Terror at Townhall!
MALICE ON MAIN STREET!
Contrary opinions at the Community Center! Various voices at the VFW! What’s our democracy coming to?!!!
Well, according to Congressman Ed Perlmutter, this:
“They gin up this conflict and in some ways thuggery to try and stop stuff.”
“Thugees Against Stuff!” we may be, but at least we show up:
At least one Colorado Democratic congressman has announced he won’t hold town meetings on health care because people don’t really know what they’re talking about.
That’s the spirit! Not only are you people thugs, you’re ignorant thugs who aren’t even worth educating!
The Colorado National Guard don’t get to blow off their duties in Iraq, but Democrat Betsy Markey is AWOL–Absent Without Leadership–in Colorado.
Rep. Diana DeGette has plans for a “telephone town hall“. That means she will be exchanging phone calls with Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee and when they decide what kind of health care to inflict on us, you will be informed. perhaps.
In Texas, Rep. Henry Cuellar goes even farther–literally. He’s fled the country but will monitor your thoughts in an online survey from an internet cafe in Mexico. Meanwhile, Rep. Chet Edwards is tenatively thinking about considering to contemplate studying the possibility of holding a townhall in Waco–as long as you consent to a strip-search for recording devices.
Moe Lane quotes challenger Frank Guinta, mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, who announced his own townhalls when his Congressperson refused:
“While I am very pleased that Congresswoman Shea-Porter has finally given in to the wishes of the people and will conduct a town hall on health care, I find it very unfortunate it took a media and public backlash in order to do it. Carol Shea-Porter, as we’ve been reminded over the past week, made a name for herself by attending and speaking out at town halls conducted by her predecessor. She refused to offer the same opportunity when she got into office—what a difference a few years in DC made. Our representatives in Washington should make decisions based on what is in the public’s best interest, not simply cave under unexpected and intense scrutiny.
I guess our congressmen don’t want to do their jobs because they are so grossly underpaid. Maybe we should let them have their own airline like they want. And that way, they wouldn’t ever have to mix with the hoi polloi again!
Funny how quickly they went from “Never let them see you sweat!” to “Never let them see you.”
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And if a representative truly believes the electorate to be uninformed, doesn't he have a responsibility to inform them?