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Slaughter: Town hall meetings are conduit for misinformation (Louise Slaughter, D-NY)
Rochester Now News ^ | August 20, 2009 - 1:45pm | Jill Terreri – Staff writer

Posted on 08/20/2009 4:59:38 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Rep. Louise Slaughter said she will not host in-person town hall meetings to discuss reform of the health care system, but will hold giant conference calls with constituents instead.

“I think it’s a way to disseminate misinformation,” Slaughter said. “They’re not debating things that are in the bill.”

By discussing the bill, H.R. 3200 over the phone, she can reach as many as 9,000 constituents, including those who couldn’t make a meeting or those who lack child care, she said.

Slaughter’s absence at town hall meetings has caused some residents to ask where she is, and “Where’s Louise?” buttons have been spotted at rallies. Tele-town halls allow constituents to ask questions, but the format does not allow Slaughter to see signs or buttons.

Slaughter, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, supports H.R. 3200 and said the Democrats are prepared to pass it without support from Republicans.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 111th; democrats; lakeontariohag; louise; obamacare; slaughter; snub; socializedmedicine; townhalls

1 posted on 08/20/2009 4:59:38 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Freudian slip. The misinformation comes from the gubmint.


2 posted on 08/20/2009 5:00:59 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yes. Coming RIGHT FROM THE PODIUM.


3 posted on 08/20/2009 5:02:15 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (President OBAMA should be an ample lesson to the GOP NEVER AGAIN to nominate people like John McCain)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Disseminate away! Facts are still facts.

4 posted on 08/20/2009 5:03:06 PM PDT by BigLittle
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
That ship's sailed, babe.

The populous is on to you and your party's games.

5 posted on 08/20/2009 5:06:19 PM PDT by rvoitier ("The law allows what honor forbids." -- C. C. Colton)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“Let them eat cake”


6 posted on 08/20/2009 5:11:52 PM PDT by yazoo (Conservatives believe what they see. Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Slaughter is a joke. She’s not even from ny and has a gerrymandered district that looks like a spaghetti noodle. She doesn’t represent anyone but a few special interests


7 posted on 08/20/2009 5:13:21 PM PDT by PGR88
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The Democrats say on thing and H.R. 3200 says something else. IMHO, H.R. 3200 is a Trojan Horse. Once inside the gateof all kinds of crap is going to come out its bowels.
8 posted on 08/20/2009 5:14:29 PM PDT by oyez ( damnant quod non intelligunt)
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Slaughter is a joke. She’s not even from ny and has a gerrymandered district that looks like a spaghetti noodle. She doesn’t represent anyone but a few special interests


9 posted on 08/20/2009 5:15:20 PM PDT by PGR88
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“Slaughter, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, supports H.R. 3200 and said the Democrats are prepared to pass it without support from Republicans.”

BS lie, nothing but a trial balloon. I spoke with a very good friend of mine tonight who is a dedicated Obama liberal, he told me that if the dems pass a dem only bill that would be the worst mistake they could ever make.


10 posted on 08/20/2009 5:16:40 PM PDT by moose2004 (Stand up, speak out and stop Obamacare and GE)
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She’s not fooling those of us who have read the bill. She’s lying and we’re not.


11 posted on 08/20/2009 5:20:56 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: PGR88

and she just might be a runner up for the” nasty looking babe” award. YECH


12 posted on 08/20/2009 5:21:27 PM PDT by reefdiver (So how's that HOPE & CHANGE working out for ya ?)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

What is with NY Congresscritters? They are openly touting this POS bill and daring anyone to oppose it.


13 posted on 08/20/2009 5:24:32 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Madison’s (WI) Very Own Tammy Baldwin has pulled the same stunt.


14 posted on 08/20/2009 5:37:24 PM PDT by Duke Nukum (I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.)
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“and has a gerrymandered district that looks like a spaghetti noodle”

Heh, heh!

But here in South Carolina my mother-in-law’s house is on one side of the street that puts her in James E. “whites need not call my office” Clyburn, D-SC, while her neighbor across the street is represented by Pete Wilson, R-SC, one of the good guys in the House.


15 posted on 08/20/2009 6:02:46 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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To: SolidWood
“..I think it’s a way to disseminate misinformation..”

the other way around - the misinformation is coming from Washington. The people know the bill better tahn the politicians

- doncha know??

16 posted on 08/20/2009 6:12:19 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yea, when Ms. Slaughter is putting out the misinformation. It is hard to counter the truth, so lie. Don’t confuse her with the facts, her mind is made up.


17 posted on 08/20/2009 6:46:03 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (Idiotcracy has arrived 400 years early.)
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>> “I think it’s a way to disseminate misinformation,” Slaughter said. “They’re not debating things that are in the bill.”

And Slaughter was probably prepared to vote in favor of the bill before reading and comprehending its content.


18 posted on 08/20/2009 8:29:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Gene Eric

SLAUGHTER + BUTCHER= SPECIAL ELECTION


19 posted on 08/20/2009 8:39:36 PM PDT by outhousepatrol
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

This WOULD be an exception to the recording rule because it is a “public meeting”

RadioShack sells a telephone microphone for $1.95 -$2.50


20 posted on 08/21/2009 11:00:25 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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