Loebsack not really doing what’s right

Loebsack's television ads claim he does right by us. Somehow his concept of “right” is in direct conflict with mine.

I attended his town hall meeting last year in the Kirkwood Community College auditorium during the time that Congress was beginning to work on the health care reform bill. There was a standing room crowd of an estimated 500 people. Loebsack proceeded to tell us his position on health care as he verbosely answered only about six questions in the hour he had allotted us. In the process, he said he'd already voted for the health care reform bill.

Town halls are held to collect constituent opinions, take them back to Congress and represent your constituents, right? When you have an audience that has made the effort to come listen to you, you give the audience the time it takes to satisfy it, right?

No, he'd scheduled two other town halls that same Saturday at distances from Cedar Rapids.

Loebsack doing what's right? Wrong.

Stephen Menzner

Marion