Rep. responds to Obama: 'You believe in socialism'
(CNN) – The State of Union address may have appeared to be a more civil affair to viewers at home, but at least one Republican congressman was launching some fiery rhetoric on Twitter as President Obama spoke.
Tweeting during the president's speech in the confines of his office, Georgia Rep. Paul Broun said at one point, "Mr. President, you don't believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism."
The tweet was sent under the handle @RepPaulBrounMD, the account the congressman uses for his congressional duties. (Broun also has a separate account, @PaulBrounforGA, that he uses for political purposes.) The remark quickly circulated on Twitter, with some users comparing it to Rep. Joe Wilson's famous "You Lie" outburst two years ago.
Several of Broun's other instant responses to the president were also sharply critical:
"All children will be poor if we continue with Obama's policies #fb"
"From my seat, Obama's call for more investments sounds like more govt spending #fb #SOTU #TCOT"
If the govt would get out of the way, we could have innovation and development"
A Broun spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. But according to Roll Call, the congressman has watched the last few State of the Union Addresses from his office so he can tweet during the debate.
Broun did part on a somewhat positive note, however: "Good speech-but long on hope and short on reality."
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Why does telling the truth raise eyebrows?
Rep. Broun lacks the proper manners and decorum for a public official.
Thank you Mr. Broun.
This guy sounds like a true constitutional scholar(and I excrete gold bars). Where the hell has thisman been? Most children are already poor due to his party's reverse socialism where the poor give all thier money to the rich in the form of tax breaks they do not need.
Rep. Paul Broun deserves credit for disagreeing with the president, but doing so without being disrespectful. Apparently he is a far more capable Representative than Joe Wilson.
What a close minded psychotic lame brained idiot. (the MD must stand for mindless dolt)
So I am assuming Bushonomics and Reagonomics is responsible for all of the technology that fuels today's modern industries, huh? Face reality. Companies do not have the money to create new industries. They only respond when the university researchers and gov't military and NASA make available the innovations they have been working on.
This sounds like high school stuff, I'd be ashamed that people knew I was sitting in my office punching little letters instead of being a big boy and showing up like I am paid to do. It's a Sarah wannabe....he got on the ticker!!!
Another year, another positive direction in discussion from a rep in Georgia. Oh wait, except for that last part. The thing I don't get about these people is that ever since the Tariffs/Income tax was created during the 1790's (gasp, by the founding fathers!) we have had a "form" of socialism. Take away the (big evil scary) "socialism" that we have and you take away public schools, libraries, public services, road work construction, medicare/medicaid for seniors (ie no more checks for the old people from the govt) etc.
There is a legitimate debate over the policies on the right way to approach Obama. Republicans can offer viable alternatives, yet they still fall back on exaggerations, scare tactics and outright lies. It boggles the mind, asking the sanity of these so-called representatives of the people.
"Investments" are just a fancy word for "more spending" of money that we don't have.
Freezing the current Government spending levels is like freezing gasoline prices at $5 or $6 a gallon. We can`t afford the current level. Then our President turns around and says Government needs to spend more... Our President truely does not understand the problems America is facing. Over $14 Trillion in debt with no end in the deficit spending in sight. Obama is calling for more spending...
This rhetoric – no matter how it's put out there – is totally juvenile. I, for one, am sick and tired of the kindergarten going on in DC and this is a prime example of exactly that. "All children will be poor if we continue with Obama's policies" – No, Mr. Broun, all children will be poor if you continue with the Repub. policy of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Mr. Broun, you are an idiot. You clearly haven't read the Constitution, and don't have a clue what it says.
Does the short on reality include Broun's tweet on socialism?
Georgia Rep. Paul Broun needs to lookup the definition of Socialism in a dictionary.
Socialism? Paul Broun doesn't understand the term socialism... but George W Bush was socialist, for the rich and for Wall Street, so once again we have a representative in Congress who is set on re-writing history and labeling the current president for something his predecessor acted upon quite proudly. Jeffrey Allen Miller NY
Please don't judge Georgians by this idiot. Many of us are intelligent individuals who know that the President Obama is the best chance we've got of correcting all the crap the Bush regime tossed into the economy. I know the republicans hate the fact there's an intelligent person sitting in the Oval office who loves America and respects the Constitution, but they're just going to have to deal with the fact that Obama's plans have been working to rebuild America and the economy. They'd better get used to it - Obama will be president for the next 6 years. We had to suffer under the idiocy of Bush for 8 years, now they can learn how to do things correctly under the intelligence of Obama - and yes, I know the word "intelligence" isn't something the GOP have any experience with.
If the government got out of the way Broun and his friends would steal more and redistribute more to the wealthy. These guys love to throw out that word socialism because they no it strikes a cord with the uneducated population of this country who when they here the word get instantly scared that someone is going to take their guns.
Typical. Long on mouth....short on brains. Sitting in his office getting hammered I'll bet.
I can see the esteemed Congressman hasn't been reading up on his political ideologies. Democrats and Republicans come from the overarching political ideology known as "Classical Liberalism." The simplified difference is generally that one party focuses on "freedom to" (the Democrats) and the other party "freedom from" (the Republicans). Neither party is completely opposed to spending by the government and neither party is completely opposed to privatization of certain infrastructure. Socialism in its purist form believes in complete equality of the wealth in a "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" sort of approach. In a Socialistic society, government would own the means of production. In the American Obama is envisioning, government would spend some money on things like the high-speed rail, roads, etc., but it is to a much smaller degree than the Congressman is suggesting. Just setting the record straight. I'm not saying YOU LIE-d or anything.
Throwing the word "socialism" around is great for name-calling, but let's get out of the schoolyard and back in school. "Socialism" has a meaning, and you don't know what it is.
Broun needs to learn a little respect. Apparently he didn't learn it at his mother's knee and I wont' disparge her because her child doesn't get it. Why were you sitting in your office acting like a toddler throwing a fit? Were you in self imposed time out? Grow up! Do the peoples business – NOT YOUR OWN AGENDA. Politicians, especially on the right, think the election was against Obama. CLUE-NOPE it was against Washington and a call for JOBS. Tweeting like a PO'd teenager is not productive nor is it adult behavior. DO YOU JOB. It's that simple. Be happy to vote your but out too!
Not worth a response. Never argue with fools
"the congressman has watched the last few State of the Union Addresses from his office so he can tweet during the debate."
Hello, any editors at work today? The State of the Union address is a SPEECH, not a debate. Who is the President debating during the speech? There is no debate! The President does not debate Congress. Congress people debate Congress people. Pretty simple concept, Gov. 101.
With completely incorrect statements like this it's no wonder Americans have so little understanding of how their government works. Does anyone sweat the details anymore? Maybe that's the problem.
I don't believe for one minute that President Obama or any Democrat thinks that government is always the answer, but on the other hand, I don't believe that the private sector always has our best interests in mind, therefore the need for Gov to be involved by way of regulation and taxation. Until we decided as a people that special interests aren't always for the american tax payer interests, and take the money out of our elections, there will continue to be a mad dash for campaign dollars and pork barrel spending. I'm sick to death of the GOP blaming President Obama for the entire deficit spending mess, when we've had 3 GOP administrations in my lifetime that said deficit spending was either necessary or good. I'll ask the question here, in the past 45 yrs, when has a GOP adm left an incoming DEM adm a great economy? For a change, I'd like to see some honesty from the GOP party regarding this issue.
This guy is a moron. If he wants to take issue with the POTUS, he should be a man and do it face to face. Not hide out in his office like some school child trying to sneak it in. This was just another lame attempt (which worked, thanks to CNN) to get his name in the headlines. What a wuss! Go ahead and hide behind your Twitter account, you spineless idiot! What are your suggestions for the Country? Why don't you spend your time twitting about those? Oh yea, because you don't have any. All you have is negative and divissive tweets. I would be totally ashamed if this person represented me in the House.