Congressmen Pallone and Holt take on raucous crowds over health care reform
If you would like to read my take on the recent Rush Holt Town Hall Meeting in Middeltown you can read what I have to say about it at the New Jersey News Room, here's a sample:
All across the country this summer, members of congress have been holding town hall meetings in their respective districts to discuss health care reform. These meetings have been widely reported as being loud, raucous, boisterous and at times downright obscene. Often hecklers and rowdy misinformed attendees have been rude and disrespectful of others' opinions and have taken over the proceedings.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ6) and Rush Holt (D-NJ12), two members of congress that represent constituents in Monmouth County, were no exception. Each found out first hand just how rowdy and unruly these meeting could be when they held town hall meetings last week.
While I didn't have the opportunity to attend Frank Pallone's town hall meeting in Red Bank on Tuesday night August 25th, I've read a few accounts and have talked to some individuals who were there. They said what went on was a travesty of the political process, where it was all right to express one's First Amendment right of free speech as long as you yelled, shouted or screamed out in opposition to socialism, illegal immigration and abortion, as well as health care reform — the purpose of the town hall meeting itself...
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