Recess Roastings: Shelley “Chicken” Berkley Still Hiding From Her Constituents

Shelley “Chicken” Berkley Still Hiding From Her Constituents

Angry Voters Find Berkley, Demand Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Government Healthcare Takeover

Amid Rising Public Outrage, Desperate Dems Race to Salvage Healthcare Takeover Plans, Foresee More Public Anger

“Congressional Democrats, already behind in their bid to revamp the U.S. health-care system, will spend an August break trying to resolve discord within their party, fending off Republican attacks and taking on insurers.” (“Lawmakers Move to Sell Health-Care Plan to Voters,” Bloomberg, August 4, 2009)

Recess Roasting: Irate Citizens Find Berkley at Local Democrat Party Meeting, Demand She Meet With Constituents Instead of Party Bosses

To view the entire video, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBF8PPrXDU4

Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley was surrounded by an animated crowd at a North Las Vegas library Wednesday night, after protesters showed up at a meeting of the Clark County Democratic Party’s Black Caucus.

The crowd demanded its own town-hall meeting with the congresswoman.

Video of the confrontation, posted on YouTube, shows someone shouting “Chicken!” and Berkley wheeling around to face the camera and say, “I don’t think I’m a chicken. I’m standing here in front of you.”

She thanked the protesters for coming and invited them to her own upcoming tele-town hall. (“Republicans want to make Reid’s town hall the issue,” Las Vegas Sun, August 21, 2009)

To read the full article, click here: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/21/republicans-want-make-reids-town-hall-issue/

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Now here we are, just nine months later: Obama’s popularity is tanking. Unemployment is up. The economy is still down. ObamaCare is on life-support. And congressional Democrats — including Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, Rep. Shelley Berkley and Rep. Dina Titus — are hiding from their own constituents, afraid to show their faces at live town hall meetings. (“Commentary: From the ashes of ’08, conservatism rising,” Nevada Appeal, August 21, 2009)

To read the full article, click here: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090821/NEWS/908219993/1029/NONE&parentprofile=1061

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