Arizona Congressman Kirkpatrick Walks Out of Town
Hall Meeting
HOLBROOK
–Congressman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-District 1) walked out of her own "Chat
with Ann" tour Thursday – after less than 15 minutes of a planned
hour-long appearance.
Shortly after
showing up at the Safeway grocery store, the first-term Democrat was
asked, "Will you require Members of Congress to be included in the
health care bill? Yes or No?"
Without a
response she immediately left without comment or explanation. Just two
questions prompted her early departure.
Kirkpatrick's prompt exit comes on the heels of negative comments made
by her fellow Democrats in recent days, including House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi demonizing American who dare to question HR 3200, the Democrat
medical rationing bill.
NEWS & COMMENTARY
"Unfortunately, Democrats on the Rules Committee decided that the
freedom of speech, though enshrined in the Constitution, is not a right
they were willing to afford their colleagues in the
House."
--
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., who along with
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., sponsored the plan.
"We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of
our lives must be subjected to an inventory ... of how we are taking
responsibility." Nancy Pelosi, Socialist and Speaker of the U.S. House
of Representatives
“[ACORN’s] antics include embezzlement,
cover-ups, document destruction, misuse of taxpayer funds for political
purposes, voter fraud, campaign finance violations, and non-profits
abuse.” Heather Heidelbaugh,
Pittsburgh attorney and vice president of the Republican National
Lawyers Association (RNLA).
Harry Alford represents the National Black Chamber of Commerce, and
testified, complete with documentation to support his claims, that the
cap and tax and tax bill that Senator Boxer so wants to see become the
law of the land would not help the energy situation in this country,
would actually harm it, and have a devastating impact on businesses,
and by extension, jobs.
Senator Boxer didn't see Mr. Alford sitting in the witness chair as
someone with a viewpoint to have a debate with. She saw an
African-American man that opposed her, and proceeded to then cite a
NAACP resolution and a 100 Black Men of Atlanta endorsement. Mr. Alford
rightly called Boxer on her racial condescension, which clearly
flustered her. Note at the end of the clip where she responds to his
anger as an Army veteran as saying she married a veteran, as if that's
supposed to somehow protect her with that constituency group, too.
Boxer's entire M.O. as senator is to wield liberal ethnic or gender
groups as a bat to bludgeon any criticism to her agenda. That's not
debating, that's bullying. That's not respecting racial diversity. It's
using racial groups as a weapon. It may be lost upon Senator Boxer, but
not all African-Americans agree on everything. Not all Minnesotans do,
either, for that matter. Maybe she could have cited some statistics that
challenged Mr. Alford's material, and had a fruitful discussion about
the merits of implementing a cap and tax and tax system. Boxer can't
have that discussion. She'd lose. Instead, she implies she has more
black people supporting her than opposing her, so Mr. Alford must
therefore be discredited. Her stunt yesterday was reprehensible,
shameful, and another blush in a long line of embarrassments all
non-union voting residents of the Golden State have had to endure.
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