How can we miss you if you don't go away

[sarge43]

Portsmouth NH restaurant bans politicans.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/317472

[Judi Lynn]

1. Fantastic decision by Jeremy Colby. Politicians should take it to heart, immediately.

His quote should be repeated until it is embedded in their tiny brains:

"I don’t appreciate Joe Blow coming in here and whoring around the dining room for votes."

If blowhards need to meet the public they should do it on their own time, on public property, and not take a big bite out of a restuarant owner's business, and the patrons' limited meal time.

[sarge43]

3. The politician is bad enough,

but they're followed by a raving hoard of staffers and media who take over the place.

There was a local news article about exactly that happening at a diner in Tilton NH. Sorry, don't have a link, local rag. The manager was quoted calling Romney and the mob names more often seen on latrine walls. Waitress were pushed out of way, dishes broken, customers couldn't be served.

I imagine Mr Colby heard about it and decided enough is enough.

[Spazito]

2. It would be great if more would do as Mr. Colby has done...

If politicians running for office want to do a 'meet and greet' they should rent a space to do so or use donated space and pay to advertise such a 'meet and greet' instead of barging in on small businesses whose customers want a nice, quiet meal, or want to purchase something from, say, a gift shop.

There is an inherent arrogance in the politicians who do the barging in that they think nothing of interrupting businesses and their customers.

[sarge43]

4. The gift that keeps on giving

Ron Paul's turn

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/for-ron-paul-media-attention-was-just-too-much/