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Dem yells at Anti-war "marine mom" [VIDEO]
This video clip has been watched literally hundreds of thousands of times on the web but the issues at stake are understood by few. It's been received with glee by both progressives sick to death at what they view as Democratic inaction and conservatives who are grateful that infighting between Dems and their grassroots takes the heat off them.
Many will be immediately sympathetic to "marine mom"'s plight and thus her arguments. David Obey's rude and hurtful outburst doesn't help him any. But Obey has been a longtime ally of the antiwar crowd...
Watch the video and read Holly Yeager's article HERE for more information...
Tagged as: youtube, iraq war, antiwar protesters
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
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