Posted on 06/06/2011 11:06:57 AM PDT by Tribune7
Newly minted coal-country congressmen Lou Barletta (R-Pa11) and Tom Marino (R-Pa10) have sparked fears they have gone Potomac by instituting recording bans at recent town hall meetings.
Barletta has denied the claim saying the event at which he banned personal recordings was a "private" meeting.
To which he had opened to the old media who of course were given permission to record.
The congressmen's actions were motivated by orchestrated attempts by Democrats to infiltrate the town halls with unruly disrupters whose antics would be recorded and placed on the YouTube in the hope it would indicate widespread grassroots opposition to Republican policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.billlawrenceonline.com ...
ping
Very disappointing for those of us who supported him.
I’m never disappointed in politicians :-)
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