I admit this video made me laugh a little. This series of botched misdirections shows the desperate situation faced by members of Congress confronted by calm, logical, yet unrelenting citizens.
US Representative David Scott (D, GA) failed all over the place. It started with a simple question about his health-care-reform intentions, and it all fell apart for him as follows:
Fail #1: Constituency
US Rep. David Scott:
“I am listening to MY constituents. These are people who LIVE in the 13th Congressional District, who VOTE in this district, and THAT’S who I’ve got to respond to…”
Scott’s Fail:
Crowd: [indistinct] informing their Congressman that they are from his district.
Reporter: “We caught up with Dr. Brian Hill, the doctor who asked about health care. It turns out, he is one of Scott’s constituents.”
Dr. Hill: “I did not go to a meeting to create any problems. I went to the meeting to literally ask a question that I thought was very, very important for my patients.”
His “Constituency” ploy having failed immediately, Rep. Scott then tried to duck under the agenda of the meeting, which leads to:
Fail #2: Agenda
Rep. Scott:
“Those of you who are here who have taken and came and HIJACKED this event…This IS NOT A HEALTH CARE EVENT! You made the choice to come here!”
Scott’s Fail:
Reporter: “The meeting was primarily about a highway project, but later it was opened up for any questions from the crowd. Hill was one of two people who got to ask about health care.”
His Agenda ploy exposed as an obvious false front, Rep. Scott next attacked the decency of these “hijackers,” which produced:
Fail # 3: Personal Attack
Rep. Scott:
“Not a SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAD THE DECENCY to call my office and set up for a meeting. Ok. Then DO THAT! DO THAT! But 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!”
Scott’s Fail:
Reporter: “Dr. Hill says he has called Scott’s office, several times.”Dr. Hill: “I’ve asked, ‘Is he going to be having any health-care forums? Is he going to have an area where we can address his thoughts and express our ideas and our thoughts as well?’ and I was told, ‘No,’ and that’s why I said to myself, I then need to go to an area where I’ve got access to him. We depend on our Congressman to do what’s right for us, and I just don’t see that happening.”
The report closes with:
Fail # 4: No comment
Reporter: “By the way, Congressman David Scott, we asked, and he refuses to comment about what happened.”
What builds trust? What destroys it?
HT Instapundit
