Sen. Arlen Specter deals with angry mob at town hall - pics

[Kadie]

US Sen Arlen Specter, right, addresses a town hall meeting as Tom Davis, left, holds up a sign in protest Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 In Lebanon, Pa.


Sen Arlen Specter, D-Pa. , left, listens to an unidentified man voice his complaints during a town hall meeting open to the public Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 In Lebanon, Pa.


US Sen. Arlen Specter, left, listens to an unidentified man, center, voice his complaints during a town hall meeting open to the public Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pa. At right is a security guard.


Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. , right, listens to Katy Abram, left, ask a question as the crowd reacts during a town hall meeting open to the public Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pa.

will post more pics if they come up

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. scary. VERY scary.

These people are insane, and the ones who put them on this track are traitors.

[Fire1]

2. I actually felt sorry for Specter. I know he had a drink

after THAT meeting!

[Kalyke]

3. So what are liberals doing to thwart these things?

Really - we're not having any of these meetings in my area - but are liberals also going and telling the mobs to sit down and shut up because they'd like to HEAR the representative answer questions?

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. I owuld have loved video of that.

" You are no longer trusted" seems to be an appropiate sign.

NO..I do NOT gree with the yelling and noise and disruption and shouting down of someone trying to speak.

I DO agree that voters, whether you, or me, have the right to look someone like Specter in the eye and let
him know he is not to be trusted.

[spanone]

5. they looked like they wanted to take ol' arlen out and string him up.

mob

[SoCalDem]

6. Arlen should have stayed in DC..

Republicans are mad at him for switching & dems don't trust him

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Y'know, I've been wondering why these people feel familiar to me.

Now I know where we've met before: the characters in Sinclair Lewis' Main Street.

If you haven't read the book, now's a really good time. Quick read but be prepared to be stunned at parts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street_(novel)

Readers' fascination with the portrayal of petty back-stabbers and hypocrites in a small town was also probably a factor in the novel's popularity.