According to Michael Barone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, “is not going to conduct in-person town meetings in Nevada during the August recess.” Read the whole thing as Barone takes apart Reid’s lame excuse for avoiding his constituents.
This seems to be a pattern among all too many Democrats, attack those protesting the legislation you propose, but don’t deign to meet with them to learn why they’re so upset with Democratic plans to overhaul the health care system with which most Americans are pretty happy.
They could learn from one of their number, Connecticut Congressman Chris Murphy. That good man (and yes, he’s a Democrat) understands says “people have a right to be concerned, even angry about” the issues he and his colleagues are addressing in Washington. But, unlike Mr. Reid and Ma’am Boxer, he believes it’s “productive” when he talks “to my constituents in an unfiltered way.”
A better attitude to have than calling your constituents names or misrepresenting the motives for taking to streets and townhalls to protest an increased federal role in the health care.
“Evil-mongers”? Is Riddick around here anywhere? Doesn’t that just sound like something a brain-burned old hippie would yell at the cops as they towed his broke-down VW Bug off to the impound yard?
The finest brains in Democratic party leadership, on display right here folks.
Connecticut is deep blue and Murphy is likely safe. Ironic.
Other Democrats are holding “town meetings” in Union halls with no public notice in order to hide from the voters.
Didn’t the left used to whine and seethe about Bush limiting his appearances to friendly audiences?
Perhaps he doesn’t want to have people with loaded pistols and assault rifles showing up.
…you mean, “Americans”, NJLiberal?
But that’s Obama all over: terrified of the First Amendment, terrified of the Second Amendment, ignorant of most of the rest of the Bill of Rights, hateful towards his country and spiteful towards its citizens.
The Perfect Liberal, in other words.
Yo, NJLiberal, I assume you are referring to the obamacare supporter who showed up toting an assualt rifle. His picture is plastered all over the internet showing him with his union/acorn cronies. I’d be worrying more about NJ’s real liberal problems re: indicted mayors and counselmen and Corzine’s dismal showings in the polls, if I were you.
“people have a right to be concerned, even angry”
Absolutely we do. As Hillary Clinton famously said about another administration, and it can’t be repeated often enough, “I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!”
And NJBigot is back.
Of course when you have Howard Dean holding meetings in SEIU halls and people afraid to go in, you shouldn’t be surprised.
#5-6: DaveP and jonnot, hypocrites like NJLiberal are perfectly fine with people showing up at political events with loaded weapons, provided they support Obama and his policies. You may recall that three thugs from the Philly New Black Panther Party showed up at a polling location on election day and terrorized voters and poll workers (one of whom is an elected member of the Philadelphia Democratic Committee and a credentialed poll watcher). Other poll watchers reported that one of them taunted a poll worker by stating, “you are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.”
The Bush Justice Department filed suit against the thugs alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act and seeking an injunction. The worthless thugs didn’t respond to the lawsuit (naturally), so defaults were taken against them (meaning that the DOJ was entitled to any relief it was seeking in the lawsuit). Obama’s Justice Department (headed by Eric Holder) inexplicably DISMISSED the defaults against the men. So, Obama’s message to militant blacks who want to show up at polling places with weapons to intimidate and terrorize white voters? “Thanks, guys! See you in 2012!”
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va) is looking into it and has sent repeated inquiries to Holder demanding to know what led the DOJ to dismiss a case that it had ALREADY WON, and as you can imagine, Holder is giving him the runaround and refusing to allow him to meet with the trial team to ask questions. Also, Wolf met with two members of the Civil Rights Division and they refused to answer his questions on the basis of privilege. Wolf has had to send a letter reminding Holder that the exemption in the Freedom of Information Act applicable to the “deliberative process” does not apply to a request from Congress.
The obstructionism clearly signals that when Wolf gets to the bottom of this, he will only be confirming what all of us already know–the Defendants faced absolutely no consequences or punishment for their egregious violations of federal law because they are black and support Obama. NJLiberal is certainly familiar with this kind of shameless corruption that flourishes in his party because it takes less time to name the New Jersey Democrat politicians that have not been arrested than to name the ones that have.
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/22/document-drop-doj-still-obstructing-justice-in-black-panther-case/
My illustrious and ball-less congressman, Jerry McNerney, CA-11, refuses to even respond to email. All emails to his office have been returned as “undeliverable”. This gutless wonder won’t have a town hall, won’t respond to emails, and will not talk to his constituents. I guess that makes me an Evil Monger. How dare I expect the elite to respond to this aging faggot. But watch what happens if I don’t pay taxes this year.
No problem. Change your registration to Obama Party, and you’ll never have to pay taxes again.
I’m still waiting for the Oxford debate.