Posted on 08/17/2009 7:39:20 PM PDT by MindBender26
Disgust and Loathing – Report From Congressman Grayson’s So-Called “Town Hall Meeting”
I have just returned from Congressman Alan Grayson’s so-called Town Hall meeting on healthcare. I can not tell you how much disgust and loathing I have for him and his system. 1500 citizens were turned away, so 95 pre-selected Dems could fill a room with 126 seats. When the questions were too much for him to handle, he called them off, saying his children in attendance had to go home and to bed!
I’ll keep it simple. It wasn’t the answers that were so bad, it was the fraud and deceit that were the very foundation of the whole meeting.
Grayson arranged the meeting in a local union hall. He represents 550,000 people in Central Florida and he says he couldn’t find a hall to accommodate more than 126 people for his ONLY Town Hall on the issue. His reason? The meeting room was “free!”
The line to get in stretched past 4 blocks. There were at least 1500 people. There were young people, old people, Republicans, Democrats, vets in wheel chairs, and more. At about 7:30, those of us in the line were asked to show proof of residency in Grayson’s 8th CD. Fair enough.
We were told it was “first come, first admitted” but when the doors were opened 95 out of the 126 seats had already been taken by local Democrats who had been called there early for a 7:00 Democrat County meeting in the same room. Other Dems were seen being admitted through the back door at 7:40. The bottom line is that only 31 people out of 1500 attendees were admitted. Many of those 1500 had waited in the August Florida heat to get in. I was number 20 to get into the room. Only 11 followed.
The Q and A went as expected. The local Dems clapped and cheered every time Grayson said anything. He claimed to have read all 1007 pages of the bill, but could answer no specific questions.
If anything could be worse than the stacking of the room, he brought his three of his children to the meeting, and when the questioning began to get a bit pointed, he called it off because it was getting past their bed time!
He has no shame. I am more than angry. I am full of disgust and loathing for our so-called Representative, and very frightened and embarrassed for my country.
Hi sweetie ............... Smootch
Hi. was that you standing with two other ladies across the street from the meeting?
What a farce that meeting was.
No, I didn't cross the street. I was the blond wearing a white jacket and black pants carrying a huge white purse to hold my signs, etc. I didn't see you. I know there were several FReepers there, but I only saw two.
Smootch backatcha, Gonz! :)
FReepers, check out the 3 minute video (link below) from WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida. The reporter on the scene says that she’s "never seen anything like it" in her 30 years as a reporter covering town meetings and other local news. She said using WESH's traffic chopper was the only way to show the size of the crowd that couldn’t get into the town hall meeting. Way to go, Florida patriots!
Hundreds Show Up For Health Care Debate (YouTube video runs 3:12 min)
I don't know who posted this YouTube video, but I think it was more like thousands showed up at the meeting, not "hundreds".
Don't miss kristinn's incredible related thread:
Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson Uses His Children as Human Shields at Town Hall Meeting
Freakin' unbelievable. We need to support whoever is running against this clown Grayson in 2010... BIG TIME. Is there any chance this idiot will lose his seat in the next election? Could a Republican win in this district?
I am as well, FRiend. We live in VERY scary times... I hope and pray our great country survives the Obama regime intact.
Thank you for posting your excellent on-the-scene report.
Twoproblems with that:1. The Representative does not give a damn about their opinions.2. The paper probably won't print the letters.
Just stand in line docilly as they push you in the boxcars then.
The socialists are doing a good job of it now.
“Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.” - Frederick Bastiat, “Economic Harmonies” 23.11 Evil
Cordially,
Thanks for the ping!
Earlier that day, the local radio station WDBO, announced the upcoming meeting. They reported that Grayson said he would stay “as long as it takes to get everyone’s questions asked”
So Why bring the kids who have to get home to bed, if you had planned to stay late? Big Wienie. And the wife couldn’t take them home? Big Wienie!
So Why bring the kids who have to get home to bed, if you had planned to stay late? Big Wienie. And the wife couldn’t take them home? Big Wienie!
Hmmm... interesting post, Sunbunny. I don't know anything about Grayson's district, but I hope and pray he will be replaced in 2010.
We got the same treatment from Kathy Castor in Tampa a couple of weeks ago. The SEUI were co-sponsors, and they came to instigate trouble. 1000 tea-partiers showed to counter protest. There are more of us than them.
Thanks for the good news ping.
Sneaking in the back room - by-passing the people. Anyone who thinks dems stand for the little guy hasn't been paying attention.
Oh, and I'll bet the "press" didn't catch the dems cheating...
They have to pay people to show up... and until Obama gives them more funding (our money) they can't outnumber real citizens.
I think I would have walked right on out of there.
The real show was outside anyway and, we all know that
it’s all about “The Show”. Oh Yes It Is!
I Like Your Style.
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