[Spalax]

Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/26/...care-medicaid/

During a town hall in Orlando earlier today, Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) faced a barrage of questions from outraged constituents about the Republican budget. The Orlando Sentinel accurately described the scene as “bedlam.”

For nearly an hour, Webster was peppered with one question after another about his support for ending Medicare, his desire to see tax breaks for the wealthy extended, and his vote to repeal health care reform, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions. For his part, Webster didn’t just avoid the questions by resorting to talking points, as most politicians commonly do. On numerous occasions, Webster simply declined to give an answer to contentious questions altogether, moving on to take a new question instead.

Questions critical of the Ryan budget were met by applause from nearly the entire audience.

Webster is the latest congressman to face a town hall backlash after his vote in favor of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget plan. Provisions of the Republican budget, which ends Medicare, slashes Medicaid, and extends tax breaks for the wealthy, is opposed by strong majorities of Americans, including over 7 in 10 Republican voters as well.

Last week, ThinkProgress reported from a town hall in Milton, Wisconsin, where Rep. Ryan’s plan to extend tax breaks for the wealthy earned the congressman a loud chorus of boos from his own constituents. Similar backlash among voters to the Republican budget has played out for other congressmen across the country, including Reps. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Charlie Bass (R-NH), Chris Gibson (R-NY), Robert Dold (R-IL), and Sean Duffy (R-WI).

[katetomson]

Floridians are a rowdy bunch. Maybe it's the heat... Lots of people are pretty pissed off about what's going in Washington, but I don't think it's anything compared to the anger over what Gov. Scott and the good ole boys in Tallahassee are doing to our state. Just wait until the 2012 campaign kicks off down here. Every state seat is up for re-election. It's not going to be pretty.

[addisonnicogel]

How are Air America's ratings doing these days? Oh, wait...I'm sorry.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/04/26...-hall-meeting/

Radio Talk Show Host Arrested At GOP Town Hall Meeting

April 26, 2011 10:53 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – Former Air America radio talk show host Nicole Sandler was arrested Tuesday night after a raucous South Florida GOP town hall meeting.

The meeting, held that the Calvary Chapel on West Crypress Creek Road, got off to a rocky start when a handful of protestors heckled speaker U.S. Rep. Allen West over Medicare and his requirement that questions had to submitted in writing. Police escorted them out of the room.

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When West tried to explain the Republican position on Medicare, Sandler peppered him with questions and comments. When she refused to stop talking, she was led out of the room.

On her way out Sandler reportedly began arguing with the officer and was arrested. She was charged with trespassing after a warning.