With the exception of SEIU and ACORN members, the American people are angry.  And they are letting their unrepresenting representatives know this in rare, loud form.

Paul Wehner writes:

Obama and the Democratic National Committee have embraced a novel approach: attack the voters.  These voters are, a new DNC ad tells us repeatedly, a “mob,” an “angry mob,” engaging in “mob activity.”  Much of the anger, insists the president’ s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, is “manufactured.” There are hints of a conspiracy. And President Obama, in remarks yesterday, gripes and complains about “griping and complaining” by the American public.  (This from a man who, during the campaign, in counseling his supporters on what to do with his opponents, asked them to “get in their face” and celebrated properly channeled “anger” on the part of the American people.)

With public anger toward ObamaCare rising, the president and his allies have decided to pour kerosene on the embers and flames (and fearful Democrats have taken to canceling town-hall meetings).  It is an old and sad story we are seeing play out: rather than facing the rancor at town-hall meetings as a sign of growing frustration and unrest, the president and his team are outright denying it.  They are reacting defensively, bitterly, and aggressively.  And Barack Obama — the man of unsurpassed equanimity and a calm temperament, who praises Lincoln because he always understood the views of those with whom he disagreed, the man who would usher in a “new era” of politics and civility, of enlightened public discourse and comity among previously warring factions — is allowing his representatives to mock and demonize his critics.

And so it is.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said, “They have no interest in letting the negotiators, even though few in number, negotiate.  It’s really simple: they’re taking their cues from talk show hosts, Internet rumor-mongerers … and insurance rackets.”  The U.S. Community Organizer In Chief, through his Democrat handmaidens, has promised the party and allies would “punch back twice as hard” if they are openly criticized.  Nancy Pelosi tells tall tales of you and I, plain old regular Americans, walking around waving swastikas.

On Thursday, the AFL-CIO announced plans to mobilize labor activists to attend town hall meetings in 50 congressional districts during the August recess.  And the Center for American Progress, among other organizations, is drumming up Obamabots to “make sure that health care town halls aren’t hijacked!”

Some Congress critters are taking all this to heart and last night’s town hall meeting in South St. Louis, hosted by Democrat Representative Russ Carnahan, actually locked the doors against regular citizens who lined up to attend.  SEIU members were snuck in through the back door (a door ironically marked “handicapped”) and, in stereotypical union fashion, some of them became violent with the regular citizens in attendance, resulting in six arrests (including people taking pictures).

In Tampa, Florida, Democratic State Representative Betty Reed and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor set up a session on health care and insurance reform but were met by larger-than-expected crowds who didn’t want to hear just talking points.  Meeting organizers scuffled with regular citizens and it wasn’t long before Castor was escorted out of the town hall by police after Reed encouraged her to leave.   (Note to self:  one of the “most popular” articles next to this one is headlined “Woman accused of having sex with dogs “.  Cancel trip to Florida.)

It’s extremely encouraging to see the sleeping dragon, America’s silent majority, has begun to awaken.  But I take exception to those who would cross the line into outright rudeness and become physical with those who hold differing views, no matter how wrong they are.  That only gives validity to the Democrats’ agenda and, considering the mindset of Obama and those he has placed into positions of power in the federal government, give him flimsy reason to do something as stupid as attempt to declare marshall law.

We don’t need violence or – god forbid – bloodshed to wrest this country back from the leeches who are sucking the life out of her.  Cool heads must prevail.  The polls show confidence in the administration continues to drop like a rock.  The Rasmussen Report’s daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday, August 6, 2009 shows:

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  • 32% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President
    38% Strongly Disapprove
  • 71% believe the President’s policies have driven up the federal deficit
    54% say that middle class tax cuts are more important than new spending on health care
    Only 33% now believe the country is heading in the right direction
  • Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance
    51% disapprove

Those in government know that for every phone call or letter they receive, there are at least 10 people who think the same way but just aren’t taking the time to say so, so we must continue to call and write Congress.  Continue to show up at townhall meetings and Tea Party protests because even if your Congress critter turns tail and locks you out of the dialogue, and even if the mainstream Obama-lapdog media won’t report on it, your presence counts.  But whatever you do, do so with polite resolve.  If confronted with bots and stupidity, meet them with stony silence.  Though the normal reaction is to argue, remember this – when you wrestle with a pig you both get dirty but only the pig enjoys it.  While the last thing they want is to be ignored (and in truth this is the best way to anger them), if you can’t manage to turn your back, laugh at them instead and let their reactions cause them to look the fool.  As more and more regular Americans take up the fight for freedom, more and more cameras will be rolling and, frankly, it’s the perfect opportunity to continue to flush out those with nefarious hidden agendas because when they go on tape saying or doing stupid things, it’s there forever and try as they may, they cannot deny it.

Never forget that although we surround them, this fight for freedom is a fight against cowards.  And cowards don’t play fair.   They won’t discuss facts but instead call names and try to force matters into a place of emotions.  The minute you go there with them, they’ve won.

And this is one fight we, the people, cannot afford to lose.