Politico:
Try to find Rep. Steve Driehaus.
There are no public meet-and-greets listed on the Ohio freshman's campaign Website — even though he signed a welcome note on his home page claiming it is the place to "find out about upcoming events."
The same can be said of Brad Miller and Bob Etheridge.
Google searches of Brad Miller's site of scheduled campaign stops, town halls and meet-and-greets yield nothing but a sprinkling of year old references to canceled town halls.
Brad Miller has been in hiding and seems unwilling to face his constituents. As for our our local press, they seem content to let Miller dictate what is said about Miller, and when it is said. Ask yourself when our press reports anything about Brad Miller that is not a press release from Miller or an article from a reporter invited as a tag along to a stage-crafted Miller campaign stop.
Brad Miller has been running a stealth campaign; quietly slipping into semipublic events only made known to a select few. Of course, an unquestioning member of the press is on hand to document Miller's staged and controlled "campaign"events. They dictate Miller's message and take flattering photos for publication. Once in the papers and on-line the staged event has the look and feel of a real and flattering campaign stop. After that the same articles are reprinted in lesser publications. There was a time when the press was questioning, not any more. Examples can be found here and here.
More recently Bob "Who are you?" Etheridge has held similar events, though with less success. At one stop in Garner NC. Rep. Bob Etheridge pulled out an hour early as word spread that he was available for questioning. He cut and ran before his quiet unannounced staged event evolved into a town hall. His excuse was that his cows were wandering loose, an excuse apparently made without thinking that observers might question how he handles similar occurrences during his long visits to DC.
Another stop in Henderson produced this glowing article from HomeInHenderson.com. The visit fails due to its obvious stage-crafted presentation. From its choice of location that inherently limits the the number of adults Etheridge may encounter, to a captured audience of children who are photogenic and unlikely to ask difficult questions, this "campaign" stop was crafted. Read the article and bask in glow that is Bob Etheridge.
As for Etheridge's website, "town hall" seems to be a foreign word and there are no posted schedules indicating his desire to meet with his constituents. Like Brad Miller, Bob Etheridge seems to be unwilling to meet his constituents.
Why?
The answer is that Miller and Etheridge chose to govern through Broken Consent. The public expressed their disapproval toward Cap. & Trade and Health Care Reform, yet these two representatives saw fit to ignore their constituents. Their constituents rejected the bank bailout, yet these two decided, instead, to pick their constituents' pockets for their bank buddies. Now they claim to be "sheriffing" the banks.
These two squandered the Consent of their constituents and now childishly play hide-n-seek with them.
One can only conclude that they too can see November from their house and fear that next year they will not see January in DC.
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