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Most congressional reps will duck facing citizens on health care ‘reform

From Maine to Nevada, the last thing members of Congress will want to talk about with constituents this legislative recess is health care reform.

It's an emotional issue. It is also complicated. And, just to add a touch of weirdness to the atmosphere, the increasingly paranoid Obama White House has instructed citizen brown shirts to report people who spread "disinformation" on the web about the health care reform plan put forth by Democrats.

The few members of Congress who have faced constituents have received a rowdy and suspicious greeting, as this story in Arkansas and this story in Florida detail.

People in every state deserve to hear straight answers from their Washington delegation on health care reform, especially those who advocate for taking the Obama change. But what people deserve from congressional representatives and what they get ...
 

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