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Jim Cooper Is Busy

By Kleinheider Posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:30 am

A constituent says he never got his one on one with his congressman on health care reform:

Mr. Cooper said he would not have town-hall meetings this past summer because he did not support this legislation.

He preferred one-on-one meetings with voters. Well, I applied and three weeks later, after two separate inquiries about my meeting time, nothing. I even created my own town-hall meeting on Sept. 1 here in Mt. Juliet and invited Mr. Cooper. It took a week for his scheduler to figure out he was busy and “just couldn’t make it.”

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3 Responses to “Jim Cooper Is Busy”

  1. Frankly2 writes
    November 19th, 2009 10:20 am

    There were two basic problems with your request of Mr. Cooper:
    1) He doesn’t want to lower himself to leave his Belle Meade area home (near where all of the prominent Democrats - the mayor, the governor, the former VP - live) to go to Mt. Juliet; and
    2) He is in a safe and secure Democrat district where he has no fear of losing his seat, so he doesn’t need to talk to you.

  2. Take Highway 12 writes
    November 19th, 2009 10:33 am

    I (a Cooper constituent who lives outside of Davidson County) fear Frankly2 is correct on his point 2. I’ve been a fan of Jim Cooper, because until this session he has pushed fiscal responsibility. But no one who voted for that trillion-dollar monstrosity of a health bill can honestly call himself a budget hawk. So, despite the odds against it, I hope come next November there are enough residents of TN-5 who feel as I do to bring the congressman home.

  3. The OG DG writes
    November 19th, 2009 10:43 am

    I think both of you will be in a different district by 2012, but I share your frustration with Rep. Cooper’s lack of direct contact with his constituents, and I live about a mile and a half from him.

    But the both the Wilson County and Cheatham respondents should feel a little more sanguine. I’m pretty well convinced that Cooper voted for Stupak as a poison pill. I would not be surprised to see him vote against whatever comes out of reconciliation. Then he’ll have another set of angry constituents, and a possible primary challenge in a year when he can’t count on crossover votes to save him.

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