Paul Broun Walks Away After He Cannot Answer A Direct Question

[zeos3]

Run time: 01:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXm3Xe33CSM   Posted on YouTube: September 08, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 10, 2009 By DU Member: zeos3 Views on DU: 1854

 
Rep. Paul Broun is asked a direct question from Athens, GA constituent Ryan Lewis concerning health care reform. Broun walks away as he cannot answer.



Ryan Lewis even brought a visual aid: a baggie full of kidney stones he passed.


Edited to add comment from new DU member ZackH: "Broun said that Obama supporters were planning to disrupt this town hall event. However, from most accounts I've heard they had a well reasoned debate with the opponents and didn't cause the stir in the way he claimed they were going to. They even said that this Watkinsville town hall was the Athens town hall. Odd considering Watkinsville is an upper middle class and mostly Republican neighborhood. That's why people went to this so it actually would represent the diverse views of the Athens area."

[Lautremont]

1. Good for Zach Gallifinakis, asking the tough questions like that.

Boo on Broun.

[Athens30603]

2. I shot this video. Here's a transcript.

Hey guys, I shot this video and, granted, the sound is a
little wonky. I didn't have a pro camera or even an actual
video camera, just the video setting on my little digital
still camera. Even so, this made it to MSNBC and we're pretty
psyched down here in Athens, GA over it.

Here's the transcript:

Lewis: Dr Broun, can I ask you a very quick question?

Broun: Very quickly

Lewis: Well, I was raising my hand the whole time, there's
something I wanted to bring up which is the issue of the
under... underinsured. I pay $200 a month for my wife and I to
have health insurance and um for (clearly I meant in) the last
2 years I've passed 12 kidney stones. 12 kidney stones! With
no medical attention because I can't get it covered because I
have catastrophic insurance with a $200 dollar deductible,
*laughs* I mean a $20,000 deductible.

Lewis: So me paying $200 a month is all I can afford to pay
for health insurance, so if you could tell me -? just very
quickly - how your plan will make it so we can address that
issue because everything you said didn't involve the
government at all being involved in trying to stop the profit
based, profit motivated system.

Broun [interrupting]: We need to make... we need to make
insurance affordable to you sir...

Lewis [interrupting]: Right...

Broun [interrupting]: So that you can...

Lewis: Right, right well how do we do that? How do we do that?

Broun: Well by expanding health savings accounts and that
so...

Lewis [interrupting]: No, no, no, I HAD a health savings
account actually and that didn't help, because all it was
was...

Broun [interrupting]: Well, well the current ones... the
current ones don't work, we've got...

Lewis [interrupting]: Yeah, yeah I've heard about THOSE, so
really you don't have an answer?!

Broun: We're working on it... if you have any... if YOU have
suggestions, send? it to me. I'd like to hear 'em, I'd like...

Lewis [interrupting]: Really?! Would you?!

Chairman of Jackson County GOP [interrupting, grabbing my
shoulder and spinning me around]: Lemme just [hands me his
card] (unintelligible )

Broun [shaking hands with and completely ignoring the people
trying to talk to him]: Thank you, bless you, God bless you...
[confused looking at sign held by Jill Carnes that said:
"will work for health care"] HUH?! What?! Well... ha
I under... [unintelligible].

Gordon Lamb [cameraman]: He's not answering... Not answeri
[cuts off]

[zeos3]

3. Nice work

Thanks for the transcript.