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The following is excerpts from a Lebanon, Pennsylvania town meeting with Sen. Arlen Specter:
WATCHDOG: For those of us who have studied history, this is scarily reminiscent of Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s before Adolph Hitler became Chancellor. It also happened to Rome cerca 100 B.C.E. and led ultimately to the demise of the Republic.
Democracy is civil discussion; not intimidation of elected representatives.
What happened to Specter in our back yard is being orchestrated by a lunatic fringe against senators and congressmen across the nation as they return home to discuss health care issues with their constituents. If successful, where does this approach lead?
