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POPULAR RESISTANCE: Cardin Town Hall Meeting On Health Care Gets Angry. Kinda like with Russ Ca?

By Glenn Reynolds

POPULAR RESISTANCE: Cardin Town Hall Meeting On Health Care Gets Angry.

Kinda like with Russ Carnahan. “These are ‘Tea Party’ folks. Following the advice they have received on the Internet, they are finding their voices in public forums like this. I would guess that Congressmen are not used to being laughed at and challenged by members of the audience in these forums. Right now they are trying to determine if these are few malcontents or if it’s more than that. The point is that it does not take a majority to make a movement. The majority in any society is always going to be busy with other things. But they may well be sympathetic … the sea in which the activists swim.”

Read the whole thing, which predicts some responses. And note this: “Success will feed on itself.”

UPDATE: Charges of racism? Carnahan Dismisses Black Man At Town Hall.

Related thoughts here. “Expect more counter-protests. The organization formerly known as ACORN ? and its ilk ? will no doubt look at McCaskill?s apology as a canary in the coalmine of sorts?”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).