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OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
6. Our Congressman is absent . . .
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 02:09 AM
Mar 2017

I'm in VA-01, reportedly represented by Rob Wittman (R, VA-01), although we never see him in the district. Oh, he does slip in and out of the district when there's a fund raiser or a celebratory dinner, but, he doesn't hold town halls -- except for those useless "telephone town halls."

HOWEVER -- THE RESISTANCE RISES!!!!

We have gone to five venues located in population centers around the district and reserved BIG auditoriums during the Easter recess. We have invited him to each of these -- 50 or more people from each location wrote and called his local and DC offices, inviting him to each location -- address, date, time. He has not yet responded.

Then -- we are placing ads and notices in every newspaper that serves the district, announcing these town halls -- date, time, place. Our notices say the town hall will be held whether he attends or not. We have contacted press -- print, tv, radio. One member of the resistance is paying for a couple of life-sized cardboard cutouts of Wittman that will stand in for him if he does not attend.

The young fellow who has declared his candidacy to run against Wittman in 2018 will be at all these events.

THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although, the Congressman may not like it.

This is how we start...getting 22+ House fuckers out of office in 2018. nt pkdu Mar 2017 #1
And hopefully once the Democrats have the majority they take the gloves off and cstanleytech Mar 2017 #2
Yes ...this, Benghazi x1000 relentess nt pkdu Mar 2017 #3
Well there is one huge difference, this investigation by the Democrats should focus purely on cstanleytech Mar 2017 #5
Starting with McConnell for blackmailing Obama to withhold the info, and then let's move on to JudyM Mar 2017 #19
Agreed. NT cstanleytech Mar 2017 #22
Hillary carried Orange County, hopefully Issa's on his way out MrPurple Mar 2017 #4
His behavior telegraphs that he is scared to death. calimary Mar 2017 #7
Duzy. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #9
Awww, thanks! calimary Mar 2017 #13
"They can go ahead and "grab pussy". We'll go ahead and snatch seats." BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #17
To be fair... MrPurple Mar 2017 #24
Only if they get in the way. BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #25
LOL and a vision to aspire to. JudyM Mar 2017 #20
Issa lost to Applegate big in San Diego County, only 1600 more votes in OC saved him stuffmatters Mar 2017 #16
Our Congressman is absent . . . OldRedneck Mar 2017 #6
Wow! awe-inspiring! Samantha Mar 2017 #8
We did a town hall without Cruz, Cornyn and Lamar Smith cuz they were avoiding us LeftInTX Mar 2017 #15
Excellent! not fooled Mar 2017 #21
We did that here. murielm99 Mar 2017 #23
Glad they're getting their asses handed to them. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #10
Radio Ads and Protests Should Be Run in the Districts of Nunes... TomCADem Mar 2017 #11
Thanks for this post Zorro. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #12
"Stop fretting, start fighting." Tom Perez calimary Mar 2017 #14
Lock them up jpak Mar 2017 #18
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