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	<title>Comments on: Battle-weary lawmakers avoid town hall meetings</title>
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		<title>By: woody188</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If grass-roots groups are &quot;commandeering the town halls&quot; then Congress really should be listening. People willing to give up their time and make the trip to a town hall meeting aren&#039;t placated by sound bites. Listen and act on their behalf. That is your job!

If I got a review of 13% positives and 87% negatives I would be fired!

That&#039;s total failure no matter how you try to spin it!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If grass-roots groups are &#8220;commandeering the town halls&#8221; then Congress really should be listening. People willing to give up their time and make the trip to a town hall meeting aren&#8217;t placated by sound bites. Listen and act on their behalf. That is your job!</p>
<p>If I got a review of 13% positives and 87% negatives I would be fired!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s total failure no matter how you try to spin it!</p>
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		<title>By: Carl Nemo **==</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41842/comment-page-1#comment-173786</link>
		<dc:creator>Carl Nemo **==</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stunningly accurate, spot-on indictment Griff...! : )

Carl Nemo **==]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A stunningly accurate, spot-on indictment Griff&#8230;! : )</p>
<p>Carl Nemo **==</p>
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		<title>By: freecitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41842/comment-page-1#comment-173785</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couldn&#039;t have said it better!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couldn&#8217;t have said it better!</p>
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		<title>By: griff</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first line tells it all...too much yelling, not enough listening.

Hey Hill People - we have been listening. We&#039;ve been listening all these years to your bullshit, selling us one bad policy after another.

We&#039;ve been listening to your campaign promises and your endless rhetoric. We&#039;ve listened to your speeches and your commercials.

We&#039;re tired of listening, it&#039;s time you did some yourself.

You are not doing what&#039;s in the best interest of this country or its people. You&#039;re corrupt and rotten to the core.

You consider yourselves above the laws that you pass, and above the lowly masses that you&#039;re elected to represent.

You play politics and power games when the fate of the country is at stake. You&#039;re beholden to monied interests and not the People.

You lie and distort. You play lip service to the Constitution and Bill of Rights that you&#039;re sworn to uphold and protect.

You&#039;re an enemy of all that is right and just. You&#039;re a parody of yourselves and a disgrace to those that sacrificed every thing to birth this nation, and to all those that came after to protect it.

And now you&#039;re afraid to face that which you&#039;ve created. You&#039;ve lost all respect and confidence, and you&#039;re running scared now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first line tells it all&#8230;too much yelling, not enough listening.</p>
<p>Hey Hill People &#8211; we have been listening. We&#8217;ve been listening all these years to your bullshit, selling us one bad policy after another.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve been listening to your campaign promises and your endless rhetoric. We&#8217;ve listened to your speeches and your commercials.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re tired of listening, it&#8217;s time you did some yourself.</p>
<p>You are not doing what&#8217;s in the best interest of this country or its people. You&#8217;re corrupt and rotten to the core.</p>
<p>You consider yourselves above the laws that you pass, and above the lowly masses that you&#8217;re elected to represent.</p>
<p>You play politics and power games when the fate of the country is at stake. You&#8217;re beholden to monied interests and not the People.</p>
<p>You lie and distort. You play lip service to the Constitution and Bill of Rights that you&#8217;re sworn to uphold and protect.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re an enemy of all that is right and just. You&#8217;re a parody of yourselves and a disgrace to those that sacrificed every thing to birth this nation, and to all those that came after to protect it.</p>
<p>And now you&#8217;re afraid to face that which you&#8217;ve created. You&#8217;ve lost all respect and confidence, and you&#8217;re running scared now.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandune</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41842/comment-page-1#comment-173768</link>
		<dc:creator>Sandune</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The campaigns themselves are responsible for the voters getting verbally and physically threatening.  The base of the GOP has destroyed any possible debate as they have shown a total lack of respect for the current White House.  The townhall meetings have turned into a 10th grade schoolyard fight; right down to the dialog.  

During the Clinton Administration the GOP took out their wrath on the internet but nothing as threatening as this new breed of Republicans.  

Obviously the only way to unseat President Obama is through lining up lies about this personal character.  

I believe that the GOP is now inspired by their faith in Jesus Christ and they extrapolate their hatred for Obama as coming from God.  They turned the GOP into an power of inquisition when the churches took over the government in Europe.  

The smartest move for many Republicans running for office in 2012 would be to make an apology to their voters for degrading the position of President.  If there is a leader in the Republican Party he/she should stand up and demand an end to the personal attacks.  I&#039;ve been called a RINO so many times, I would not vote for any Republican and I haven&#039;t since 1988.  I would also tell Fox News and Rush to shut the hell up and work on agenda, not personal attacks.  

There are many smart people who could bring up a winning agenda for either side but they are carried away with a sense of violence in their words.  It would not help to restrain the words as few posing on line could accept a more refined debate.  

We are fortunate here at CHB that we have monitors who do control our anger.  Hell, I&#039;ve been thrown out a record number of times.  

President Bush 43 opened up the elections to a level of uneducated groups of voters who had never bothered to vote before.  They felt their religions took them over and above the masses who had voted all their lives.  Many had never debated anything before and without the proper dialog, they blew apart many discussion forums.  Many forums closed up due to the threats of violence.

I have a source for these threats of violence on the internet that I can soon expose.  We are fortunate to have our monitors here at CHB who keep us aware of what could come of the out-of-control ranters.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The campaigns themselves are responsible for the voters getting verbally and physically threatening.  The base of the GOP has destroyed any possible debate as they have shown a total lack of respect for the current White House.  The townhall meetings have turned into a 10th grade schoolyard fight; right down to the dialog.  </p>
<p>During the Clinton Administration the GOP took out their wrath on the internet but nothing as threatening as this new breed of Republicans.  </p>
<p>Obviously the only way to unseat President Obama is through lining up lies about this personal character.  </p>
<p>I believe that the GOP is now inspired by their faith in Jesus Christ and they extrapolate their hatred for Obama as coming from God.  They turned the GOP into an power of inquisition when the churches took over the government in Europe.  </p>
<p>The smartest move for many Republicans running for office in 2012 would be to make an apology to their voters for degrading the position of President.  If there is a leader in the Republican Party he/she should stand up and demand an end to the personal attacks.  I&#8217;ve been called a RINO so many times, I would not vote for any Republican and I haven&#8217;t since 1988.  I would also tell Fox News and Rush to shut the hell up and work on agenda, not personal attacks.  </p>
<p>There are many smart people who could bring up a winning agenda for either side but they are carried away with a sense of violence in their words.  It would not help to restrain the words as few posing on line could accept a more refined debate.  </p>
<p>We are fortunate here at CHB that we have monitors who do control our anger.  Hell, I&#8217;ve been thrown out a record number of times.  </p>
<p>President Bush 43 opened up the elections to a level of uneducated groups of voters who had never bothered to vote before.  They felt their religions took them over and above the masses who had voted all their lives.  Many had never debated anything before and without the proper dialog, they blew apart many discussion forums.  Many forums closed up due to the threats of violence.</p>
<p>I have a source for these threats of violence on the internet that I can soon expose.  We are fortunate to have our monitors here at CHB who keep us aware of what could come of the out-of-control ranters.</p>
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