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If they were truly being disruptive, cops would be handing out citations for disturbing the peace. Angry citizens are going to shout. The way to avoid that is for their representatives to not make them angry in the first place.
Town Halls never strictly adhere to Robert's Rules of Order. It's rather pathetic that the only response the Anti-Republicans have to the ad hoc anger of citizens is to complain about being the focal point of that anger.
People are pissed. The Anti-Republicans need to take two steps back and ask themselves why that is.
Wrong venue? Wrong tone?The doctor in the video was very confrontational from the get go. Maybe he had a valid question but he chose the wrong venue and the wrong tone to ask it.
The video of the incident is here:11Alive.com | Atlanta, GA | Video
I don't think anyone was out line. The comments he made were directed at the group rather than the doctor and he seemed pissed that he got a health care reform question when they asked for questions on the topic at hand, a road project, he then told all the health care meeting was on another date in another place and gave information for the meeting.
Make no mistake, the congressmen who will presumably be voting for the bill when it comes up know they are under attack by powerful interests do not be surprised when they act defensively or get upset when someone hands them a loaded question.
The doctor in the video was very confrontational from the get go. Maybe he had a valid question but he chose the wrong venue and the wrong tone to ask it.
Georgia Democrat yells at local doctor over health care - The Back Story - Washington Times
The Anti-Republicans are irritated at voters for asking questions. Probably because they don't have any good answers.
And then decided, after consultation with his handlers, to stand up and throw a little smackdown at someone who had the temerity to ask a question.After watching the whole video, I retract my earlier comments. Rep Scott was patient with the health care question's, answered despite it not being the topic for the town hall, and informed people when the two health care town halls where scheduled. He was surprisingly patient with some one who was hijacking a meeting with voters on an entirely different topic.
Wrong venue? Wrong tone?
So people can only ask questions when it suits the Congressman?
Elected officials are public servants. They do as we tell them. We do not wait on their pleasure, they wait on ours.
EVERY venue is appropriate for the public to ask Congress questions on every topic. If unRepresentative Scott has a problem with that, he needs to find himself a new job.
I talk to them in exactly that same tone, because they are on that level.They may be public servants but you do not talk to them in the same tone that you scold the guy who mows your grass for running over your flower bed. That's why when I am talking about politician no matter how much I think they are screwed up or wrong I don't make stupid puns from their names or disrespect the office they hold and the same would go if I were talking to them. I have always used the proper honorific and the correct name when discussing any president or congressman and the you would do well doing the same. Your silly names for Democrats just makes you look silly.
I'd also like to point out, that all you see from these various town hall meetings, is a 2 minute clip of a disruption taking place. What you don't see, is the other 1 or 2 hours of the meeting where those pissed off people haven't disrupted anything, and allowed their Representative to present their point of view and discuss local business.
Take a look at some of the videos of how the left conducts itself at various speaking events, where they don't agree with the person speaking, and you will see quite a different approach. They very often don't allow the person to even speak at all.
Whether organized or not, the people showing up at these town hall meetings are pissed off and have legitimate concerns. It's obvious from the videos we've seen the past week, that they aren't there to shut down opposing views, but to make sure theirs are heard.
And then decided, after consultation with his handlers, to stand up and throw a little smackdown at someone who had the temerity to ask a question.
The doctor was not rude, he offered facts, not insults, and got no answers, and it's the Congressman who gets mad?
unRepresentative Scott seems to have forgotten what "public servant" means. One of his constituents asked a question, got blown off, which means unRepresentative Scott should be apologetic, not apoplectic.
I talk to them in exactly that same tone, because they are on that level.
Actually they are below that level--the guy mowing my lawn is actually providing a worthwhile service. The nimrods in Washington only manage to gobble up my tax dollars and demand more.
You like all people think that you deserve a basic level of respect and you would be right.
Congressmen, judges, policemen, preachers, and anyone in a leadership role deserves a level of respect due their office if not the man. You address them by title and ask questions respectfully. You listen to the answer and then you sit down and let someone else talk. That is how any public meeting is supposed to go, you respect the office and you respect your fellow citizens right to be heard. That is civilized public debate, it is a shame that so many have forgotten that and just want to shove their anger down the throats of their elected officials and fellow citizens.
What he should have done is answered the question honestly and forthrightly.What he should have done is flat out told the guy asking the question that he was going to talk on the issue on the 24th and 28th, and he could respect the people here to talk about the topic at hand. He was actually politer than he needed to be.
These people are not leaders but followers. That's what "public servant" means. I pay their salary, which makes me the leader.Congressmen, judges, policemen, preachers, and anyone in a leadership role
Some people are missed. We can even say that many people are pissed, or even that the current majority is as well. But there is a great many who are not, and they, too, are attending these meetings. Are those individuals who support the Democratic health care reform policy simply supposed to sit there and listen to the angry rants of those who oppose it? No, I don't think so. They, too, deserve to hear what their representatives have to say. And if they support Obama's health care reform, then they should be able to say so, or ask the questions that they want to ask without having their representive shouted down by an unruly mob.
Celticlord does not give respect to any one who disagrees with him, but of course those same people should treat others with kid gloves.
These people are not leaders but followers. That's what "public servant" means. I pay their salary, which makes me the leader.
(although I'm not sure why you threw preachers in the mix. Most of them are crooks, but they're a more decent sort of crook than Congressmen.)
What he should have done is answered the question honestly and forthrightly.
unRepresentative Scott was arrogant, asinine, and inarticulate. He embarrassed himself and the Anti-Republicans with his mewling complaints about constituents asking questions. He can go cry someone else a river--he screwed the pooch on this one, and there's no amount of apologetics that can ever change that.
The video of the incident is here:11Alive.com | Atlanta, GA | Video
I don't think anyone was out line. The comments he made were directed at the group rather than the doctor and he seemed pissed that he got a health care reform question when they asked for questions on the topic at hand, a road project, he then told all the health care meeting was on another date in another place and gave information for the meeting.
Make no mistake, the congressmen who will presumably be voting for the bill when it comes up know they are under attack by powerful interests do not be surprised when they act defensively or get upset when someone hands them a loaded question.
The doctor in the video was very confrontational from the get go. Maybe he had a valid question but he chose the wrong venue and the wrong tone to ask it.
That's exactly what the Libbos expect people to do when they are pissed about something. Face it, your own tactics are being used against you and it's working. You folks are losing the fight. Get over it.
Personally, I hope they pass the bill. It will spell the demise of the Democratic party.
When he's standing in front of me, what I personally want should be the only thing on his mind. First, last, and every thought in between.So what you personally want should be the first thing any elected official thinks of?
Wrong venue? It's a townhall meeting.
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