I certainly learned a great deal from 3,000 town hall meetings across my home state of Tennessee over a 16-year period [in Congress] Al Gore
Interview with NPR’s Bob Edwards. Look at the math. That’s 187 town hall meetings per year, or a meeting in Tennessee every other day for 16 years, including weekends, holidays, vacations, and time spent running for president in 1988 and for vice president in 1992.