# I'm in a town hall meeting with my congressman - right now!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652 "2007-10-31T01:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652/1 "2007-10-31T01:20:54Z")

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I just got a call from my congressman. Recorded of course. All I had to do is stay on the line and I’d be automatically connected to this conference call town meeting. So I stayed on the line. I’m listening to him blah, blah, blah right now.

This is weird. I haven’t tried speaking up yet. Not sure if I can, or what I’d say.

Okay, that’s a lie. I can say a lot, but I’m chicken to speak up.

Anyone else get one of these calls? It’s like a “live” radio show, though I don’t know for sure if it’s really live. I think it is. My congressman just said I can press \*3 to join the line of people to ask questions.

This is a trip. Right now he’s talking about immigration and we need to protect our borders, internal enforcement of our laws, etc.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652/2 "2007-10-31T01:28:06Z")

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Pretty sure it is live. I’ve proofread many transcripts for conferences like that, except they were for corporations and it’s usually the CEO talking.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652/3 "2007-10-31T01:34:56Z")

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I’m seriously thinking about pressing \*3 and adding myself to the queue. What to ask, what to ask.

Quick, give me some ideas!

I want to ask about this bill forbidding funding of any manned exploration of Mars. I also want to ask about Gay marriage.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-a-town-hall-meeting-with-my-congressman-right-now/424652/4 "2007-10-31T02:53:44Z")

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Dammit! I pressed \*3. got connected to a lackey who asked me what my question was, got put back into the live talk show town meeting thing, but never got called on. Fucker. See if I vote for him.

Actually, I probably wouldn’t anyway. He’s really pro religious and I couldn’t believe the number of callers expressing how religious they are and how they feel they’re being attacked on all sides and terribly afraid to even admit in public they’re religious.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: