Comments on: Bachmann’s Town Hall https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: catgirl https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543504 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543504 I went to a town hall in Virginia last week, and I was worried that something like this would happen. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they gave priority to actual residents of the district. The people who had been bused in to skew the crowd were asked to wait outside.

]]> By: Tony P https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543503 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:44:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543503 The “Bus them in” strategy is being used to great effect in both the health care meme and the marriage equality meme.

For example, I know NOM bussed them in year before last here in RI.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543502 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:27:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/29/bachmanns-town-hall/#comment-543502 I was there, and actually left the hall before it started. It was getting too crowded for me. Most of the Democrats I knew who were there were inside, but it was a small portion of the larger crowd.

I went outside to try to engage some wingnuts and embarrass them, but they rushed by us. After it was over, I tried to talk to some of them again but was actually thwarted by “my own people” who rudely interrupted me with the same tired stuff that doesn’t impress anyone. It was frustrating, I will be putting in more detail at Quiche Moraine on Monday.

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