PrintAugust 17, 2009
Who Does John Dingell Think He Is?
As have his junior colleagues, the dean of the United States House of Representatives has been much in the news lately. Rep. John Dingell was confronted at a recent town hall meeting in Romulus, Michigan, by a number of citizens outraged over his support for nationalized health care. Rather than contemplate the meaning of all this passion, Congressman Dingell fanned the flames of discord by appearing on MSNBC to say that such protest reminded him of white supremacists and Klansmen "running around" in a tizzy, upset with his vote for civil rights legislation in the 1960s. What is the dean of the House doing likening American citizens taking the time to engage their representatives to noose-wavers and skinheads?Well, John Dingell knows all about ridiculing law-abiding citizens exercising their legal right to petition and assemble with impunity. Ask Ward Connerly.More than six years ago, Mr. Connerly (a native of California) helped lead an organized signature drive to place the...(Read Full Article)
