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patrick t. cakes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 10:28 PM
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any town halls scheduled for des moines in the near future?
i've tried googling but nothing comes up.

thanks much. p
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 10:48 PM
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1. Harkin had one in Des Moines,
today, I think it was, although could have been Friday.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 12:12 PM
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2. Harkin's was on Saturday
And of course the astroturf teabaggers were there to disrupt the event.

http://www.kcci.com/news/20330811/detail.html
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patrick t. cakes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:15 PM
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5. yeah i missed that one
was camping. id like to get some footage of the baggers if possible.
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Cairycat Donating Member (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 12:59 PM
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3. Just got an email with some coming up
Tomorrow 8/10
9:15 Peoples Community Health Clinic, Waterloo

11:30 - 1201 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids

Wednesday 8/12
1:30 Fort Dodge Community Health Center, Fort Dodge

Thursday 8/13
5:45 PM Parker Opera House (Park Inn Hotel, Mason City

This is the page the email took me to, where the above times and dates are from:

www.my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?orderby=day&state=ia&country=US&event_type<0>=252&limit=100&radius_unit=miles

Okay, the link looks funny but worked for me. If it doesn't work for you, you can get to it from www.barackobama.com .

I may go to the one in Waterloo tomorrow - I'll let you guys know how it went if I do.





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patrick t. cakes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:13 PM
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4. thanks much.
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Cairycat Donating Member (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:25 AM
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6. The Waterloo Harkin event was quite left-friendly
A majority of those there (I would say 2/3 to 3/4s of the 50 or so attending) were pro-Harkin and pro-public option. Harkin spoke for about half an hour and took questions for another half hour. The one obviously Rethug questioner only verged on being rude and loud. One of his concerns was tort reform, and Harkin asked him what his ideal tort reform would be. Pretty much everybody in the room turned to look at him as he stumbled with a reply.

Harkin spoke convincingly of the need for a public option, and for the need for the bill to contain funding for preventative health care. But he was also gracious towards those who disagreed with him or who weren't sure his proposals would work for them. In this, he is light years ahead of Grassley.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 08:47 PM
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7. Your in luck . All Chuck all day Wednesday!
Edited on Mon Aug-10-09 08:48 PM by rurallib
In the DM area. See my thread here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=152x26191
ETA - let me add them here:


This is all I have seen posted. Looks like a one day swing for old Chuckles. No doubt he will be working on that bill to make insurance companies rich - er - I mean health care the rest of the time:

http://grassley.senate.gov/events/Weekly-View.cfm?click...
Wednesday August 12, 2009
Madison County Town Hall Meeting

* 9:15 - 10:15 AM

Winterset Public Library

123 North 2nd Street

Winterset


Union County Town Hall Meeting

* 11:15 - 12:15 PM

Afton City Hall

Council Chambers

115 East Kansas Street

Afton


Guthrie County Town Hall Meeting

* 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Panora Community Center

115 West Main Street

Panora


Dallas County Town Hall Meeting

* 4:30 - 5:30 PM

Adel Public Library

Meeting Room

303 South 10th Street

Adel
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