Gibbs calls the town-hall protestors "astroturfers" and "Brooks Brothers Brigade"

scheming daemons

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:21 AM
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Gibbs calls the town-hall protestors "astroturfers" and "Brooks Brothers Brigade"

Way to go, Robert.

Call these people out.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/

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Bobcat

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:28 AM
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1. Dinger

Dinger refers to them as "brown shirts". Very appropriate description. WH should take note.

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Eric J in MN

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:29 AM
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2. These town halls should be restricted to people in the district. NT

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SoCalDem

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:31 AM
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4. Which is another reason we should have Voter registration cards

Edited on Tue Aug-04-09 09:31 AM by SoCalDem

that have our district on them. This would ensure than meetings were not clogged up with out-of-area disrupters....as well as providing positive ID when voting time rolls around..

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Arkana

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:30 AM
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3. Hahahaha...the "Brooks Brothers Brigade".

Not entirely accurate, Mr. Gibbs--have you seen the shit these people wear? The suits that look like they desecrated a flag? The stained tank-top undershirts? The misspelled signs?

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Winterblues

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:33 AM
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5. Wasn't that a referrence to the mob in Florida at the vote count?

:shrug:

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supernova

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:34 AM
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7. Yes, also a manufactured outrage party

They were Capitol Hill staffers bussed into Miami to harass the county workers on the recount. So, the analogy is quite valid.

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redqueen

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:33 AM
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6. It doesn't refer to their suits... but to the orchestrated riots to stop the voting in 2000.

Those were *the* Brooks Brothers Rioters. This is just the same tactic with a new staff of clowns.

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Arkana

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:35 AM
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8. Ah, OK...I get it now.

I prefer just "astroturfers" though

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AwakeAtLast

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:43 AM
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9. Nail, meet head.

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