Running Scared: Baird Backs Out of Town Hall

Brian Baird continues to sink deeper into the partisan pit sands. In doing so, he’s losing any remaining semblance of being a moderate.

A few weeks back, I managed to join one of his “tele-town hall” calls, after a source sent me the call-in info.  Last week I blew the top off Baird’s sham tele-town halls. Among other questionable practices, Baird intentionally keeps the date, time, and call-in info for his “tele-town halls” secret. Indeed, you might say his calls amount to taxpayer funded private focus groups.

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Baird’s ‘Tele-Town Halls’ Appear to be a Sham

Our S.W. Washington Congressman has taken a drubbing in the press for his initial decision not to hold town halls. As cover, he tried lashing out. He then had to apologize. Now, even his apology has seemingly backfired.

At the moment, he needs to be perceived as reaching out, and re-building bridges he burnt to a charred crisp.

Baird’s first attempt at preempting criticism by trying to short-circuit the democratic process not only failed, it caused one heck of a backlash.  Rather than be honest and earnest, Baird appears to be right back at it again: holding sham “town hall” calls with constituents.

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