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Posted on 08/13/2009 7:06:25 PM PDT by tobyhill
Much has been made of the chance for true, interactive democracy offered by the freewheeling town hall format that lawmakers are using in health care forums across the country.
But what the White House is calling a "town hall meeting" does not quite follow in the tradition of the public-driven forums that sprouted centuries ago in New England.
It's more like a press conference for the public.
In an orderly fashion, selected members of the audience pose brief questions, and the president elaborates.
And elaborates. And elaborates.
A look at President Obama's health care "town hall" Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H., shows the president out-spoke his audience by a ratio of nearly 9-to-1.
Here's the scorecard.
Obama: 8,619 words.
Audience: 1,186 words.
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We need to have some binding votes at these “Town Halls”.
My congresscoward didn’t have any town hall meetings so we went to his office today. Organizing for America and another liberal group were paid to show up and the coward actually went out to speak to them.
pics of the protest (Jackson Mi)
http://s736.photobucket.com/albums/xx2/Snappler_2009/Jackson%20Mi%20protest/?albumview=grid
Oh wait, then that would mean that We the People would be making the decision about how our tax dollars are spent and how we live OUR OWN LIVES and well, Congress just CAN'T allow THAT now can they?
Audience: 1,186 words.
Considering the whole audience were just a bunch of plants, a more accurate score is
Obama: 9,805 words...Public: 0 words.
Can anyone please shut O up?This guy is a pest!I’ll send an email to the o house to complain.
Well I just saw on Greta. Spectre had another meeting and they showed film of two busloads of ACORNS show up to scream and yell for free stuff. I sure hope they do it a lot more. They are totally asinine and will lower Obama another five points. A bunch of welfare mongers showing up in school busses to yell at the people who pay their bills. Amazing.
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I’m trying to watch the football game so can O SHUTUP?
They bussed a couple of busloads of Obamaturfers to Jackson Mich. from Muskegon and Detroit. (Well outside the 7th district) These clowns didn’t even know why they were there.
It was odd because they suddenly fell silent and I was wondering why. A guy beside me on the street saids they all walked off down the street to get on their busses because their time was done.
There were a handfull of genuine pro Obamacare morons but we outnumbered them by considerable numbers.
Cool you must of been there. I attended the one in Tampa. The taxtakers get befuddled when confronted by us taxpayers who pay all their bills. Bunch of ingrates.
Obama: 8,619 words.
The more he talks, the better for us.
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