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Remember in the spring. Barack Obama was popular and in the NY 20 special election Democrat Scott Murphy and his allies in the press were lambasting Republican Jim Tedisco for being both on the wrong side of the stimulus bill and insufficiently vocal in his opposition to the stimulus bill.

Shoe's on the other foot now.

Murphy holds small-biz roundtable on health care … yesterdayAugust 5, 2009 at 3:35 pm by Casey Seiler

When it comes to announcements of events hosted by congressmen, the past tense isn’t usually the first tense to be used. Politicians are much more likely to alert the public, or at least the media, to events before they happen. But this morning, we received a release headlined CONGRESSMAN MURPHY HOSTED SMALL BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE TO DISCUSS HEALTH CARE REFORM — as opposed to TO HOST or HOSTS.

Since health care is a fairly red-hot topic this summer, we were kind of disappointed to have missed out on Tuesday’s Ballston Spa session, and wondered why it wasn’t included on a schedule of Murphy’s district events sent out by his office last week. That release included a half-dozen groundbreakings, forums and two upcoming “Congress-On-Your-Corner” forums (4 p.m. Friday at the Slate Valley Museum in Granville and 11 a.m. Saturday at the Golden Harvest Farm in Valatie)......

Murphy has taken a middle ground on the White House’s health care proposal, expressing support for substantial reform and the idea of a public option as well as concerns about its impact on the federal deficit. (Murphy’s fiscally cautious side was displayed as well last week in his vote against the $2 billion replenishment of the “Cash for Clunkers” program.)

Now here's real political courage. Hold meetings and announce them to the press AFTER they've occurred.  Why not just use stock photos for your franked newsletter if they are just staged photo ops, Scott?

Then again, maybe this is the way Democratic Congressmen will need to greet their constituents these days.  

At least MD's Frank Kratovil "took it like a man"  He's the exception. 

We've learned a few things over the last few weeks. One thing is that our opponents are really a bunch of animals

Consider the so-called "Blue Dogs". They loudly purport to be moderate, fiscally responsible Democrats. because that's what their district wants to hear. But we've found that on the Obamacare bill and on Cap & Tax, just enough Blue Dogs voted with the liberals to assure passage.

John Fund said this years ago before they joined the majority, but these folks aren't "Blue Dogs". They are Pelosi's Poodles 

This is what a "Blue Dog" really looks like

They are perfectly trained to fetch , heel and roll over for their masters Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman. Meanwhile they are also well trained to go back to their districts and beg for support by jumping through hoops pretending to be moderates or conservatives.

We'll see how Zack Space, Mike Ross, Bart Gordon & co. fare trying to explain they aren't just the door openers to Barney Frank's government medical monopoly.

But now members of the House aren't being dogs at all. At least a dog comes when he is called. 

Now  they are nothing but a bunch of  scaredy cats.

Long Island Democrat Congressman Tim Bishop is not alone---running away from the voters he claims to represent instead of defending his record.

“I had felt they would be pointless,” Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) told POLITICO, referring to his recent decision to suspend the events in his Long Island district. “There is no point in meeting with my constituents and [to] listen to them and have them listen to you if what is basically an unruly mob prevents you from having an intelligent conversation.”

In Bishop’s case, his decision came on the heels of a June 22 event he held in Setauket, N.Y., in which protesters dominated the meeting by shouting criticisms at the congressman for his positions on energy policy, health care and the bailout of the auto industry.

Within an hour of the disruption, police were called in to escort the 59-year-old Democrat — who has held more than 100 town hall meetings since he was elected in 2002 — to his car safely.

Hmm, Tim. I suppose if they don't agree with you then they are an "unruly mob"  

Evidently this is what a lot of "town meetings" are looking like--not the pro-government expansion pep rallies incumbent politicians and their special interest allies like to see.

Hey, if you want to pass bills you haven't read and spend money the country doesn't have you might actually find the public has an opinion about this. 

Maybe our members of the House might want to dust off their copy of the Constitution. Seems they are little unclear about the "redress of grievances" concept.

This August, it is incumbent on all Americans to make clear this is a Republic answerable to the voters, not an imperial government answerable to D.C. power brokers.  And if our elected "representatives" want to hide, well that says more than millions of dollars in slick TV ads, now doesn't it.   

If you can't defend what you are doing in Washington to the people in your district, quit.  

Friends,What I wanna propose is the next step in teabagging protests! As you know, my friends, the Dems wanna make us believe that waterboarding is torture. You know, as well as I do, that that is complete nonsense. It's just a little uncomfortable. Real men, like you and I would NEVER succumb under this. But that sheik was a coward, so he sang like a bird. He had a lot to tell, so we did it 183 times. In a months time this is once every four hours, so really not that much.So, let's show these bastards that it is NOT torture! Organize your very OWN Torture Teaparty!!! Let your self be waterboarded by a friend or friends, make a video of this and upload it to youtube or any site! That will show them cowardly Dems that waterboarding is nothing like torture!! Bronden