CNN’s “Dueling Buses”
posted at 12:47 pm on September 4, 2009 by Howard Portnoy
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You remember the song “Dueling Buses” from the film Deliverance? Oh, that’s right — the phrase dueling buses is the tagline CNN has politely given to the latest White House strategy to combat opposition to ObamaCare. Taking a page directly out of the opponent’s playbook, Obama’s on-again off-again organizing arm Organizing for America is conducting a cross-country bus tour to rival the Tea party Express, which started its journey August 28. Well, they say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Only this isn’t straight-up imitation. Compare the companion pictures below of the kinds of crowds the buses have been greeted by on their tours. See if you can guess which picture represents true grass-roots support and which is a staged organizing event of the sort Democrats claim to deplore. (Click the image for a close look.)
The current occupant of the Oval Office has got to be the world’s biggest hypocrite.
Cross-posted at Zombie Contentions
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I don’t know, he doesn’t look that tall.
Browncoatone on September 4, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Yeah, but lying is his REAL specialty.
Daggett on September 4, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Yeah and we paid for those signs and flags and for the buses, box lunches and folding money the “grassrooters” got.
erp on September 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM
What’s the difference between OFA rallies and those that were held at Nuremberg 75 years ago? Both were sponsored by the party in power with pre-printed signs bought using the national treasury.
larvcom on September 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
larvcom: Interesting point. Disturbing too, when you think about what we may be dealing with in this administration.
HowardPortnoy on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
I just got back from the Tea Party Express in Dallas. They estimated 3000 people were there. Pledge of Allegiance, Patriotic Songs, Speakers, etc. A great event. Glad to be a part of this during this time in history!
texasconserv on September 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Wish I could have been there. Thank you for your patriotism, texasconserv.
HowardPortnoy on September 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I also attended the rally today with my young daughter. She and I both held up signs, sang songs, and really *felt* “America” today. Everyone was friendly and totally genuine. Lots of vets, many flags. Brought a tear to my eyes; and it’s the least I could do while my husband’s away in the Marine Corps.
freakinlibs on September 4, 2009 at 6:28 PM
God bless you as well, freakinlibs. And may your husband return safe and unharmed.
HowardPortnoy on September 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Well said…amen!
Jeff from WI on September 4, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Dr. Theo at Dakota Voice (http://www.dakotavoice.com) has posted photos of an Obamacare SEIU-run event in Indianapolis last week. Today he posted photos from a Tea Party Express event in Bloomington. The contrast is stark. It’s like comparing union thugs to free Americans.
drewas on September 6, 2009 at 6:46 PM