How a smart Representative handles the "memo-people"/disruptors.

[SoCalDem]

Immediately after being introduced, he/she would say:

"Everyone who is on medicare, please stand up". Now sit down. Everyone who is too young to be on medicare, please stand up. Now sit down.

Why did I ask you to do that?

The first group of people who stood up paid into medicare since 1965 (maybe not the correct year) and their payments went to pay for health-care for their parents & grandparents. the second group of people who stood are NOW paying out of their paychecks for the first group's medicare..

Is that socialism? or is it just a generational promise of good citizenship and fair-play?

Let me ask these questions to the 2nd group. Should deductions from your pay stop, so that health-care benefits for the first group could be terminated?

Of course that means that YOU would get nothing in the way of health-care when YOU turn 65 either. How many have a million dollars saved up for health care in their old age?"

"NOW.. for the people who have received the RNC memo, and who are here to disrupt, please step up to the stage.. all together now.. You have 15 minutes to recite your prepared talking points, and then we'll proceed with the town hall meeting."

(assuming that no one steps forward)

Since no one here admits to receiving the disruption orders, or perhaps they were texting or twittering just now, anyone who stands up and shouts anything , will be removed."


then they should start the meeting.

[Buzz Clik]

1. If you gave them the stage, they would never leave. The Medicare part is quite good, though.

[SoCalDem]

4. they would be too timid to actually go up there, since they have nothing to contribute

and there was a 15 minute time limit :evilgrin:.. The OFFER is the shutdown.. These people are followers with "orders".. They stand up, shout their drivel and then meet up at Dennys afterward & plot out their Freeper posts..

[Buzz Clik]

5. Not so. I've witnessed a well organized protest, and they shut down the meeting for over an hour.

Fortunately, as part of the orchestration, they left after exactly one hour because their exit also contained an impact.

They might do as you say, but there would be a risk.

[annabanana]

2. k&r. . . .n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Damn good idea!

So good that I doubt anyone will do it.

It wouldn't be "politically correct." :eyes:

It might offend someone, and make that person's re-election difficult, if not impossible.


K&R

[jwirr]

6. I remember a heckler trying to interrupt a Paul Wellstone speech .

He was allowed to speak up a couple times and then the crowd turned on him. They told him to shut up or else. Several guys ushered him down the block away from the speech and the rest of us got to hear what Paul had to say. This was in a small Democratic community so maybe that would not work in larger settings.

I do like the social security part but I would simply address their issue before they got to voice it. NO we are not taking your Medicare away from you. NO we are not rationing your health care if you are 65 and older so that you die. Etc.