Posted on 08/05/2009 5:06:17 AM PDT by joygrace
Yesterday, James McGovern, Representing the Massachusetts 3rd District and Richard Neal, (Hampden 2nd) attempted to sell the administration’s health care program to individuals attending a town hall meeting at the University of Massachusetts campus in Worcester – it did not go well. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette’sarticle (here) , describes a “packed town hall meeting” where Neal and McGovern were met by a hostile crowd.
Town hall meetings are being held across the nation in a last-ditch attempt to sell the government run health care program, and one would expect, that those held in a blue state such as Massachusetts would be an easier sell. What one has to understand is that Massachusetts already has a health care system in place, similar to the one proposed by the Obama administration. That system has run consistently over budget, and has almost bankrupted the state – This program and the beleaguered turnpike authority caused a significant (25%) rise in taxes and fees that went into effect August 1st. Massachusetts residents have “seen the future” and they aren’t buying.
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Must have been those “manufactured” right wingers (in the most liberal district in the most iberal state).
Yeah right.
From the photo:More people showed up for this than any meeting with Biden.
This is absolutely ridiculous - a public meeting should be recorded.
“Transparency?” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Expect more of that.
Time to employ a little "technology."
The media wonders where all the anger is coming from? When people are not being heard there is a natural anger that develops. Everyone can relate to a time in their life they were not listened to and how that made them feel.
The Media is DENSE and DISGRACEFUL.
Of course it was. Didn't you see all those T shirts with identical logos? Or all those professionally printed signs and banners? Or the guy with the bullhorn?
Evidently socialism is not going down well, even in the lib states.
I wasn't aware that the purpose of a town hall meeting was for the representative to express his views. I believe the real purpose is for the citizens to express their views. For a representative, the owner of a bully pulpit, to proudly proclaim that he was able to speak at his own town hall meeting, is the lamest "victory" I have ever heard.
With technology now, know one had a phone camera or video? Seriously.
Yes, I agree. Is it legal to prohibit cameras or video at a public meeting? I am not a lawyer so maybe someone can chime in here.
Seems outrageous. Again, what is McGovern and co-horts so afraid of?....lying on camera perhaps???? He should be disgraced and ashamed. The media if they were doing their job could expose this but that will never happen.
Oh it’s going down, just not the way the ONE envisioned it...
Gee: if you go to the Telegram article, there is a woman in the backround video-ing away....
If Democrats could shut down every conservative talk radio show, every conservative web site, and stop every conservative from voting, I'm sure many would try.
It's not just that they want to win. They are so SURE they are right that it infuriates them to have to deal with the idiots who don't know any better (otherwise known as THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHOSE SERVANTS THEY ARE) and can't just tell them to, and make them, shut up.
harry Reid's comment about the “smelly” tourists in the Capitol says it all. They think of us as cattle. And they are trying to “manage” us like them.
Congress-scum, especially the dims, have responded in their usual manner with ridicule and accusations of conspiracy, but they’d better heed the will of the people! I don’t think the mood of The Country is one that will put up with much more.
McGovern doesn't get it. You are right. This was not an opportunity for him to be heard. If he respected those who voted for him he would want to give them this opportunity to be heard. McGovern lacks the integrity and courage to do the right thing. He doesn't deserve to represent any of us. I am repulsed by his disrespectful child-like behaviour and obnoxious arrogance.
McGovern is not my Representative. My Rep. is Markey (currently in HIDING and meeting with Special Interests Groups) who shares McGovern's hubris and blatant disrespect for their voters. They both need their walking papers ASAP.
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