[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]culminating with the thoroughly vile Pelosi accusing average citizens of being “un-American” for engaging in the most basic right (1st Amendment) of all: Assembling and speaking out about an issue that gravely concerns them.[/quote]

Allan, would you agree that taking away someone’s right to free speech un-American?

Were the people that Pelosi was referring to exercising their right to free speech or were they preventing others from exercising theirs?

I’m not a fan of Pelosi, and I don’t necessarily agree with what she said, but there is an important distinction here. Furthermore, I fully support “Obama = Hitler” signs and questions about death panels. But there’s quite a difference between “speaking out about an issue” and disrupting civil discourse for the sake of disruption. What about the poor old lady who wanted to ask how she will be able to afford her meds but couldn’t ask because she was shouted down by some loonies? What about her 1st Amendment right?

But overall I agree with you that the Dems are being a bunch of tools at the moment.