Barletta, Marino: Don't record

[Lugnut]

I am so outraged over this move I have no words. Just who do Barletta and Marino think they have to answer to?


http://standardspeaker.com/news/barletta-marino-don-t-record-1.1151931


Barletta's two most recent town hall meetings followed his vote in favor of a privatized version of Medicare proposed by House Budget Commitee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. Polls show the proposal's key element - vouchers that allow senior citizens to shop for private health care instead of government-based Medicare - is highly unpopular among Americans.

Constituents angry at Barletta's vote let him know their displeasure, though Kelly downplayed the anger as largely the work of Democratic operatives.

Kelly insisted the ban is not meant to prevent Barletta from looking bad if he says something embarrassing or potentially damaging politically and it spreads on the Internet. He said legitimate news media will record the comments and publish or air them anyway.

"It's not a public meeting," Kelly said. "It's a meeting held to give the congressman an opportunity to meet with the public and we will set the ground rules ... I think this is something we are doing to help people out."

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Uh, come again? It's not a public meeting?

It's a meeting held to give the congressman an opportunity to meet with the public. What part of "public" does this spokesperson not understand? It would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic.

[benfranklin1776]

2. Somewhere Orwell is laughing......

.....or crying at the fact that doublespeak has now become the official language of the Rethuglican Party. What is worse is they say things as patently idiotic as this with a straight face and expect that everyone is like their hard core base of teabagger nutjobs who believes that up is down, black is white, war is peace and knowledge is evil so they spew this noxious drivel with impunity. Not only are they fascist they are psychotic with absolutely no grounding in reality.