Howard Dean's Town Hall: 'Better Than Jerry Springer' (Politicsdaily)

[Jackeens]

Howard Dean's Town Hall: 'Better Than Jerry Springer'

A chorus of boos and cheers rained down on Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as they took the stage Tuesday night at a health care town-hall meeting in Reston, Va.

"God save America!" yelled one. "Shut up!" said another. "God save the Constitution!" screamed still another, followed by, "Shut up, you pig!"

Nearly three raucous hours later, Moran had yelled at one constituent for impersonating another ("You're not Miss Appleton!"); police had ejected pro-life protester Randall Terry for disorderly conduct; and many of the 3,000 in attendance had shouted, yelled, cheered or jeered about the role of government in their lives. In the words of high school student Katie Smith, 17, who attended the event, "It was better than Springer."....

....Katie Smith and her friends Gabbey Tate, 15, and Mira Mehta, 17, admitted that they felt discouraged by the harsh rhetoric, lack of tolerance, and talk of death panels from people in the audience older than them. "I thought our generation was supposed to be the stupid one," Smith said.


Full article: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/25/howard-deans-town-hall-better-than-jerry-springer/

[tularetom]

1. Reassuring to see that douchebag Terry get tossed

And I'd guess Dean didn't take any crap from the asshats in the audience.

God bless Howard Dean. If not for him we wouldn't have a Democratic administration and congress today. He saved the D party from the appeasers and wannabe repubs of the DLC.

[Clio the Leo]

2. If I'm not mistaken, the author of this OP.....

added the "riot" part not long after making it. Pretty funny.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8610996&mesg_id=8610996