Political Theater Works Both Ways

I can't help but wonder how many left-liberal bloggers who are now outraged by the town hall protests being encountered by Congressmen thought it was great theater when ACORN sent protestors to the homes of AIG corporate executives?

Comments

[oolong]

Huh? An organized attempt to try to prevent actual democracy (in the form of discussions about the plan) from taking place is "the same" as organizing protesters to harass CEOs at their homes?

I would agree that the latter is distasteful, and I personally would not condone it. But that said, the attempt to equate the two as "the same" by naming them both instances of "political theater" is a bit silly.

[Casey]

...So actual voters, who have the unalienable right to for or against their own representative, and who wish to express their anger at said representative, are "prevent[ing] actual democracy?"

That's a novel interpretation.

Perhaps if the said representative weren't so chicken-fertilizer about genuine conversations with the opposition, the above-cited citizens wouldn't be so, er, vocal?