Here is video of a raucous Town Hall Meeting at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, where Democrat Congressman Steve Israel faced a skeptical crowd as he tried to make the case for the Democrats’ Health Care Plan.
Israel was asked a simple question: “Why can’t we just fix the part of health care that is broken, when what is needed is tort reform?”
The crowd went wild at the question! Rep. Israel then condescendingly tried to lecture the crowd about why tort reform is not a good thing! The crowd remained raucous throughout his attempted answer.
Shouts, insults fly at Rep. Israel’s health care town hall
Townhall
Israel (D-Huntington) at one point pleaded with those in the crowd yelling at him to “stop calling me a liar and listen.” Judging by the ever-increasing decibel level, he did not win over many converts.
Shouts of — “Stop printing money,” “We don’t care what you think,” and “You’re a moron” — permeated the 90-minute session, which drew far more than the 450 people who filled Van Nostrand Theatre. Scores more were not allowed inside after a Suffolk fire marshal closed the doors.
People opposing the proposed health care reform outnumbered those in favor, though both sides strove to outshout each other during the question-and-answer period.
A typical scene came after Anneliese Lanza of Huntington asked, “Why can’t we just fix the part of health care that is broken when what is needed is tort reform?” The anti-reform portion of the crowd broke into a raucous standing ovation chanting “tort reform.”
“You’re saying tort reform now, but if something happens to you, you’ll be the first one to want to take the case to a judge and jury,” Israel said. “I don’t believe a member of the United States Congress should decide when you can go to court.”
Israel, who supports the public option, which would allow people to purchase insurance through a government program, said he does not expect to support every aspect of the final reform bill.
“I’m not going to draw any lines in the sand,” he said. “I’m not going to vote against 60 percent of what I want because I can’t get 40 percent of what I want. There is no perfection.” . . . ….
Wild Thing’s comment…….
What amazes me is that no one in government gives a d-— about what their voters are saying, the arrogant attitudes make me furious!
….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
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I so hate listening to progressives insulting our intelligence and talking at us like we’re 4 years old.
Scold!!
Also, he sounds a bit desperate there, doesn’t he?
Israel doesn’t think he should to decide for us when we can go to court but he has the priviledge of telling us when we can have Health Care.
There’s no perfection, I thought that’s what this prez is all about, he’s perfect and never makes a mistake, just ask him, he’ll tell you he’s perfect. But perfection can lead to paralysis. Which is exactly what we have now.
I will truly love seeing the guillotine put to use again in 2010 and again in 2012.
The best arguement against obamacare is that obama and Rep.Israel will be using an alterative private insurance plan payed for partly by taxpayers.
Yes we have tort reform in Texas. I really don’t know how our health insurance costs compare with New York. It has certainly cut down on frivolous lawsuits against physicians. And mass advertising by the ambulance chasers.