Video: Sheila Jackson-Lee shows her respect for constituents
posted at 10:55 am on August 12, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) went back to her district in Houston to show her constituents her respect for their concerns, which she demonstrates at about the 4:30 mark of this video. When was the last time one of your employees interrupted a meeting with you to take a cell phone call, especially in the middle of a tough question? Listen to the reaction around the person taking the video:
“She’s not even listening. … Seriously? … I mean, come on.”
Keep watching for a couple of minutes afterward, because Jackson-Lee does worse when she’s paying attention. She claims that the public plan won’t impact the existence of private insurance, and then in the same breath claims it will compete against existing private plans to make them “better”. And while her constituent tells a difficult tale of cancer survival, the best Jackson-Lee can offer is that a public plan will allow people to lose weight without having to pay $19.99 to those programs we see on TV. Er, $19.99 is less than most co-pays; it’s certainly less than what one has to pay through Medicare without Medicare Advantage for a doctor visit.
And what exactly is wrong with Slim-Fast and other private sector nutrition programs? They’re accessible, they’re effective for at least some people, and by the way, insurance plans don’t cover them anyway. If that’s the best sales pitch ObamaCare and Jackson-Lee have, it’s going down in low-cal flames.
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Everything’s good now, because we’ve made amends through Medicare.
Huh? What?
One of the most obvious things I’ve seen from the representatives coming back for these Town Hall meetings is how obviously incompetent they are when it comes to important issues they’re voting on. None of them can answer even the most basic questions.
And who’s going to be running your health care? These folks.
12thMonkey on August 12, 2009 at 11:40 AM
The Tuskeegee Syphilis issue wasn’t a deliberate infecting of black sharecroppers in Alabama. It was a failure to treat when a viable treatment was available–penicillin. It happened to come about during the course of the study. It was an ethically horrible issue and indefensible and remains one of the studies that has led to the ethical standards we have today.
The ethics issue remains. That issue is that there are many great research questions, that on their research merit alone are in need of answering. HOWEVER, simply because something is a great research question–ie, What is the natural course of syphilis?–doesn’t make it ethically worthy of study when in the context of greater society an appropriate treatment for syphilis had emerged.
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM
WOW! This woman is completely out of touch with her voters and with reality. I thought she was scrapping the bottom with the Michael Jackson tribute and attempted congressional honor, but she is sinking to new lows. If this is the best her home state has to offer in politicians it might be a good idea to reduce the number of states in the USA to 49! Good grief, and we wonder why this country is going the way it is.
Godis2good on August 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM
What is interesting is that Jackson-Lee shows no remorse or embarrassment for taking that cell phone call. In cases where I have been in meetings: 1) I put my phone on vibrate and 2) I ignore the call until after the meeting is over.
Remember, we are the peons…they are our lords.
BTW, since I’m new here…how do you space out your paragraphs? Keying “Enter” doesn’t work.
ICBMMan on August 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM
People who believe that AIDS came from a mysterious racist experiment to kill black people should be shoveling out latrines, not serving in Congress.
TexasJew on August 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Nevermind. My Preview just didn’t show me the spacing.
ICBMMan on August 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM
The time for revolution is nigh.
Quick, some one had better report me.
TheSitRep on August 12, 2009 at 11:45 AM
someone voted for this moron and someone deserves what they get from her….for ONCE, this dingleberry is not from California!!!!
SDarchitect on August 12, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Another thing I found interesting is how she says that Medicare has “made amends” for the government’s past.
Kelli_D on August 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM
I don’t want to sound like a defeatist (I’m not really I’m not),but Sheila , McCaskill, Spector, and Pelosi and their gang really don’t care about the American People. Liberals care about one thing staying in office…maybe after 2010 they can all get jobs as Postal workers and help out that failing Bureaucracy sure as shootin FedEx ain’t going to higher them.
Col.Smeag on August 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM
It’s ethically horrible, but it’s extremely bad when people are willing to assume the worst about their government. maybe she didn’t want to start arguing with him, but she should have said that she’s never heard of it. not just accept that the US government singled out Blacks in order to kill them off or something.
Phoenician on August 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM
RobCon on August 12, 2009 at 11:38 AM
That’s correct. Nonetheless, denial of treatment was cruel.
Perhaps a widespread abuse of well intended medical experimentation is the massive series of vaccinations and treatments given to our military, using our troops to test pharmaceutical results.
Sheila’s response cajoling “that was then, this is now” OVERSIGHT meant to placate the angst, as her public applause for the misinformed fellow was meant to open the channels of communication. Someone needs to campaign against Queen Sheila; that’s obvious.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Ahh, my former congresswoman. About the only thing worse than her was the guy she replaced.
On second thought, strike that. Now that I think about it, he was better to have around instead of her. He was a big single-payer supporting doofus, like she almost certainly is, but he had one of the highest absentee rates during his term in office (if I remember correctly, slamming him on this was how she bounced him in the primary). If he was still the rep, he would probably be absent half the time and thus would be effectively farking up the country half as much as Sheila.
djm1992 on August 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Honestly, I think this is exactly at the root of most of the anger expressed at these town halls.
Supposedly, opponents are drowning out voices and not letting representatives speak and answer the questions.
No, they’re letting them speak. They’re just appalled by the supposed answers.
misslizzi on August 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Sheila Jackson-Lee represents everything that is wrong with Houston. She is perfect for the position.
rukiddingme on August 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
And people are wondering why the protesters are shouting!! This scum bag of a “representative” doesn’t even have the decency to listen to the question and respond.
Hopefully she will be gone soon.
TampaBayBull on August 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM
And whatever they did or didn’t do, this was the Government — the same Government that Jackson would entrust with my life.
unclesmrgol on August 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM
….let us hope the voters of her district pay her the same respect at election time…just another example of quality representation.
PhreeMan on August 12, 2009 at 11:49 AM
I wonder if the audience was required to silence their cell-phones.
This woman, along with many other politicians, have forgotten that they live on planet earth.
CEA_Agent on August 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
P.S. I went to one of her TH meetings earlier this year (I’m from Houston) and she did the EXACT SAME THING — someone was trying to ask a question and she was on the phone, and she said, “Go ahead, I can hear you.” I can’t tell you how angry I am that people keep voting for her.
Kelli_D on August 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Free Pie In The Sky
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The cancer survivor evidently does her homework. Given her transition in life, perhaps she’d be willing to fight for Shiela’s seat, and get the same gold plated benefit package to boot.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 11:53 AM
And her constituents will just keep voting for her!
Esmerelda on August 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Phoenician on August 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM
I agree it is ethically terrible. However, when you take it out of context and look at the research in a fishbowl it goes like this. It was a multiyear study, like 5-10 years I think. At the onset of the study there was no treatment available period for syphilis–hence, a good research question is what are the long term effects of syphilis in this population?
It just so happens that in the interim part of the study, voila’, penicillin becomes available. That’s where it gets sticky–because the researchers continued on their original plan and denied curative treatment once it was available. The originial question, by itself, was a good question–however, denying medical care to people who could benefit from it was morally reprehensible.
This experiment, along with many others, have laid the foundation for our current institutional review boards.
The man making the assertion was projecting the morally reprehensible behavior of the scientific team to the larger government. It’s easy to paint with a wide brush in these cases–military medicine suffers it all the time. These broad assertions are unhelpful but effective in making the larger point that the government does not act in the best interests of those it is supposed to care for, when it has the opportunity to do so. There are other ways this point can be made in the realm of rationing, inefficiency, shortages and denials–all attributable to yes, the government.
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM
word.
She’s made me damn excited about Rick Perry.
TexasDan on August 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM
If someone were to contract H1N1 under the Obama plan, would everyone be treated or is there an age limit?
PappaMac on August 12, 2009 at 11:56 AM
The Tuskeegee Syphilis issue wasn’t a deliberate infecting of black sharecroppers in Alabama. It was a failure to treat when a viable treatment was available–penicillin. It happened to come about during the course of the study. It was an ethically horrible issue and indefensible and remains one of the studies that has led to the ethical standards we have today.
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM
A failure to treat when a viable treatment was available. Sort of like not treating the elderly for cancer just because they’re old or withholding heart surgery from infants with Down syndrome because their lives aren’t worth the cost to the system (NHS in UK 2001 and prior).
Candy Slice on August 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM
+1 Sad but true.
Sadly, due to gerrymandering of districts, SJL is probably in the top 5% of IQ’s in her district.
brtex on August 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Conversely, it’s extremely bad when people refuse to acknowledge the worst about their government.
Given Obama at the helm, today’s status quo is corruption; you’re either on board or tossed under.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I hear ya man.
FontanaConservative on August 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
This woman is a complete embarrassment. Thank god I live far enough out of Houston to not be in her district. But, no matter, the drones in the fifth ward of Houston will elect her again in a landslide…
davek70 on August 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM
There was no scientific need to refuse infected people with treatment because the results of no treatment were already scientifically recorded.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Not necessary. Sheila “Lookat-Me” will show up anywhere that has a TV camera. Consequently she will cancel on events she’s been invited to that do not have TV cameras.
It’s a little game I play when going to public events I know she’s been invited to.
rihar on August 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM
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I agree 100%. Blind leading the naked.
CEA_Agent on August 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM
This woman is the quintessential illustration of how these congress people view us. I believe they all have the same level of concern that she so brilliantly has shown here.
Candy Slice on August 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Tuskegee boy is off his rocker. Thanks for the misinformation, homeboy.
Pablo on August 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Someone needs to campaign against Queen Sheila; that’s obvious.
Who are her political opponents from home?
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Yep. Unfortunately, her constituents will not hold her accountable.
Esmerelda on August 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Similar, but different. You’ll start to see cost comparison research emerge from these leftist institutions depicting mortality following procedures. For example, there is an 85% mortality rate in the first year in elderly people if they suffer a hip fracture. Begs the research question, what costs could we save by not fixing/pinning those hips if all that it buys us is one year of life? Those are the costs Obama is looking to save. He’d like to “bend the curve” on those types of procedures. Mark my words.
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Here’s the best part. She’ll be reelected by the dolts who sent her there in the first place.
Mojave Mark on August 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM
No, they wanted Lonnnnger term outcomes on those folks. The emergence of penicillin was the fly in the ointment. It came out too soon I believe.
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I have a much different take on the Tuskegee Experiment. The Institute, started by Booker T Washington, attempted to track the medical progress of poor blacks who had later stage syphilis in the early 1930s. It did this by offering free medical care to people already suffering from the disease. No one was intentionally infected with the disease.
At that time, there were no real treatments for syphilis other than using expensive and dangerous doses of heavy metals. Most people, especial rural southern blacks during the Great Depression, could not afford these treatments. Penicillin did not become widely available as a treatment for syphilis until about 1947.
Remember the movie The Third Man? The defective drug that Harry Lime was distributing on the black market in post WWII Vienna was penicillin!
I do not know whether penicillin is an effective treatment for someone who has had syphilis for more than a dozen years. I do think that the experiment should have stopped once a reliable treatment was found. I am guessing that the fact that it continued is more a function of the desire for life by any bureaucracy.
Laurence on August 12, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Nobody… it’s a waste of time and money.
davek70 on August 12, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Pablo on August 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Yes, he’s misinformed. But he shows determination, and given accurate facts, would be much more effective in his efforts to protect his rights.
So attack him. Or educate and help him.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:08 PM
This ignorance would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.
tetriskid on August 12, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Is this cow a doctor? I find it astonishing that she has such disrespect toward HER CONSTITUENT and treated her with such blatant disregard, talking on the freaking phone like regular humans even DO THAT…what the heck? Then, she presumes to be an expert on doctors and healthcare. Who do these morons think they are running banks and car industries and now medicine? The hubris stinks like nothing else…
Did you guys know I called John Cornyn’s office to thank him for defending the American people in the snitch line scandal and I told them that I was not a constituent but an American mom who was looking for merely an advocate. The guy on the phone said, “Well, we work for you, ma’am, even in NC.”
Made me want to give him all my money. :o)
Mommypundit on August 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM
You could literally pick a person out of the Houston phonebook to replace Sheila Jackson-Lee and they would do a better job and would likely be twice as intelligent.
Goodeye_Closed on August 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM
momoftxmomof3 on August 12, 2009 at 12:11 PM
This woman is an embarrassment to the city. Fortunately I met a couple of people at the July teaparty that will be running against her. The seemed to have been getting alot of donations that day so let’s keep our fingers crossed.
HoustonRight on August 12, 2009 at 12:11 PM
I went to tom perriello’s town hall last night.
Astroturfing galore–all of the Hope Change, Health Care NOW crap all over the place. Pre printed, here you go and wave your sign.
Ineffective
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 12:12 PM
How rude and disrespectfull she is. She displayed the utter contempt our representives have for “we the people”. Funny thing is that she will be reelected no matter what she does so perhaps she is right to be contemptious.
mullethead on August 12, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Thank god for that. If I lived in the district, I’d volunteer for them.
davek70 on August 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM
In crime, there are always people with the lust for power, never only one. She may have things bound and sewn up playing the good fairy to all those on welfare and carrying their prejudices against crackers. But in any gang, there are always those in the power ranks looking for the opportunity to take what Sheila has away from her for themselves.
There are also those evangelical zealots willing to take on the likes of Queen Sheila to restore respect for the traditional values of hard work and integrity. There are a lot of televangelists in Houston. They ought to conference and find someone to counter her.
There would be a lot of returning veterans who would do well to get involved in local politics when they get home, to make a positive difference with education for results.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I am so tired of this Tuskeegee story. This lie is repeated so often I’ve got scar tissue on the brain from the retelling.
mr1216 on August 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I live in Culberson’s but my office is in her district. I donated to both candidates just hoping to stop her making the city look bad.
HoustonRight on August 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM
This woman is an embarrassment to the city. Fortunately
YES. I hope they coordinate their efforts together for a strong, unified piercing opposition to Sheila.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM
You’d think that Sheila Jackson Lee would know what happened at Tuskeegee and would have corrected him. Perhaps that’s an inconvenient truth for her.
Pablo on August 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I’m cynical enough to suspect that when the question got hard a staffer called Jackson Lee’s cell phone so she had a distraction.
retread03 on August 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM
ted c on August 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM
The ultimate horrors into death from this disease were already established, documented by scientific medical records for centuries.
The premise for the test was as grotesque as promising treatment never given.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM
This is what “we” get from racially-gerrymandered Districts: a permanent claque of arrogant buffoons he will never be voted out of office.
I’m still astonished that Cynthia McKinney was dumped by her constituents.
guntotinglibertarian on August 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM
guntotinglibertarian on August 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Who is this man-boy bringing up Tuskeegee?
Yes, we saw him prior to the meeting on the video. But who is he really? /…not a plant
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM
SJL wouldn’t even need a staffer–just fake an incoming call.
maverick muse on August 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM
My bookie is on the phone and I may have won a jackpot, so get a life voter.
cando on August 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Houstonian here. We have been waiting for the day to get rid of Lee & Green. Our apologies to the country.
Palin please help us get rid of them in 2010! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE…..
latinchic on August 12, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Chocolate birthday cake head gorilla face shows a remarkable lack of respect for the filthy plebes she represents, oh sorry those are white people, she doesn’t represent them.
epluribusunum on August 12, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Good grief.. who is this guy asking this stupid question about the Tuskeegee airmen? What a waste of time.
SJ-L is a professional politician who honed her skills on the Houston City Council and made he way to Congress because she’s black, that’s just the honest truth, not because she relevant. She’s a racist, through and through. She’s part of the “royalty” of the Houston Black community elites.
BTW, that looks like the Multipurpose Center on W. Gray and you’ve always been required to sign in at the front door and sign out when you leave. It’s a loose security measure for the building not the meeting or even related to the office you are visiting. It serves the purpose of counting daily visitors and knowing how many and where visitors are probably because the building houses a lot of services and organizations related to seniors and persons with disabilities.
Maybe the guy should have asked why instead of cooking up some ‘conspiracy’.
We have a lot of valid arguments against ObamaCare and a lot of real issues that need to be addressed. This guy let himself get pawned by SJ-L with his stupid question.
Texas Gal on August 12, 2009 at 12:42 PM
How is a “stand alone public option” also “competitive”?
If something STANDS ALONE, it cannot COMPETE with something else!
SCOOPTHIScarlos on August 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Hey, folks, be grateful for bad politicians. They give those of us who are halfway decent a fighting chance at getting elected. If we had only great leaders, we average joes would be left out in the cold.
In short, bad politicians = good for democracy.
BurmaShave on August 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Yo…come on….don’t you know when a shorty get a call that her extension in, ya gotz to book it!
Husker_red on August 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Like Clarice McCaskill said….they just don’t get it!!
Is it just the right that’s getting tired of this arrogance or is there actual growing frustration from Independents as well?
P.S.
And does any of this really get thru the Bootlick Media out there?
PappyD61 on August 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM
yeah – yeah – just text me the grocery list next time.
milk
bread
lone star beer
bacon
toilet cleaner
to bad her grocery list didn’t include something to cleanse her soul that she has sold to BHO.
poppieseeds on August 12, 2009 at 12:59 PM
“Let me applaud you as a Cancer Survior” …..but I’m going to unplug you.
Obamacare…..Healthcare to die for!!!
PappyD61 on August 12, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Remember years ago the expose on her and her support of global warming “regulations” yet leaving her office and getting into a limo and being driven exactly one block to another office for a meeting?
Marcus on August 12, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Oh you big Meany, Congress is Smart. Here’s proof!
http://public.cq.com/public/20061211_homeland.html
BDU-33 on August 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM
We keep voting these people in. We get what we asked for.
ronsfi on August 12, 2009 at 1:13 PM
The Queen must not be interrupted.
Do they really not get it? If so they are SORELY disconnected in the Beltway.
The Bootlick media continues to un-report any of it except the ‘ANGER’.
Are we getting thru to the Moderates or to the real American majority?
PappyD61 on August 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM
“Hello,yes,I’d like two fried chickens,a loaf of white bread toasted and a coke.”
pistolpetestoys on August 12, 2009 at 1:16 PM
My daughter (a teenager) and I were at the store the other day and she answered her phone while in line with the clerk. I got her in the car and gave her an earful of the disrespect she was showing all the other people in line, they had neither the time or inclination to be wanting to hear her teenage nonsense after a hard day at work, and being on the phone took her mind off what she was doing with the clerk.
Reminds me of Sharpton in the National Cathedral during Reagan’s funeral, answering his cellphone on national TV.
tessa on August 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Sheila Jackson Lee…this is the idiot when NASA invited some from Congress to witness the Mars Rover live feed video actually asked if the Rover could drive over to where the Astronauts planted the American flag. This moron didn’t even know the difference between Mars and the Moon.
How do Morons like this ever get elected? UNfricken believable!
Isn’t she the one that punched a security guard who stopped her from entering without her badge?
boominator on August 12, 2009 at 1:23 PM
I think I speak for many Texans (and Houstonians) who realize she’s an embarrassment and are glad we have but a handful of such wingnuts in our otherwise conservative delegation.
As to reducing the number of states by one, the Texans I know would love for us to be kicked out of the Union (or secede) and would appreciate your help and support accordingly.
TXUS on August 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Just another public servant who thinks the public serves them. I hope she gets voted out of office in the next election.
TrickyDick on August 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM
I’m not surprised by this video. I don’t really see liberals as being the types of politicians that actually care about anyone, much less their own constituents. I’m not surprised she couldn’t care less about what anyone things, because it’s precisely the type of non-representative government we’ve been heading towards, for years. Right now, we’re back at taxation without representation, because the legislature does not represent it’s constituents. It’s a deck stacked by people that claim that they know better for you, than you do. They’re people that think it’s perfectly alright to have boards of bureaucrats decide on what medical procedures you’re entitled to, and to ration out health care. They’re the same people that are so convinced it’ll be a whiz-bang great system, in spite of the fact that it’s never worked anywhere else in recorded history. There’s always the idiots that think they can do it better, and the DNC are those people, as well as the liberal, false-Republicans (like the McCains). I hope no one is shocked at how this politician outwardly couldn’t care less what anybody else outside the liberal plutocracy thinks, because if you are shocked, you haven’t been paying attention, and know very little about politics.
Virus-X on August 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM
2010 people…2010.
KJW on August 12, 2009 at 1:27 PM
This video is up on Drudge with a link to youtube.
d1carter on August 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Welcome aboard! We know your daughter quite well around these parts. :-)
UltimateBob on August 12, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I’ll give you 2 guesses as to what the major two races are of her district. The first one doesn’t count.
She got elected for the same reason that idiot who raps to Haley Barry in the LA legislature. The race of their district means they get better vote numbers than the Communist Party.
Tim Burton on August 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM
I can think of one way for these law makers to become part of the Health Care they are hoping to pass. That would be to vote them out into the Health Care system. Because if they loose their job they HAVE to take the public option!
lwssdd on August 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Jackson-Lee demonstrates what a dog and pony show these town hall meetings are. Throw up a circus tent and hand a few shovels to the electorate, because the only thing we’ll have to show for our participation is a load of horse puckey.
ADB on August 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Afraid you’re wrong. If they serve just one term (and it might be less than that), they’re covered for life in their Cadillac plan.
TXUS on August 12, 2009 at 1:57 PM
When the guy asks how can we trust a gov’t that ran the Tuskegee Experiments on black men, the Representative actually says that it isn’t the only abuse…then goes on to describe her efforts to write legislation to “denounce” the abuses in the Tuskegee Experiment.
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She just doubled down on Obama’s comment about the post office.
budorob on August 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM
What’s up with the tinfoil captions? I’m talking about, out of nowhere…
JohnTant on August 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Howdy, Hotair!
Two year lurker, first time poster….
Unfortunately, this is typical behavior of SJL. I’d say she’s the gift that keeps on giving, but as a Houstonian…I’m embarrassed that this woman ‘serves’ anything more than herself.
GigaTX on August 12, 2009 at 2:22 PM
It does lend some credence to the nutcase opposition theories that attempt to challenge the legitimacy of those opposing government run health care. I have my own reasons for concern, though they have nothing to do with the development of racially specific genetic diseases.
ADB on August 12, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Tracy Miller (cancer survivor) is a tireless worker for exposing the radical left policies; ridding the State of lackadaisical representation; and ensuring Politicians hear our voice. She is a treasure to us here in the Houston area and keeps us all informed of what is happening, both in Austin & Washington, D.C.
BTW….Sheila J-L is holding another Houston Town Hall tonight. This video was taken during her meeting yesterday, held during the early part of the day. The meeting tonight promises even more fun!!
SouthernPride on August 12, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Having grown up and lived in Houston and the area for most of my life I can tell you that SJL is just as she appears, self absorbed and non-apologetic for being just that.
It’s unfortunate but her base will always support her.
BlueandSong on August 12, 2009 at 2:29 PM
It’s as if she was shooting a scene for her opponents own political attack ad. If she isn’t gone in 2010 when this video will be undoubtedly aired in every campaign commercial against her, then something is seriously wrong.
JoelD on August 12, 2009 at 2:29 PM
She obviously realized that the questioner was a racist and then decided not to grant him a captive audience. I’d be willing to bet that after the video camera went off that guy called her a socialist.
Cody Baker on August 12, 2009 at 2:32 PM
“Yes….yes, I ordered a large pizza with
pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms and ham. Oh, and please deliver it to the side door…and don’t forget to bill it to the taxpayers”.
centre on August 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM
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