Why so Angry???? And so Crazy???

Health protestor: Obama has 'broken his oath'Aug. 12: Craig Miller, the man who confronted Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a town hall-style meeting, joins msnbc's Dylan Ratigan to discuss the incident, as well as his feelings on the role of government. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32386333#32386333

My husband, Jack, got me hooked on Morning Joe on - as far as morning news shows go, I have to say that it's pretty intelligent (with the possible exception of the title host, Joe Scarborough). Actually I even like Joe - though he is a conservative, he plays well with liberals.

When Morning Joe ends, that's my cue to start the day - until yesterday and today, when I was fascinated by Morning Meeting host, Dylan reporting on the Town Hall Meeting uproars that are going on across the country. Yesterday he interviewed a woman who was waiting for The Obama Town Hall meeting to start in NH. She was the NH Tea Party Organizer. Barely coherent and not making sense, she reminded me of the cat ladies that sort of rant about conspiracy theories. She said that she expected to not be let in to the Town Hall, but wanted to express her concerns that Government was taking away her freedoms. When Dylan Ratigan pressed her for specifics, there were only the same talking points.....Cap and Trade......What about the Constitution......at least she was, by my accounts, wacky but mentally competent to stand trial, let's say.

But today.....oh today....Dylan gave me a piece of viewing that was both difficult to watch and fascinating at the same time. I think we all saw the clip of the man berating Arlen Specter at his Town Hall in PA yesterday. Of some man screaming at Mr. Specter, some other guy trying to hustle him out and then Mr. Specter getting between them to diffuse the situation as the crazed angry man was leaving and screaming "God will judge you".......

Well Dylan (my new boyfriend if he keeps this up) had the crazy "God will judge you" guy on the air today in a 9 minute interview! A 9 minute interview without commercial break, mind you. Mostly because this guy was ranting about 31 czars and President Obama broke his oath and was sworn in twice and Obama is a liar and Obama can't keep his word and....cap and trade and he wants to see an accounting of the federal reserve and..... what? what? what? This was the saddest and most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Now here's the thing that I saw. I saw a man that was mentally or emotionally disabled. I saw Arlen Specter handle this so well. Then I saw this on TV. Now at first I said what you're saying...if the man is mentally unstable (and look for yourself, the link is below)....., then why would MSNBC put him on the air...but then I realized that the man had pages of talking points on his lap and he was just reading the talking points so someone SOMEONE thought it was good idea from his side to put him on television.

I used to work at a conservative radio station, that I will not name. At that station there were many rabble who were on the air purely for ratings and didn't care a whoop what they were ranting about. They traipsed people like this around much in the same way that the Easter Seals telethon did the horrible marching of the crippled children in the early 70's. The people that are raging against the Obama administration and their local politicians are for the most part easily led, at best. They might be lonely, or subject to believing everything they hear, but they are not representing the American people.

These conservatives would have you believe that they are true Americans, trying to uphold the constitution and the American way of life. Don't be fooled. True Americans love this country and want it to be the greatest country in the world. They are open to critcisism but it has to be constructive. Violence is by its nature destructive, not constructive and these people are using violent words and actions. They don't want a dialogue, they want to stop the dialogue.

Now, what can we do? Well, just like an annoying mosquito or the town drunk when he wants to pick a bar fight after one too many....we should ignore them. We SHOULD go about our business of convincing the more rational people on the fence that there are no death squads, the DMV will not take over your annual pap smear and a government official will not be asking you to turn and cough.

And we should keep on letting these people expose themselves as robots with talking points and embarassing themselves - because they are the best advertisement for not taking them seriously.



Health protestor: Obama has 'broken his oath'Aug. 12: Craig Miller, the man who confronted Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a town hall-style meeting, joins msnbc's Dylan Ratigan to discuss the incident, as well as his feelings on the role of government. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32386333#32386333