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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-10 06:02 AM
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41. The only reason Bachmann and her ilk get anything near...
traction is because there are not more like you out there. Without dissenting views, people think this is actually something to be taken seriously.

From my experience, about 1/3 of those who show up to such events are spectators, mainly wanting to see the situation for themselves, 65% are supporters and 2% are doing what you were doing, making a stand.

At a local "Town Hall Meeting", I asked questions, and my R Rep was confounded and couldn't answer...2 people in the audience got up and shouted that I was a "communist", 3 others told those two to be quiet and sit down...it often only takes one to make a stand...to get people to think.

Thank you for going, and thanks for the report...:)
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