Twitter Berates GOP Rep. For Skipping Obama Jobs Speech To Hold Twitter Town Hall

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Think Progress: Twitter Berates GOP Rep. For Skipping Obama Jobs Speech To Hold Twitter Town Hall

Despite jobs being their constituents’ number one concern, a few Republican lawmakers served up a smorgasbord of excuses for intentionally skipping President Obama’s jobs address last night — roundtables, football, and of all things, Twitter. Georgia Rep. Paul Broun (R) declared this week that he would not physically enter the House Chamber, but would instead live tweet it from his Capitol office, holding what he dubbed a “Twitter town hall.” But as Politico reports, “most of the hundreds” of Twitter followers who participated in his town hall berated him for skipping the speech. “Show some respect to the office,” one said. “Do this later.” When Broun tweeted during the speech that “this is obviously political grandstand,” followers blasted him for doing just that. “Yes, we know about your tweets…now what about the speech,” one person responded. Several participants “suggested to Broun a special jobs plan of their own: get out of Congress.” “If you resigned from office, that would create at least one opening,” said a follower. “I’m embarrassed by you.”

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. LOL

:kick:

[ClarkUSA]

2. LOL! Scratch that excuse in the future...

[FSogol]

3. K & R. n/t

[CottonBear]

4. He is an idiot and a fool.

Did you know he's a medical doctor? (I don't think that he can practice since he's an elected official.)

I can hardly believe that, while I live in one of the most blue areas of Georgia, that Paul Broun, Jr. (R-Tea Bagger) is my congressman. :(

[Cosmocat]

5. bizarre number of docs are Rs ...

not as bad as engineers, and you do have some pretty liberal docs, but there is a definitely wiring aspect that leaves some of them open to it ...

[CottonBear]

7. There are quite a few RW doctor federal and state reps & senators.

I know lots of engineers and can attest to their right wing mindset. However, of course, not all engineers and doctors are right wingers. I have several friends who are progressive Democrats and who are engineers and medical doctors. They are probably the exception in my area of the country.

[Cosmocat]

8. Yeah ...

I know a handful of Ds, too, but I read a post on the board about it and got to thinking about all the engineers I know - all really, really good guys, but ... Most pretty set Rs.

It just jumps out, as you noted, the number R legislators who are doctors.

Overall, I think I know more liberal than conservative doctors, but the liberal ones tend to shy from politics for the most part, while the conservative ones tends to get more active with politics.

[opihimoimoi]

6. The dude is an idiot.....of his own doing....