Right-wingers disrupt town hall meetings


	Right-wingers disrupt town hall meetings

masbury

8-8-2009 3:30 PM

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masbury says:

Urged by talk show hosts and web sites to jump up, shout, sit down; fist fights, effigy burning, death threats to Members of Congress. Apparently democracy has proven unsatisfactory.

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8-9-2009 12:56 AM

darkeforce

Artificial disruption; spouting nothing but noise, rather than contributing constructively to the process.

The Republican'ts never were ones for following rules (or laws, or the Constitution) or playing fairly.

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