Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition, Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans and Progress Missouri have collaborated on a project at AskToddAkin:
Concerned citizens have been trying to meet with Rep. Todd Akin for weeks to discuss his radical votes and statements attacking Medicare, Social Security and Medicare.
The bad news is that we’ve tried and tried, but Rep. Akin is uninterested in having any sort of public meeting to hear our concerns. If the Congressman has the courage to meet with his constituents, we’d ask him why he:
Voted to end Medicare as we know it, which would force seniors to pay 6,400 dollars more out of pocket every year and buy insurance directly from the insurance companies.
Thinks Medicare is unconstitutional
‘Doesn’t like’ Social Security
Wants the federal government to “get out of the business” of Medicare, Medicaid, education, protecting our air and water, food stamps… and more….
As if anyone should be afraid of their constituents? It must depend on the election cycle and which political party you belong to.
Well, you can certainly ask Representative Akin (r) using the Twitter hashtag #AskToddAkin.
Thanks for posting this, Michael. I was one of the old people held off by the St. Louis County Police on Aug. 24. The following week, I asked the police chief why they felt they needed such a huge police presence to thwart the attempts of a bunch of senior citizens to visit a member of Congress. He referred me to a Captain who nicely explained that the owner of the property where Akin rents has a letter on file with the police asking them to keep groups of people off his parking lot. Steve Taylor, Akin’s staff member, called the police the day before the Aug. 24 rally to alert them that there might be a group of protesters coming. I guess when you are a “public servant,” the last thing you want to do is meet with the “public.”
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Thank you for this most excellent summary, Michael. All Missourians should be concerned that this man has not fulfilled his oath, which says, “…I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter…”. He has a duty to represent EVERYONE in his district, and as such, he should be meeting with constituents and responding to their concerns. It appears that the only oath Akin is interested in fulfilling, is the one he took to the radical Grover Norquist.
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