According to Harry Reid, people who protest at town halls are “evil-mongers.” Bro. Reid, in addition to having problems with understanding the First Amendment, doesn’t understand very well what a “monger” is.
For example, a rumor-monger spread rumors, a gossip-monger spreads gossip. Does Bro. Reid really want to say that people going to town halls are spreading “evil?”
Prediction: this type of rhetoric will backfire on Bro. Reid and the Democratic party. I don’t recall him saying that people who protested against the Iraq war (including hanging Pres. Bush in effigy and constantly calling Pres. Bush a Nazi and comparing him with Hitler and, of course, the not-so-subtle anti-Semitism aimed at “neo-cons”) were “evil-mongers.” Only people who disagree with Bro. Reid are evil — people who agree with him can be as rude and disruptive as they like.