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18 July 2015

Frog march those Netroots disrupters to the nearest calaboose

Yesterday at the Netroots town hall meeting in Phoenix, members of several fringe groups disrupted speeches by Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley. Sanders, not a man to suffer fools, handled himself well. O’Malley, seeking to be conciliatory, trying to make common cause with the disrupters, was shouted down. You can find the details at the New York Times.

Hilary Clinton was in Arkansas raising money. There’s no evidence, at least not yet, that her campaign, or someone close to it, was associated with the disruption, but it certainly would have been an effective way to deliver the argument that Sanders and O’Malley are too white and male to be the Democratic nominee in 2016.

I find the disruption incomprehensible, selfish, and reminiscent of a coup d’état in a banana republic in a movie starring Peter Sellers. Why weren’t these people seizing the stage at a Republican event?

The moderator should have summoned the constable, had the disrupters deposited in jail, and kept the program on time and on track..