The well-organized, pseudo-grassroots protesters who have been disrupting health care town hall meetings — and the right-wing media that are riling them up — are becoming nastier and more virulent by the day. Now, Rep. Brad Miller of North Carolina has received a death threat from an opponent of health care reform.

Miller’s communications director LuAnn Canipe said a slew of very angry calls were received in the Congressman’s Raleigh office. A caller to the Washington, DC office then told a staffer there that “Miller could lose his life over this,” referring to health care reform. The staffer gave Capitol Police the caller’s phone number, but hasn’t heard back from the law enforcement agency yet. Miller won’t be hosting any town hall events anytime soon, partly due to the death threat, but he will meet with constituents who request a meeting, on a one-on-one basis. The death threat, and the yelling protesters, are examples of pure political thuggery. That's to be expected when you have right-wing radio blowhards scaring hell out of people with blatant deceptions, plus an entire “news” network seemingly devoted to bringing down the current U.S. government, spreading misinformation like so much manure on a garden of lies.

Gee, I hope they’re proud.