Just incredible – from Elizabeth Crum over at NRO:
…Nevada’s Senate candidate forum ended in a loud shouting match and fist fight between supporters of Harry Reid and Sharron Angle…
…As the forum opened, attendees were asked not to applaud or shout out questions or comments during the event. Harry Reid answered questions via a pre-taped 30-minute interview, and then Sharron Angle answered a moderator’s questions live on stage…
…once Angle appeared. Most of the 800-member audience jumped to their feet, half of them cheering, half loudly booing as she and the moderator took the stage. Even once all were seated and Angle began to speak, many in the crowd were quite boisterous and some became increasingly bold and uncivil as the event continued.
Angle was repeatedly shouted at as she tried to answer questions. Scornful remarks, sarcastic questions, and accusations including “Liar!” were shouted by Reid partisans. The moderator politely asked for order, twice, but it had little effect on the more raucous members of the crowd…
Eventually, as Angle was giving her closing remarks, a fist fight erupted as Reid supporters started leaving early. The bottom line is this:
1. Reid didn’t show up and just sent a video.
2. Reid’s supporters tried to make it impossible for Angle to speak.
So – set up: Reid wanted a platform and the ability to say that he’s engaged in debate, but he didn’t want Angle to have a chance to look good on any video clips. So, his people went there with what only can be considered an intentional desire to wreck the forum.
This is the way the left behaves – they don’t want debate; they merely want people to hate and be divided…in the resulting chaos, they hope to bamboozle a plurality to back Reid (in Nevada, you can vote for “none of these” – Reid’s only hope is that a lot of Independents check that box, thus allowing him to squeak to a win with 43 or 44% of the vote).
It won’t work, Harry – we’re on to you, and Angle is the next Senator from Nevada.
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