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BlueIdaho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:11 AM
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Lets infiltrate their movement...
Show up and stand by the loonies - when the shouting starts make sure your voice is heard above the rest. Demand to see the congress member's birth certificate, demand they kill Medicare and the VA, Talk about making food out of dead people, you know - out crazy the crazies. Make their crowd look absolutely stark raving mad.

Time for a little street theater people.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:12 AM
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1. haha! Burn that medicare card!
:rofl:
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:25 AM
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11. BWAHAHahahah a hah ah a ha hah ah
:rofl:

Nice!
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:13 AM
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2. Seniors burning their bras?
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:14 AM
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3. Please, no...
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:24 AM
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10. How About A Diaper Burining?......nt
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:14 AM
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4. Hey, I'm liking that idea
Be prepared to take a few punches when they find out they've been had. Other than that, if you can muster the volunteers, go for it!
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:15 AM
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5. Let 'em throw punches. That's assault.
And after it is clear to all the bystanders who started the fight, punch back.
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napoleon_in_rags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:17 AM
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6. When a dog bites your hand, you don't cringe and pull away.
Who shove your hand down their throat, stimulating the gag reflex so you can extract your hand. Your post reminds me of that fact for some reason, its "gagging the dog".

But ultimately, what you're talking about is totally unnecessary. Their crowd already does look stark raving mad, to a large enough percentage of the population anyway.
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BlueIdaho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:27 AM
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12. Gagging the Dog - I like it...
How else can we gag the dog? Here's a thought, if you get one of "those" emails sent to a list of folks why not replace their lies with facts about health care's escalating costs and increasing failures and send that back to the group.
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napoleon_in_rags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:36 AM
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13. Well, courage is one way.
That action surprises the dog, because the dog expects the victim to try to pull away. That's why it works. The key to any action like that is to push in the directions Republicans don't expect. So the major issue here with the town halls seems to be attempts to intimidate, shout down discussion, etc. Since intimidation tries to inspire fear, the most important unanticipated response is courage, whatever form it takes.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:22 AM
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7. That is already happening even as I type.
Shhhh! It's a secret.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:23 AM
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8. I believe my only comment is "Muahahahahahahahaha." nt
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:24 AM
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9. How about enforcing the rules of order?
You can't count on a casual meeting remaining orderly. Make it formal. Set ground rules, enforce them, and have law enforcement ready to back you up if people become unruly.

It sounds old-fashioned, but it works!
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 12:11 PM
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17. exactly -
this is what I've been saying from the beginning?

WTH aren't they THINKING? It won't shut down discourse to have ORDER, it will encourage it.

The problem at this point is, I don't think "regular" people are even going to these things. they're afraid to.

As for pretending to be "one of them" and "out-crazying" them - I think this could backfire, 'cause then they will just blame US when they start getting called on it saying that it was the "dems" just trying to make them LOOK BAD.

Hell, they look bad enough all by themselves. They don't need ANY HELP showing people just how crazy they are.
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crickets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:17 PM
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20. B-but that would make sense! -nt
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:44 AM
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14. Part of me likes the idea
but another part of me thinks they won't be able to tell the difference, and that out-crazy-ing them would be nigh impossible.
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 12:11 PM
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18. not to mention -
they'd get to blame Dem's for the craziness.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:55 AM
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15. Monkey warfare!
There are potential to this.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 12:00 PM
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16. Let's not and way we did.
And they're paranoid enough to believe us, and then try to out one another as moles.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 01:10 PM
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19. out crazy the crazies? that's a tall order, they're already self-parody
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