Baird Equates Town Hall Protesters to Tim McVeigh
Politics by NW Digest Team on August 8th, 2009 with 7 Comments so far.Yesterday it was “lynch mobs” and “Brown Shirts” who wanted to “ambush” him. Today, it’s domestic terrorists:
Baird speaking with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.
Hardball Time? A Tale of Two Town Hall Approaches
Politics by Evan on August 7th, 2009 with 1 Comment so far.If you’ve been following the Washington State Congressional delegation on recess, you might have noticed things got a little bizarre today.
Brian Baird suddenly took a sharp turn to the left, and adopted the same tack as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, going on the attack against critics of health care reform. Baird compared critics’ tactics at town halls as similar to the “Brown Shirts.”
The response to his new plan of attack, as you might guess, has spanned from ridicule to indignation.
UPDATE: Baird Refuses to do “Face-to-Face” Meetings
Politics by Evan on August 5th, 2009 with 1 Comment so far.This time last year, U.S. Representative Brian Baird was preparing for the town hall circuit.
Out on summer recess, on August 7 last year Baird held a town hall in one of the many rural (and conservative) corners of his district at Rochester High School.
So how many town halls does Baird have scheduled this recess? According to his office: Zip. Zero. Nada.
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