Democracy for Delaware

The Swiss Menace
by Paul Krugman
http://www.progressiveexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4629&Itemid=479
It was the blooper heard round the world. In an editorial denouncing Democratic health reform plans, Investor’s Business Daily tried to frighten its readers by declaring that in Britain, where the government runs health care, the handicapped physicist Stephen Hawking “wouldn’t have a chance,” because the National Health Service […]

GOP backs away from end-of-life counseling
by BEN EVANS
WASHINGTON - Until last week, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson was among the most enthusiastic backers of end-of-life counseling in government health care programs like Medicare.
That was before conservatives called it a step toward euthanasia and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin likened the idea to a bureaucratic “death […]

Anyone that’s watched the news in the past few days knows that health insurance reform is a hot topic and that rumors and scare tactics have only increased as more people engage with the issue. Given a lot of the outrageous claims floating around, it s time to make sure everyone knows the facts about […]

Obama-Allied Unions Threatened With Gun Violence For Town Hall Participation
by Sam Stein
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/obama-allied-unions-threa_n_254204.html
One of the country’s largest unions has been hit by a wave of hostile calls and even death threats from people upset with its involvement in town-hall health care debates.
The Service Employers International Union was, as one aide put it, “deluged” with calls on […]

America’s long tradition of town hall meetings under attack from GOP agitators
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/americas-long-tradition-of-town-hall-meetings-under-attack-from-gop-agitators.html
The town hall meeting is ingrained in the history of New England from its earliest colonial days. While in decline, the town hall meeting is still the form of government in use today in a number of small towns in New England. […]

Right-wing birthers now pushing town hall disruptions
http://mediamatters.org/research/200908040053
Conservative media figures who have promoted conspiracy theories about President Obama’s birth certificate have recently used their platforms to promote the anti-health care reform disruptions of congressional town hall events. Indeed, the disruptions resemble similar efforts by birthers to disrupt town halls.
Media figures promoting town hall disruptions also promoted […]

Right-Wing Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: ‘Yell,’ ‘Stand Up And Shout Out,’ ‘Rattle Him’
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/31/recess-harassment-memo/
This morning, Politico reported that Democratic members of Congress are increasingly being harassed by “angry, sign-carrying mobs and disruptive behavior” at local town halls. For example, in one incident, right-wing protesters surrounded Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and forced police […]

Why All Progressives, Democrats, Unionists and Reformers Should Join ACORN
We are all familiar with the highly partisan and blatantly dishonest attacks on the low and moderate income advocacy group ACORN that dominated Fox News election coverage last Fall. Republican Right Wing partisans have remained loyal to their absurd talking points after the November election and […]