Eek! Just got the most upsetting call from GA Congressman Paul Broun

[Chiquitita]

Ok, so I'm fixing dinner and I get a call telling me that Paul Broun (R) GA, my congressman and a known nut, is having a phone "town hall" and that if I stayed on the line I's get a chance to ask him a question. I'm intrigued by this possibility, so I wait to be put through. Sure enough, I get to listen in to Broun answer a series of questions from other GA constituents, each one of us in turn. When asked how Republicans are planning to fix the economy and create jobs he responded by explaining that Obama is a closet socialist or worse, and the Democrats have as their goal to ruin "Free enterprise". Broun's six pillars: 1. Limit govt 2. deregulated 3. abide by the rule of law (???) 4. protect property rights 5. (insert absurdity here) 6. uphold morality (he quoted a psalm here). The caller accepted this as an answer. Next caller: Why is Washington discussing changing Social Security, "people worked for that money, right?" she asked Broun. His response? There is nothing, 0, in the social security trust fund because the Democrats are trying to rob and destroy it while the Republicans are trying to safeguard it! Needless to say I was shouting into the phone at this point, but to no avail since I was muted. Next caller asked about the Canada Gulf pipeline and the damage it might do.... needless to say Broun is all for it. I couldn't keep waiting for my chance to speak to him and just hung up.

Too bad all these people who patiently waiting to talk to their representative are A: getting horribly misinformed and B: accepting a dynamic of Broun as authority telling them what to believe, instead of serving their interests!