I must say I feel a certain kinship with this guy. I think he handled himself pretty well, especially given the vicious tone of the cameraman. His response to the question about Major Cook, the new self-made martyr of birtherism, is perfect: “Does he know who I am?”

The sign-maker’s first question — “Who do you work for?” — comes directly from the Third Law of Paranoia: “They” are all in it together. The repeated demands (“I wanna know yer [expletive deleted] name!”) and cheeky derogatives (“son,” “hero”) have a troubling similarity to the roaring, angry approval of the crowd in this now-famous video:

including signs of candidates I supported

The wingnut’s second question: “that’s how liberals operate?” is a projection of his own mind. For the record, anytime you find a political sign in the public right-of-way it is legally considered LITTER and subject to removal by ANY CITIZEN. I’ve personally removed hundreds of such signs over the years —— because I don’t like ugly, garish objects cluttering the public environment.

The man on camera has my sincere gratitude and support.