More of the backstory on Dr. David McKalip from Josh Marshall at TPM:
Back in July we brought you the story of Dr. David McKalip, the Tea Party movement anti-anti-reform activist who was caught circulating a racist email with a photo of loincloth wearing President Obama in the guise of a witch-doctor.
After we publicized the email, McKalip apologized, later said he was withdrawing from the public debate over health care and felt compelled to resign as the head of the local medical association.
So we were surprised when TPM Reader JG let us know that last night McKalip resurfaced as an expert on health care reform for none other than Glenn Beck at Beck’s town hall style meeting to discuss the horrors of reform.
If you don’t remember, here’s the photo McKalip sent around … MORE
From Rasmussen…
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p>Monday, October 19, 2009
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p>Now that the Senate Finance Committee has passed its version of health care reform, 42% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and down four from the week before.
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p>The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% are opposed to the plan.
2% is within the margin of error, which means it’s not statistically significant.
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p>This study is an interesting perspective on the demographics of the opposition: Older and Wealthier People are More Likely to Oppose Government Health Care, fivethirtyeight.com
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p>Dr. McKalip is both older and wealthier. He lied when he said “he was withdrawing from the public debate over health care.”