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According to csmonitor.com: As a result, the face-to-face town meeting, once a staple of the August congressional recess, is on the outs. In its place is a new array of “virtual” meetings – free of protest signs, shouting, bad media moments, and (real or suspected) “outside agitators.”
These new platforms range from mass conference calls, or I-town hall meetings, to interactive Internet sites where voters register concerns and members, in their own time, respond.
For now, Sen. Mark Warner (D) of Virginia is postponing an in-the-flesh town hall on healthcare in favor of answering questions on multiple platforms – telephone town halls, a rolling poll, and video responses on his Senate website and through Twitter. On July 14, he held a telephone town hall with some 1,600 Virginians.
According to the lasvegassun.com: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office is scheduling a telephone town hall meeting for August, opting to avoid the shouting matches and microphone speeches that have erupted at events across the country. The senator expects to reach thousands of Nevadans, including those in the state’s rural expanse.
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These elected government reps want to be able to pick and choose which questions they answer. They don't want to see ordinary Americans voicing their opinions over Obamacare, but using conference calls, internet, videos, twitter instead of face-to-face town hall meetings. . . . now that's gutless and spineless. They keep this up and the American People will be marching on Washington D.C. with pitchforks and torches like they did in France during the French Revolution of 1789.
“Government is not the solution; Government is the problem.” – Ronald Reagan
http://draft.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8360488062312684577
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/07/reid-plans-town-hall-meeting-over-telephone/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
