On September 13th, I attended a town-hall meeting with Rep. Betty McCollum (D). Not surprisingly, the Q & A segment of the program was dominated by Tea Party plants from outside McCollum's district. She seemed to take this in stride and did her best to give civil answers to some rather uncivil questions.
Afterward, several people hung back - myself included - hoping to have a brief one-on-one exchange with Rep. McCollum.
Most of those who stayed seemed to be conservative-leaning, judging by the number of times I heard the word "taxes," but I was too far away from the scrum to hear everything. I was, however, close enough to hear what passed between Rep. McCollum and the gentleman immediately in front of me.
This is when it became interesting.