They love to shake hands, kiss the baby and get that pat on the back. But when it comes time to face conflict – 300+ from the house and 30+ from the senate refuse to do so. Some even going so far as to say that meeting with you would not be productive (I read this a waste of their time). Is that because their agendas are in question and perhaps they really don’t have answers? There are also those that do opt to hold meetings, lets take Barney Frank, who denigrate participants because they have alternative opinions. Isn’t that what discourse is all about? Sharing opinions and finding common ground? Apparently not the case when it comes to Health Care. In essence our elected officials could care less about our opinions. The solution to this – fire them in the fall. They have all made sweetheart deals so they won’t go hungry. Since most of them are lawyers and since there is no tort reform built into health care reform, they should be in good shape suing doctors in the future.