re: There is no doubt town hall agitators are paid stooges

So you claim I don't want him to explain himself? You're entitled to your opinion.

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why? typically Cabinet confirmations are a mere formality

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Part of his job is vetting these nominations. He admitted that he didn't watch her confirmation hearing. So, he admitted to not doing his job. It looks like he didn't because she paid him so much money in donations. That presents a problem imo.

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Senators represent the entire state, sweetheart.

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First off, I didn't say senators, I said representatives, as in the House of Representatives. And only people from the district that elected the rep. should be attending that town hall.

But with that said, just like you said, the same thing applies to senators. For a senator, their "district" is the state that elected them. So if it is a senator that is having the town hall, then only people from that state should be at the town hall.

And to bring this back to my original post in this thread, "carding" people that attend these town halls seems to be an easy way to determine if the people are actually residents of the districts or states of the elected official. I bet if that happened, we'd find out that people from outside the districts/states (especially districts) are attending these town halls.

ETA: And my response that you replied to was a response to the notion that all house and senate reps are there to represent the entire nation. As you stated, that is not the case. They are there to represent the people that elected them, which when done properly, ends up serving the interests of the nation as a whole.

Y'all did jackass. Remember the Tea Party at Democrat Town Halls? Nah, why would you? Hypocrites. Dbap

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There is no doubt town hall agitators are paid stooges

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First, what does it matter? It is not as if the senators and representatives are volunteering for their positions, or would turn away a donation check at one of these events. Second, if they are so easily bought, then it seems like the easy solution would be to just offer them more to not show up?

I think these town halls are incredibly interesting. I thought they were interesting when the TP did it 7-8 years ago as well, just didn't agree with the message.

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again, Cabinet nominations are typically a mere formality

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So why couldn't Cassidy say that? If it's such a non-issue, one would he think he'd have no problem saying the confirmation isn't as important as many of his constituents think.

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First, what does it matter?

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As long as they are actually constituents and their intent is to engage in dialogue rather than disrupt dialogue, it doesn't matter.

Unfortunately, in many instances they are not constituents, and they attend with disruption as their primary goal.

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Y'all did jackass.

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You need an English class. That doesn't convey the meaning you intended.

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the dems might even be dumber than I thought.

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Oh they are, no doubt.

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Depends on the question and means of asking it I guess

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The question was posed respectfully but Cassidy didn't take it seriously. He actually chuckled at the assumption that he watched the entire 2 hour hearing. I lost major respect for him after watching the meeting.

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In general though, he was a hell of a lot more tolerant of the solely disruptive intent of many of those attendees than I would have been.

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I guess. He has a job to do and it's not always a cake walk. If I made his money and got his benefits, I wouldn't mind laughing in the faces of my constituents either.