Members of Congress across the nation are getting lambasted over health-care reform, and U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer is no exception.

Three protests, organized by the Jackson County Republican Party, are scheduled to take place outside his Jackson district office this month. The party's chief complaint is Schauer's decision not to have a town hall meeting this month.

The first of several rallies occurred last Thursday, August 13, with another scheduled on the 20 and yet another on the 27th. As fortune seemed to have it, many turned out in favor of socialized medicine and in support of Schauer. The liberal media was ecstatic. The Soros-funded Michigan Messenger wrote a glowing review of the support for Shauer, with this being the only pic in their post:

Michigan Liberal was even more enthusiastic:UPDATED! - Schauer Supporters Turn Out BIG TIME!!!. The Jackson City Patriot (via MLive) was very happy with the pro-Schauer turnout: Hundreds come out to rally in Jackson over health-care reform. Note the tone of the piece right off the bat:

Supporters of health-care reform drowned out the cries of opposition Thursday afternoon as the two sides took the heated debate to U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer's front door.

When a few protesters shouted at Schauer, the crowd shushed them.

Several readers have criticized the Citizen Patriot's coverage of last week's health-care rally outside U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer's office, where hundreds came out -- both to support and oppose -- President Barack Obama's reform plan.

The chief criticism was that we failed to mention that some supporters were bused in from around the state.

It is true, and it wasn't included in the original story, but not because we were trying to slant coverage. The simple truth is it was a difficult fact to nail down.

You're reading this story today because Tuesday I was able to confirm with the Service Employees International Union that it rented vans and encouraged people to carpool to the event. About 100 SEIU members attended, from as far away as Muskegon and Detroit, said Zac Altefogt, a spokesman for SEIU Healthcare Michigan.

...this week, some readers e-mailed us photos of supporters standing in front of a bus from Trinity Transportation parked several blocks away near Family Video, 1111 W. Ganson St.

My colleague followed up with (OFA State Director) Henry. We told her we understood OFA hadn't chartered the buses, but we wondered if she knew who had. She refused to answer the question and then hung up the phone.

So now for the introductions: face, meet egg. Egg - face. Splat! Gateway Pundit latched on to the admission and had this earlier today (Here I get scooped in my own back yard due to job obligations!):

Organizing for America, which is the successor organization to Obama for America, held a pro-Obamacare rally last week in front of U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer's district office in Jackson, Michigan. The Obama Administration and their SEIU supporters bussed in protesters from as far away as Muskegon and Detroit.

Detroit to Jackson is 78 miles.
Muskegon to Jackson is 146 miles.