A Town-hall Meeting ... Without the Town

Expect to see plenty more of this cowardice on display from the yellow-bellied liberals now running for cover from the angry mobs who dare to express their displeasure with being herded into a health-care plan nobody has bothered to read.

One would figure a New York City Congressman would have the stones to face his constituents, but then again we're dealing with a Chuckie Schumer acolyte here, and intestinal fortitude isn't exactly their strong suit.

Congressman Anthony Weiner yesterday held the city's first town-hall meeting on health-care reform -- and, with little advance notice, it was free of the angry protests that have marked forums elsewhere.

Weiner, who has pushed for a liberal single-payer plan, spoke about efforts to overhaul the system to a group of senior citizens dining on a steak lunch at the Austin Street Self-Help Center in Forest Hills.

But while between 60 and 70 people attended, there were none of the shouting protesters who've halted town-hall forums elsewhere.

The event was not publicized to reporters until a few hours before its 11:15 a.m. start time, and the majority of attendees said they hadn't even known Weiner would be there. Many said they happened to be at the center for other activities, including the $2 lunch.

A $2 steak lunch? No wonder it wasn't advertised. I don't even live in Weiner's district, but I'd travel for that.

Steve Lonegan, senior policy director for AFP in New Jersey, said many officials were scheduling events at the last minute to keep detractors from hearing about them.

Weiner, a Queens-Brooklyn Democrat, blasted a "well-constructed, well-organized scare campaign that has been largely pushed by Republicans and financed by the insurance lobby."

Here we go again with this nonsense about a well-organized campaign. I guess the media isn't interested in the Democrats' well-organized campaign of lies.