Betsy Markey: You’re invited to a town hall meeting you refuse to hold (ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT)

Michelle Malkin (Updated) ^ | 08/14/2009 | Michelle Malkin

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Reader Kelly e-mails that Colorado Democrat Rep. Betsy Markey is hiding from her constituents and refusing to hold a public forum during this long, hot congressional recess.

So Kelly has graciously taken the opportunity to convene a town hall for Rep. Markey — and extended an open invitation. If the congresswoman doesn’t show, her voters will have a placeholder ready

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

While the far-left moonbats, their toady sycophant, Zero-supporting MSM, and Soros/Union-funded thugs toil on and exercise every underhanded ploy and trick in order to undermine and negate the ever growing opposition to "Death Care," leave it up to a common sense, Conservative lady to come up with a superb, dead bang tactic guaranteed to expose both the hypocrisy of Congress-critters and their cowardly behavior, while at the same time, publicly shaming them for their unwillingness to meet with their constituents to get their input and hear their opinions

I realize that this will not get much national coverage, but it cannot but help to get some reportage at the local level

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and though I wish I had thought of it, I say lets put this wonderful lady's inspiration to good use and apply it wherever anyone runs into the same situation

Spread the word far and wide.

Kudos Kelly and God Bless

Here is her note to Michelle:

Hi Michelle,

Thought you’d get a kick out of this grass-roots movement we have going on here in Northern Colorado. This all started with a rant I made to a few of my buddies in an email, complaining that our rep, Congresswoman Markey, is nowhere to be found! Here we are 2 weeks into a 5 week recess, other reps are having 2-3 townhalls to meet demand while this crazy health care debate is raging, and Markey has only issued a vague statement about “small public gathers, schedule to be release probably next week!”

That’s unacceptable, and we’re doing something about it! I mentioned in my rant that we should hold our own town hall and put a big empty chair up there on stage where our elected Rep. should be!

Well, one thing led to another and here we go. We’ll video the entire affair and hand deliver it to her office along with petitions and letters that anyone who turns out is free to give to us.

I’d rather be fishing with my boys, but I’ve reached a tipping point this year and I’m not going to be silent anymore!

Wish us luck!!!!

Regards,
Kelly Trosper

[wombtotomb]

woo hoo! Great idea! God be with you all.......

[mort56]

Great idea.

[baiamonte]

Absoluely brilliant. I hope they can find a life size cut-out of Markey to stand up at the podium. You could ask question and then film the cardboard cut out just standing there. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?

[EmilyGeiger]

The republican that is running against the dem. congressman Parker Griffith did the same thing here in Huntsville. He held one on Wednesday night and Griffith was invited. Griffith keeps saying he is going to have one but never gives time or place, so the pub took it upon himself to arrange the time and place for him. “) Then Sen. Jeff Sessions had one Thursday morning at the same place in H’ville & again an invitation was extended to Griffith. I really don’t think he is going to be re-elected.

[mosaicwolf]

This sounds like a highly funded conspiracy by some right wing extremist group. The idea is too brilliant to be from an ordinary citizen. //sarcasm off//

[DB]

I think “she” is a he.

[vetvetdoug]

I think "she" is a he.

I read it as a polite way to call him a pussy.

[Roccus]

Went to the link in Michelle's column for the newly released Markey schedule. It concludes with this;

Note on Congress on Your Corner listening session format:
In order for as many 4th District residents as possible to speak directly with Rep. Markey, residents will join groups of 15 -20 people for public listening sessions. 4th District residents are asked to arrive no more than 30 minutes in advance of the meeting, to accommodate residents’ work and family schedules and so that everybody who would like to ask a question has an opportunity to do so.

Any bets on how early the ACORN buses will arrive?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

They should also use that opportunity to introduce the next person who will be challenging Markey. Even though unknown at that point, it must be a good person from that grass-roots movement. They should also have that new challenger sitting in Markey’s empty chair.

[listenhillary]

The one video camera revolution (They won’t hold town halls?)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312168/posts

[thethirddegree]

It would be great to see this posted on YouTube—might give some other townhallers some ideas.

[HIDEK6]

Speaking of communist rabble-rousers, when is Mel Watt going to hold his town hall talking-to?

[Guenevere]

bttt

[5by5]

Maybe former Congresswoman Musgrave (R) would be willing to fill in for Markey

[DustyMoment]

What a hoot!! I love it!

I have often posed the question, what would happen if we held an election and no one showed up to vote? Who wins?

This is even better. What if “the people” hold a townhall meeting for their Congresscritter and the Congresscritter doesn’t show?? Can’t wait to see how this turns out.

[RightOnline]

Um....Kelly’s a guy. :)