The Senator overestimates her ability to handle things like this. She is in waaaaay over her head. She thinks she can march into a hostile crowd of this kind and act like the school principal and teach them all something. Jefferson County is populated in large part by whites who "escaped" from nearby urban areas in order to get away from "those people" many of whom bear a strange resembelance to our President. Not everyone down there is that way but a substantial number are that way and by doing what she did today she teed the ball up for them and let them whack away. For someone with as many years in politics as she has, she is one of the most naive and amateurish pols that ever made it to the US Senate.

I was at this meeting, about 8 rows behind the 2 women taken away. The man who took her sign away was one of the health care opponents, she and a friend chased after him to get it back. Police separated them and took them out in opposite directions. You can see police take the guy away at the very beginning of the video. I do not know if anyone was arrested.

I stayed the entire two hours, and the Senator did an excellent job of keeping people from being disruptive. There were a few outbursts, but nothing she couldn't handle. She also got them to applaud her for some of the votes she had taken like opposing Cash for Clunkers 2. But she also got everyone who was on Medicare to raise their hand, then asked them to raise their hand if they wanted to get rid of it. Very few hands went up, point well made.

Seems strange to me that,the woman's name is made available to the public & the racists who vandalized her property, his name is not made available.
Wow! Why are these bigots being cuddled by the authorities.Seems like 1960's all again.

It is very interesting to me that because people are not in agreement with the health care reform they are labeled rednecks and racist. I do not understand what Rosa Parks has to do with this. If the rules were no signs, than it would seem to me that the signs were brought in to stir up people. It seems like the people at these meetings are full of many emotions and I can imagine it is because of their circumstances. I have parents who are on medicare and failing in health tremendously. My mothers medicine alone is amazingly high and can not be afforded. They have enlisted help from several government entities and have been turned away. They are on poverties edge but because they don't meet some criteria that the Government sets up they get no help. I truly believe that they are being kicked to the curb and that it would be easier on the Government if they just died. With that said I do not believe that the Government is going to give health care to all. Why would they. They don't help everyone who could really use the help now. They will pick and choose and set up their own criteria. Also people with serious health issues are always turned away when it comes to health care. I know plenty of people who can't get various coverages because they have a heart problem etc. The Government only helps who they want. This is not going to solve my parents problem. Which is the point and agravation that all these people are having. They have serious problems and are hurting. They are not racist.