Posted on 07/31/2009 3:46:58 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Illustration by Matt Wuerker
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 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.”
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Sounds to me as though Tim Bishop (D-NY) doesn’t get it.
The people are pissed, and guess who’s the boss Timmy.
If you look up Townhall on the subjects, there are 3 strings about this exact topic (Town Halls gone wild) - with this being the first one...Thanks!
Police called on retirees at Senator Feinstein’s LA office
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/30/state/n184320D61.DTL
[Vote for no incumbent, no matter what party it belongs to.]
BAD IDEA! We have 4 conservatives Republicans and 1 “blue dog” Democrat (Dennis Moore, who votes with Nancy Pelosi 90+% of the time) representing KS. Why one earth would we want to vote out the 4 who are on our side and fighting for us? Moore should be voted out and the other 4 should be re-elected!
The Veteran in that video is awesome!
Thank you.
Well yeah, they don’t understand; they don’t understand why they (Congress)rubberstamps the the bills before they read them! Hehehehh
Hey, we live in modern times!
Therefore, we should show up with those weed whackers and flameweeders.
Time to weed out the garden, friends! (sarc for the lurker crowd)
Very. Maybe we should start tarring and feathering them in effigy.
Waht about simply standing in front of their homes with our guns raised?
Do you believe it’s time for that yet?
I don’t. I don’t even believe you should show up with real pitchforks and torches. Signs with such on them, yes. When it’s time for trouble, your suggestion is the way. No reason to bring a pitchfork when much better weapons are available.
We need to scare these people within an inch of their lives. MAKE them feel the fear we do when we read about how terrorists are going free ON OUR SOIL. The government is SUPPOSED to be scared of the people, THEY are the servants, not us.
Not just the terrorists, OUR own government is setting things up where they have authority to kill people to make their socialist healthcare system work.
I think, if you want to get this message across, the tea party sign that said “We came unarmed. THIS time.” would do the trick.
Russ Carnahan: Porker of the Month
bumped it.
Thank you for your bump. I hope Freepers flock to these Townhalls.
Well, they should ban protesters. Then there wouldn’t be a problem. :)
“slightly more honest profession, like selling used cars”
Yeah real clunks selling clunkers!
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