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Pro-Health Care Reform Voices Getting Stronger in Town Hall Meetings

by James Parks, Aug 14, 2009

Progressives are taking back the momentum in town hall meetings across the country by organizing and coming out to tell the truth about the need for health care reform. While the media focuses on the hysterics of angry mobs that demonize President Obama and health care reform supporters, the real story is that the voice of progressives is getting louder and stronger at the town hall meetings.

Working In These Times blog reports that Democrats and progressives are pushing back on several fronts against the campaign of misinformation being waged by extremist  groups, some with corporate donors and right-wing Republicans. 

According to the website, the counter-punching by progressives

includes everything from massive ad buys to pro-reform viral e-mails to aggressive PR about productive congressional town hall meetings that featured strong liberal turnouts.

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