2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRyan/Romney not good at Town Halls
They have had people removed and arrested for asking questions they don't want to answer.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/07/paul-ryan-has-five-people-kicked-out-and-three-people-arrested-for-asking-questions-at-town-hall/
In September:
"Paul Ryan Has Five People Kicked Out and Three People Arrested For Asking Questions At Town Hall
Last month, I wrote a story about Paul Ryan locking out jobless constituents from his office in Wisconsin. He has now gone from locking people out, to having them arrested.
At a town hall event in which people had to pay $15 to attend, Paul Ryan kicked out five people and had three arrested, all for asking questions he didnt like.
When Ryan tried to claim that our job crisis is directly related to our debt crisis, a woman stood up and asked, Our debt is out of control because of the tax cuts youre giving
Our unemployment in 2003 was 6.2% before the tax cuts went through. Now our unemployment rate is 9.1%. What are you doing to create jobs, Congressman? Instead of answering her question, Ryan kicked he out of the event.
After another person was shown the door, a woman stood up while Ryan was talking and said, You wont talk to us. How can we give our opinions when you refuse to talk to us? She too was kicked out. Then someone stood up in the back and asked, Where are the jobs, Ryan? He too, was escorted out."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/10/171145/romney-tests-town-hall-format.html?storylink=
"Romney only occasionally employs the unpredictable town-hall format, preferring to stick to the well-scripted traditional campaign events, where he usually gives a brisk 15- to 20-minute stump speech.
Weve done them before, and we view them as a good opportunity to greet voters and talk to them directly about some of the concerns they have about how important issues are affecting their community, Kevin Madden, a Romney senior adviser, said of the town halls.
Still, opening himself to questions presents some risks for Romney. He is sometimes prone to gaffes or straying off message when speaking off the cuff. Such a moment happened Tuesday in an interview with the Des Moines Register, in which he said regulating abortion would not be part of his legislative agenda if elected president.
Theres no legislation with regards to abortion that Im familiar with that would become part of my agenda, he told the papers editorial board.
The Register reported that Romney by executive order, not legislation, would reinstate the so-called Mexico City policy that bans U.S. foreign aid dollars from being used to perform abortions. Obama ended the George W. Bush-era policy shortly after taking office.
On the campaign trail and during the Republican primaries, Romney said he is against legalized abortion.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/10/171145/romney-tests-town-hall-format.html?storylink=addthis#storylink=cpy"
Esse Quam Videri
(685 posts)I mean come on.
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)Romney is really weak on foreign policy issues, especially since
he is on record as a draft dodger.
oswaldactedalone
(3,489 posts)in this debate or step back and fall off the stage like he did the first time?
zbdent
(35,392 posts)"Don't taze me, bro!" in a voice that sounds like "thank you for making me a star!" ...
Don't they ban the media at those events? You know, so they don't get another "47%" moment?
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)in next week's town hall?
She'll make sure that only the ones that are easy on Romney and hard on the president get through.
LiberalFighter
(50,501 posts)to interject that you may want to throw out or arrest people like Ryan did with his constituents but you can't here.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts).