Is demonizing and insulting the American public a good strategy for Democrats?

Senator Ben Cardin D-MD did actually say that the people coming to the townhall meetings were there for answers and should be heard. He said that their questions were legit. It's on YouTube if you care to see it. Another YouTube video is of a young service man asking a very well thought out and well spoken question of Claire McCaskill a democrat in Missouri, my home state. I am assuming HE was a democrat to. This is transending party lines...I've seen and read many things lately that tell me the democrats are not all lined up supporting Obamacare. I also believe that the White House is using bully tactics to shut the American people up...and make them look like crazy fools. Not that some people aren't crazy fools...lol. But it stands to reason that there are MANY that are speaking up that are solid, tax paying citizens who are being made to sound like fools by the media and the White House. I would even go so far as to say that some in Congress are AFRAID to disagree with fearless leader. I have come to this conclusion from reading articles on both sides, reading comments on those articles, and many many YouTube videos of these townhall meetings in recent days. The request from the White House to report 'fishey' emails was the clincher. Our president is a bully. I can see him sending in 'plants' to disrupt just so it can be said that the citizens there are 'crazy'. Of course the media falls right in line, and you NEVER see the townhall meetings that went smoothly and actually got some questions answered for those attending. This whole situation is the biggest and most obvious smokescreen I have ever seen come out of Washington! The White HOuse (Obama) wants to discredit any opposition, and is using the mistrust the parties have of one another, and the media and the internet to do this. When white house thugs can beat up a little old black man for selling 'Don't Tread on Me' flags at a townhall meeting, a man who was doing NOTHING wrong and saying NOTHING pro or con....and nothing is said about this in the media...it's time to wake up.

I don't know, people are sheep. I would have thought Bush was enough to wake eveyone up in this country, yet here are with a number of republicans still in congress and a democratic majority. Hmmm, any change yet? let me check......nope. Still a bunch of statists running the show. this country has learned NOTHING.

I do not think it guarantees any democrats losing their cushy government jobs but I sure as heck hope it does! I do not think there has been a time in American history when American Citizens have been so disdained and insulted by the very people who are supposed to be FOR the people. It is very obvious to me that most politicians (of all parties) are only FOR THEMSELVES.

I think many democrats will be in trouble come next election. I find it ironic that 0bozo made much of his community activism during the campaign, and now thinks that same activism is a bad thing when it is directed at him and his healthcare plan. People are getting informed, and the more they understand about this takeover plan the less they like what they see. http://action.afa.net/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?id=2147486232 http://action.afa.net/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?id=2147486223 http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelBarone/2009/08/10/government_health_care_in_stealth_mode?page=full http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=639550 http://www.myheritage.org/archive/articles/2009/five-questions-to-ask-your-congressman-on-health-care.html http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106595 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106259

i think what people need to do is get the facts about the healthcare plan and distance themselves from the pointless political rambling. i know theirs plenty of web sites where some good information can be found. whatever happens healthcare reform will not just suddenly change over night.

taskr hold on wait a minute here both parties are accused and have said the other side is not American because they do not support different things. Both parties are wrong. What I would say in this circumstance, is Americans are suppose to be civilized and be able to talk to one another. I have watched both sides demean one another screaming in others faces, the passion they have on this subject can be seen on both sides. Is it being non American of course not is it being uncivilized I think so, have respect for others as you would like respect yourself you can have a debate and you can have differences but degrading one another is not acceptable.

think they have every right to express their views on Democrats.