Posted on 08/07/2009 9:00:31 PM PDT by TimWallerston
The scene of a Metro Atlanta town hall meeting quickly deteriorated when Democratic Congressman David Scott (GA-13) suddenly became enraged, and, in a breathtaking display of congressional machismo, began berating constituents.
Scott displayed his temper during a question-and-answer period when David Hill, a local resident and doctor, questioned the congressman over his support of President Barack Obama’s proposed single-payer health care system.
“Why are you voting for a health care plan that is shown not to work in Massachusetts and why are you going to institute that in a nation-wide manner?”
With a look of confusion on his face, the congressman first quietly asked an aide, “Is that the type of bill they got going on?” Then, reassured by staff that the bill Hill referenced was, in fact, the bill before Congress, Scott proceeded to respond, insomuch as the Congressman’s angry tirade may be called a response.
“I’m listening to my constituents, OK,” Scott said, with a heavy and awkward emphasis on “my.” “These are people who live in the 13th Congressional district, who vote in this district. That’s who I’ve got to respond to, OK. Right, alright.”
Grimacing and sternly brandishing his finger at Dr. Hill, Scott’s anger intensified, as did his rhetoric.
“So what you’ve got to understand, those of you who are here, who have taken and came and hijacked this event we dealing with here, this is not a health care event. You made the choice to come here and take advantage of this meeting that these people in Douglasville worked hard to put together to deal with this road,” Scott said, referencing the relocation of a local highway in Douglassville, GA.
“You chose to come and to do it on your own. Not a single one of you had the decency to call my office and set up for a meeting, OK. Do that. Do that!”
Local Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA-TV reports that Hill, a verified resident of Georgia’s 13th district, has attempted, on multiple occasions and all in vain, to secure sit-downs with the incensed Congressman, however.
Before yielding the microphone to a staffer, Scott gave an austere warning to Dr. Hill and others present: “Don’t, don’t come and take advantage of what these individuals have done. You want a meeting with me on health care, I’ll give it to you. You come on August 24th. On August 28th.”
Scott’s aide told the crowd to pay close attention to the website for details on the health care town hall, but no such details have been made public on the Congressman’s website and emails to the Congressman’s staff have not been returned.
Scott’s veiled suggestion that the concerned doctor was not a “resident of Georgia’s 13th district”—ostensibly rooted in the fact that Hill is white, while Scott represents a district with a large African American population—and the contention that Hill had somehow “hijacked” the town hall is another matter altogether.
As a voter of the neighboring district in Atlanta, Congressman Scott, I must say, white voters like Hill and myself are not out to hijack your health care events, and we are certainly not out to hijack substantive health care reform – for which the same can be said of doctors. Voters are, however, out to prevent the creation of a single-payer health care system, a system you support, albeit support that only came after aides reminded you.
Cross-posted at Skepticians.com.
And soon.
VERY SOON!!!
And it will be set off by the LIBERALS/SOCIALISTS/WELFARE BUMS AND ACORN. (Sorry. I know that’s a quadruple redundancy.)
I say BRING IT ON!!
What a breathtaking example of racial profiling. Does he have to go through sensitivity training when he gets back to D.C.?
Oh, sweet. Well I didn’t write the article — a friend of mine did, but I have no problem taking credit!
Oh, sweet. Well I didn’t write the article — a friend of mine did, but I have no problem taking credit!
Hope you’re better today.
Meanwhile, go back and read P. 65, section 164: REINSURANCE.
(First, peek at page 70, line 22: this section provides $10 Billion for it’s provisions. Now go read the rest.)
As you read, note that “reinsurance” is never defined or discussed. This is NOT a reinsurance provision.
In a nutshell, the $10 billion is for “eligible” RETIREE health plans. Retirees as young as 55 yrs old. Sounds like UNIONS to me (who else retires at 55...WITH health care?).
Remember when the UAW whined about the “deep concessions” their retirees made...the ones that supposedly balanced things out so Obama could screw the bondholders? You might say those concessions lasted 90 days, because this is where Obama’s paying them back...with OUR MONEY.
My suspicion was confirmed Thursday when Sweeney issued his letter exhorting AFL-CIO members to attend town halls. In that letter he also listed the 4 “key issues” his union insists MUST be in the bill. One of those was:
“relief for company/union funds providing pre-Medicare retiree coverage”.
So Sweeney confirmed my suspicion. Section 164 satisfies his demand.
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Oh, and remember to send that to your friend.
What can I do?
You might want to take a good, strong laxative!
I used to work in the news biz, and have met David Scott on several occassions, and this is how he behaves most of time (acting inconvenienced when challanged).
he really looked bad during this, i saw a video. make it worse, the guy he wigged out on was a democrat, doctor from his district.
nother oops moment for the representative.
In the Remaining Minutes, We’ll Take Questions on any Subject Err…Except That Subject.
The DNC keep pitching avoidance and deception, and let’s hope the fiscal conservatives can keep pitching the spririted, but real issues in this government attempt to takeover 1/6th of the US economy.
Please check out my take, and stick around for more good content.
http://libertarianhumor.com/2009/08/10/obama-thugs-3/
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