Sanders' sessions are lively, but civil
16.08.09
RUTLAND — Hundreds of Vermonters converged Saturday on two any forums that focused on the hot-button issue of the day, health anguish reform. They came full of passion and sharply divided opinions, but in the end, they remained stable to their state’s town meeting brand: They behaved themselves.
There were no intimate insults or in-your-face shouting matches that have flared up at vigorousness care “town meetings” elsewhere across the country. They kept it courtly, and for the most part, respectful — although the respect seemed to come grudgingly from the harshest critics of the man who sponsored and presided over both meetings, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I.-Vt.
At each two-hour hearing — first in Rutland at the Unitarian Universalist Church, and later in Arlington, under the pavilion in the municipality’s recreation park — Sanders ran the show. He gave an opening expression, set the ground rules — two minutes for each speaker — and then took questions from all comers. Mindful of the polarized views credible
Source: BurlingtonFreePress.com