African American Congressman Faces Angry Southern KKK Crowd at Healthcare Townhall

That is the headline the liberal media would love to run with this morning, and were probably anticipating as Georgia congressman Hank Johnson (GA-13) held his healthcare townhall last night in a suburb of Atlanta. Instead over 2,000 people attended and engaged the congressmaen and other members of the panel that were assembled in polite and probing questions regarding the various healthcare bills floating around the halls of the capitol building.

Civil, well-mannered, asking smart questions – that may not sound like one of these town hall meetings on health care reform.
But the nearly 2,000 people who gathered Monday night at George Perimeter College in Clarkston offered a lesson to the rest of the nation on how civil discourse doesn’t have to spiral into civil disobedience.

Our local rag the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), even had to concede that the meeting went well, but they weren't ready to report that most people in attendance expressed displeasure at the proposed government takeover of healthcare in this country. In fact in reading the article you get a sense that most in attendance were in favor. This is a far different perpective then what was shown on the local news channels last night in which at least one reporter on the scene estimated that those who oppose the plan outnumbered those in favor by a margin of 5 or 6 to 1.
So while Yankee boy John Dingell from MI likes to compare those who oppose the government takeover to members of the KKK, we southerners will continue to display our usual southern hospitality and manners. Something those on the left could take some lessons from.