Irony's Bitter Pill

…Injured Teabagger Begs For Healthcare Money

The good news is many of the town hall meetings with citizens, Congresspersons and Senators across this nation are conducted in a respectful, civil manner but, sadly, this is not always the case.

Rude, uncivil behavior at a town hall meeting in Kansas led to a man being injured in an altercation. This was bound to happen eventually. It will likely be repeated again and again, with possibly worse consequences next time as Teabaggers and others seek to disrupt town hall meetings across this nation; pretending they are part of some ‘grass-roots’ protest movement when all the while the truth is something else. That ‘something else’ is an organized, well-oiled (by that I mean lots of money) plan from right-wing conservative groups seeking to disrupt, stall and eventually kill any meaningful healthcare reform. Sponsoring and contributing organizations include both FreedomWorks (read: Freedom for the rich and their mega-corporate sponsors) and Americans For Prosperity (read: rich Americans for their own Prosperity), radio’s gas-bag hate-mongering tycoon of buffoonery and Fox News Channel (read: informational propaganda for the mentally and emotionally ill). Tagging along behind them like good little drones are members of the ill-informed, easily manipulated, naive Tea Party Patriots. The agenda for leaders of these groups, their stated goal, is to bring political harm to the President of the United States. If you believe their rhetoric and published works, it is obvious; they care only about scoring cheap political points. Their petty goals trump all other considerations. The organizers and sponsors are neither patriotic nor interested in civil participation in our democratic system of government. In short, I don’t believe they have any concern for the plight of the average American, let alone the estimated 40 million + who have no healthcare.

Actions speak louder than words and their actions to thwart intelligent, effective and civil town hall meetings illustrate they care not one bit about the citizens of the United States. At the very minimum, this type of behavior minimizes the sincere concerns of Americans. Many well-meaning citizens, conservative, liberal, moderates and all the rest attend these town hall meetings in hopes of having a civil, two-way conversation concerning the important subject of meaningful healthcare reform. They are being cheated of this opportunity when the screaming and shouting of mob rule takes over.

It is unfortunate this person got hurt at all at the town hall meeting; the story made all the worse since it is reported he has no healthcare coverage and is asking for donations to cover his medical costs.

A not so funny and sad irony on the spectacle and political circus of the bitter pill of mob rule attempting to thwart meaningful healthcare reform. Kansas City