{"id":289,"date":"2009-08-26T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/08\/randall-terrys-theater-of-the-absurd.html"},"modified":"2009-08-26T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T22:06:00","slug":"randall-terrys-theater-of-the-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/08\/randall-terrys-theater-of-the-absurd.html","title":{"rendered":"Randall Terry’s theater of the absurd"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s a polite way to describe the frankly outrageous scene described here<\/a>, at a town hall meeting over Obamacare: <\/p>\n

While supporters dominated inside the auditorium, opponents made a splash outside the high school gymnasium with street theater.<\/p>\n

The Moran town hall was the last stop on a 10-city tour for Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist known for his extreme tactics.<\/p>\n

Terry’s colleagues put on a skit with a man in an Obama mask pretending to whip a bloodied woman, who kept saying, “Massa, don’t hit me no more. I got the money to kill the babies.”<\/p>\n

Terry himself dressed in a doctor’s lab coat and pretended to stab a woman in a gray wig.<\/p>\n

“There’s no way to pay for this thing without killing granny,” Terry explained.<\/p>\n

Nearby, two young men heckled supporters of the bill as they walked in. They waved signs, wearing large flags around their shoulders adorned by a large machine gun and the words, “Come and take it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Charming. <\/p>\n

There’s more at the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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