Behind the Scenes at Health Care Town Hall Meetings

Julia Hall poses her question to President Obama in Portsmouth, N.H.

Eleven-year-old Julia Hall asked: "How do kids know what is true, and why do people want a new system that can -- that help more of us?"

Was this an honest question from a town hall attendee selected at random from a crowd representing all of the local people or just one of many Obama plants?

Read the following first-hand accounts from health care town hall meetings in Belgrade, MT and Portsmouth, NH and decide for yourself:

Hello All,

By now you have probably heard that President Obama came to Montana last Friday. However, there are many things that the major news has not covered. I feel that since Bill and I live here and we were at the airport on Friday I should share some facts with you. Whatever you decide to do with the information is up to you. If you chose to share this email with others I do ask that you DELETE my email address before you forward this on.

On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the President would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his healthcare and huge spending so those groups began talking and deciding on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY details other than the date.

On about Tuesday Bill found out that they would be holding the "Town Hall" at the airport. (This is only because Bill knows EVERYONE at the airport) Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade (tiny town) in a very remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that is the most remotely located hangar. You could not pick a more remote location, and you can not get to it easily. It is totally secluded from the public.

FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a large amount of folks with sufficient parking. (gymnasiums/auditoriums). All of which have chairs and tables, and would not have to be SHIPPED IN!! $$$$$

During the week, cargo by the TONS was being shipped in constantly. Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it was our President coming several expressed how excessive it was, especially during a recession. $$$$$

Late Tuesday/early Wednesday the 12th, they said that tickets would be handed out on Thursday 9am at two locations and the president would be arriving around 12:30 Friday.

Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were printed at a Local printing shop per White House request. Hmmmm......900 tickets just DISAPPEARED.

This same morning someone called into the radio from the local UPS branch and said that THOUSANDS of Dollars of Lobster were shipped in for Obama. Montana has some of the best beef in the nation!!! And it would have been really wonderful to help out the local economy. Anyone heard of the Recession?? Just think...with all of the traveling the White House is doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we are paying for.

On Friday Bill and I got out to the airport about 10:45am. The groups that wanted to protest Obama's spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up onto the area (illegal) and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man but they said they did not have the manpower to remove the SEIU crowd.

The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age of 30 and they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY made signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and Planned Parenthood folks were with them.....professing abortion rights with their T-shirts and preprinted signs. (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to protest in ANOTHER area.)

Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man.

So we had Montana folks from ALL OVER the state with their homemade signs and their DOGS with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctors you name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. He found out about the occasion, went to the store, made a sign, and came to protest.

If you are wondering about the press.....Well, all of the major networks were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowds were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about the crowds.

We did have some local news media around us from this state and Idaho. Speaking of the local media...they were invited. However, all questions were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn't want anyone to have to think off the top of their head.

It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government healthcare. Even those people that talked about their insurance woes........the White House called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee) and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come. Smoke and mirrors...EVERYTHING was staged!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House. The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not living in the United States of America, more like the USSR !! I was physically nauseous. Bill and I have been around when Presidents or Heads of State visit. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened for our country. America needs your prayers and your voices. If you care about our country please get involved. Know the issues. And let Congress hear your voices again and again!! If they are willing to put forth so much effort to BULLY a small town one can only imagine what is going on in Washington DC. Scary!!

Kathy

Bozeman , Montana

While I do not personally know Kathy from Bozeman, Montana (an online acquaintance tells me that she and Bill are "patriots and honest people"), the above report is eerily similar to the FACTS surrounding the recent HC town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as reported by my good friend regarding the "ACORN parasites / SEIU thugs & other such bused in from Massachusetts." He continues:

[Later] more bus loads of cookie-cutter bozobots arrived - ACORN, other unions, Greenpeace. Virtually all these came on buses, more than half in cute tee-shirts announcing their organizational affiliations, typically from MA, bearing one of five or so variations of the same professionally-produced signs. None of the major media have shown this; in all the video I've seen, they typically show only those sections of the bozoturf which include large numbers of the 20% or so of home-made signs.

I observed none of the opposition arriving by other than private vehicles and I saw but one professionally-made sign, that one an amazing, absolutely unique, 6x10 canvas banner showing the inter-locking lies, ideological radicals & overall corruption of the Joker's defilement of government. Fact: if the bozobots had been limited to those who weren't paid shills, their numbers would have been reduced by roughly 80%. Like most of the dims' charges, the "astroturf" campaign is straight out of the Lenin & Goebbels School of Big Lie Journalism. Most of the flags were on our side of the street and the Gadsden flag out-numbered the Stars & Stripes about 5-2.

The Gadsden Flag

The national media, with the exception of Fox & the bloggers, has ignored the nature of the audience allowed into the dear leader's presence. As the crowd exited the building, more than half passed along the street where we were. Of those wearing any sort of indication of their views, I saw four "anti" people and had two others come over to speak who said they had acquired tickets by being on the enemy's mailing lists. I counted something over 200 with bozo gear or stickers supporting the legislation before I was interrupted by an ABC White House correspondent seeking an interview.

To obtain tickets for the event, one had to submit a request to the White House, then there would be a "random selection." Uh-huh. Even on November 5th, 0bozo didn't have a 97+ % approval rating and now reputable national polls show it at 47% (& falling rapidly!). Random . . . right. Just like the sweet young thing from Malden, Mass who just happened to complain about the nasty signs. [Third party identifying information redacted.] That was one of the only three confrontations I saw personally between the groups, and all were initiated by 0bozo supporters (two attendees & one real lout who crossed the street to our side in his pretty purple SEIU shirt).

There were at least five "unmarked instigators" who wandered through our crowd at various times seeking to create trouble. As far as I could see (the lack of reported incidents would suggest this was how things went overall), they failed. Massively. People either ignored them totally or told them to **** off & die. Of course demographics worked for us, too. The average age on the other side was in their 20s, but most of the guys were like Allan Combes: pencil-necked wimps. Apparently even the SEIU is low on goons in New England. This particular batch didn't have a 5-1 advantage of union bullies to innocuous vendors as they did in St. Louis, they didn't have the ability to hide behind doors as they did in Florida nor could they operate under cover of night, so given the intrinsic liberal cowardice, they had no choice but to behave.

That's what really took place. I've not trusted the presstitutes for decades; now I have first hand experience with their deliberate manipulations.

So, there you have it -- an honest account from a friend whom I trust to report the truth.

When I emailed him requesting permission to publish the above account he also directed my attention to a good story on the astroturf in Denver on this blog, complete with pictures. And another, also with photos, in NC on this one. The Denver one has some really good photos of the "spontaneous" nature of the support while the NC one has plenty of photos of the bus(es) bringing in the astroturf.

I'm quite sure that this is a story being repeated across the country. If it's yours, please add it to this post by commenting below. By doing so, you'll be doing your fellow countrymen and our Republic a great service.

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This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) originally appeared during the French and Indian War, but was recycled to encourage the American colonies to unite against British rule.

Anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

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This just in:

Despicable Democrats Pimp Out Ted Kennedy Grandson Max Allen for ObamaCare at Funeral

It's the Wellstone Memorial all over again.

Only this time, the cowardly Barack Obama and his allies make a freaking kid prostitute himself for the unpopular ObamaCare proposal.

Disgusting. Look for backlash from this, as there should be.

Video credit, Real Clear Politics.