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Our First Contestant?

I think we may have our first example of a reporter who seems to miss the distinction — noted below — of activists turning out to make themselves heard at townhall meeting and mobs sent to shut down town hall meetings.

From Sheryl Gay Stolberg in the Times

Day One of the Democrats’ offensive on overhauling health care apparently did not go well for Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas, who was shouted down by angry constituents during a town-hall style meeting in Austin on Saturday.

A crowd of what looked like several hundred people chanted “Just Say No!” and “Just Vote No!” and apparently chased Mr. Doggett to his car.

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