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Dems skipping town halls with their constituents

Not content with letting John Conyers have all the fun neglecting his job duties, other Dems want to get in on the action of screwing the American people without looking them in the eyes.  Details:

Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, congressmen fearful for their safety — welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress.

On the eve of the August recess, members are reporting meetings that have gone terribly awry, marked by angry, sign-carrying mobs and disruptive behavior. In at least one case, a congressman has stopped holding town hall events because the situation has spiraled so far out of control.

“I had felt they would be pointless,” Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) told POLITICO, referring to his recent decision to temporarily suspend the events in his Long Island district. “There is no point in meeting with my constituents and [to] listen to them and have them listen to you if what is basically an unruly mob prevents you from having an intelligent conversation.”

Takeaway quote:

“I think it’s just the fact that we are dealing with some of the most important public policy issues in a generation,” said Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), who was confronted by a protester angry about his position on health care reform at a town hall event several weeks ago.

“I think in general what is going on is we are tackling issues that have been ignored for a long time, and I think that is disruptive to a lot of people,” said Bishop, a four-term congressman. “We are trying, one by one, to deal with a set of issues that can’t be ignored, and I think that’s unsettling to a lot of people.” 

No, what is “unsettling to a lot of people” is you trying to turn this nation into a socialist cesspool of dependent leeches! We tend to get “unsettled” by naked attempts at ramming Marxist policies down our throats.  We’re kinda funny that way.

Elections have consequences, people.

August 3, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | corruption, shameful