http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=104&ArticleID=18302Oh my.
Crowd respectful during health care meeting
Right up front, there were ground rules.
Respect the person speaking, don't interrupt and be courteous.
"We'd like to see it productive and informative for all. We treat each other as neighbors," Dennis Houston, president of the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, reminded the more than 400 people who attended a town hall meeting sponsored by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) on Tuesday morning at the Lifelong Learning Center.
At times, people applauded. They laughed. Voices were raised in anger, but, for the most part, people did follow the rules.
That hasn't always been the case at similar town hall meetings taking place across the country, especially when the topic is health care reform......
Now, why is it that a blue senator in a red state gets this sort of reaction, while blue senators in blue states get a different sort of reaction from their public?
Neither the House or Senate version of health care reform legislation has a chance of being passed, Nelson said.
The idea that the government can run something better than the private enterprise is, in my opinion, fiction and myth," Nelson said to applause.
