I just wanted to know where the Town Hall Meeting was

[DCJenn]

Well, i'd have to say out of the 100 of them, he's probably the most likely to talk to you over a deep fried Snickers. I can't see Cornyn or Hutchison chill enough to mingle with the masses.

Jenn

I wonder if the weirdness about these town hall meetings is due in part to health care reform being really hard to talk about. It's such a complex issue, and emotionally loaded too. I just read that one of our congressmen recieved a death threat on account of his decision not to host a town hall meeting to discuss health care. Instead he's meeting privately with critics of the bill. I can understand why that would be the preferred approach. Maybe taking the media circus out of the equation allows for a little more listening and a little less shouting of talking points. I don't know that these issues can be reduced to bullet points suitable for CNN. If you have a televised town hall meeting, that's where they are going to end up, taken out of context, and splayed in tickers all over the screen. I guess that's politics these days, but I really wish there could be a more meaningful conversation. Honestly I thought it started off like that a few months ago, but now ... not so much.

[GrayMatterWife]

Well, now the town hall with Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO-D)--which had been scheduled for Tuesday morning--has been cancelled because the high school where it was supposed to be held has rescinded its offer to host. The school district does not want the security risk.

[DCJenn]

Well, maybe this will force the zealots on all sides to reevaluate their positions. I'm sorry, civil discourse is what makes us Americans. I get to disagree with you guys, you guys get to disagree with me. What we don't get to do is insult each other, scare each other or threaten each other.

I have MY personal experiences and opinions and should be able to say, "yes, but" just like any other one of you.

I hate that this is what we have devolved into. I hope that this forces a change. If we can't figure out how to talk to each other again, and even to agree that while the other person has a valid point, you don't agree with it- we're screwed as a society.

I blame the Clinton/Gingrich era of baby boomer politics. No, you assholes, it really isn't about YOUR generation. The rest of us have to live here long after we've planted your arses.

Jenn