Specter met by cheers, jeers in Kittanning

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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The majority of the audience was clearly against the various plans that await Congress when it returns from its August recess. They often shouted down questions and answers with which they disagreed.

The questions -- which, according to Specter staffers, were distributed to those who were in the front of the line to people who arrived as early as 7 a.m. -- were more of an even split along ideological lines.

In the only significant disruption, a man approached and confronted Mr. Specter toward the end, loudly accusing him of planting some of the questions in the audience.

"You're a socialist, fascist pig," the man said as he stormed out, prompting applause from many in the crowd.

"Let the record show the man left on his own," Mr. Specter said.





Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09225/990728-100.stm

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This is not Scaife's paper reporting - his is the Tribune-Review. The Post-Gazette is mostly liberal. Also that area there are a lot of Wingnuts.

[PA Democrat]

1. Sad. Median household income in Kittanning is less than $21,000

Kittanning is more than 97% white also. Sad, sad, sad. That's all I'm going to say.

[HopeHoops]

4. Actually, that's not bad money there.

It isn't exactly Northern Virginia.

[PA Democrat]

7. I live in western PA and I can't imagine living on that amount.

If you were uninsured, health insurance costs for a family of 4 for a high deductible policy would cost more than 50% of your income.

[Critters2]

5. Wow. That is just sad. nt

[Libertas1776]

2. A

"socialist, Fascist pig." Oh, that's rich. I never knew the two were synonymous. Idiot.

[DebbieCDC]

3. This shit is getting old real fast.

[t0dd]

6. Been to Kittanning quite a few times

It definitely is a racist and socially conservative area. Oh, wait.. all of the middle of PA is! (lived there my whole life)

You know what they say about PA.. Pittsburgh to the West, Philadelphia to the East, and Alabama in between.

[dropkickpa]

11. We like to call that part Pennsyltucky

[Tiggeroshii]

8. hahahah

let the record show the man left on his own. I don't love specter. but i love that quote.

[RBInMaine]

9. Obviously the idiot knows neither what a socialist nor a fascist is. TOTAL IDIOT !

[Lagomorph]

10. 'The questions -- which, according to Specter staffers,

...were distributed to those who were in the front of the line...'

'In the only significant disruption, a man approached and confronted Mr. Specter toward the end, loudly accusing him of planting some of the questions in the audience.'

We provide the questions, we provide the answers? Or is that poor reporting?

I dunno, but that just doesn't sound OK to me.

[Plausible]

12. All the wingnuts are being called to attend these things

I doubt all the yelling came from local residents.

My friend...a registered Republican....received a phone call from former Congressman Peterson (maybe a robocall, I dunno) telling her to get to that town hall meeting and help stop health care reform. My friend lives several hours from K in what has been called Alabama, Pa. My friend supports health care reform, btw. Even here in Alabama, PA there are those of us who believe this country should be able to provide health care to everyone, that when someone gets sick, they should not have to worry about how to pay for it, and that many Americans dying for lack of health care insurance or inadequate health care insurance is immoral.

When Bush had town hall type meetings, distractors were corraled a mile or so away, never seen or heard from on the news.

Although, I was not sure we Dems should take Sen. Specter and I have disagreed with him in the past on some things, I was appalled to see how rude those dissidents were to him. He is an older man who has faced cancer twice. They acted like a bunch of nuts just fallen out of the trees.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. "You're a socialist, fascist pig,"..... Can someone please get these assholes a dictionary? nt

[JVS]

14. The Democratic party invited me to this event to "show my support"

I didn't go, but the only thing I would have shown for Specter is my contempt. So he switched sides, BFD I still don't like him. Go Sestak!