I'm just heartbroken that Michiganders would behave in such a manner...

[Barack_America]

As they did at Congressman Dingell's townhall tonight.

I have never witnessed Michiganders be so disrespectful to an elder and their neighbors.

Is the propaganda of O'Reilly, Beck, Limbaugh, etc. really so compelling to go against the values one was raised with?

I fear these RW propagandists are knowingly driving people over the edge in order to please their corporate sponsors.

How sad for these people that they are merely being used as tools and will simply be discarded when they are no longer of use.

[Skittles]

1. us outsiders don't see them as Michiganders, B_A

we see them as garden variety ignorant racist assholes and sadly they can be found in every state

[Cha]

9. Exactly. n/t

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Where were the Michigan democrats? Reports are Dems were outnumbered by a large margin

Why did we allow this to happen this way?

[MADem]

3. Are you sure they were locals? nt

[LiberalFighter]

4. Might be a good idea to check license plates to see if out of state...

before going inside.

Same goes for congressional staff to check the plates.

[autorank]

5. I'm surprised k*r

I saw that he had a meeting coming up and I thought to myself, no one will mess with him (because he's so
intimidating). I've seen him run committee meetings and he's very much an 'in charge' sort of guy. Very
intelligent also.

The idea of provoking him is not a good one. He's one Democrat who will settle up with these clowns and
he's forgotten more than any health care lobbyist knows. Bad move lobbyists, surrender now!

[donheld]

6. They may not have been Michiganders

They are being bussed in from elsewhere,

[glitch]

7. Someone needs to film the busses when they arrive.

Really document the whole brown shirt process.

edit: Michael Moore needs to start a school teaching bright young documentarians the trade.

[DCKit]

12. Or, at least, being more efficiently rounded up and concentrated.

I don't think any of us has been blaming the people of MI or, even, FL for what happened at these meetings.

These mobs are being empowered by their numbers. Weed out those who don't live in the district (certainly those who live out-of-state) and see how many are left to cause a ruckus. Things will quiet down promptly.

[glinda]

8. RW propagandists are knowingly driving people over the edge in order to

stir the pot of hate to escalate so as when they get control they can confiscate. We have entered the danger zone peeps. Something legal needs to be done.

[Fading Captain]

10. 30 years of Corporate-owned Government

Has fucked Michigan hard.
A state which thrived on manufacturing is working at Walmart.
And if you don't think 25 percent real unemployment does crazy things to a state, you're wrong.

[Mariana]

11. Have you ever listened to Limbaugh, or Hannity, or O'Reilly

or pick any old RW talking head, on radio or TV, it doesn't matter which. I think they're all pretty much the same.

They talk just like that ALL THE TIME. They shout, shriek, and screech. They openly and constantly insult anyone they don't agree with in the crudest terms that they can use without being thrown off the air. They lie constantly, and many of their listeners KNOW they're lying at least some of the time and they excuse it because "liberals lie ALL the time about everything, so what if lies occasionally for a good cause." Also, they cut off and/or talk over people who are trying to express an opposing view, rather then let them have their say.

These people think it's acceptable to behave in this manner because they see and hear this behavior every frigging day on TV and radio. People are imitative beings; that's how we learn. These people happen to be imitating some of the rudest folks around.