[yankeedame]

"I'm not going around frightening people. People are frightened, and they're trying to scare the politicians into voting the way they want them to," said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican,...

Interesting choice of words here.

• The people are "frightened". Not angry. Not concerned. Not worried. Not outraged. They're "frightened"...like little kids or little animals...or like something out of Tobacco Road.
• The people {a.k.a. the electorite] want to "scare" politicians. Not "pressure", "challenge", not "send a message". Scare. You know, like thugs or street mobs.

But the line that gets me is:"..they're trying to scare the politicians into voting the way they [the voters] want them to..."

Imagine,people who drink beer out of the bottle, shop at Wal-Mart, subscribe to TV Guide, and go bowling... imagin, these, these people actually wanting their reps. to listen to them. That's some nerve, I'll tell you.

[EverOnward]

You’ve nailed it. We are nothing but dirty, dumb, FRIGHTENED peasants who should wave the American flag when we send our children off to Iraq and the Mexican flag to greet our uppers. It is the total disdain Bush has towards those whose sons and daughters are fighting his war that gulls me most.

[EDINVA]

maybe it’s me, but I thought DeMint was taking Bush’s words and turning them around on him. I hardly think it was meant as an insult to his constituents or others who are opposed to what we know of the current immigration bill.