NY Dem Rep. Eric Massa: Townhalls Killing Democrat Party with Millions Withdrawing ObamaCare Support, So He Refuses to Hold Townhall Meeting
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 17, 2009
Finally… A Democrat congressman who is honest about his intentions to shaft the voters in his district by voting for ObamaCare!
Gutsy move on the part of Rep. Eric Massa… even gutsier to tell the whole world (CFOYT… “Captured Forever On YouTube”) that you’re going to stubbornly (and stupidly) ignore the desires of the majority of folks in your New York district who voted for you to represent them in Congress. Way to go, Eric!
H/T to RedState for Massa video and the comment snippet below (RedState’s blog commenter Cold Warrior’s attempts to get in touch with Democrat Rep. Eric Massa of New York):
Well, it’s not much of an update. Just called his office again to find out when he was going to have a town hall meeting with real constituents like me. Answer: he won’t. Was he in the office? No. Would he be in the office tomorrow? No, he would be in meetings. I asked to be included. Nope. Why not? Not open to the public. NONE of his meetings during the recess are open to the public. The only “town hall” he’ll have is a telephone conference call.
In the video below, Rep. Massa addresses an intimate gathering of Net Roots activists during a round table discussion at the annual Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh this past weekend. He discusses his support of a single-payer health care system and the risk his vote may have to holding down his congressional seat.
Ya think? Glad you’re so honest about shafting your district’s constituents… I’d be boiling mad if this clown was MY representative.
Rep. Massa (D-NY) Addresses Netroots: I WILL vote against the interests of my district | August 2009
Additional ObamaCare and townhall info:
GayPatriot: Rep. Massa To His Constituents: Drop Dead and Ma’am Boxer has time for a book signing, but “nothing scheduled” on health care reform
Wake Up Black America: Congressman Eric Massa of New York believes he is “helping” his constituents by doing the opposite of what they want.
Alberto de la Cruz, Babalú Blog, an island on the net without a bearded dictator: The limp
Pirates! Man Your Women: Cowards
Hot Air: Democrat: I don’t care what my constituents think, I’m voting for single-payer and Rasmussen: 54% would prefer no bill to current ObamaCare proposals and Cornyn to Obama: Shut down Snitch Central and Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s phony town hall and Obama: Government health care will be like, um, the post office
Delaware Online: Lawmakers opt out of shouting matches
Moe Lane: Rep. Bishop, Boswell having health care meetings allllll the way over *there*
American Thinker: Congress on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
El Campeador’s Weblog: Reader Report from San Francisco Rally Against Obamacare…LOOK! More “uncivil” MOBSTERS Madame’s Boxer and Pelosi. Madame’s meant in the most “uncivil” way….
American Spectator: Support For Health Care Bill Drops Even Further Without Gov’t Plan and Gallup Finds Independents Sympathize With Protesters
Gateway Pundit: Liberals “Tired of Compromise” …Ready to Ram Obamacare Down America’s Throat
QandO: Skeptical Americans Continue To Say No To Democratic Health Care Plan
Michelle Malkin: Inconvenient links of the week: Obama and the LaRouche poster and Democrat Rep. Betsy Markey, etiquette czarina and Profile in congressional cowardice and White House public option ploy: A trial balloon, not a white flag and Another Democrat takes refuge at a union headquarters and Congressional Fugitive Watch: Has your lawmaker absconded today? and Pretty sneaky, Congresswoman Bean and Winds of change in San Francisco and Obamacare/OFA stage props in Houston: “One is a Che Guevara fan and the other lies about being a doctor.” and Hey, Rep. Betsy Markey: You’re invited to a town hall meeting you refuse to hold! and Breaking: Finance Committee to drop end-of-life provision and Selective outrage of the MSM and Billie Jean King: Obama’s distortions are “cute” and Obama’s town hall performance and Democrats now taking refuge at SEIU offices and Little girl at Obama town hall has not-so-random political connections and NBC: “YES WE DID” and What’s the SEIU up to now?
John C. Phillips, Big Hollywood: ObamaCare: From the People Who Brought You the Post Office
Nice Deb: OUT: Public Option IN: Health Care Co-ops (With Updates)
American Thinker: Orthopedic Surgeons respond to Obama on amputation comment
Pink Elephant Pundit: Skeptic Joins the Town Hall Train: Providing a Backbone for the Good Guys
Confederate Yankee: Obama Administration Distances Itself, From Itself, On Health Care ” Public Option”
Ztower: Congressman Frank Kratovil Escapes Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Finding Refuge In The Calmer, Cooler Middle East.
Yahoo, Reuters: Liberal Democrats unhappy with healthcare shift
Frugal Café Blog Zone: More Dem Cowards Hiding Out from Voters: Delaware Senators Carper & Kaufman Refuse to Hold ObamaCare Town Hall Meetings and “You Can Bet Our Astro-Turf…” San Francisco Tea Party Against Health Care (video) and San Francisco’s Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer Refuse to Host ObamaCare Town Hall Meetings… Citizens Will Hold Their Own Mock Town Hall Meeting and Candle Vigil (UPDATE: Boxer’s Book Tour) and Dr. Obama’s in the House: I’m Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV (video) and Phony-Baloney Democrat Astro-Turfing: Dems Hiring Fake ObamaCare Protesters from Ads Placed on Craigs List; UPDATE, Little Girl with Political Connections to POTUS? and Trojan Horses and Bold-Faced Lies: Obama’s Own Words on Eliminating Private Health Insurance (video) and Rush Limbaugh: Town Hall ObamaCare Protests, “All Statist” Insurance, and “Obama The Joker” Posters and Fake Democrat Astro-turf Protesting: Is Code Pink “Too-Well Dressed”? Or Just “Too Pink”? Only Sen. Babs Boxer Knows for Sure…
The Reluctant Optimist: Health Care Town Halls
The Clampdown: Obama Ripped By American College Of Surgeons
The Substratum: RHINOCare – The Senate Finance Committee Puts Lipstick On A Pig. Rush Limbaugh And Other Concerned Parties Are Counting On The Blue Dogs And Ignoring The Elephant In The Room
Doug Powers, Michelle Malkin: Town hall time for Obama and ‘the mob’ and Did ‘Cash for Clunkers’ just put Obamacare on the junk heap?
Patterico’s Pontifications: Deceiver.com on Pelosi and Obama: Goal Is to Eliminate Private Health Insurance
American Elephants: The Democrats Really, Really Don’t Want to Hear From You About Nationalized Health Care
Right Voices: Specter: “I could be somewhere else. I don’t get any extra pay — I don’t have any requirement to be here.”
NewsBusters: Harry Reid Will Only Do Town Halls By Telephone, Media Mum
Real Clear Politics: Dem Congressman: Town Hall Protesters Are “Political Terrorist[s]”
The Hoosierpundit: Baron Hill Repeats “Political Terrorists” Line
GayPatriot: AP Finds Anti-ObamaCare Protests Represent Genuine Grassroots
Jim Blazsik: Breitbart.tv » ‘06 Flashback: Pelosi Tells Anti-War Protesters ‘I’m a Fan of Disruptors’
Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog: Surprise: Young Girl @ Obama TownHall in NH was a Plant!
Goodtimepolitics: A Video Obama Doesn’t Want Americans To See (ACORN and local police)
No Sheeples Here: Mistrust Those In Whom The Urge To Punish Is Strong
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Cowardly Democrats Tim Bishop and Alan Grayson now holding townhalls at union offices
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Eric Massa yuko!These democrats are acting very peculiar like weasels what are they hiding, We all should demand federal audit. start getting groups together and go through your state constitution in case they go for seizure of our healthcare system.
Sometimes the best thing we all can do is sit back and let these condescending elitists self-destruct. If there was any doubt in anyone’s mind that they live in a bubble, patronize us, represent no one but themselves, friends, their parties, and their constituents are sheep they feel must be herded; there isn’t anymore. “GRAP” might be on to something. These representatives and senators ARE acting peculiar, almost like their gonads are in a vice. Arlen Specter, after two or three town hall meetings with his own constituents screaming for him not to vote for a public option…. says he will not vote for anything WITHOUT a public option! Massa says the same thing in an even more condescending way and won’t hold any more meetings because their losing 3 million every time they have a meeting? Are you sh..ing me! I’ll interpret: “the more the plan gets exposed and we are confronted the more people realize they are not alone in their suspicions and concerns…. so let’s try to keep that a secret”. I have tried to remain fair in my evaluation of any politician, party be damned but why are all these people Democrats?
Gotta keep in mind they are not leting anybody near the financial books, Treasury ect.. I’m hoping there is no taxpayer money funneling to– well you know. very serious crime. I imagine Impeachment is now on the table for a series of offenses you know the President is not allowed to even committ a misdemeanor.