Our senator Chuck Grassley is due to appear at a series of town hall meetings in central Iowa this Wednesday. Apparently this doesn't sit well with members of his own party, who see Chuck's willingness to do anything other than actually spit on the proposals he's trashing as treason. So, I'm guessing even Grassley will get visits from Deathers and other wingnuts opposed to health care reform.
The possibility of clashes between the Deathers and the rest of us at these meetings is apparently stronger than previously thought.
So, I'm trying to think of ways to reduce the tension at the Wednesday meetings...
Here are some ideas. Would any of these work?
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Sock 'em Boppers. If anyone gets irate, hand 'em a pair of these and offer to go a few rounds in the back of the conference room. Everyone lets off some steam, nobody gets hurt, and someone else steps up to the mike in the meanwhile.
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* Flowers.
Naah, too '60s.
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* Beer. Naah, too '80s.
Yep, I got nothin'. I still have to think, though, that the way to reply to the anger and hatred is not to inflame it, but to defuse it with some humor. Any ideas out there?