It's got nothing to do with global warming, but folks in Congress are starting to feel some heat. Average folks seem to be getting a little hot under the collar, and they're beginning to make their feelings known.
At a health care town hall event in Syracuse, N.Y., earlier this month, police were called in to restore order, and at least one heckler was taken away by local police. Close to 100 sign-carrying protesters greeted Rep. Allen Boyd(D-Fla.) at a late June community college small-business development forum in Panama City, Fla. Last week, Danville, Va., anti-tax tea party activists claimed they were “refused an opportunity” to ask Rep. Thomas Perriello(D-Va.) a question at a town hall event and instructed by a plainclothes police officer to leave the property after they attempted to hold up protest signs.
According to Democrats, who are most often targets of protest, it all boils down to their personal courage: they're "tackling the tough issues". That's all it is. People just don't understand.
“I think it’s just the fact that we are dealing with some of the most important public policy issues in a generation,” said Rep. Bruce Braley(D-Iowa), who was confronted by a protester angry about his position on health care reform at a town hall event several weeks ago.
Evidently, the possibility that folks don't think that the "important public policy issues" are being "tackled" in a reasonable manner doesn't occur to them.
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