Chet Edwards, Congressman of the 17th District of Texas, held his third and final face-to-face Town Hall meeting within his district. He held it in Cleburne, Texas before 700 – 800 people on Friday, 9-4-09. Congressman Edwards’ initial remarks began with his record of supporting the troops and the Veterans Administration. His support was appreciated and so evidenced by the round of applause from the entire crowd. But it went just so far, as he spent the associated political capital very quickly. Most in the crowd were absolutely against the proposed Health Insurance Reform Bill, also known as ObamaCare.
Congressman Edwards remained calm among the yells from the crowd in disapproval of his answers to questions concerning the Obama Health Insurance Reform Bill. Yet, he did not calm the crowd with his calm demeanor. Edwards was, as they say in Texas, wishy-washy. The constituents at the Town Hall meeting in Cleburne, Texas were obviously not getting clear answers that represented their opinions as a whole. He was non-committal, saying he was going to hold off on his decision to vote fore or against until he had heard from his constituents and had time to study the bill. This did not ”play” well with his constituents in this crowd since he has had plenty of time to read and study the bill. In fact, on this night he said that he had “spent hundreds of hours reading and studying the bill”, but only a week before he had told another crowd that he had not read it. Chet, which is it? If you have “read and studied the bill for hundreds of hours”, how could you not have an opinion for yourself. Do you like it or dislike it as represented by its original content?
One questioner wanted to know if Edwards was going to represent his constituents or not. Edwards’ answer was again, non-committal. This question was commonly held according to the response from the crowd. Since most did not like the Health Insurance Reform Bill (which will lead to Government Run Health Care), they wanted to know if Edwards was with them or against them . . . since they were the constituents of whom he kept speaking?
One commitment from Chet we should never forget: “I don’t want and I will not support any plan or any bill or any law that would have the government run the entire health care system”.
One more interesting observation: When the moderator introduced Congressman Edwards with a short biography, he left out the fact that Congressman Edwards has a Harvard MBA. Why would he overlook such a distinguished part of his education?
Bottom line: Congressman Edwards was lucky that he did not have to hold an election in Cleburne on Friday, September 4, 2009 to keep his seat.
If you do not see a video above please click here to watch Chet Edwards – Cleburne Town Hall – Why should we trust govt to run health care
Click here to view the entire Chet Edwards Cleburne Town Hall meeting (12 10 minute segments in a single play list on YouTube)
One last video out of which you should get a kick. Pray for this man:
