Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (Progressive-NH) blows off constituent concerns; deja vu all over again? - Granite Grok

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (Progressive-NH) blows off constituent concerns; deja vu all over again?

Heck, I’m still waiting for her to fulfill her promise that she made to me during her first time in Congress – so why am I not surprised?  After all, back in 2008 she told a Republican woman, a member of one of NH’s “main Republican families”, to her face that “You are not my constituent” because of her party affiliation (even though she lived in Carol SEIU-Porter’s district).  Well, another loyal reader has had a run in with Carol Shea-Porter’s cubicle minions – here is the sordid tale of trying to get a simple answer to a simple question on drones:

So, last week, I made a few phone calls to our “representatives” in DC. My concern was the possibility of drone strikes on any America citizen deemed a “terrorist” ON American soil. Well, as you well know, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, many of the Tea Party affiliated folks are considered “terrorists.” Shocking? You bet! But fact. Anyhow, I called Kelly’s office and was assured she would not be supporting anything such as this act which could strike someone without due process, no trial, no defense … etc. I called Sen. Shaheen’s office and spoke to a nice young woman who said that she would give my thoughts to the Senator. (Sorry, I actually did get the names of the people I spoke to at the Senators’ offices, but I have misplaced that note at this point.) Then I called Ms. Shea-Porter’s office, where I was confronted with a less-than-cordial young woman staffer. When I told her that I wanted to know where Ms. S-P stood on the drone strike on American soil issue, the girl acted as though she knew nothing about it. I asked her to ask the Congresswoman please stand up for the Constitution, and support our rights, since this arbitrary way of using drones on American soil on American people was a complete contradiction of our Constitutional rights to a fair trial and due process. She started laughing. I was outraged. I hung up.

Below is the letter I received today in answer to my phone call.

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Anwar Al-Awlaki????? Really???? A form letter? Oh goody. If it’s not her sending them, it’s Jeanne Shaheen. How very personal. And my name is misspelled. This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with what I called for. Argh. To deal with this situation for another 2 years!

The entire Form Letter to this loyal reader from Carol Shea-Porter:

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So today I called and I talked to a young man named Emanuel in her office and told him that once again, now that the Rep. is in office, I have received a form letter from the congresswoman that absolutely did not address my concerns. I told him of my extreme dissatisfaction. He actually sounded concerned.

I miss the days of Frank Guinta and his staff, that actually listened. Not only did they listen, they would call several days later. Holy moly! What a difference. An ACTUAL representative that cared what we think!

Anyhow. I just thought I’d share my experience with you. I hope all is well.

Yep, two years of this – can the Republians PLEASE put up a competitor that will do what they say and finally retire her?  Does this put her into US Representative, Hank Johnson class of dimwittedness?  Perhaps not, but she’s across the starting line

 

 

Jean

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