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jerseyjack Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 10:29 AM
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Here's How To Ruin Your GOP Congress Critter's Day
Town Hall meeting time is coming up. Depending on who your guy is, you will get to ask one question or maybe even no questions. So what do you do?

The louts' voting records are publicized. For instance, my local paper prints the voting record every week. Or Open Congress and other websites publish voting records. Instead of getting frustrated, bookmark or cut out and save the records of the most flagrantly harmful votes. Before the meeting, prepare a handout.
For example, my guy is Leonard Lance:

(Title) "ASK HIM, WHY?

(April 15,2011) HR 34. Leonard Lance voted to end Medicare. ASK HIM WHY?

Or, "Leonard Lance continues to accept health care paid for by New Jersey taxpayers. ASK HIM WHY?

Paid for by (Your name)

The point is that by handing out fliers, those in the audience will be more likely able to ask the questions that the representative would prefer not to address. Make sure his aides get a copy. That way he knows he can't hide. If there is a newspaper reporter, give them a copy.


It is probably best to credit yourself for the cost of the flier so as not to be charged with violating campaign finance laws.

Have fun and watch them squirm.


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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:03 AM
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1. K&R
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:21 AM
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2. Sen/Rep (name) voted to give our tax dollars to wealthy foreign investors. Why?
Paul Ryan budget continues payments to corporations like GE and Exxon which are traded internationally. Why should US citizens be taxed to increase the already-obscene profits of these corporations, including their foreign owners?
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 11:26 AM
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3. You should see what we're doing in Colorado's CD-4!
http://coeyesoncongress.com/

Cory Gardner's no longer holding town-halls - he's afraid of being asked those awkward questions like "Why did you vote to gut Medicare?", so now he spends his recess going to posh fundraisers with his rich big-business buddies. A couple weeks ago, he held one in Longmont, and we held a protest in front, out in the rain, and we headlined it on our site with "Cory Gardner leaves his constituents in the rain!"

It's PAYBACK TIME!!!
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 02:08 PM
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4. K&R'd
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 03:50 PM
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5. Really great idea!
Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 03:51 PM by Control-Z
Thanks for posting.

Edit: Rec
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