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PROF. WILLIAM JACOBSON: It?s beginning to feel like August, 2009 again. ?What kicked off the hotly?

By Glenn Reynolds

PROF. WILLIAM JACOBSON: It’s beginning to feel like August, 2009 again. “What kicked off the hotly debated town halls of last summer was the attempt by Democratic leaders to stifle debate by calling health care protesters violent extremists, terrorists, and racists. I’ve compared the situation to placing a lid tightly on a boiling pot. Rather than engaging in open debate, Democrats sought to demonize law abiding citizens. The reaction was not violence, but verbal confrontation at town halls. We’re seeing it again. As documented here dozens of times, the past year has seen Democrats jump the race card shark. The NAACP resolution painting Tea Parties as racist was the last card. . . . The problem for the Democrats is that poll after poll shows that the people they seek to ostracize are, in fact, a majority of Americans who have seen the failure of the Democrats and are frustrated with the disconnect.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 14, 2010 (boomark / email).