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We’ve heard a lot about the antics of astroturfers opposing health care reform at angry town hall events across the country. But rarely to do we get to see these events in the flesh. And even more rarely than that, do we experience the performance along with music and dancing. TPM shows us that video from an event sponsored by the “Tea Bag Express” that will visit 33 health care reform protests nationwide until it arrives in Washington DC on September 12. This is amazing:

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