Jeremy
06-23-2008, 11:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLAZ_jhqIjA
This story was going around the emails and around here for a while, and there's the video!
Paige (works for campaign and posts here sometimes) -
I would like to share with you a story about David Price's town hall meeting this past Monday in Durham. Tom Lizardo, Congressman Ron Paul's Chief of Staff who has been consulting with us in the campaign, told us that if no one shows up to the town hall meeting of an incumbent Congressman, then the voters in the district are most likely content, and the incumbent is safe in the election. But Price's town hall this week was PACKED with lots of very angry constituents frustrated with his leadership on the War, his attempt to impose NBAF on the district, and citizens frustrated with him on a whole host of issues. His answers to their questions didn't do much, if anything, to satisfy them. B.J. had his moment to shine, going through a laundry list of anti-civil liberties bills (Patriot Act, the Real ID Act, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and others) that David Price has voted for in the past, proceeding to ask the Congressman a very reasonable question: "Do you read the bills?" Price accused B.J. of attempting to turn the town hall into a "political event" and then gave lame excuses for his support of those pieces of legislation. An audience member shouted while he was speaking, "Answer the question!" This demand was not met. Suffice it to say, B.J. walked out of the town hall that night with a lot of new fans. We have video footage of the exchange, and we will be posting it soon.
This story was going around the emails and around here for a while, and there's the video!
Paige (works for campaign and posts here sometimes) -
I would like to share with you a story about David Price's town hall meeting this past Monday in Durham. Tom Lizardo, Congressman Ron Paul's Chief of Staff who has been consulting with us in the campaign, told us that if no one shows up to the town hall meeting of an incumbent Congressman, then the voters in the district are most likely content, and the incumbent is safe in the election. But Price's town hall this week was PACKED with lots of very angry constituents frustrated with his leadership on the War, his attempt to impose NBAF on the district, and citizens frustrated with him on a whole host of issues. His answers to their questions didn't do much, if anything, to satisfy them. B.J. had his moment to shine, going through a laundry list of anti-civil liberties bills (Patriot Act, the Real ID Act, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and others) that David Price has voted for in the past, proceeding to ask the Congressman a very reasonable question: "Do you read the bills?" Price accused B.J. of attempting to turn the town hall into a "political event" and then gave lame excuses for his support of those pieces of legislation. An audience member shouted while he was speaking, "Answer the question!" This demand was not met. Suffice it to say, B.J. walked out of the town hall that night with a lot of new fans. We have video footage of the exchange, and we will be posting it soon.