2007
Compare and Contrast: Assault on Lawmakers
As seen at Weasel Zippers, this snippet from the NY Times article on the “rebellion” against the amnesty bill:
But the legislation sparked a furious rebellion among many Republican and even some Democratic voters, who were linked by the Internet and encouraged by radio talk show hosts. Their outrage and activism surged to full force after Senator Jon Kyl, the Arizona Republican who was an author of the bill, suggested early this week that support for the measure seemed to be growing. The assault on lawmakers in Washington was relentless.
THIS is what an assault on a lawmaker looks like:
What happened regarding the amnesty bill was our government working the way it was designed to work. I don’t even go to the NY Times website anymore; if it’s news parody you want, you can get it at The Onion.
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