U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, WA-01

  “I’m not done yet,” Inslee said. “For those trying to shout me down, I won’t be intimidated.”

U.S. Rep Jay Inslee, Washington State

Edmonds Town Hall Meeting

I don’t know what the Everett Teabaggers thought they could do to knock my Congressman off his feet ( per their marching orders from the wack-jobs they take their orders from ) at his Town Hall meeting in Edmonds, Washington on Sunday- but they would have done well to remember that this is the man who voted against  going into Iraq when many DID – he also  has no problem with invoking the name of  Paul Wolfowitz in a place like, oh say a Town Hall Meeting with the infamous Teabagger and Deather and Birther and now Tenther groups in attendance  and nailing the Bush administration for the very large role they played in running the U.S. Economy into the ground was not about to be knocked off  stride by someone screeching a talking point like ” read the bill.”

Instead the ones who were knocked off stride was  this bitter little knot of Teabaggers that I recognized from Rick Larsen’s Town Hall. They were standing in the back of the room with their arms folded across their chests and they looked just as surprised as they did in Everett when they and the now infamous ‘ether’ groups were confronted and in turn shouted down by Reform Supporters.

In fact, when the Teabaggers and ” No-Crowd” were laughed at, or heckled or even hissed at when they hit a talking point- they all had that same deer caught in the headlights look on their faces.

Photo: A.M. Moscoso

I would like to take a moment to say thank you to the Main Stream Media for their one sided coverage of these meetings.

 I think the Teabaggers honestly thought they took over and ran these meetings from start to finish. They thought those news clips and sound bites were the entire meeting. Of course these clips are like a minute long and the meeting are a couple of HOURS long and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out there was a lot more going on in all of those OTHER minutes. But if Teabaggers were smart they’d have figured out Hawaii is a state by now and that people born there are U.S. Citizens.

Here’s the thing about Jay Inlsee’s meetings- those of us who actually live in his district and go meetings where he reports back on his work- know that we WILL be treated to things like facts, and numbers and more facts. So when the Teabaggers and “ether groups’ show up and make noise they miss that.

And that’s a shame, because if Jay Inslee gives you a fact or a number you can check it out- and with some small effort on your part you will find that you are not going to being directed to his personal website to find them. If you want to challange him it’s all there for you to look at and disagree with if that’s what you’re all about.

But at least it will be you doing the disagreeing and that is something that can be respected.

FYI

Nobody respects Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh that sad, sad figure of a man who is the leader of the Republican party-  that’s just in case you don’t know that little fact already.

Photo: A.M. Moscoso

So what did I take away from Jay’s Town Hall?

Well.

I learned that a Teabaggers don’t get as Teabaggy when there aren’t a bunch of news vans and truck parked out front of the meeting hall.

I also learned that they don’t scream Obama is Hitler in a room full of people who are waiting…I mean WAITING for you to open your mouth and just say it. It was obvious- one of the Talking Points the teabaggers use is to yell ‘liar’. When one person and only one had the nerve to yell that at Inslee more then a few people got to their feet turned to the person who said that and said some things I can’t print here because my nieces read my blog and I try, to not use Potty Mouth Language.

So, you may be wondering by now: why were people there? The Teabaggers know what they’re supposed to say. I’ve been to so many Health Care Reform Meetings that I could host my own by now.

Only I know for a fact that  I would be funnier and I would not be above using sock puppets, but that’s just me.

I was there for two reasons.

I was there to show my support for Health Care Reform.

I was also there to let the Teabaggers to know that President…THAT’S PRESIDENT OBAMA…is not pushing for Health Care Reform for fun- a lot, oh wait  a MAJORITY of Americans put him into office to do that.

Photo: A.M. Moscoso

Now here’s my end of the meeting story:

I was walking to my car with my husband and my nephews  and some friends when someone walking behind us said something like, ” Kennedy is dead and Bryd is going down next- yep, one down one to go…”

My husband calmly asked my nephews what made people say ignornat things and my friend said something like lack of education and I turned around, stopped and made the mouth walk around me.

Because I sure as hell wasn’t going to step aside for him.

Photo: A.M. Moscoso