Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 21:15     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:how is taking meetings with her constituents asking to meet in her office empowering the left?


Taking meetings doesn't. Doing townhalls with people that are never going to vote for you does.

However, given the hundreds of thousands of people she represents, it makes perfect political sense that she decides to meet with folks that are most likely to actually vote for her.

If this was a truly bipartisan movement, they would be asking for townhalls from our Democratic Federal legislators as well. There's a reason nobody could answer previous questions about the townhall schedules for the other northern VA legislators.

Just like the Tea Party, folks organizing these townhalls represent a political wing and not the bipartisan center.



Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 21:01     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.


Did Warner or Kaine hold any? They also represent us in Congress.


Kaine on Feb. 17 in Newport News:
http://pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/at-town-hall-meeting-kaine-and-scott-face-anxious-citizens/article_aecce553-8077-5ea8-9870-2df5dc296292.html
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 21:00     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.


Did Warner or Kaine hold any? They also represent us in Congress.



Of course not. The OP post was the same as libs are doing nationwide to try and shame Republicans into doing Townhalls where libs will show up and irresponsibly protest. No big news here. Townhalls may have worked in the era pre-TV but we are moving ahead and these communications are being held, for ALL constituents by phone. Social media and 6,000 constituents on the phone asking question is a far more effective way of communicating than dealing with a bunch of angry non-constituents protesting at a Townhall. I participated in one recently and both sides of the aisle got equal time on the debacle of Obamacare. If anything, I am on the side desperately needing reform and I was in the queue to ask a question about when reform might happen. I was impressed. 6,000 constituents got to ask questions. There were clearly representatives of all sorts of healthcare experiences on the line asking questions. Townhalls go back to the radio-Era.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 20:54     Subject: Re:Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ahahah, she apparently got a "Doctor" to plant a question re: the ACA during this televised town hall, too. You can't make this shit up: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbara-comstock-townhall-question_us_58adec9ae4b057efdce88931

OMG - first candidate to ever do that


Hey Barbara, quit having your fake doctor friends call in, and DO YOUR JOB.



A) The article is from Huff Post therefore inherently unreliable
B) nowhere in the article does it say that she arranged for that doctor to call in
C) You are the libs trying to tear down everything that is good in this country. You lost the election. Grow up.
D) I gave a lot more to Barbara's campaign and no one from her campaign staff (she would not make the call herself, you idiot - that's a violation of campaign laws) call me and ask me to set up a phony question.
E) This is part of a national movement by libs to protest and disrupt all Townhalls in the United States. Don't even pretend you are posting here just against Barbara. The DC poster proves that - they aren't even in the 10th district so why would they care? Because they want to make the ignorant think Barbara is really running from these Townhalls. Shame on all of you. Become responsible citizens and change your own party and start to fix things, not tear them down.


Wait a sec, are YOU the fake doctor? Because you said "I gave a lot more to Barbara's campaign and no one from her campaign staff (she would not make the call herself, you idiot - that's a violation of campaign laws) call me and ask me to set up a phony question."

Because if so, you are just as FULL OF SHIT as your buddy Barbara, and both of you deserve to lose your jobs. And you just admitted that the article is pretty spot-on with regard to what happened.



Well, aren't you polite? No, I'm not full of shit. If you read carefully you would see that nowhere did I say I was a doctor or a faux doctor. So your reasoning is then exactly what? Try using a polite argument instead of throwing invectives next time. We all know you are DC libs flamethrowing at all town halls. No way is this directed to Barbara personally. You tried, You failed.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 20:49     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
how is taking meetings with her constituents asking to meet in her office empowering the left?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 19:49     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.


I know people who voted HRC and Comstock in NOVA. And to a person, they said that she was very responsive and active in her district and appeared for everything. She was very vulnerable this year-- in fact was cited in new reports as one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the nation. Hence the fact that everyone in the DMV was tired of the Comstock Bennett ads. She will be more vulnerable in 2 years, because of the demographics of her district. It is half NOVA (western Fairfax and Loudoun and half ROVA-- gerrymandered to force part of NOVA into a safe R district). Except the growth in the NOVA part has exploded, while the ROVA part has not. So each election, her district gets al little more blue. She does not have the luxury of pretending that her district is a safely red and saying screw you to the left. If the moderate Dems in NOVA who voted for her turn on her, she's gone. She may be gone even if they don't.


Yes, she'll probably eventually need gerrymandering help for 2022, assuming she makes it that far.

She should engage with moderate Democrats and independents, just like Kaine works with moderate Republicans.

However, it would be politically unwise for her to empower the left and interact with her constituents on their terms. When you are in a swing district you will always have a third of the folks vote against you regardless.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 18:58     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.


I know people who voted HRC and Comstock in NOVA. And to a person, they said that she was very responsive and active in her district and appeared for everything. She was very vulnerable this year-- in fact was cited in new reports as one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the nation. Hence the fact that everyone in the DMV was tired of the Comstock Bennett ads. She will be more vulnerable in 2 years, because of the demographics of her district. It is half NOVA (western Fairfax and Loudoun and half ROVA-- gerrymandered to force part of NOVA into a safe R district). Except the growth in the NOVA part has exploded, while the ROVA part has not. So each election, her district gets al little more blue. She does not have the luxury of pretending that her district is a safely red and saying screw you to the left. If the moderate Dems in NOVA who voted for her turn on her, she's gone. She may be gone even if they don't.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 13:58     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.


Did Warner or Kaine hold any? They also represent us in Congress.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 13:39     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
I get to complain about MY district rep, who happens to be comstock, not holding town halls.

Or meeting with people in person after repeated requests.

If Dems are pulling the same, then that is a shame. And I will support their constituents in demanding to be heard.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 11:58     Subject: Re:Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
This is a bipartisan issue. Here's an article about Democrats not doing townhalls.

https://apnews.com/e66d9720f1cf40e6bd870d47b4d46c4b

Also, what were the district work period town hall schedules for our Democratic Northern Virginia Federal officials?

Everyone should do townhalls and everyone that complains should do so in a bipartisan fashion.


Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 11:48     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
The town halls are now fake with feminist and far Lefts plants
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 11:46     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is inciting riots. Stop getting your news from info wars.

She is dodging her own constituents. She doesn't show up at local events that a representative normally would. She's skipped events that were on her calendar. She isn't scheduling meetings with constituents in her district offices.

She is not carrying out the duties of representing her district.


She's doing what a smart politician does. No reason to engage with folks that aren't interested in civil dialogue.

She represents 700k plus people. Impossible to meet everyone. Makes political sense to engage only with folks that might actually vote for you.





How do you know people aren't willing to engage in civil dialogue?

You're making a ton of assumptions.

You say she represents 700k people. Yes, that is her job. Which means she works for all 700k of them. Not just the ones who agree with her.


I'm sure most people do want civil dialogue. However, similar to the early Tea Party movement, the folks I have seen attending these town halls across the country do a lot of shouting, interrupting, and don't even let their elected official finish their response. I don't define that as civil and wanting meaningful dialogue in a complex and nuanced world. Realize we may have to agree to disagree on what constitutes civil dialogue.

Agree with you on the ideal of your second point. However, just don't see that as how the system actually works.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 11:23     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is inciting riots. Stop getting your news from info wars.

She is dodging her own constituents. She doesn't show up at local events that a representative normally would. She's skipped events that were on her calendar. She isn't scheduling meetings with constituents in her district offices.

She is not carrying out the duties of representing her district.


She's doing what a smart politician does. No reason to engage with folks that aren't interested in civil dialogue.

She represents 700k plus people. Impossible to meet everyone. Makes political sense to engage only with folks that might actually vote for you.





How do you know people aren't willing to engage in civil dialogue?

You're making a ton of assumptions.

You say she represents 700k people. Yes, that is her job. Which means she works for all 700k of them. Not just the ones who agree with her.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 10:38     Subject: Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:No one is inciting riots. Stop getting your news from info wars.

She is dodging her own constituents. She doesn't show up at local events that a representative normally would. She's skipped events that were on her calendar. She isn't scheduling meetings with constituents in her district offices.

She is not carrying out the duties of representing her district.


She's doing what a smart politician does. No reason to engage with folks that aren't interested in civil dialogue.

She represents 700k plus people. Impossible to meet everyone. Makes political sense to engage only with folks that might actually vote for you.



Anonymous
Post 02/26/2017 10:06     Subject: Re:Barbara Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ahahah, she apparently got a "Doctor" to plant a question re: the ACA during this televised town hall, too. You can't make this shit up: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbara-comstock-townhall-question_us_58adec9ae4b057efdce88931

OMG - first candidate to ever do that


Hey Barbara, quit having your fake doctor friends call in, and DO YOUR JOB.



A) The article is from Huff Post therefore inherently unreliable
B) nowhere in the article does it say that she arranged for that doctor to call in
C) You are the libs trying to tear down everything that is good in this country. You lost the election. Grow up.
D) I gave a lot more to Barbara's campaign and no one from her campaign staff (she would not make the call herself, you idiot - that's a violation of campaign laws) call me and ask me to set up a phony question.
E) This is part of a national movement by libs to protest and disrupt all Townhalls in the United States. Don't even pretend you are posting here just against Barbara. The DC poster proves that - they aren't even in the 10th district so why would they care? Because they want to make the ignorant think Barbara is really running from these Townhalls. Shame on all of you. Become responsible citizens and change your own party and start to fix things, not tear them down.


Wait a sec, are YOU the fake doctor? Because you said "I gave a lot more to Barbara's campaign and no one from her campaign staff (she would not make the call herself, you idiot - that's a violation of campaign laws) call me and ask me to set up a phony question."

Because if so, you are just as FULL OF SHIT as your buddy Barbara, and both of you deserve to lose your jobs. And you just admitted that the article is pretty spot-on with regard to what happened.