Harry Reid is afraid to face the people who pay his salary. Instead of holding town hall meetings, he has opted for a teleconference. What a weenie! NewsBusters is reporting this, but why isn’t the rest of the media?
The most powerful man in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), announced on Friday that as a result of recent protests at town hall meetings he won’t hold any such political gatherings during this month’s Congressional recess.
Instead, he will only do what’s called “telephone town halls” where he and his staff have complete control over the questions being asked and who’s asking them.
Should have been big news, right?
Well, according to LexisNexis and Google news searches, not one major media outlet felt it was important enough to share with the citizenry.
Not one.
Come on Nevadans – you’re not seriously going to re-elect a man who won’t even meet you face to face, are you?
I just saw a piece in the Las Vegas Sun. I don’t know anything about Vegas papers, but the comments from readers were definitely on the hot side. A blurb from the article:
“It’s a forum that obviously lets us reach more people, but also provides a more respectful environment that allows all sides to be heard,” said Reid spokesman Jon Summers.
“It’s more the dialogue that town halls were meant to be, as opposed to the organized disruption we’re seeing in other town halls,” Summers said. “This is so Nevadans who want to be heard can voice their concern, support and their opinions.”
Details of the event will be announced in coming weeks. As is the typically process for tele-town halls, Nevadans will be dialed up on the day of the event and invited to participate.
Gee, I wonder who will be choosing those who will participate by phone? That sure will be a convenient process for Reid. I agree he is a weenie and then some.
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In Reid’s defense, would you want to face the voters if you were him?
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