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McMahon's Tea Party - Choreography Trumps Democracy

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- October 5, 2009

by Thomas Good



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NLN Editor Thomas Good holds a sign aloft
(Video Still: NY1)



Good, left, stands with other union members
(Video Still: NY1)



McMahon warns that signs can "poke someone's eye out"
(Video Still: NY1)



Union members outside the auditorium
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MoveOn organizer Kathy Kelly
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CUNY professor and civil rights activist Georgina Ohene was shouted down by Tea Baggers
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Roy Moskowitz and Laura Sword support health care reform
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Hardhats for universal health care
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"Big Insurance: Sick Of It!"
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Transit Workers from Local 100
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McMahon with Togba Porte, 2nd Vice President of Local 420, DC 37
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Togba Porte, 2nd Vice President of Local 420, DC 37
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Peace Action members supporting Medicare-For-All
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McMahon wanted decorum but at what cost?
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McMahon presided over choreographed "democracy"
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A woman who lost relatives to cancer appeals to McMahon to support H.R. 3200
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The sign that upset the Tea Party: "Private Health Insurance Is Death By Denial"
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