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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:05 PM
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Nashville anti-health care reform protest a bust (1 person shows up)
Source: AP

NASHVILLE — The leader of a Tennessee group opposing the Obama administration’s health care reform plan said today he’s disappointed he was the only one who showed up for a protest in Nashville.
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Tom Kovach, state director of America’s Independent Party, said he’d hoped to see at least 50 people at the protest in a parking lot in front of West End Middle School near downtown.

Instead, the only company he had was a hand full of reporters and a few passing joggers.

Kovach acknowledged that today was school students’ first day back and that protesters may have wanted to be ‘‘cautious,’’ considering the group was criticized for protesting near the school.


Read more: http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090814/NEWS01/90814015/1002/Nashville+anti-health+care+reform+protest+a+bust
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:10 PM
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1. !
:rofl:
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:13 PM
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2. +1
:rofl: :rofl:



Yeah, first day of school. That's it. That's the reason.

Everyone in Tennessee is thrilled with their affordable health insurance.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:16 PM
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4. "cautious"
Yes, vewwy, vewwy cautious.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:34 PM
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5. Yeah, first day of school. That's it. That's the reason.
Of course it is. All those parents who support him were busy getting their little darlings ready to go to Socialist Public School on a Socialist bus driving on Socialist roads.
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:14 PM
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3. Reminds me of a sad little tune from the old days.....
One

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
`Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, worse than two

It's just no good anymore since she went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday

One is the loneliest, number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest, one is the loneliest
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
It's just no good anymore since she went away
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:41 PM
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6. How many Port-a-potties?
:rofl:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:45 PM
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7. I don't think they have staying power
Unlike the war protests I've been going to for the last seven years (and maybe it's time for another big demonstration in the streets), I don't think the screamers really have the belly for the full ride. They'll throw a couple of tantrums, get a little press, and go home. You won't be seeing any signs saying "I can't believe we're still protesting against this!" like you do at the anti-war rallies.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 07:58 AM
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20. Exactly. They're not sticking around.
Hugh difference between them and us "damned libruls".

DICK's army wants to (needs to) sleep in their own bed at night. If they get out of Mom's basement for a day, they've done their share for two years. No real drive.

From here on out, I see the town halls being populated by real people asking real questions - in a civil manner. That would be U.S., the majority.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 04:45 PM
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8. America's Independent Party? There you go...
He's not an "approved" source of dissent, like the Repukes and the health insurance companies are.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 05:01 PM
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9. The Rest of the (Idiototic) Story
Rep. Jim Cooper was due to address the middle school assembly of kids and parents on the first day of school, and the tea baggers got it into their heads that it was going to be a Town Meeting or something, and announced they were going to protest.

Cooper pulled out to keep the first day of school from turning into a cluster fuck for these people, which I think was a spineless thing to do, frankly. The Tea Baggers announced they were going to protest, anyway.
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svpadgham Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 05:36 PM
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10. First day of school?
On a Friday?
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odai123 Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 06:00 PM
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14. Well, yeah. Today was my first day, because the freshmen need time to get used to high school.
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 05:38 PM
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11. This thread is worthless without pictures n/t
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DebbieCDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 05:38 PM
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12. Maybe this shit is finally coming to an end.
One can hope.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 05:40 PM
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13. Protesting health care reform at a school?
:dunce:

Hey, I know! I'll go and protest No Child's Behind Left down at the hospital! :sarcasm:
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 06:33 PM
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15. We have a health care townhall in rural Tn about 1 hr out of Nashville
They are going to hold it in a place that is small. I already called to find out if you need tickets. But no one answered. I even went to visit the congressman's office. We thought we had an appointment with him last week. We got confirmation for the appointment but when we went to the office we showed the secretary what we got and she said she wasn't familiar with the form but she would send it to the congressman in DC. I told her that I would like an answer from someone. Haven't heard anything yet.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 06:50 PM
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16. This jerkweed.....


Tennessee Democratic Party chairman Chip Forrester questioned why Kovach would even be near a school considering he was fired from a Metro public school and charged with assaulting a student.

‘‘It’s just another example of the judgment he displayed,’’ Forrester said.

However, in the assault case, Kovach said that he was the victim.

‘‘The person who should have been charged with assault was the student, who tried to slap me in the face,’’ Kovach said.


- Nice.

K&R
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 07:03 PM
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17. Really???
This guy was a teacher?
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 07:04 PM
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18. maybe they should organize an anti healthcare reform rally in southern california
where all those people are waiting to get their health needs taken care of.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-14-09 07:53 PM
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19. Nice little bright spot in the day!
Thanks! :hi:
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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-15-09 09:27 AM
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21. Metro Nashville, as a rule is too busy for teabagging.
Now, had it been a bit cooler and with a "name" such as Joe Wurlitzerburger or however it is styled, some may have dropped by at lunch, but in the long run, just not very much a Baggerville. WTF is the American Party? Isn't that what George Wallace ran on once? Before his public mea culpae?
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