Why Can't Our Congresswoman hold a public meeting?

I certainly understand that, after the tragedy in AZ, security is to be considered.  First, if we had a functioning mental health system in this country, there would be fewer tragedies of that sort.  Second, we must not let events of that nature destroy our democratic republic. Lastly, there are methods of holding public meetings with adequate security precautions.

The real underlying reason this Congressional district has not seen public meetings is that the Congresswoman is aware enough of the real world to understand that Congress, in general, is not held in high esteem.  If we add to that her allegiance to the Far Right and her dislike of cogent ideas, she just doesn't feel at home any more in this area, I think.  The common people are altogether too common.

I recently moved here from the Midwest for personal reasons.  I had the occasion to attend county fairs in rural Kansas.  I watched as civic leaders engaged in friendly arguments, trying to be the first person to bid on the champion animal raised by a 4H youngster.  To me, this seems the best place to support that entrepreneurial spirit we hear Right Wingers espouse.  These young people select an animal, buy feed, keep records, care for the animal, and look forward to a profit when they sell.  It is about as pure a form of capitalism as one may hope to find.  And the civic leaders of those Kansas communities recognize that. They make certain the animal brings a premium to reward those youngsters for their hard work.

More recently, I attended a similar event in Southwest Washington.  I was not really surprised that our Congressperson had no presence there, let alone did she attend.  At auction time, I watched as the champion pig was offered for auction.  There were no civic organizations, no politicians there clamoring to bid.  I bought the animal at a fair price, at best.  I wished someone had bid against me.

It seems that those folks on the right should put up or shut up.

To the point, our Congresswoman does not want to hear alternatives.  She is of the opinion that, if one keeps an open mind, someone may put ideas in it.  Hubert Humphrey said something to the effect that the moral test of government is the manner in which it treats those at the dawn of life, the children, those in the shadows of life, the disabled, and those at the twilight of life, the aged.  Our Congresswoman doesn't adhere to such a philosophy. There are viable options that will be equitably painful for all.  She does not want to hear them.  There is no data to support many of the concepts she holds true.  Often, the data proves just the opposite. She does not care.