Dingell on Racism & Health-Care Townhall Mobs

Michigan congressman John Dingell on "Coundown", with Keith Olbermann (segment on "Racism in the Public Square", c. 12 August 2009), explained that the staged "disruptions" at health-care town halls–his in particular–reminded him of a previous experience:

Well, the last time I had to confront something like this was when I voted for the Civil Rights Bill and my opponent voted against it. At that time we had a lot of Ku Klux Klan and folks, and white supremacists, and folks in white sheets and other things running around causing trouble.

(seen at Joe.My.God)

Posted on August 13, 2009 at 16.45 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Common-Place Book, Current Events

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Thursday, 13 August 2009 at 21.23
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    This clearly demonstrates that white sheets aren't necessaray for haters,
    paranoid-personality cases and fearmongers to show their true colors.

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