A Texan Was Lost for Words
Put forth on February 20, 2008 by XicanoPwr
Posted in Elections, Elections 2008
When MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asked Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, who is an Obama supporter, to name a “specific legislative accomplishments” of Senator Barack Obama, our poor state senator looked like a deer caught in the headlights. He was stunned and had nothing to say. (h/t to Tayor Marsh)
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The short transcript from the Texas Observer.
Matthews: What’s the unique selling point of Barack Obama to Texans?
Watson replies with hope, excitement, building coalitions, yada yada yada
Matthews: You are a big Barack supporter aren’t you senator?
Watson: Yes, I am!
Matthews: Name some of his legislative accomplishments.
Watson now looks like the deer caught in the headlights.
Matthews: Sir, you have to give me his legislative accomplishments. You support him for president. You are on national television. Name his legislative accomplishments, sir. Can you name anything he has accomplished, SIR?!?
Watson now looks like the deer who just realize he is about to be roadkill.
Mathews: List Barack Obama’s accomplishments as a senator now. NOW!
Watson is now roadkill
The Pride of Austin couldn’t deliver when it mattered most. Maybe he should have read his own blog post as to why he is for Obama. Hopefully he posted Obama’s accomplishments there. Opps … never mind … nothing there too, it is full of fluff too.
I guess we won’t see our state senator on TV anytime soon.
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
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Ouch! Now that was painful to watch, hilarious, but painful nonetheless.
If and when he ever gets invited back, Lets “Hope” he is better prepared. ; )
LOL, yes lets “hope.”
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