Sunday, August 28, 2011

Congressman Pete Olson gets teabagged at his townhall mtg

Looks like Olson doesn't like it when his constituents demand his attention instead of reading from the book of teabag policy. Olson was booed when he claimed that he was representing his district and not just the teabag party. It is pretty clear that is exactly what he is doing and nothing else. Like a teabagger he has little if any class and simply repeats the teabag party line even if it is full of lies, inaccuracies, or just plain stupidity. But he got called for it. And loudly.

Below is a write up submitted by someone in the audience:

Today Congressman Olson completely lost his composure.  The usually suave Representative found himself yelling and gestering which is so unlike his public demeanor.  
During the opening minutes of the Town Hall Meeting he led those in attendance through a questionaire, which he drew up, and gave out the answers.  He then went through some of the "successes" of the House of Representatives.  Among the bills he was most proud of were the blocking of the Cap & Trade Bill, Repeal of ObamaCare, vote to create 150,000 American Jobs (50,000 in Texas) by implementing the Keystone Pipeline  and the prevention of tax payer abortions.  While going through these "victories" he also showed graphs and charts.    When some in the crowd showed unrest and wanted him to get to the questions, that they had written down.....he said that they should be patient and that he would answer a lot of questions until 3:30PM.  That never happened as he left the podium before 3:00 due to the heckling and booing of some of those in attendance.  When the meeting began there were approximately 200 to 225 gathered to listen to him.  By the end of the meeting less than 150 were left.  The subjects covered were: 

1.  The Banning of religion at the Houston National Cemetary [Bullshit controversy which never really happened]
2.  The tracking of weapons heading to Mexico and the death of two Federal Agents.
3.  The House passing a bill that would amend the Constitution on deficit spending.
4.  The Stimulus. "Obama had his chance with a $1 Trillion program.  Now let the Private
     sector create jobs."
5.  Israel.  "Israel", he said, "Had no better Ally in the world than the United States.  Obama
    has trashed relations with Israel."  
6.  The House actually voted to "Save Medicare and Medicaid."  
     This was an interesting moment as some in the crowd called him a liar, a couple said he
     really voted to cut Medicare.  At this point he yelled at the hecklers,  " Where's your
     Plan?"
7.  Tax Reform.  Tax code should be amended.
8.  Should Rich Pay More Taxes?  
     "We don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem.  Why should we put
    more tax on the job creators?"
9.  Does he represent the District or Special Interests?
     He Yelled, "I have always represented this District.  I have never represented Special
     Interests!"
10.  Libya.  He said that the War Powers Act was abused by Obama.  "Obama was lucky
      this time, but what about next time.  AND where will he use this power the next time?
11.  NASA.  When he began his explanation some in the audience called him a liar.  One
      person shouted out a bill that showed he really voted against some part of the agency.
He said, sevral times, that this country should vote for a new president in 2012.  
All through his presentation there were cat calls, boos and a lot of heckling in general.  
There were loud chants of "We Want Jobs."  AND "Where Are the Jobs?"  There were some other questions as well, but I could not hear them nor the answers because of the anti-Olson shouting.  
In his overall presentation one would have thought that Obama had nothing but Job losses since 2008.  Over and over he talked about how the stimulus and other Obama measures have been failures.   

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

"the prevention of tax payer abortions"

What does that mean??