Is Ed Towns Out of Touch
By RP Staff | August 12, 2008
Being “out of touch” is such an ambiguous term. What does it mean for a politician to be “out of touch.” There’s no way that a representative can have a symbiotic relationship with all of their constituents. Now, if “out of touch” means “hip” or “cool” then it raises the question whether we want our politicians to be “hip” or “cool.” If we want “hip” or “cool” politicians then we should simply elect Kanye and Pharell and call it a day.
What we do know after viewing his News and Views program is that Ed Towns is no Gil Noble. The discussion taking place in this episode is a really important one, and it’s unfortunate that few people will make it through to the end. There are legitimate concerns about the quality of health-care, and hospitals in particular in central brooklyn. Towns’ guest do an adequate job of relaying to him some of the struggles faced by residents in this district, notably egregious wait times when entering an emergency room.
Towns appears to be listening to these two men speak, but will he do anything about it in Washington?
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