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2010 Midterms

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  1. 2009-07-23 July 23, 2009: Republicans: Obama Health Care Reform Would Lead to ‘Government-Encouraged Euthanasia’ and ‘Mercy Killing’
  2. 2009-07-23 July 23, 2009: Claim that Health Care Reform Would Encourage Seniors to ‘Die Sooner’ Are ‘Ridiculous Falsehoods’, Investigations Claim
  3. 2009-07-23 July 23-24, 2009: Health Care Lobbyist Accuses White House Advisers of Favoring Denial of Treatment to ‘Less Productive’ Citizens
  4. 2009-07-24 July 24, 2009: Republican Lawmaker Joins Radical in Accusing Obama of Implementing ‘Eugenics,’ Nazi-Like ‘Youth Brigades’
  5. 2009-07-24 July 24, 2009: Conservative Lobbying Group Sends ‘Town Hall’ Schedule to ‘Tea Party’ Mailing List
  6. 2009-07-25 July 25, 2009: Anti-Health Care Protester Displays Swastika at Reform Rally
  7. 2009-07-27 July 27, 2009: Beck: Obama Has ‘Real Issues with Race’; Guest Says Obama’s ‘Feelings about White America Are Coming Forward Again’
  8. 2009-07-27 July 27, 2009: Conservative Health Care Protester Hangs Congressman in Effigy
  9. 2009-07-27 July 27, 2009: Lobbyist Protesters Disrupt Democratic Senator’s Town Hall
  10. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: ’Nonpartisan’ 9/12 Rally Promoted as Anti-Obama, Anti-Democrat
  11. 2009-07-28 July 28-29, 2009: Beck: Obama a ‘Racist’ with a ‘Deep-Seated Hatred of White People’
  12. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: ’Deathers’ Believe Health Care Reforms Would Encourage Premature Deaths of Seniors
  13. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: Republican: Seniors Will Be ‘Put to Death’ under Government Health Care Reform
  14. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: Professor Says Republicans May Be Using Racist Rhetoric to Exploit Perceptual Divide between Blacks, Whites
  15. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: Limbaugh: Health Care Reform Will Force Seniors to ‘Loop out’ on ‘Pain Pills… until They Die’
  16. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: Obama: No Health Care Rationing, No Socialism
  17. 2009-07-28 July 28, 2009: Progressive Senator Explains Why Democrats Having Difficulty in Winning Support for Health Care Reform
  18. 2009-07-29 July 29, 2009: Democratic Party Chair: Democrats’ Ideological Diversity Slowing Down Health Care Reform Legislation
  19. 2009-07-30 (July 30, 2009) and After: Anti-Reformers Claim Government Would Have ‘Direct Access’ to Americans’ Bank Accounts
  20. 2009-07-30 July 30, 2009: Fox News Anchor: Obama Justice Department May Have Given Green Light for Blacks to Intimidate Whites at Polls
  21. 2009-07-30 July 30, 2009: Pelosi: Health Care Insurers Using ‘Carpet Bombing,’ ‘Shock and Awe’ Tactics to Oppose Reform
  22. 2009-07-31 July 31, 2009: Progressive Author Blames Media Pundit, Health Industry Lobbyist for Much of Misinformation Clouding Health Care Reform Debate
  23. 2009-07-31 July 31, 2009: Media Reports on Increasing Agitation, Disruption at Health Care Town Halls
  24. 2009-08-01 August 1, 2009: Texas Congressmen Pursued by Hostile Crowd after Health Care Discussion
  25. 2009-08-01 August 1, 2009: Pennsylvania Congressman Weathers Raucous, Divided Crowds at Health Care Discussions
  26. 2009-08-02 August 2, 2009: Health Insurer Lobbying Group Urges Members to Protest Health Care Reform at August Town Hall
  27. 2009-08-02 August 2, 2009: Conservative Blogger Calls Anti-Reform ‘Tea Party’ Groups ‘Counterinsurgencies’
  28. 2009-08-02 August 2, 2009: HHS Secretary, Democratic Senator Preside over Raucous Health Care Discussion
  29. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Conservatives Using Vagaries of Health Care Reform Proposals to Launch Effective Opposition, Columnist Observes
  30. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Democratic Senator Urges Fellow Democrats Not to ‘Fall for’ Anti-Reform ‘Sucker Punch’
  31. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Fox Host: Health Care Protesters ‘Representing Americans’
  32. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Fox Host: Disruptive Protesters Are ‘Doing Terrific’
  33. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Conservative Protesters Disrupt ‘Listening Session’ in Wisconsin Library
  34. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Limbaugh: If Health Care Protests Are Indeed Orchestrated, Then It Is ‘about Damn Time’
  35. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Anti-Health Care Protesters Disrupt Ohio ‘Town Hall’ Meeting
  36. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: Columnist: ‘Tea Parties’ Far More Effective in Opposing Health Care than in Earlier Efforts
  37. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Republican Lawmaker Jokes about Democrats Being ‘Lynched’ over Health Care Reform
  38. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Progressive Columnist Warns of Possible Backlash to Conservative Health Care Opposition
  39. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Democrat: Don’t Give in to ‘Angry Mobs’ on Health Care Reform
  40. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Disappointed by Peaceful Town Hall Meeting, Republican Bloggers Exhort Protesters to Attend Future Meetings
  41. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Anti-Health Care Reform Activisits Disrupt New York Town Hall Discussion of High-Speed Rail
  42. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Limbaugh: Corporate-Funded Protests ‘Not Ginned Up [but] Genuine’
  43. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Pelosi: Anti-Health Care Reform Protests are ‘Astroturf,’ Some Protesters Carrying Nazi Symbols
  44. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Anti-Health Care Reform Protester Compares Democrat to Nazi Death Camp Doctor
  45. 2009-08-04 August 4, 2009: Right-Wing Organizations Accuse Health Care Reform Proposal of Mandating Funding of Sex-Change Operations
  46. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: Democrats Charge ‘Mob Tactics’ Used at Health Care Meetings; Republicans Dispute Allegations
  47. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: Democrat Physically Assaulted at Town Hall, Fellow Congressman Claims
  48. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: Republican Senator Says Town Hall Dissension Good for GOP Electoral Chances in 2010
  49. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: Gun Found at Democrat’s Town Hall Meeting
  50. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: Media Critic: Difficult to Discern Reality from Media-Created Perception in Health Care Controversy