Rep. Kratovil hung in effigy by health care protester

[meegbear]

If this is the face of anti-health care reform protest, the GOP has a serious problem.

This unidentified man decided he was doing the Tea Party-anti-reform effort a real solid by hanging freshman Maryland Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in effigy (note the creepily expert knotted noose) with a placard "Congress Traitors The American (and a word that looks like "idol").

The event -- a rally in Salisbury, Md. on the Eastern Shore -- was sponsored by the business-funded Americans for Prosperity, a group that includes James Miller, a Federal Trade Commission chairman and budget director during the Reagan administration.

"Frank has no problem with people letting him know how they feel about legislation or him in general, but of course he feels that this one guy was way out of line and most reasonable people would agree that an effigy doesn’t add anything productive to what is a very important debate," said a Kratovil spokesman.

"He has had a lot of constructive conversations with constituents where he has expressed his concerns with the bill and they have done the same, he prefers to focus on those."

Last month, some anti-energy bill protesters tarred and feathered an effigy of Rep. Alan Boyd (D-Fla.) in Panama City. And some genius hung an effigy of Sarah Palin in L.A. last Halloween.

The pic was snapped by the conservative Salisbury News, which supported the rally but was repulsed by the noose guy.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0709/Rep_Kratovil_hung_in_effigy_by_health_care_protester_.html

[LeftishBrit]

1. Just blimey!

[cyclezealot]

2. Dude above's probably an insurance agent for Prudential.

Yes.. Maryland's Eastern Seashore.. Might be beautiful.. But, in some parts it' s called the Backwater. If it's good enough for the Cheney / Rumsfield estate, imagine who else lives there.