Harry Reid, Live

I am currently, as I type this, taking part in a tele-town hall meeting with Harry Reid. It's gross, and I feel dirty.

This is a mockery of government. Reid is screening the calls before he takes them, and twice now, has repeated previous statements verbatim, which leads me to believe he is reading from a script.

Needless to say, I'm angry and want to express my frustration about his tail-tucked strategy of sitting in a private room and not having to face his angry constituency. But, as usual, the guy shuts out what he doesn't want to hear.

Anyway, here's what we've learned today-

• The American people don't have to worry about going into debt over this health care reform bill. According to the senator, it pays for itself, "That's the beauty of it," Says the senator.
• Reid wants to Bipartisan bill because he, will only be able to do about 3/4 of what would be possible without Republican support. However, if the GOP remains stubborn and hard nosed, the Senate will use their majority to pass what they can, thumbing their nose at the other side of the aisle, as well as more than half of the American populace.
  
• Senator Reid is in favor of end of life counseling. He straight up said so as he was explaining his "Myths about health care reform," which was nearly identical to Representative Dina Titus' Fact and Myth section on her web site. The senator says he is against euthanization of the infirm, however. Therefore, he will never be as effective as Joseph Stalin.
• Harry Reid does not know how many children he has fathered. At one point during the teleconference, a lady came on the line with questions about health insurance, stating she had four adult children, none of whom had health insurance. At which point the senator exclaimed, "I have five!" He then paused for thought and said, "I shouldn't have said that. I have four." The rest of the question was lost on me as I struggled to wrap my mind around the senator's bizarre monologue.
  

Well, that's all from your humble chronicler on that fiasco. Though I notified the moderator I had a question, I was never asked to partake in the discussion. I was, however, asked to leave a message at the end of the teleconference. I asked several questions. We'll see if the senator gets back to me.