Heated health care debate derails Mount St. Helens meeting

[stevedeshazer]

http://tdn.com/articles/2009/08/13/area_news/doc4a8387f6cc2f4379517417.txt

A meeting with Washington’s Congressional delegation about the future of the Mount St. Helens Volcanic Monument was canceled Wednesday afternoon over worries that it had become embroiled in the national health care debate and could turn violent.

The decision came after Longview city officials sent a letter to county commissioner Axel Swanson on Wednesday afternoon saying they expected as many as 900 people at the event and they could not guarantee anyone’s safety.

A committee studying the volcano area’s funding and management had planned to give its final report to U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray as well as Congressman Brian Baird during a public meeting at the Cowlitz County Expo Center on Thursday.

But an e-mail sent Tuesday by Organizing for America, the group that led President Obama’s campaign last year and now promotes his policies, misconstrued the meeting’s agenda, saying people would get a chance to talk with lawmakers about health care.

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[tocqueville]

1. the volcano will erupt again if Obama's plan is passed

according to the local Republican section...

[stevedeshazer]

2. Congressman Baird has receive death threats.

This meeting wasn't even about health care, but the goons were ready to show up anyway. His district is filled with right-wing mouth breathers.