sad day for my beloved country. We the people will rise above these backhanded assaults on our democracy. I am embarrassed by the gullibility of my fellow ‘conservatives’. Wake Up Countrymen!!

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@Beautiful Soul

No there isn’t a healthcare bill right now. There are about 60 ideas and proposals floating around through through various committees in both houses of Congress. So nobody has read an entire bill because there isn’t an entire bill. The house is working on combing all of their committees’ work and the Senate is doing this same. There won’t be a final “bill” that one could sit down and read for quite some time considering how slowly this is moving through Congress.

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To douglasville resident, check your facts, Bill Clinton allowed the deregulation of the housing market (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack) which allowed the finance companies to give loans to those who couldn’t afford to pay them back and again CONGRESS sent us to war with the full support of the Democrats. Bush spent more money in 8 years than all of the previous presidents combined, Obama has spent more than Bush in just 8 months. Who has blinded whom?

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Ryan @ 4:28, I would be in agreement if there weren’t so many homes in foreclosure ALL OVER! Doesn’t matter what neighborhood or what part of town you live in, people have lost their homes. Many due to job loss. And how about you provide numbers as to how many loans were provided for those ‘low-income’ folks you speak of. IMO, they’ll amount to just a blip and the real cause of the recession was wall streeters hedging their bets and not having the money when the debt comes due. But thats just me.

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Amazing to wake up this a.m. and be considered un-American because I ask questions. My kid needs help with homework tonight I’m gonna tell him he’s un-Studious.

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These yahoos want to say Scott is a racist, yet overlook the racist faxes he received. Nice post Whatever @ 4:39. These ‘informed’ people have no idea. They live in their little enclaves and receive their information through word of mouth.

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Chis-While there is’nt a completed bill written as of yet,the main points are there.And this is not a bi-partisan bill by any stretch of the imagination.

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JDE, Colin Powell was on Larry King less than two weeks ago and recollected about how he had been racially profiled. Nice try though. And its Condoleeza. You’re really informed.

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If one person sends in an email with racist comments then call that person a racist, the problem is that when one Republican sends in a racist comment, ALL Republicans become racist. Don’t judge all by the actions of one.

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Just stick to the point. Quit trying to take control of MY healthcare AND the massive tax increase on the middle class with this cap and trade scam………

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Typical thug! Always trying to use the race card no matter what. You people want insurance? Get a job somewhere that offers it and you will be fine. However, that would require you getting an education first instead of stealing and robbing everyone downtown.

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The race card is getting wore out…

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When you are black and can’t think of anything to back your statements up or have anything pertinent to say, play the race card.

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In a public forum, a Congressional representative should be prepared to address any issue about which they are asked. The fact that Scott became angry at one of his constituents attests to his lack of respect for his district. As for him suggesting there are “racial overtones,” I am not surprised. There are racial overtones in the new healthcare plan that select for minorities and against productive Causasians.

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What POTUS has asked for and will continue to ask for is for civil debate on this issue and if you haven’t read the news lately, showing up and shouting typically doesnt classify as having a serious debate…

As of now over 17% of our GDP goes toward healthcare, healthcare costs continue to rise and its time we do something about it. Saying you dont want socialized medicine like the UK (9% of their GDP) but you are in favor of Medicare is hypocrisy at its best.

I work full-time, exercise regularly, eat right and take care of my body. I am for a Government Option for healthcare because it makes sense! By allowing competition will lower costs. UPS and FED Ex continue to make money despite the US Postal Service. The insurance companies will then be forced to compete. Its time the AJC and other mainstream media stop sensationalizing the issues and offer the facts for people in a very real and common sense format.

I fall on the side of why do we need the insurance companies? If their goal is to make a profit by collecting more in premiums and paying out less in claims, how cany anyone justify that we are getting the best care as a nation based on this business model. Let’s stop letting idiots like Sarah Palin and the rest of her ilk go unchecked in their unsubstantiated claims about the health of our nation

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I bet all of you bloggers out there against Health care reform is on some type of government assistance. Get over it — this is going to happen. Have you ever heard of the “silent majority” Well it is out there — “believe me”!! You nuts just keep up the fuss and watch the news and see how stupid you look!!!!

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Far right confederate flag wavers are amazing. They use the N word which is about the only word they know and it is misspelled, they are anti education because it is depleting their ranks, they are religious until love is involved, and they are the number one reason health care is in the tank in the first place. Look at even the Republican leadership, not too many missed meals there, they are mostly walking time bombs waiting for the heart attack, the dibetes, cancer from smoking. Instead of following their favorite hate group around the country why don’t they go out and get some exercise, stop packing the fried chicken and sweet tea, Bill Bennett on CNN keeps a drumstick under his desk on the air. Keeping these blimps alive is what is running up health care cost, maybe Scott can have them chase him across a few parking lots blow off a few calaries.

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Its amazing to see all of the pro-democracy, pro-equality, pro-individual liberties comments around the healthcare reform issue. Where were you guys when the Bush administration negotiated with the energy industry in secret regarding the nation’s energy policy? Where were you guys when the Bush administration started stripping away all of your individual rights under the Patriot Act? Where are you pro-equality/individual liberty guys when people who looked Middle Eastern or had different names are being unjustly searched, seized, and detained? Why aren’t you guys protesting the tax breaks and incentives corporations receive from you (hard working American taxpayers) to export jobs and production facilities overseas? You think your taxes are going to increase because of healthcare reform? What effects will the Iraq War have on your future taxes? What effect will our broken energy policies have on your future taxes? What effect will having fewer and fewer jobs supporting a growing number of retirees have on your taxes? The problem I have with your argument regarding healthcare reform is that it is not consistent with your tolerance/acceptance/silence on all of these other issues that will “raise your taxes, limit your choices, and take aways your freedom.” That is why your rage over healthcare reform rings hollow and is without substance.

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white america please stop being brainwashed by OVERWEIGHT limbaugh and INSANE HANNITY..i,m a wealthy white american man that owns a business and pay for health insurance for my employees and its foolishly overpriced!!!no business can profit with these sky rockting prices..i support my president and love this country please quit acting like preschool children and face the fact that we need to do something about health care..and lot of you dont know what socialism is its just a term you heard limbaugh quote..leave the racism and name calling of our american president out of it and quit act like ignorant southern rednecks…notice;hannity and limbaugh are very rich men and are not concerned about your wellbeing

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Let Freedom Ring-So in order to be racist you have to be republican? Come on

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Bob @ 5:05, meet me in SW Atlanta near Greenbriar Mall and I’m sure ‘those people’ over there will have a greeting party waiting for you. You talk the talk, but can’t walk the walk!

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WOW, David Scott pulls a page from Obama playbook and scream racism!
Is ti raqcisim, that typically it is blacks looking for the free handouts? they are the receipents of most welfare benefits, lead the country in unwed children, number of men in prison. The blame lies on the black communities lack of character, and ethics.

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I can’t comment on every person who has been categorized as a “shouter”, but the ones I’ve seen on TV all have 3 things in common. They are all white, they are all middle age to elderly, and none seem to be terribly bright.

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You anti-healthcare zealots don’t even know what you are fighting for.

Your healthcare dollars are already taxed: Just for kicks and giggles the next time you visit a hospital or ER request an itemized bill. What you are charged for certain things will shock you. More than likely one aspirin is $3, the supplies they use to treat you are probably marked up 30 to 50%…why? to pay for the person with no insurance who the hospital has to treat whether they can pay or not. What is that if not a tax?

Your care is already rationed: Ever hear of HMO’s/Insurance companies denying a person a required test or procedure because they don’t deem it “medically necessary”. What is that if not rationed healthcare?

Oh by the way Obama’s plan contains NONE of the things above. The current plan wants to do away with BOTH practices.

Yet you fight against a plan designed to ALLEVIATE the burden you currently bear because of your blind allegiance to a party or an ideal that doesn’t have your own best interest at heart. Have fun hurting yourselves and others less fortunate than you, you lemmings. Just don’t say you were none the wiser

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Look at the thug “Ghost Writer” being threatening. What a shocker. You want him to meet you in SW Atlanta which is nothing but dangerous. And why is it dangerous? Because of you thugs! I mean you guys did do a great job of ruining Atlanta. Sure is funny how I have lived in safe, white areas like Dunwoody, East Cobb, and Alpharetta and have never heard a gunshot. Gee I wonder why?

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My apologies. I have many Republican relatives and friends who are really great people.

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Get Real-what you say is true in total dollars but incorrect in percentage-tell the whole story! Nice to see AMVET partake,spewin his anti-conservative rubbish, What would a day be without it.

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LetFreedomRing-I’m a conservative married to Beautifull Black liberal,and you think you got it tough!

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Nobody’s read the healthcare bill? Then how does Sarah Palin know that Obama wants to shoot her ‘tard baby in the head if nobody’s read the bill? How do Republicans know that Obama wants to euthanize their grandmas if nobody’s read the bill? How to right-wingers know for sure that the public option will make private options evaportate if nobody’s read the bill? How does anybody know that “this will take away our freedoms and destroy America!!!” if nobody’s read the healthcare bill?

Oh, I forgot. Right-wingers don’t need facts to have opinions.

And by the way, if you think private insurance companies will go away if people have a public option, then you’re admitting that private insurance companies only exist to profit the shareholders, and aren’t actually for the express purpose of providing healthcare. So you kind of admit that the private sector, by definition, only exists to profit the already wealthy, and that if we want, as a nation, to accomplish something, it’s sheer foolishness to give the task to a bunch of greedheads and tell ourselves that “the free market will solve all our problems!”, isn’t it?

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Halibut Maoir. LOL

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some of you on here make me a wealthy white american man shame of my race with your ignorance..didnt here you crying socialism and debt when bush was in office and having tea parties when bush was giving us wealthy guys huge tax breaks..while middle class america was being crushed and ignored..socialized medcine??you ever heard of medicare some of you will need it if you work for a living and something happens to your health..GO.MR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DONT BACK DOWN TO IGNORANCE AND RACISM STAND FIRM I SUPPORT YOU 150%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GetREal-all I said was you could’ve stated all instead of a portion of fact. I did’nt say you were incorrect just not complete.

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Thanks for adding that Halibut, but i didn’t see you saying the same to Gatorboy who initiated things.

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I think socialism is equal to welfare and that is why scott and obama want to see it implemented.
I will be at Hank Johnson town hall tonite wearing my flag shirt and screaming “constitution” to the top ‘of my lungs. I feel like Paul Revere before the revolution..
“the socialist welfare garbage is coming for our country beware”

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The Dems can dish it out, but they sure can’t take it.

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Since so many people come to the U.S. from other countries to get their healthcare, to what country will we go when we can’t get proper healthcare in the U.S. if Obama’s healtcare plan gets enacted?

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Oh– for Pete’s sake Congressman. Surely you can do better than ‘playing a race card’. Start reading the bills you can support, and start serving your constituents!! If the job is too difficult, RESIGN!!

YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE — NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

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keith you sound ignorant and toothless…i hope your rich cause keith if your not dont go knocking on INSANE HANNITY(sean hannity) and dope pushing limbaugh for help ..they are rich guys determined to keep you poor and ignorant while hannity making 8 mill a year and limbaugh making 15 continue to get richer and richer..knock on thier door if life throws you for a hoop health wise..bet they want help..wise up keith!!ignorance is offensive as a toliet that hasnt been flushed in 6 days in 95 degree heat..educate your self keith!!!

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Hey “mike” it’s a good thing you didn’t add “intelligent” to “white” and “wealthy” as a word to describe you . . . nationalized healthcare would be a disaster in this country. You end up providing a few million people with “subsidized” healthcare (or healthcare that you and I provide as a freebie to those who can’t “afford” it, assuming healthcare is a right, which it is NOT)at the risk of DRASTICALLY reducing the quality and availability of good healthcare of an entire nation. The bottom line is that healthcare IS NOT A RIGHT and should not be placed on the backs of the taxpayers. Why do I even work, Obama the Savoir will give me healthcare, housing, food stamps and unemployment benefits, a Government cell phone and mo’ mony for every baby I have . . .

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Anthony-You are excused from this discussion.You make sense & provide facts to back up your statements. HOW DARE YOU!!! Yours truly, DNC

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WOW the lack of education in this state shows it’s UGLY Color !

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GetReal-See Billy @ 5:59 and you see what I mean from 5:39

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can you name one successful country run by blacks

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How does he know that the hate mail was from opponents? Maybe his own supporters sent them to make the opponents look bad. I have no proof that they were from supporters but he has no proof that they were from opponents. So let’s leave the hate mail out of this.

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Billy (from 5:59pm) you are a racist. You are a RACIST! Your comments are meaningless and without merrit. You follow Barrack with out thinking or questioning. In your eyes, Barrack is black and that is the only thing that matters. You need to understand that, according to published reports, that your man Barrack is following more and more policies set out by “W” He will tax you no matter what since al this spending has to be repaid … or did you think that this is free money like you are more than likely receiving. Unemployment is the highest it has been since the great depression (BHO said it wouldn’t pass 8% – my math says that 10% is higher than 8%), deficit is higher than it ever has been (BHO stated that “W” was out of control and needed to stop and then he gets in office and sends it higher than ever!

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Nice try. I think he’s probably the bigot here.

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how do you starve a lberal? hide his food stamps in his work boots

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Anthony … you are a great American!

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This is about racism. Here you have millions of Americans without insurance and The President is trying to help and all we hear is criticism.

Keith, This is not about individuals who do not have jobs. This is about individuals who are rejected by their insurance because of a serious illness. You can call whoever you like a thug but I will tell you this if you people want a riot you are asking for it because we will not stand for this. We will fight until the end like we did during the civil rights days.

I am fed up and so are millions of others. So you racist individuals just keep it up. You haven’t seen anything yet. This is from an educated black woman who is proud to be black.

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If you Don’t want a public plan, then don’t sign up for the public plan. The cost for medical care is out of control. I know a dentist that made $400,000 in a month( 2500/ hr). I’m sure he earned every penny.

Blame the congress, they are the one’s that made it possible for medical providers to charge outrageous prices and then they can garnish your wages if you default. How many creditors can charge you unreal prices and garnish your wages?

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FACT : Let’s say management of a company that makes bread, mandates that the employees pay into a retirement fund and took the money directly out of their paycheck. They take out more money than they giove out in benefits to build a reserve for the current workers that will retire in the future. Now if the management then decided to take that accumulated money to spend it on advertisements at football games, busines meetings, new equipment, bonus to themselves, etc and put attached an IOU of future earnings onto the acct, how long do you think it would take for this ILLEGAL act to be stopped and those responsible go to jail? FACT: Since 1983, the congress has manadated that every worker must pay into the social security fund more money than is currently being paid out in retirement benefits. Since 1983 they have been stealing and spending the excess and replacing it with IOUs, to be paid by future workers. How come these guys aren’t in orange jump suits?

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So folks, how does it feel to know that you’re now in a permanent minority? (Demographics are destiny, as they say.) Part of what is going to become a regional party?

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Any time a black person get’s opposition to what they are doing they turns it into a racial issue. It’s their way of disarming white people.

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I am not part of any organized opposition to facist or socialist healthcare “reforms”, bailouts or other such nonsense like we’ve had in the last 8 months, but Congress and Presbo are on notice: be afraid. Continue in your current path and you’ll see a legal, electoral revolt on a scale not experienced since our American Revolution. That is not a threat, it is a promise. God bless America.

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HOPE———– guess they forgot the word no in front of hope
Change we can believe in —————Change we should fear
How do you get the attention of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank——they are the ones ram rodding this.

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I believe the problem is Mr. Scott is a Racist…… and as a recognized Racist he is trying to turn the tables around because Mr. Scott cannot get what he wants, so therefore, anyone who does not agree with Mr. Scott is a Racist…. It is time for this Racist to be voted out of Office,,, He is totally useless to the average hard working taxpayer of his District… He is just another one of Pelosi’s Pimps…..Nothing more, nothing less… and lining his pockets at the Public Trough….He is Useless…

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Halibut et al, good riddance. Your know it all attitude and total disregard for millions of suffering American is nauseating. Visit some of the food pantries across the metro area and the faces you see are not all African Americans. Everyone is impacted by this recession. If you have the answer to the healthcare crisis, run for office and submit your proposal/law. It is real easy to stand on side line and pass judgment. Get in the race and lets see how quickly you line your middle class pockets.

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This guys is not smart enough to have this job.

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I’m not surprised by this kind of hatred talk, regardless if you are a conservative, you can speak your peace without resorting to underlying and in your face racist jargon. It’s very sad that people don’t care about their fellow man, but being a resident of paulding county, I see this written in the blogs of Paulding county as well. You could care less about a road going through someone’s home unless it’s going through the wealthy area. LoL what a sad miserable bunch of people you are, spreading lies online without reading and trying to understand for yourselves. With so many seniors white and black being on medicare, what do you think that is? Something you’re entitled to? That’s a handout just the same. You don’t have to accept the gov sponsored insurance, you can keep your own, but let people decide for themselves without other’s resorting to scare tactics. See I’m a strong believer in KARMA, and what you give out you get back 10 fold! I hope you all settle down and actually ask questions, without resorting to screaming and threatening to get your point across. Sad Sad Truly Sad

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I just want to know when did our Constitution declare that we have the right to “Life, Liberty,Pursuit of Happiness and Health Care”?

I am black and I am sick and tired of the whole race card….its really old people.

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Please.

At least one fifth of our population has no regular access to health care, and we still spend nearly twice as much per person as any other developed nation. What do we get, outcomes that put us about 20th. Surely we can do better.

On the one hand, some republicans argue that we need to focus on cost rather than expanding coverage. Then, they suggest that a focus on cost would result in a “death council”.

This is not a choice between cost and coverage. We need to do both. They are not mutually exclusive.

Most of all, we need a civilized discussion about the issue. Ignore the fear mongers, and find out what is in the various healthcare bills. Then, let’s talk about solutions.

The townhall disruptors do not appear to be interested in voicing their opinions, only drowning out others. They remind me of nothing as much as a lynch mob.

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im white but black below the belt

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you can definitely tell that youre in the deep south when you read post after post filled with hate and fear mongering without knowledge and awareness…i am surprised some of these people even have computers or internet connection…luckily for most Americans the numbers of these ignorant individuals is dwindling every day….a new America is being born so either get onboard or start packing up!!

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Don’t try to make this a “south” thing- these idiots are nationwide.
Bob from Dahlonega- Great ideas, buddy. I hope you express your plans at whatever town hall meeting you were talking about attending. It’ll go over real well, I’m sure.
Keith- You’re a classless rube. And additionally a coward, as I’m sure you’re too afraid to express these hateful thoughts in person. I try not to think it terms of race and I hate it when people speak like they represent an entire race, but you really are an embarrassment to white people. Please die in a fire. Thanks.

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And how can anyone complain about “race cards” being thrown out when Scott has received blatantly racist faxes? Did y’all even read the article?

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What makes me disgusted is the fact that the congress, for that matter most elected officials, believe they have the right to call police in to “control” the very people they claim to represent. It should be illegal for any politician to call in the police because the members of their district, city, state or country wish to give them an ear full because of the ineptitude they stand by.

They are not elected to shut us up—whatever the subject ! They are suppose to listen even when it’s harsh and act on what WE SAY TO DO !

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atlanta is a crap hole .nothing but illegal aliens,stupid yankees and leeches on society oh yeah wheres cynthia mckinney?

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Dude sounds like a complete moron. Whites don’t like blacks simply because they cause nothing but trouble. Gee who causes all of the crime downtown? Funny how they don’t have major problems in white cities like Chattanooga, Greenville, Orlando, etc.

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Why is it that every political discussion in the south always degrades to a racial argument. You people are pathetic…on both sides.

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Keith, you’re still on here? Your mom hasn’t yelled down that dinner is ready yet? Obama, a half-black man is president and you’re on here blogging like a lunatic. Seems like all the crystal meth comes from those REAL American towns where Bob from Dahlonega. Where are you from Rabun County? Little tidbit for ya, whites commit more total crimes than blacks. Suck on that!

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Ghost Writer THANK YOU for the laugh. This proves how uneducated your black a$$ is. Lets see, around 12% of the population is black yet there are more blacks in jail then whites and whites commit more crimes? Did you also know that more blacks go to jail then graduate college? Do you watch the Atlanta news nightly and see what great things you thugs are doing for Atlanta? Nothing but trouble. It is a fact that most blacks are complete morons and cause nothing but trouble. They are also terrible leaders. And by the way, Johns Creek in a $420,000 house. No bullets flying by up here! Go kill someone or sell some drugs or whatever you do.

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Hey “Wow” is that what you think? You think us “backwoods crackers” will be in the minority soon? Do you know that only 10% of this country is black and you thugs are simply killing each other off daily? This country is still almost 70% white so you have a long wait monkey boy. You will be shot sometime soon I am sure by one of your fellow thugs.

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Ghost Writer…..blacks commit more violent crime than any other race. Just look at the news everyday. They totally destroy everything they come in contact with. Even lowering the standards can’t help….too stupid and too lazy. Only difference between the blacks and animals is that the blacks walk upright. Take responsibility for yourselves. If HITLER was black you stupid morons would still vote for him.

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Wow you can literally smell the ignorance coming out of some of these comments. I promise you that none of these guys would ever say this kind of racist garbage to a black persons face, internet cowards the lot of them.

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Thank you Herman Cain for exposing a race baiter neocon demogod. He is no better than midget al and baby daddy jessie. Maybe he can get NeNe to fight his battles for him. Mlk would be rolling over in his grave if he could see these no count gov pimps at work.

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Wow-seems like you have some racial issues. Grow up.

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Anytime anyone disagrees with this administration they will be accused of being racists. It’s lame and it’s way past old. For any proponents of the bill as it stands you might want to read it.

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David Scott may be a dinosaur, but he woke everybody up in Georgia! I am so proud of him.
Whether you people like it or not, we will have health care reform. Democrats have the
majority vote in the House and the Senate. Make it Happen! Yes we can and yes we will!

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Thankfully Obama Bin Laden will be OUT in three more years, or hopefully less.

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I wish all the nutjob birtherbaggers would quit driving on our ’socialist’ federal highways so that I can get home from work quicker…and yes, the crybaby lunatics are a bunch of racists.

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This discussion is going nowhere.

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Sorry Bama12 but your party is currently built on the principles of hate.

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TrueAmerican it would be a much better country without people like you in it. Please leave and take the thugs with you.

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Reading these comments clearly shows that the Republican Party is no different than any hate filled, extremist group out there that have no real solutions. You’re the ones playing the race card because to none racist, race is not a game to be played.

This is why your party has gone the way a of Robert E Lee… dead.

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World Be Free… the same people that paid for the Iraq war… which still cost more than the current stim package.

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“red necks” is one word you uneducated thug. Now go kill someone or whatever you people do.

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Sorry Kris but this is my country, I’ll continue o fight for and the only one’s leaving will be racial terrorist like you and Rush and Newt and the entire republican party.

Go find Hitler and get bombed so WE (Whites, Blacks, Hispanic and Asian Americans) can get to the business of America.

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Sorry, I did not mean to incorrectly spell your family name “redneck”… honest mistake.

Is that a family name for the 1st generation or 2nd generation racial terrorist?

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the republicans in georgia and the country are a group of sore ingorant losers.americans rejected mccain and palin and the ultra conservatives.the republicans only carried the old confederacy states and i am sorry georgia is one of them.

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If being against socialized medicine makes me a racist, then I guess I am racist.
And so are about 98% of the people in the country that actually pay taxes.

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All jabbing aside… America needs real solutions and we can’t get there with people that are clouded by hate filled agenda’s.

Don’t try and stop the current President, try to help him and all of our representatives understand that OUR country wants them to succeed in helping make America as strong as ever. This means rebuilding the base of our economy (small and medium businesses) and making sure that all Americans have access to progressive health care so that Americans can be healthy enough to work and support there families and communities.

I don’t agree with all the moves that have been made but I also realize the best solution for America goes beyond me, my family, my community and my ideals. So for everyone with an open mind, work together, and don’t back down from true terrorist who would rather see OUR COUNTRY fail so that there agenda may survive.

Pray for our leaders and God bless America.

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Thnx Black Tolerance… but I still wanted to apoligize to Kris, he’s rather sensitive about his family name.

I couldn’t resist…

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cool someone said my name. would it surprize you to know that i made 1.6 million selling health insurance last year and thats 600k in taxes to support all these baby mommas. frankley i dont care if they do away with it. i will just get a government job and fleece the flock that way.

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In 1997, I found myself working temporary after working for the Olympics. I became ill and was hospitalized for a little more than one week. I had two procedures–kidney stones. I racked up medical, hospital and doctor bills totally close to $30,000. I also, fell behind in my mortgage payments. I had to file bankruptcy. I paid back all of the money over a five year period. Those payments to my trustee totalled almost $600 a \month on top of keeping up my monthly payments to my mortgage company. I had no credit card payments. The only debt I had were those medical bills. I am a taxpayer and I want health care reform. Why should misinformed folks dictate whether someone should receive medical assistance. The protestors say they don’t want government in their business–that’s a joke. The government is already in their business if they are receiving social security, medicare, Veterans benefits, unemployment insurance, prescription plan, etc. I could go on and on. Half of the protestors are supporting a cause they have no understanding. The politicians that are protesting too much government–are the very ones that are receiving big fat checks from the insurance companies. No, I don’t want more government. However, we now have insurance companies dictating whether they will cover some things and not others or you can get this prescription not the one you really need. Why should the insurance companies dictate to my doctor what kind of treatment they will pay for and which ones they will not. It’s insane. Folks stop listening to the talk radio or whatever you’re listening to and pick up the plan and read it for yourself. I would have respect for someone that has taken the time to read the bill. There are more than five or six different variations of the health care plan and some haven’t even come out of committee. So, what are you talking about. I believe the protests are for the folks that didn’t get their choice for the POTUS. The members of Congress that have tried to get the facts to us have been targeted for no reason other than to shut down progress and all its about is the fat cat insurance companies have spent a great deal to pay people like Oxendine and others to stall any kind of reform to our health care. I can remember not to long ago–the Members of Congress that fought back privatizing Social Security are the same ones some of you old fools are shouting down at these town hall meetings. If Bush had his way with Social Security you would be jumping out of windows or going back to work like some of the Madoff victims. JUST READ THE PLANS FOR YOURSELF!

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i can tell the 49% of the comments here who make up Georgia’s growing number of non high school graduates. i cannot believe the obvious racism in so many of these comments. my god, you racist idiots. there is no socialized medicine involved in this plan. but we already have socialized medicine in this country – medicare. seriously, a little bit of research wouldn’t hurt anyone. you know what? race matters! it’s obvious by the number of comments about “the race card” and it’s obvious that at least half of this state is racist. so get over your racist selves.

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Please note that Alan made a threat against our President in his comment at 9:28pm by stating:
“Thankfully Obama Bin Laden will be OUT in three more years, or hopefully less.”
Please take appropriate steps to report this vile and hateful posting with me.

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Alan August 10th, 2009 9:28 pm SAID: Thankfully Obama Bin Laden will be OUT in three more years, or hopefully less.

CHRIS SAYS: What happened, Alan? Not get enough moonshine at the local Klan gathering? Your first cousin turn you down again so now you’re out looking out for a visit from the Secret Service?

What a pathetic excuse of a human being…………….That’s what inbreeding will do to you.

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Nancy Pelosi was right. It is so unAmerican to block free speech as these mobs have done. No matter how you frame it, the gentleman was unfair to Representative Scott. He had a right to be indignant. Anytime anyone stands up to them they yelp like a puppy with a tail. Now they protestors have abandoned the stars and stripes and favor their own DON’T TREAD ON ME FLAG that they pass out at rallies. We are no better now than the fifties and the sixties. And all the hatred is because we seek a way for all Americans to have access to healthcare.

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Chris, the Republicans have several ideas that would help reform healthcare without government healthcare. The Democrats refuse to allow them to participate. Everything they have put forward is voted down by the dems and then the dems say that the Republicans don’t have any ideas and the press refuses to cover what the Republicans say, they just spout the Dem talking points.

Their is a bill that has gone through committee but not voted through the entire house yet. It talks public option, but Obama as well as Barney Frank and other Dems have said that this is the way to single payer healthcare. Our congressmen have not read the bill and admit that they don’t because they can’t understand it. Some have read it and admit that they don’t understand it. How on earth can you vote on such a sweeping bill like this and not understand what you are voting on?

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[...] his worries about a racial undertone in the debate were noted in this space, U.S. Rep. David Scott, also an African-American Democrat from metro Atlanta, took aired his [...]

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THEY ARE RUNNING FROM THE FACTS. THE GOP HAS NO PLAN. EMPLOYEE BASE INSURANCE DAY ARE NUMBERED. PEOPLE IN THE KNOW KNOW THAT.GEORGIA WENT GOP NEVER FORGET THAT. ALL YOU SEE IS HELL RAISING . WHERE IS THE DIALOG. THEY IS NON. AGAIN OBAMA WANTS TO TALK BUT THE OTHER SIDE SAY HELL NO. THEY TALKING TO THEM IF THEY DON’T WANT TO REASON WE DON’T NEED THEM ALL WE NEED IS 51 VOTES IN THE SENATE NOT 60. THIS HAS SOME FEAR BUT MORE HATE FOR OBAMA THAN ANY THING. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERATED GOP HAS VERY LITTLE REASONING MOST FEAR AND HATE . NO PLAN IS GOOD FOR THESE WING-NUTS. WE MUST MOVE WITH OUT THEM IF THEY HAVE NO REASONING AND WE CAN!!! MOST OF THE SOUTH DID NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA SO THIS PAR FOR THE COARSE. OBAMA IS NOT A SOCIALIST BUT JESUS WAS IF YOU READ THE WORD!!

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Rev. Aymer:

You stated in your post “Unfortunately, the rise of racial vitriol against an African American who refuses to vote the way a mob wishes him to vote is neither surprising nor particularly newsworthy.

Especially in Georgia”

Isn’t it the Congressman’s job to listen, answer questions AND represent the people that elected him?

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He sure did get what he deserved. Hopefully Scott, Jackson, and Sharpton will all be dead soon.

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This use of the fallacious race card is just a ploy to pressure submission to the Marxist mandate(s). The swastika “hate crime” was almost certainly a false-flag to prop up the “Racist” angle. Besides, the Nazis were Socialists. Awaken to the deception!!!

http://www.infowars.com

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I’m not from Atlanta but let me say this, the main people who are complaining about this offer no solutions to the problem just adding to it by going to meetings and disrupting them. You want your voices to be heard? How about listening first BEFORE offering up an opinion someone else gave you. The problem with a lot of this is most of the people complaining probably didn’t vote for Obama in the first place and probably haven’t read the bill themselves but because Rush, Sean or Sarah says it’s bad,then they agree with it not realizing as someone else has pointed out who was a conservative by the way that it’s Bluecross Blue Shield, Cobra and this other health care agencies who don’t want reform because quite frankly it creates competition among them and they will have to lower their rates. Why is that a bad thing? Why as a Americans do we continue to fight amongest ourselves for the few crumbs given to us and blame one another instead of turning our frustration on the people who deserve it the most and that is this big time companies who continue to screw us ALL over. WAKE UP!

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What’s wrong with a public option? The privately held insurance companies have jacked up health care for 20 years. It is the insurance companies that need to be yelled out. How come you protesters aren’t barking at THEM? And you can’t have a dialogue about anything when acting uncivilized like a wild baboon and being disrespectful to each other.

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This is truly amazing. How many of those who oppose Heathcare Reform actually voted for President Obama? I would venture to say “NONE.” You “sheep” or your collective term of “Real Americans,” of which is comprised primarily of southern, white Americans, have allowed yourselves to be manipulated by the very insurance companies that are fearful of a loss of profits (salaries, private clubs, and their vision of the status quo). You all have had a famaily member that has been subjected to the very industry that you blindly are defending. You scream from the talking points (o.k. let’s be honest here, most of you HAVE NOT read a talking point, however, the leader of your group has or is imitating another wingnut) that you do not want a beauracrat between you and your doctor. That’s laughable when the insurance company has a “consultant” that is clearly between you and your doctor and denies you much need treatment. But, you’re argument remains that it is not due our President’s race. Then let’s presume it’s not. The depictions of him with Hitler, or with a scicle and hammer, does that indicate Communist or Dictator? A leader of the Third Reich?? You’re stomping on the memory of our fallen soldiers when you do something like that? (You know WWII??), Or is it an attack on the Jewish? You suborn correspondence that is laced with racial ephitets and attacks on elected officials of color..why? What does any of their differing viewpoints have to do with their color? Healthcare effects each and every one of us. Black, White, Latino, and Asian. The Insurance industry does not give one iota of a damn that you’re either white or black or whatever. If that “consultant” denies your treatment, you are more prone to remain ill or worse die. That has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with our rights as citizens. I have insurance, Thank God, however, I know that my insurance can be better with a system that offers competiveness. It can only help our financial health while getting the treatments that we need to continue to be here for our loved ones. This craziness of supporting a party that is being manipulated by the very industry that has allowed the deaths of so many of our citizens and family members by denying coverage, dropping those who have either pre-existing conditions, or have received treatment for a chronic illness, and then for them to be denied coverage from other agencies is beyond the realm of stupid. I was at Rep. hank Johnson’s Healthcare Town Hall last evening in Clarkston. I saw the determination of several groups, those who supported the reform, those who opposed it, those wh were there for inforamtion, and those who had no intention of allowing that exchange. As my wife and I stood there, a member of Freedom Works was passing out a 3X5 card that summed up the complexity of a bill that could greatly enhance the lives of millions of Americans, and I thought, what have we as a country been reduced too? We are no better than those countries that are in constant turmoil. Yet they have healthcare. We tout to be the strongest country on Earth, yet we have been allowed to be dictated too by Big Business (Banks/Insurance Companies). We have turned on one another and are allowing the media to control the message by inciting our divisions to violent levels. What have we become? Yet, the very issue at the base of all of this is race and trust. President Barak Obama is a multiracial person. He represents many races in his being. He, essentially, can be the best of all of us. If we stop attacking one another. He can lead this country, if we stop allowing those that want to see US fail. And, we can get our country back from the special interests which are only interested in themselves. Is that what you’re demonstrating for? In the end, you’ll be in need of the very thing that you stand against. Death Panels? Beauracratic denials of coverage? Nazis? Now, N-word? Swatizkas? It’s mindless and its ugly. Stop it. Just stop it.

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What these elected officals fail to remember is that they work for US. Congress is a cesspool of liars, thieves, inside traders, traitors, drunks (one who killed a staffer, yet is still revered), criminals,racists and other low level swine who, as individuals (not all, but many), will do anything to enhance their lives, fortunes and power, all at the expense of the People of the United States and its Constitution, in order to be continually re-elected.

All of your constituents have to right to free speach regardless of the the topic or forum. You failed to address the Doctor’s question, which was one that many in attendance wanted to hear your answer. If you creeps are going to cram MANDATORY HEALTH CARE down our throats, maybe the American people should be allowed to vote on it and not our corrupt Congress. WE NEED LESS GOVERNMENT, NOT MORE!!!!!!!!!!

If I were in your district, I’d vote you out of office, just as I will for all of the incumbents in my district.

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Interesting. I recommend everyone see: http://www.sbpdl.com

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All of you closet racists need to take the sheets out of the trunk of your cars. From all of the colored people you can keys hour aces.

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To “KEN.” Did you know that Obama is just as white as he is black? I just love how everyone calls him the first “black” president when he is 50% white. He is just a terrible president which is why he is hated.

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Mr. Scott is correct. Unfortunately, those who are racist and those are Republicans will always go against ANYTHING that has to do with the Democrats. So most of these comments are not unbiased/intelligent comments, they are the exact opposite. The Hate and Ignorance of the majority of these comments are incredible…

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1. It sounds like there was only one person posting here who was at the townhall meeting with Congressman Scott.
fact: there was a table set up for those who wanted to speak on the Hwy 92 issue to sign up to do so.
fact: there was another table set up for those who wanted to speak on any other issue to sign up to do so.
fact: a ninety second limit was set for any comments.
fact: almost no one stayed within the ninety second limit set, and no one was stopped or even reminded of the limit when they were speaking on hwy 92. That is what caused those who wanted to address healthcare to get upset.
fact: twice during the meeting, someone spoke out of turn with a louder than necessary voice– not a yell
fact: twice during the meeting, Congressman Scott said he’d answer questions on other matters–just be patient.
fact: 35 people signed up to speak on hwy 92. When they finished, the floor was opened to anyone else who wanted to speak on hwy 92, before “other topics” were given any time. This APPEARED to be a stall to keep us from speaking.
fact : the first person to speak on healthcare was a black man, not the doctor. At that point, Cong. Scott got upset and the crowd suddenly wanted the 90 second limit on comments adhered to. he was interrupted when ninety seconds passed and the woman controlling the microphone took it from him (he resisted but gave it up).
fact. the doctor who spoke second started out peaceful, but adamant and, when he was interrupted by the crowd, he became a little less than cordial, but not rude.
fact: the rude problem started with the crowd, those who were apparently there for the hwy 92 project.
fact: although the meeting was interrupted twice, there were no problems. Those who interrupted stopped when Congressman Scott told them he’d answer their questions (twice).
Fact: Congressman Scott’s temper was aimed at healthcare bill opponents only, even though the problems began with the rest of the group.
fact: the meeting was billed for 2 hours and lasted over 3-1/2 hours.
fact: after the first half hour of questions (many of which were actually comments and “attaboys” from county politicians and officials and not questions) everything was simply repeats, worded slightly differently– everyone wanted to know about their particular house and how the new highway would affect them.
fact: Congressman Scott told the group he would be holding a healthcare townhall meeting in Austell on 28 august.
fact: cong. Scott appeared to have little intention of discussing healthcare
fact: I know these things because I was there. I was third in line to speak. The mike was pretty much taken out of my hand. I was quite irritated but I left it alone

opinion: Congressman Scott probably overreacted when he closed the meeting after two speakers on healthcare. There likely wouldn’t have been a problem had the hwy 92 group stayed out of it for the minuscule amount of time the healthcare speakers were afforded. There did not seem to be a racial element to the meeting; there did seem to be a bias against anyone who was not in support of the Healthcare bill, as they weren’t given consideration nor reasonable time, even though the vast majority of us adhered to the rules set.

It seems that, for a Congressman to hold a townhall meeting, and not expect to discuss the biggest issue alive, is very unrealistic. If you set up a meeting and establish a way for people to discuss a subject other than the main topic, you should expect other topics to be discussed.

Congressman Scott, whom I did vote for, lost considerable respect from me by his reaction to opposition to what he apparently planned to do about HR3200. Additionally, since the meeting, it looks like he has decided to not hold a healthcare meeting, which looks to me like he lied.

There were some things going on outside and I can’t speak to that, except to say it didn’t seem as friendly. But, as I said, that was outside the meeting room.

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Hey Duane, no one criticized Bush personally, right? No one called him stupid, or made fun of him or called him a liar — nothing like that happened during his presidency, right? You don’t think there were threats on his life?

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Some people feel differently than me about the role of government and it has nothing to do with skin color.

Now, realize that healthcare hits close to home for most people. In other words, it’s a big enough issue on its own without regard to race. If you’ll remember, Hillary Clinton’s efforts to reform healthcare were met with passionate opposition as well. It’s the willingness to blame everything on race that I find disgusting and I hope you’ll realize soon that the President really wouldn’t want you using it as an excuse anymore.

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Did you know that more than 70% of all “birthers” in this country are located in the South? More than 50% of all Republicans “don’t know” where Obama was born. Yet, only 11% of the country “doesn’t know” where Obama was born.

Did you know that, after President Johnson passed the 1964 Civil Rights act, he claimed that he has lost the South for a generation?

Did you know that right after the 1964 civil rights act passed, Nixon, among other Republicans, devised the Southern Strategy?

The Southern Strategy had Southern Republicans play up racial divisions, and it worked very well. Using a “solid South” the Republicans were able to convince white voters that black people and other minorities wanted to rape and kill them. Also, that they were lazy, shiftless, criminals who couldn’t be trusted to do anything right.

President Johnson was wrong. He didn’t lose the South for a generation, he probably lost it for good.

Southerners will never accept a black man as President. Did you notice that right after the black guy won, all of these Southern States started threatening to secede? I thought that the South was patriotic? Is secession patriotic? (When a Black man is President, apparently, it is.)

All of which brings me to health care. White, Southern Republicans have absolutely no rational ground upon which to decry giving American citizens the option of participating in a health insurance program administered by the federal government. (Did you know that Medicare is a health insurance program administered by the federal government?)

So, what do they do instead of simply saying that they have no rational ground for opposition?
Lie? Check.
Distort? Check.
Intimidate? Check.
Threaten? Check.

Republicans argue that public money will be used for abortion. The Hyde Amendment, which is now more than two months old, says that it will not.

Republicans argue that we want to kill your grandmother. Really? I thought this kind of stuff was what four-year-olds would say.

What about Socialism! Saying that something is “socialist” does not address the relative merits or demerits of the proposed thing. Socialists have speed limits. Are speed limits socialist? We should abolish everything that a socialist might do? Insane. As well, if a federally run insurance program is “socialist” what is Medicare?

Speaking of Medicare, isn’t your grandmother on Medicare? Is the federal government currently trying to kill your grandmother?

What alternatives have Republicans proposed? None.

I hate to say this, but any objective look at the issue can lead to one conclusion. The Republican party is now a regional party. Unfortunately, we all reside in that region. They will never again control any of the three branches of government. Look at the numbers outside of the South. Obama is incredibly popular everywhere except with Southern Whites. Why? Oh, yeah. We already answered that question.

Republicans are on the wrong side of history. These changes are coming and they will form the cornerstone of the our future. In 20 years they’ll be no more controversial that Social Security (Socialism!) or Medicare or Medicaid.

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Here we go again.These people(many politicians)don’t get it!!!Well come election time they will.We are so done with Washington being their own little piggy bank!!this is the peoples republic and we will tell our reps how to run it!!!Stop with the “south” and “racism” all the talking points of the left that want to hold people down and don’t want their consitieuints to know that if they would speak up and get these fools out of office they would get out of poverty because they aren’t counting on fools like this!!!Stop with the cry baby stuff and listen to the people!!

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Who knows this Scott could have set this up to make his opposition look bad.did you see his anger in the meeting?Thes politicians play dirty!!Id on’t trust a one of em’!!And the person that is bashing Christians -you are just a sad individual!!

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If you can’t get along get it on !!!!!

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Jason,

TAKE A LOOK AT wikipedia references for lists of senators and governors from the South and their party affiliation. Google-”wikepedia list governors georgia”, “wikipedia list senators georgia”, “wikipedia senators alabama”, etc. This should be a good history lesson for you.

There is rational opposition to this plan but you can’t here it for all your b.s.

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Jason, I just noticed, you may be living in the south. If you are, could you please remedy that?

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Sometimes I am ashamed to be from Georgia. This is probably the only state where racism can take place and no one cares. A swastika was painted on Congressman Scott’s name and none of the “republicans” seem to care. They are just concerned with voting him out. The people who want him out sooooo badly are most likely the people responsible for the swastika. COWARDS!!!

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If you disagree with the President you are a racist. The President wants healthcare reform, although there is no finalized bill and wants us to support this “unwritten” legisaltion. If you oppose the President you are a racist and should be shunned. Only racists folks oppose the President.

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Why do black people see bi-racial individuals as black?? Oh, that’s easy. Because someone had to accept the children of black female slaves who were “loved” by their masters. And it wasn’t the white family in the big house.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “One-Drop Rule”. If not, please look it up. Here is a quote from Wikipedia:

The one-drop rule was a tactic in the U.S. South that codified and strengthened segregation and the disfranchisement of most blacks and many poor whites from 1890-1910. After Supreme Court decisions in Plessy v. Ferguson and related matters, White-dominated legislatures felt free to enact Jim Crow laws segregating Blacks in public places and accommodations, and passed other restrictive legislation. Legislatures sought to prevent interracial relationships to keep the white race “pure” long after slaveholders and overseers took advantage of enslaved women and produced the many mixed-race children….Madison Grant of New York in The Passing of the Great Race wrote: “The cross between a white man and an Indian is an Indian; the cross between a white man and a Negro is a Negro; the cross between a white man and a Hindu is a Hindu; and the cross between any of the three European races and a Jew is a Jew.”

So you see, this idea was something that started LONG ago by whites as a way to keep the white race pure. Does this help answer your question?

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For those of you who didn’t see the headline: A SWASTIKA WAS PAINTED ON A SIGN OF SCOTT’S OFFICE. It’s easy to cry racism in the South when there is, in fact, racism in the South.

I could be wrong though. What do swastikas mean these days?

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If you Georgians don’t think you are in a racial fight, then you are lying to yourselves. It is sickening how much hatred you are all spilling over with, and I can’t even tell which side is worse, you both sound the same (except the white people sound more aggressive.) Good luck with that, because the hate will eat you up from the inside.

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These people that are coming out disrupting townhall meetings could care less about reforming Healthcare, they just want to hurt President Obama.

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Progress, I LOVE it! Southern Whites are NOW claiming their children that have “Black Blood”. No more ONE DROP rules.

Obama is White!

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Homestead FL….I’m a Yankee from CT (blue state) living in GA (red state). I had to watch and listen for 8 years the democrats bash Bush. If Democrats can’t take the heat, they need to get out of the kitchen. Like old saying goes…what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. GA is a great state; sad to say Scott did not represent it well…..he was rude, disrespectful and arrogant. It is what it is.

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The “mob” you are referring to, are voters and they have every right to want their elected officials to vote the way they would like for him to vote. As far as the racial tensions go, I don’t think the majority of people opposed to the proposed health care reform think in terms of black or white. Most people I know are just concerned that this is a step in the wrong direction for this country and would prefer to find a different route of reform. Personally, I think that we need more regulation, and the government should audit all denied claims in the insurance industry. Then we should offer a subsidy to all americans who are unable to purchase insurance, so that they can shop around and purchase what fits their needs most.

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It is about race…. we are in georgia for god’s sake just listen to the tone of these comments all white people mostly rednecks and they are still mad about the election. Thank god for the second admendment.

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Actually, I think whoever did this is LABELING Scott and the Democrats as being Nazis. Afterall, the Nazis were a socialist political party – and implemented their socialist and conformist policies on its citizens who were too weakened by economic depression post WWI to stand up to them. Of course, there are better ways to go about drawing those parallels – other than vandalism that can be misconstrued as being racist. Plus it’s probably in response to Pelosi calling health care opponents Nazis – which once again proves Pelosi never really read a history book and is a complete ignoramus – her own party is the modern socialist movement and they’re acting like a cuddlier version of the Gestapo .

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Responding to the comment from Cease that we are all racist. I didn’t vote for BHO but that does not make me a racist. The congressman was rude and disrespectful. End of story. If shoe was on other foot, the democrats would be all over the news with Maddow and Oldbermann to say how bad a republican responded to the question. It all amazes me.

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More cries of racism from racists. This isn;t racism you dummies, this is concern that we are losing our indivula freedoms, or are a path to losing them.
The race card has been exhausted, the use of words as mobs, Hitler and the likes are so over used by the left, that they mean NOTHING…if you believe I am a racist solely due to my party affliliation and my personal beliefs without knowing me personally – well then it’s time for YOU to look in the mirror!!! And as far as I’m concerned, using your analogy on the left, your group are just a bunch of Black Panthers, some with white face!

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BHO (Barack Hussein Obama) means BETTER HELP OURSELVES!

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Socialism is ingrained in your daily life. Just look around you. It is a beautiful thing.

1. The roads you drive on. try getting to work without 78,400,85,285, or 75.

2. The airport. dekalb

3. marta

4. UGA, GA TECH

5. Public schools.

6. Police. Do you really want to defend yourself?

7. Military

8. Stone Mountain Park. Piedmont Park

9. The gerogia dome/ Sanford Stadium

10. Social security

11. Medicare

12. Military. Do you really want to go head to head with the Mexican cartel?

13. Judicial system. Judge Judy is alsways available.

14. V.A. clinic.

15 GI Bill

16. Government contracts. Haliburton and blackwater can’t get enough of this.

17. Income Tax.

18. Hope Scholarship

19. CDC.

20 FEMA. Pray to God a storm like Katrina never hits ATL, you will appreciate socialism if that happens.

21. The internet.

22. The hoover dam

23 FDIC. You think things are bad right now just wait till the FDIC is gone.

24 FTC. Remember thr ford pinto. corporate america is ready to kill you as long as they make enough money to pay damages. They do not care about your sorry life.

25. FDA. enough said.

I think you folks get the point. Socialism is nothing else but capitalism with a different name.

You folks do know you live in a communist country right?

just google the 10 planks of the communist manisfesto. Everyoneexists in the U.S.

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Saddened, its no speaking intelligently to these people. They see what they, and thats it. Forget the defaming of his office and the email and faxes Scott received. Because he didn’t drop his head and say yessur to a doctor, he was rude. Scroll through some of the comments on page 3 of this blog. The true, blue, REAL Americans have announced themselves. They’re fighting against their own self-interests and don’t even see it.

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This man is a fool. We need to get him out of office. I contacted his office about a town hall meeting and they told me he wasn’t having one. He knows that health care is the most critical issue in the lives of the American people yet he will not address our concerns at a town hall meeting with the American people. It is clear to anyone with a brain why a swastika was painted on his sign. He, along with Obama and the Chicago mob, will make America look like Hitler’s Germany before too long. What a woeful lack of intelligence must be in David Scott and his supporters to so easily reduce a real debate on a real issue affecting all American people to race! That is totally irrelevant to the issue and the discussion. This man has an evil heart and mind and he needs to be voted out of there. He should not be able to have such power over our lives!

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Terri, you obviously don’t know the history of the Republican party and the Democratic Party. Remember how the sides flip-flopped after the signing of the civil rights bill? Dems were Repubes, and Repubes were Dems prior to the signing of the bill in 1964.

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The bills in both houses require that Americans purchase insurance through “qualified” plans offered by health-care “exchanges” that would be set up in each state. The rub is that the plans can’t really compete based on what they offer. The reason: The federal government will impose a minimum list of benefits that each plan is required to offer.

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This is the freedom that the President keeps emphasizing. Yet the bills appear to say otherwise. It’s worth diving into the weeds — the territory where most pundits and politicians don’t seem to have ventured.

The legislation divides the insured into two main groups, and those two groups are treated differently with respect to their current plans. The first are employees covered by the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974. ERISA regulates companies that are self-insured, meaning they pay claims out of their cash flow, and don’t have real insurance. Those are the GEs (GE, Fortune 500) and Time Warners (TWX, Fortune 500) and most other big companies.

The House bill states that employees covered by ERISA plans are “grandfathered.” Under ERISA, the plans can do pretty much what they want — they’re exempt from standard packages and community rating and can reward employees for healthy lifestyles even in restrictive states.

But read on.

The bill gives ERISA employers a five-year grace period when they can keep offering plans free from the restrictions of the “qualified” policies offered on the exchanges. But after five years, they would have to offer only approved plans, with the myriad rules we’ve already discussed. So for Americans in large corporations, “keeping your own plan” has a strict deadline. In five years, like it or not, you’ll get dumped into the exchange. As we’ll see, it could happen a lot earlier.

The outlook is worse for the second group. It encompasses employees who aren’t under ERISA but get actual insurance either on their own or through small businesses. After the legislation passes, all insurers that offer a wide range of plans to these employees will be forced to offer only “qualified” plans to new customers, via the exchanges.

The employees who got their coverage before the law goes into effect can keep their plans, but once again, there’s a catch. If the plan changes in any way — by altering co-pays, deductibles, or even switching coverage for this or that drug — the employee must drop out and shop through the exchange. Since these plans generally change their policies every year, it’s likely that millions of employees will lose their plans in 12 months.

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The Senate bill requires that Americans buying through the exchanges — and as we’ve seen, that will soon be most Americans — must get their care through something called “medical home.” Medical home is similar to an HMO. You’re assigned a primary care doctor, and the doctor controls your access to specialists. The primary care physicians will decide which services, like MRIs and other diagnostic scans, are best for you, and will decide when you really need to see a cardiologists or orthopedists.

Under the proposals, the gatekeepers would theoretically guide patients to tests and treatments that have proved most cost-effective. The danger is that doctors will be financially rewarded for denying care, as were HMO physicians more than a decade ago. It was consumer outrage over despotic gatekeepers that made the HMOs so unpopular, and killed what was billed as the solution to America’s health-care cost explosion.

The bills do not specifically rule out fee-for-service plans as options to be offered through the exchanges. But remember, those plans — if they exist — would be barred from charging sick or elderly patients more than young and healthy ones. So patients would be inclined to game the system, staying in the HMO while they’re healthy and switching to fee-for-service when they become seriously ill. “That would kill fee-for-service in a hurry,” says Goodman.

In reality, the flexible, employer-based plans that now dominate the landscape, and that Americans so cherish, could disappear far faster than the 5 year “grace period” that’s barely being discussed.

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Terri,

So what’s your point? Are african americans supposed to be a monolith and all walk alike, think alike, vote alike? I’m not getting the point you’re trying to make?

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Jason,
Apologies to you. I’m no expert on this. As you can see, most of what I am concerned about is in this CNN Money/Fortune Magazine article.

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As usal dumb people who don’t read the whole article post on here why am I not suprise. I guess the picture that preceeds this article isn’t enough right? He did not say all protesters are racists but quite a few are, and it’s sad that when race is brought you all turn the other way like it’s not a big deal. Just because it’s 2009 doesn’t mean ignorance does not exist.

Keith’s post on 8/10 at 4:56pm is a perfect example of a racist punk. It’s funny to be honest but what more do you expect?

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I have had a lifetime of the “racial” excuse. Maybe it was justified in the 60s and 70s but not today. Get over it! You have a responsiblity to the people ALL THE PEOPLE!

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i’m new to this racist south thing. but i do know it’s ugly.
‘would rep. scott have treated the doctor differently if he were black?’
if he were at a panel on transportation and disrupted it w/health care questions, no!
he would have been admonished in the same manner.
but isn’t the issue we’re debating ‘health care’? other than the fact that blacks make up nearly a majority of the uninsured, what does this have to do w/race? like i said,
i’m new to this racist thing. but i do know it’s ugly!

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Terri,

Why does the “heartland” vote majority republican? The question can go both ways. Ever notice how they treat those “libs.” Sit and ponder on that one. The “heartland” is poor to middle-class but they vote republican in droves? They hate that darn socialized medicine and guberment but their mom and granny still get that social security check and that medicare. I would like to challenge these people who hate the government so much to send back that social security check. Put your money where your mouth is. Sit and ponder on that one.

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@ thatdeal….send back their social security check as a debate? Wonder how many libs sent back their stimulus checks that Bush gave them. Did they put their money where their mouth was when they had so much to say about him giving a stimulus? Please don’t fall off your chair….keep sitting and pondering. Good Day!

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@scott….you are right…buy a gun. Laughed at Schumer when he said Americans are so much safer now that they can’t cross a border state with a firearm and a concealed weapon permit. Imagine we, the law abiding citizens are safer w/o our gun. Do the criminals have a permit to carry a concealed weapon? Liberal philosophy hard at work…..LOL

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@thatdeal…..can those lazy people on welfare send back their welfare checks and turn in their medicaid card? I can’t stop pondering …. lol

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@thatdeal……are we politically bonding? I luv it when you call me by my name.

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I knew of a black MARTA driver who said he was paid better than a school teacher, yet if socialist health care was propsed to him, he’d quit working so he’s become elgible. At a clinic in Marietta, I had to wait a long time and was asked to pay $35 or so for a co-pay. The illegal aliens weren’t asked to pay anything-they came in nice cars, had expensive clothes and their kids played with I-Pods. None came off the bus with me and none went out to wait for one when we left. It will be the illegal aliens who will sap the Obama healthcare system. Once sapped, I’m sure rationing will start and disabled-elderly will be told they won’t qualify(just like in Europe and Canada).Folks like Scott, McKinney,etc. wil also squeal racism, but if something like that happens to me, my cries of unfairness will go unheard.

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Duane where do you live, in a cave? Cathy Hughes, black racist, owns a NETWORK of radio stations, and she has done commentating every day in the 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s. She has called Bush, Bush and Reagan “racist” and “nazi” thousands of times.

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Reverse Discrimation?

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Hananova there are plenty of white bus drivers but you probably wouldnt know that because you can’t relate to the poor. I volunteer and am active in giving back to communities and not just sitting in my home in the suburbs b^tchng and moaning about what I think “them people” are going to get for free. And again whay did she have to say he was black. I know what the implication was…dem black folks will quit dey jobs if dey get free healthcare….yes intentional misspelling just in case you are wondering. Say the sentence in the voice of one of the maids on Gone with the Wind to get the effect.

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Elle? how would you know who relates to the poor? How would you know if someone is living in the suburbs moaning? You sound as though you’ve been slighted, angry perhaps? Volunteers come in all colors, sizes, etc.

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Hananova….you are a breath of fresh air. You don’t sit around cry WHOA IS ME. You are the type to put your right foot forward, move on and succeed. You are a true AMERICAN. I wish you well!

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Terri,

I don’t remember the Dems being in an uproar over the stimulus, partly b/c it was the Dems’ idea. Remember, they held a majority of the Senate by that time. Also, the people on welfare aren’t crying over too much gubment in their lives. It’s the crazy right-wingers who are saying they hate government, want nothing else to do with government, but without government they wouldn’t have roads, schools, medicare, jobs, unemployment checks, small business incentives and subsidies, etc. I’ve never heard someone on welfare say they had too much government in their lives lol. My point is, if you hate the government and all of its intrusion into your lives then why not tell Uncle Sam to shove that medicare and social security where the sun don’t shine. Don’t take the public option and keep your insurance!!! There’s a lot of things you can do besides bashing the other side by calling them names. That just makes you look like you can’t articulate your views and that is quite evident at this point. The Patriot Act looks to be way more intrusive than this public option for health care. The Patriot Act actually gives the government the right to listen in on your phone conversations!!!! However, since it was served up by Bush in the name of “patriotism” the repubes ate it all up. The views of anyone should be consistent but the repubes seem to waver based on who’s serving up the dish.

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Terri..Hanna what the hell ever…….You are such typical nitwits. I don’t care where you live in the suburbs, in the city, etc but I know what lives in your hearts…PURE HATE.. YOU KNOW IT AND GOD KNOWS IT!!!

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Hey lets just get the government totally out of our business right ? Lets send Congress home, call the military back, stop caring for the rods, regulating utilities, monitoring airlines etc. Lets just let everyone go for themselves . Government is all around us you guys are just picking and choosing to call it Socialism when its convenient.

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Obama is half black so if you oppose him you are, at least, half-racist. Simple. That is the new line fromthe DNC their wh@res at PMSNBC and the other usual suspects. Why is all the race baiting and racism on the left. Why do they love to stir the cooling pot of racial tension? Absolutely disgusting. This whole deal is going to backfire, BIG TIME!

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I find it amusing that all those who didn’t vote for Obama nor the Democrats now demand their ouster as if it were November 2008 all over again. Remember November 2008? You lost. You yelled loudly then and you yell loudly now but at the end of the day you lost and America wins.

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Please tone down the racist rants on the post. I am pleeding with both sides. Bottom line is, there are people of all backgrounds that take advantage of government programs. God created all men equal and we should learn to respect that. It is deploprable that someone would suggest that Rep. Scott defaced his own office sign just to prove a point. It is equally deplorable for African-Americans to attribute every bad thing to racism. Let’s remember our children in this debate, it it really worth dividing the country when we can come together as Americans and discuss this civilly. Conservatives stop calling Presidential supporters Socialists and Liberals stop calling dissenters racists. It’s simple people, we’re not children but we are an example to those that are.

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@Elle…I have no hateful posts. Please go back and read your posts.

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@Ellie….what is welfare? what is medicaid? Why doyou only speak about social security and medicaire….and mention white elderly? African Americans receive social security and medicare. Are you getting side tracked?

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Terri,

I went nuts over the Patriot Act but I’m curious why the repubes were not interrupting town hall meetings and spewing falsities like with health care reform. Why were they not? The Gubment was intruding on their lives and their freedoms. Looks like some people are guilty of picking and choosing when they want gubment in their lives. Terri, were you upset with the Patriot Act? Please explain why or why not

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Terri yes your posts do have racial overtones and some are outright racist and stereotypical. Yes blacks know that Lincoln emancipated the slaves and he was a Republican. Yes we know that the Democrats were the racists, segregationist in the past. So what? What matters is what is happening now and there is no way in H E L L that the party of David Duke and Russ Limbaugh could be a party that minorities feel good about it.

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Liberals today have to attack who you are rather that what you do, or what is the right thing to do now. They can’t win any argument on the merits, no, they have to insult who you are. That is their trump card. Thus, because the opponents of liberals are scum, anything liberals want should prevail, because they’re nice people. Hogwash. Todays liberals are paving the road to tyranny.

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Elle…..I’ve been so busy reading between you and Terri. I’m with her. I did not see racial overtones or outright racism. I did notice she would ask you a question but you did not answer. Can’t be fair if you don’t answer but just try to attack back. We all have freedom of speech!

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Thx littlered. Glad someone can read between the lines. Thx for your support. I gave up on Elle. I put her on my political ignore list…LOL

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Hey Y’all:

They are showing you who they are. The Republican Party has been high jacked by the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party. Until the responsible leaders in this party recognize that and rid these demonic character from their party the will contiue to be the Republican/KuKluxKlan/Nazi Party. There actions are not American. They are racist. They believe in the color of their skin more than God. They are idle worshipers and our Lord Jesus Christ and God Jehovah will deal with their kind accordingly. In the name of Jesus!!!

“THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH!!

May God Bless Those who Believe in Him and his commandments.

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Racism in this country is on full display on the left. No one said it was the blacks. It is the lieftists. All the left sees is race and how to use it. DISGUSTING!!!!!!!

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Jason, get your butt back here if you really want to discuss the issues, you gutless piece of liberal crap.

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elle, why in the world would you believe terri (who I believe may be female) is referring to blacks? If I made that comment, my son and his welfare thieving wife would be on my mind and last time I checked, they’re both lily white. Your statement that, just because someone refers to “welfare” people, they must be talking about black people, leaves one wondering about you.

How would you come to the conclusion he (she?) was referring to black people?

Oh, and I was born in the fifties and in the south. i watched the marches and I saw the mass racism of the sixties. It was real and it was big, but not now. Now it’s covert and overt and on both color spectrums.

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Mike is a tool and a mind reader. Or his is simply engaging in some transferance. He just knows that all on the right are double secret racists. He is the racist. He and his fellow leftists use race when they are losing an argument. Sound familiar. The left, like an aging hollywood starlett attempting to dine out on her past looks, is getting hungry and desperate. Let them call disenters racists. Let them play the race card. Let them continue to live in the past. The country is waking up. I fear they will not.

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Yes Mike you’re right on. And I guess Terri is a female. It was hard for me to reconcile that kind of thinking to a woman who by nature normally carries a more compassionate heart. But I guess in the case of some of these so called conservatives their hearts have been ripped right out of their chests…oh wait except when we pledge of allegiance. And that is to the United States of America which includes THE PEOPLE of the US. Its not just a place…People live here too……If you’re for America you are for the people of America whether they are poor, rich, white, black etc. I know this is like throwing clay at a brick wall but I am hoping something sticks

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Mike you are not interested in dialouge. That is hogwash. You are so far gone, there is not help for you. You are lefty douche. You are a racist. You are intolerant of others. You sir, in short, suck.

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@Mike & Elle Thank you Mike. You sound rational. Excuse Elle for not knowing that Terri with an “i” is a female. She loses track of her thoughts. She has me a Republican and never asked. She’s always assuming and we know what that means. When you assume, it makes an azz out of you and me. We must pity and excuse her. She’s ignorant. I don’t want to assume she’s black or the same rhetoric would apply to me as well. Just let the mind wonder and we can figure it out. Black and angry…..WHOA is me. By the way Elle, please always remember love is in the heart; hatred is in the mind. You are pathetic and sorry excuse for a human being and an American.

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@Mike I moved to GA from a blue state known as CT. Everyone complains about their taxes and their democratic politicians. I made the conscious decision to move to a Southern red state. Racism doesn’t always include a color. Some will say southerners are racist towards yankees. I’ve been here for 24 years and call it home. I love the color red; hate the color blue…..is that racist? lol It’s like Zell Miller (democrat) tried to tell his own party many years ago….the red states are just getting hotter and hotter. He was right. Too bad more democrats don’t behave like him…then maybe they would have a decent party. Here’s my racist comment, I find them to be unprofessional, hateful, spiteful, revengeful, list could go on and on. Humorous part is they bashed Bush for 8 years, won the election, have the majority and still aren’t happy. Wonder if the old saying Be careful what you wish for, you just may get it is true afterall. There’s no pleasing them or making them happy. Trying to reason with a far-left liberal is like taking a valium….A REAL DOWNER!

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Terri should run for office. She is right on. Elle needs to find another posting site. This is out of her league.

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ABVM, what the heck is your circumstance? I’ve never been called a lefty, liberal nor anything else like that. Did you misread my posts or maybe I misstated something. Please ’splain.

Terri– I can’t even say I hate yankees (not even the NY baseball team). I married one, going back to visit her family in Michigan this weekend andvery much looking forward to it.

As I said I like dialogue. I’m not on this blog to see how far I can throw an insult, although sometimes, that’s the best I can do when someone proves dialogue is not something they’re good at. Look at the above posting from Confederate southern GOP nation killers (whew, I’m out of breath). Nothing to debate there is there?

I would like to know how the supporters of this Healthcare bill , especially our elected officials, can support this bill and still recognize the Constitution. How do they justify HR3200 by constitutional principles?

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@Mike…..Live in a red state and have 3 Michigan neighbors. They are leaving the blue states. Just remember with some of these postings that ignorance is a bliss. Let’s remember the campaign trail. Obama to provide healthcare for all the uninsured; now it’s to include the illegal aliens and insure the insured. Go figure. It will be a large Government HMO. I got away from the HMO for the same reasons why I don’t want one today. BHO means Better Help Ourselves. This guy has got to go. Before long Big Brother will be watching us and will have Government police. All bashing aside, this is truly a scary time for the United States of America.

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@Mike No, Elle needs to go. You can tell her something 100 times, she tunes it out and then has an outburst. She needs to call Rachael Maddow. She’ll get all the support she needs.

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Decatur…..you are such a classic example!

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You are soooooo Welcome. Looks like this blog is narrowed down to 2 people. Have a nice and prosperous life!!!!

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Mike you do know I was being sarcastic by saying you were right on don’t you …sign

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no, elle, i thought you were being serious. I made the presumption you wanted to dialogue and possibly learn something. Was I incorrect?

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@Elle Oh no you are back. E1 can see you are hateful and sarcastic.

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@Elle…..Your concern over Miller amazes me. He was critical of his own party telling the left wingers that the red states were just getting hotter and hotter.

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Elle Funny how you can call someone a redneck, confederate flagger, cracker and in our society that’s okay. To call you the N word would not be socially acceptable. Hypocrisy hard at work. You just don’t realize how racist you are. Racism is everywhere. You don’t have to be black to be a victim of racism. My personal opinion about Scott. The whole swastika thing is a fake. He got in over his head with his arrogance and then had to clean up his act and figure out to get out of it. With the swastika he can now cry foul and be a victim.

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It irritates the crap out of me when people can read non-biased posts and glean racial bias out of them, but then don’t have the guts to talk about where they get that from. The only thing I can presume from that is that she has the bias and anything she reads, she’ll find a bias in it somewhere.

But terri, I have to disagree with you. i don’t believe Scott showed a racial bias in that townhall meeting. i believe he showed a bias against those who were not with the Healthcare plan he was supporting, but not a racial bias. I also believe the swastika painted on his building WAS a racial message, or possibly simply an insult, calling him a socialist. I also believe whoever did that was absolutely wrong.

I’m still waiting to find out if Scott will hold his healthcare townhall meeting on the 28th like he said at the end of the douglasville townhall meeting. I was there and I saw everything that happened from close up.

And I voted for romney, but only because he seemed to be the best qualified. never would I vote for someone just because they’re of my religion…….Harry Reid is a Latter-Day Saint– that should tell you why.

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I don’t even live in your state, but Scott was SO RUDE and SO OUT OF CONTROL, that I will send $$ to anyone who will run against him!

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Rebecca, there’s an independent running against him. His name is Michael Frisbee (Yes, he’s looking at using flying discs for campaign advertising). So far, he’s who I’ll be voting for and, if I’m still here, I’ll do what I can with his campaign. He’s constitutional, supports the fair tax and is also fed up with Scott (guess he’s a racist?). I believe he’s on facebook and I believe he has a website. I’ll be watching him to see if he becomes like the rest, but so far, so good.

Frankly, I’m extremely disillusioned with the two party system and with the two parties. If possible, everyone I vote for will be an independent or a third party candidate. I think we’re at the point where we can’t do much more damage. (I hope and pray)

Speaking about the Scott townhall meeting in Douglasville, Ga., do you guys realize, the first person who spoke on the healthcare package was not the doctor? The first person was a local black resident and he’s the one who got Scott ticked off first. The doctor simply reaped what the first guy sowed. As I said, I was there. I was supposed to be the next speaker when they shut things down.

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Hillary said that it is patriotic to protest. She screamed it as a matter of fact. She was mad at Bush like all the other brainless libs. We will Protest. NO YA’LL CAN’T!!!!

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@Mike….I’m back….nice things you had to say. Looks as though everyone is gone. I’ll hang around for a while. Chris, you are right. Hillary did say it was patriotic to protest. If I do it, I’m called an right wing nut….Go figure!

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So the EASY ANSWER for why black people see bi-racial individuals as black is because of the one-drop rule circa 1890. Correct? And, this is applicable today how? Last I checked many bi racial children are born everyday to a black man and a white woman.No slave and no master around. Many of these children are raised (like our President) by white guardians. If a bi racial( excuse me, black) child can grow up to be president than why continue to hold one race responsible for the sins of their ancestors 120 years ago? The actions of men and women that many don’t even know the history of today. And, which race today still lives in the past. Where would we be today if whites still lived in this past? I know who wouldn’t be President. I think we’ve come a long way which was the point of my earlier comment. So you see racism still exists ,but its not one sided.

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One Free Man says: Progress, I LOVE it! Southern Whites are NOW claiming their children that have “Black Blood”. No more ONE DROP rules.

Obama is White!

OK, I get it. The ONE DROP rules sure didn’t apply to Obama did it? Last I heard, the white family raised him. Quit living in the past. Obama is neither black nor white period. Racism exists alright, but its not one-sided. MLK wasn’t just speaking to whites when he dreamed of a colorblind world.

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Think for yourself, you make some good points in your post, but as a young, forward-thinking, independent and financially stable African-American man I still see instances where Whites hold on to ways and beliefs of the past. I am not trying to excuse any of the social ills committed by African-Americans but discrimination, racism and prejudice still exist in this country.

I really do love all men for their humanity and I live in an intown neighborhood that is very diverse because of gentrification. There are still some of the original older African-American residents, there are young professionals, black and white, and several Latino families all residing in one neighborhood and when there are issues we band together as community to protect our families and property. America we are better than this senseless bickering and arguing. I am trying to understand the conservative mindset that doesnt trust government and it would be good if we all stood together and looked at those that are different from us to gain understand. The Bible says “Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity”. Believe it or not God is not concerned with your political ideology as much as he is with how you treat your brother.

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“Swastika:”

Two words: “Inside Job” (think about it)

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Im so tired of all these thugs somehow working their way into the positions they are in. The Doctor was very straight forward about asking his question and this idiot lays into him like he asked to date his wife. Come together everyone and vote this racist chump out of office or he may feel my size 12 boot up his a**!!!!

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[...] David Scott on a racial undertone in the debate over health care reform | Political Insider [...]

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Think for yourself, you are a thoughtful individual and I for one appreciate your candor and the rationality that you’ve brought to this debate. I like the way you broke down the conservative mindset and just to let you know, many African-Americans prescribe to these ideals. But as much as many conservatives distrust governemnt, many African-Americans distrust the “white establishment” going unchecked without government oversight. This distrust doesn’t cause me to hate whites or any other groups, especiaaly since I personally haven’t experienced discrimination but history is history and the fact remains that many of the social-ills of this country are a result of our sordid past. Mortgage lenders, colleges and universities, the U.S. Mililitary and many other American insitutions engaged in discrimination and not just against blacks but women and other minorities as well.

I believe there is a better day coming in America, because this country is just great. I am a proud American regardless of my race, which according to science really doesn’t exist, and I am raising my kids to judge people by their character and not their physical appearance. Old racist black politicians need to be voted out as much as old racist white politicians need to be voted out. Let’s take OUR country back for the better and secure a brighter future for generations to come. NOTE: I am a 26 year old, African-American, husband, father of two that has never utilized government assistance, even though my wife and I needed it when we were both still undergrads.

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I am totally disgusted with the selfish, “I have mine-the heck with you” attitude of some “Americans.” I support a government sponsored health care OPTION. I am on Social Security – a government social welfare program and get Medicare – a government run healthcare program. It absolutely amazes me that so many in my age group -as well as others- “just don”t get it” or refuse to recognize that these are the types of programs they’re railing against. You can be darn sure however, that they wouldn’t give them up and pay their own way. Nor would they give up government paid perscriptions – a Republican program that they forgot to fund and has sent us serious debt.

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Carole taylor, you start out complaining about selfish attitudes and then continue to state you support the government sponsored healthcare program– that’s selfish. You’re on social security and you want more. You deserve social security, provided you put into the system during your younger years. You don’t deserve someone else’s income to supplement that. They should have the option of telling you “yes you can have it” or “I want to keep mine”.

So many people in your age group are against this program because they realize the damage to the union it will cause…they are being very unselfish in that. They also realize they are destined to lose coverage under medicare when that system loses money (which is part of the plan). That’s not so unselfish. Point is, there are numerous reasons people are against this plan and likely the same number of reasons people are for it.

Saddened but optimistic, sounds like you’re part of the backbone of this society. Those of us who have worked most of our lives and never became a burden on others, are the reason this nation became what it has become. Thank you.

People don’t trust government (black, white, red, yellow, doesn’t matter) because the government has consistently proven themselves not trustworthy. Social Security and the “lockbox” that is empty is a great example. These townhall meetings, the subsequent attacks by government on private citizens who are exercising their right to speak freely is another example.

Have you seen the government’s declaration that, leftwing extremists are likely terrorists. Have you seen that? It’s really interesting that they can believe because someone has liberal leanings that they may be extremists and possibly terrorists and a danger to the nation. I hope that upsets you, because it should.

Racism did exist, does exist and will exist. It exists on all sides of the issue. Bigotry exists among races, differing religions, and so many other groups. It’s a fact of life. Our job is to not let it exist within our own lives individually. At least we can then know we have set a good example for those who haven’t grown out of it yet, but there will always be those who want to be treated better than others, and they’ll have all the reasons in the world why it should be so. Whites, because they built the nation; Blacks because they built the nation. Gets hard to remember the phrase “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal…

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This is really funny. Most of the people opposing the health care bill are already on govt healthcare. Dumb ass who do you think pays your medicare. (you think its a private investor). Come on people think before you speak, all Obama is trying to do is make this better so everyon can have healthcare. Let that sink in all of you with Medicare.

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Rep Scott says that security video may reveal the swastika culprit. Hmmm .. wonder which one of his staff or family it will be? In other words, very mysteriously, there will be NO tape.

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Last time I checked Sen spector was a white man and he got it handed to him pretty good yesterday!!

It’s just too easy to scream race when your losing the argumennt.

I have some advice for Scott, get your resume ready because you will lose next election!!

The gravy train is over for you pal!!

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Oh yes, if OBAMA is just trying to do what he said he would do, then why have I not started getting my $8 a week reduction in payroll taxes?

I’d ask if anyone out there has noticed a reduction on the their paycheck but most idiots out there would not know where to look on their paystub.

OBAMA is just another lying politicain just like all the rest, rep and dem!

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Maybe Jim Galloway painted it on the sign.

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I have always told my kids, its how you present yourself matters. Regardless of how frustrated you are, do not go around yelling and screaming if you are trying to get a point across. If you do you are simply trying to provoke a situation. People are not stupid. The world is looking at the people of the United States and seeing it for what it is. This country is killing itself with this “us vs them” mentality. You can not stop progression. The good old days are gone where you had an underclass who had no representation whatsoever.

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The black people keep saying it, so now Im gonna say it. They say their proud that their president is black! Well, Im saying Im proud my president is white! It goes both ways folks! Skin color has nothing to do with reasons many of us are against Obama’s health care reform and other policies, its what he stands for. Guess were still living in the 60s. Wait, are there still white and black water fountains? This is 2009 people, get over pulling the race card every chance you get for no reason, that card has expired, cut it up in pieces!!!

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Saddened, but now optimistic: Thanks for your post and sorry for the typo. Now is much better than not. I would understand better your thoughts if I knew who you were refering to when you mentioned the “white establishment”. Who is this white establishment? And how does the government actually protect you from it? The government is suppose to be representative of the people of which the majority are white; so in essence the government is more white than black, isn’t it? Oversite is just another fancy word for more regulations which means more government and less freedoms.How does fewer liberties protect you? Maybe, just maybe the democratic party wants you to think this way, because it seems to me that if they can continue to make the majority of blacks feel like victims, than they know you will continue to support their party.Just think for a minute. Are they not always making you out as the victim? Ask yourself why?It’s ironic that my favorite conservative author just happens to be a black man, Thomas Sowell. Diversity of opinion, is important, but its hard to see sometimes in the black community when over ninety percent favor one party.When the ratios get to seventy percent black support( more reflective of the country), then progress(real progress) will be evident.I don’t care if they support the green, libertarian or any party for that matter(More than two parties in this country would be welcome in my opinion).What is even more ironic and confusing to me is the support for a party(Democrat) whose history is more itentified with anti-black causes.

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The “white establishment” that I’m referring to are the banks (discriminatory lending practices), Housing (restrictive covenants), state legislatures (had laws banning interracial marriage) and I could site so many other practices. I’m not at all bitter, I don’t hate or feel discontent toward any other race, but the fact remains that I and many other African-Americans have families and they themselves that have experienced these practices at the hands of the “white establishment” you may say get over it, but my grandmother is 80 and she’s a very strong woman, God-fearing and fair but there are times that she really is uneasy about whites because of the sordid history of Mississippi, where she lives.

I read in another post that the Republican party has some great Ideals, that really represent America and who know it may be the party of the future but right now it has been hi-jacked by the Southerners that prescribe to the ideology that Nixon promoted with the “Southern Statedy” and that makes the party undesirable. I have seen some very mean things on this site but I remain optimistic that there are better days ahead for my 5year old and 18mth old. I love my white, black and hispanic neighbors not because of their race but because of their God-given humanity.

Yes it is true that the democratic party’s history is nasty, but that doesn’t compensate for the republican party’s now. I am a conservative in many instances but I don’t believe in pushing my beliefs off on others and that makes it hard for me to join up with the conservatives and republicans.

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There is nothing racial about the current healthcare debate.

The debate is between:

A. A Capitalist, free-market approach to healthcare reform (the “mob” view) – reducing onerous government regulations limiting innovation, reforming our tort law to prevent frivolous malpractice lawsuits, and reducing taxes to allow citizens to buy good health insurance.

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B. A government run health insurance exchange, featuring a government run public health insurance option, higher taxes (a less economic freedom) to pay for it, and bureaucratic control of an elemental part of a free society.

Scott’s injection of race into the debate is insulting to this constituent (from Smyrna) who respects all people who take responsibility for themselves and don’t expect their fellow citizens to subsidize their lifestyles.

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people in atlanta are really this backward? scary stuff.

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Unreal, this thread stopped with your comment because most posters realized just how stupid you really are. It doesn’t matter what you are told, you will incessantly believe that, if anyone is against a policy fronted by President Obama, it has to be because they are racists. According to you, it can’t be a statement against a policy, it has to be a statement against a black man, because we’re upset that he made it to the White House. How utterly childish!!!

So, unreal, you’ve succeeded in stopping dialogue by being so stupid and bigoted, that people who think like you do, are sitting back saying “duh, yeah what he said”, while those with brains are saying, “why am I wasting my time talking to a brain-dead bigot.

Something tells me you’re proud of that.

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