Comments on: Perriello postures; the 5th District laughs http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/08/perriello-postures-the-5th-district-laughs/ Where the News is Made!™ (online) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Schilling Show http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/08/perriello-postures-the-5th-district-laughs/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Schilling Show Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:05:19 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=1999#comment-548 Mr. Tom Whitehead, I'm glad that you are constantly amazed, but you are incorrect in your speculation. I would not be ecstatic over a contrived move by a disingenuous politician like Tom Perriello, be he Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or other. The boy-Congressman held 21 meetings and then completely disregarded most of what he "listened" to. Our "representative" certainly is not representing <em>our</em> interests. Mr. Tom Whitehead,

I’m glad that you are constantly amazed, but you are incorrect in your speculation. I would not be ecstatic over a contrived move by a disingenuous politician like Tom Perriello, be he Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or other.

The boy-Congressman held 21 meetings and then completely disregarded most of what he “listened” to. Our “representative” certainly is not representing our interests.

]]> By: gdhfetalmd http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/08/perriello-postures-the-5th-district-laughs/comment-page-1/#comment-545 gdhfetalmd Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:57:55 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=1999#comment-545 Mr. Periello may have put on more town hall meetings than anyone else in Congress but then he abandoned his constituents by voting with his leadership and ignoring the fact that voters in the 5th district overwhelmingly opposed the socialist healthcare reforms put forth. He was sent to congress to REPRESENT the 5th District, not decide what is best for us. I am so tired of democrats in Congress ignoring the very people who put them in and marching to the likes of Nance Pelosi. The results of this non representation were seen in Mass this past week and will be clearly seen this coming November. Mr. Periello may have put on more town hall meetings than anyone else in Congress but then he abandoned his constituents by voting with his leadership and ignoring the fact that voters in the 5th district overwhelmingly opposed the socialist healthcare reforms put forth. He was sent to congress to REPRESENT the 5th District, not decide what is best for us. I am so tired of democrats in Congress ignoring the very people who put them in and marching to the likes of Nance Pelosi. The results of this non representation were seen in Mass this past week and will be clearly seen this coming November.

]]> By: tkw http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/08/perriello-postures-the-5th-district-laughs/comment-page-1/#comment-541 tkw Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:37:32 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=1999#comment-541 Mr Schilling you never cease to amaze me. If you were told that a republican representative "bucked party leadership by requesting that the final vote be delayed until 48 hours after the bill had been posted online, to allow constituents ample time to study and understand the bill" you would be ecstatic. If the representative then said, "I held 21 town hall meetings in August – more than any other Member of Congress in the country – because I believe the American people deserve to play a role in the process as we work to improve our nation’s health care system. As differences are reconciled between the House and Senate bills, we should again engage the American people in the discussion, whether by televising the negotiations or ensuring the bill is available to the public at least 72 hours before any vote. Only with greater transparency and an open process can we make sure pork and unfair taxes are not in the final version", you would be overjoyed. But you cannot give any credit where credit is due. Our representative is making a great effort to listen. How many of the townhall meetings did you go to? How many questions did you ask? And if you did go, did you give concrete, thoughtful ideas to help the public understand the bill? "Words are worthless, Tom, unless you have the cojones to back them up with actions." I can say the same of you. Why not take your forum and give ideas to solve our nations problems rather than ditto everything the right wingers say? Mr Schilling you never cease to amaze me. If you were told that a republican representative “bucked party leadership by requesting that the final vote be delayed until 48 hours after the bill had been posted online, to allow constituents ample time to study and understand the bill” you would be ecstatic.

If the representative then said, “I held 21 town hall meetings in August – more than any other Member of Congress in the country – because I believe the American people deserve to play a role in the process as we work to improve our nation’s health care system. As differences are reconciled between the House and Senate bills, we should again engage the American people in the discussion, whether by televising the negotiations or ensuring the bill is available to the public at least 72 hours before any vote. Only with greater transparency and an open process can we make sure pork and unfair taxes are not in the final version”, you would be overjoyed.

But you cannot give any credit where credit is due. Our representative is making a great effort to listen. How many of the townhall meetings did you go to? How many questions did you ask? And if you did go, did you give concrete, thoughtful ideas to help the public understand the bill?

“Words are worthless, Tom, unless you have the cojones to back them up with actions.” I can say the same of you. Why not take your forum and give ideas to solve our nations problems rather than ditto everything the right wingers say?

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