One of the phoniest gimmicks employed in politics is the carefully staged, orchestrated, and cast “town hall” meetings presented to television audiences. Were these genuinely open meetings, where any individual could show up and ask the kinds of questions that are never asked at these contrived performances, they might be of interest. But the dishonest nature of these seances reached a peak when, this morning, FoxsNews showed Donald Rumsfeld speaking to an audience, with a caption reading “Rumsfeld holds town hall meeting at Pentagon.” The Pentagon is now a “town” whose “citizenry” gathers for, . . . what? Will there … Continue reading Rumsfeld’s town