Fascism on the Democratic Stump

What on earth are these fascists scared of? Perhaps the light of day might show their candidates for the chumps they really are? Why doesn't the mainstream press report on this kind of thuggery? Last I checked, it wasn't physically dangerous for a politician to face a bit of democractic opposition, so why is the Secret Service being used to silence dissent?

The way the Democratic presidential candidates try to manage the press is a study in propaganda. In the Gore campaign, nothing is left to chance, and when it suits their purposes, a little intimidation is not considered out of bounds ... Not long into [a] stump speech ... a small street-theater group called Class Act unraveled a banner in the bleachers challenging him to speak out on the Amazon rain forest...Gore supporters immediately tore down the banner, and Secret Service agents assembled at the foot of the bleachers to escort the protesters from the gym... Later, local cops rushed across the floor and grabbed a man who they later said had been making gestures and threatening the peace, and hustled him from the room. Reporters trying to follow were blocked by Secret Service agents, but not before they saw a half-dozen cops literally sitting on the man.