Yeah, funny how just about every "open" Obama forum "coincidentally" turns out to have "random" Democrats chosen to ask softball questions. Too bad Mr. Ripley's dead, otherwise this would make a great entry for "Believe it or Not."

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That's not free speech G-man. Your right of free speech doesn't extend to forcing others to be your audience.


Actually, the whole point of "town hall meetings" is to be an open forum where people get to say what they want. So, anyone who chooses to attend is volunteering to be the audience for others' viewpoints. There's no "forcing others to be [one's] audience."

Now, if these protesters were breaking into meetings of, say, a Democrat Party caucus or a private event that would be a different story. But that isn't what's happening here. Instead, politicians are finding themselves confronted by their constituents which is SUPPOSED to be the point of such a meeting.