Congressional Republicans are avoiding town halls across the nation, because they don't want to face their angry constituents. They are acting like the cowards they are. They are hiding in dark places. They don't have the guts to face their constituents. There is no good excuse for their cowardice. They aren't doing their jobs. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/republican-lawmakers-town-hall-events/ So what does this portend for Republicans and the nation? Will Republicans heed the message? Will they change course or will they continue being slimeballs? Is this the beginning of a sea change in American politics? Is this the beginning of the end for the Republican Party?
IMHO, so long as they can line their pockets, they will continue to be slimeballs... I hope this is the beginning of the end... not just of the Republican party, but of BOTH parties, as the two-party "us vs them" system needs to be exterminated with extreme prejudice.
Trump is the biggest coward of all - remember the (8?) deferments for heel spurs? Now we have this: "We're getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobody's ever seen before," Trump said Thursday. "And they're the bad ones. And it's a military operation." http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/donald-trump-deportation-military/index.html Yeah, that's a military operation you narcissistic little (insert female body part to be grabbed). Just like this was: “It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world, it is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave solider” http://people.com/politics/trump-bo...nas-are-landmines-it-was-my-personal-vietnam/ I really have to stop watching the news and retire to a mountain top - this stuff is going to cause me to stroke out....
I was at one last night with tom emmer, it was pretty intense there are a few hundred people there. Most of us were trapped outside because it was so over crowed. http://www.startribune.com/crowds-gather-ahead-of-emmer-town-hall-in-sartell/414551853/ The man's dodge on global warming was horrifying, he basically said that there were two equal sides of scientist arguing over if climate change is real.
You see, there's no law that says they have to hold town halls. As long as they get re-elected, why should they care?
Yes, there is no law requiring them to hold town halls. Let's pray they don't get reelected. If they don't have the guts to meet with and talk with the people they are suppose to represent, then they don't have the guts to represent those people. And that's their job. And if they cannot do the job, they shouldn't be reelected. In fact they should immediately resign so someone who would do the job could be found.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I tend to think of Republican politics, on its best days, like one of those kinda-sleazy large corporations that barely manages to tiptoe on this side of the law, such that everybody pounces when they falter or stumble. The object is to get through without facing the fire. If they think it possible to achieve re-election without destabilizing the arc of their hope, they'll try. Like a large corporation, they will only reverse course when they run out of options, having exhausted even their most desperately creative projections to hide the flagging returns. If it's up to the GOP, sometime between 2019 and never. If Donald Trump forces their hand, it could be any day. But it's also possible the Bannon administration is officially counting its days; I'm trying to wrap my head around the possibility that President Trump might have lost the military↱. If Republicans answer their constituents, they might find themselves obliged to promise outside the range of their tolerance, something removed from the arc of their political hope. You know, concessions Republicans hate, like sincere governance, a substantial half a clue, and maybe a shred of human dignity. But Donald Trump can blow the whole act to pieces for them. No wonder Republicans are terrified. Here's one for you: • Try to arrange meeting with member of Congress. District aide tells you to take your letter to the office, slip it under the door. And when you do? Well, nine senior citizens attempting to deliver a letter to Rep. Bob Aderholt (R-AL04), according to the advice of a district aide. The congressman's office responded by summoning police↱―"five police cars and a number of [college campus] security officers responded".____________________ Notes: Countrycat. "AL-04 – Five Police Cars Respond To Senior Citizen 'Assault' On Aderholt's District Office". Left in Alabama. 22 February 2017. LeftInAlabama.com. 23 February 2017. http://bit.ly/2ldLWm7 Date, S. V. "As SEALs Fought For Their Lives, Trump’s Account Sent And Deleted A TV Tweet". The Huffington Post. 22 February 2017. HuffingtonPost.com. 23 February 2017. http://huff.to/2lbgZis
Both parties need to reevaluate their goals. People are simply tired of the same old establishment politics.
Anyone who thinks this is a problem with both Parties needs to find other sources of information, and pay attention to them. The problems with the Dems are ordinary matters of error, influence, and ineptitude. The problem with the Reps is fundamental - they cannot govern, at least not a democracy, because they have no coherent principles or ideology. They have been taken over by a fascist movement financed by rightwing authoritarian corporate interests, and their voting base is entirely in thrall to the media operations of this movement. The Republican voting base has no idea what new politics would look like, because they are in ignorance, amnesia, and denial of what Republican politics have been since Nixon.
And the Republican cowardice escalates....Trump is now only allowing right wing media to cover his press briefings. Trump is afraid to meet with the media. So now we have Republican congressmen refusing to meet with their constituents. AND the POTUS refusing to meet with the mainstream media, i.e. any media which isn't a drooling right wing media outlet. It's a blatant attempt to squash the media. http://ktla.com/2017/02/24/white-house-blocks-major-news-outlets-blocked-from-press-briefing/