Oh Brother… Rep. Phil Hare Lectures Bloggers on the Constitution …Update: Hare Gives Bloggers the Finger
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, April 2, 2010, 9:10 PM
Oh Brother… After his bumbling interview yesterday with Adam Sharp where he said he “doesn’t worry about the Constitution”, today Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) released this YouTube video where he lectured bloggers on the US Constitution.
At least, he didn’t quote the Declaration of Independence this time:
“Congressman Phil Hare talks about his dedication to the Constitution.”
UPDATE: Nice. Rep. Hare gives bloggers the finger:
Stay classy, Representative.
Hat Tip Mzebest01
UPDATE: The latest poll shows only 40% would vote to send Hare back to Congress.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 86 Comments
fgdfg commented:
HealthCare is a (BFD)Big F*cking Disaster!
down with dems commented:
I can’t even watch this video that is clearly CYA PR propaganda.. Anyone who swears an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution, then says they don’t care about it AND misquotes it, should be removed from office. Sounds like a violation of that oath in and of itself.
Ben commented:
I just can’t bring myself to click the play button.
WSG commented:
Too bad that tune doesn’t have a beat you can dance to.
ebayer commented:
Ditto Ben
It’s just a “CYA” video.
Sorry bud,too little ,too late
aquaviva commented:
Cut a check to his opponent, Bobby Schilling.
http://www.bobby2010.com/
P.S. Phil’s worried about this.
Jim Rose commented:
Well, I’m convinced! Geesh.
Flyover Sam commented:
Isn’t there a law against Drinking While Legislating? If not, we’ve found a poster child.
catmman commented:
The ‘ole “taken out of context” defense.
Why is it, that in the video of the person at the TEA Party in Washington two weeks ago getting some spittle on a Congressman while he was yelling wasn’t “taken out of context”? It was immediate, and continues to be, completely blown out of context as a deliberate, malicious act – when it obviously wasn’t.
Another Democrat Congressman asks a Navy Admiral, during a Congressional hearing, if he is concerned that Guam will “tip over and capsize” if too many people populate it. The next day, he also release a statement that his words were “taken out of context”
Even when cought on camera, these people have the audacity to continue to tell us we’re too stupid to understand what they said, when we just heard what they said and how they said it from their own mouths.
The argument now is, “Who are you going to believe? Me or my own lying mouth?”
tysm commented:
this guy is in full damage control mode. Betcha Nancy PEE head….saw his comments and took him to the woodshed for a spanking for spilling the truth…the Dems dont care for the consitution. and speaking of the dems are certain minorities so stupid they dont see the real party of racism..as in the one that supported the institution of slavery before and during the Civil War…that would be the DEMS…the one that supported Jim Crow laws in the south..that would be the DEMS…the ones that fought Civil Rights..that would be the DEMS..take a look at the final vote tallies for Civil Rights legislation..lot more Reps in support and DEMS opposed…Hmmmmm…methinks some folks need a history lesson and time to rethink about who their true friends are….both in the past, the now, and the future.
NeoKong commented:
What a jerk. He tries to blame his own words on someone else. That seems to be the party policy of Democrats lately. I have never heard as many lies in my whole life as I have heard in the last six months from Democrats and their corrupt media accomplices.
“We can disagree on health care”
Ahh….no Congressman. Remember….?
It’s already law.
DocScience commented:
At least someone around him is smart enough to figure out he screwed up in saying what he REALLY thought.
Too late… this donkey has left the barn.
DaveL commented:
I got through about 5 seconds of it. Had to click it off. Gonna tell us what he really said. Who you going to believe me or your lying ears.
Joanne commented:
I don’t think the guy is insecure, but he couldn’t have read the Healthcare plan and still believe the Constitution would remain to be intact after Obamacare was signed into law. He is either stupid or a liar….or a stupid liar.
aquaviva commented:
Nice touch with the family photo FACING AWAY FROM HIM ON HIS DESK, eh?
Joanne commented:
Actually, I meant ‘insincere’, not insecure at #14.
Tammy commented:
Walter Mondale pictures behind him? Hey, buddy, Mondale was from Minnesota and he was a big LOSER for this State. He was quickly replaced by a Republican, thank God, and for a while our State did well.
Now our State is going the way of Michigan. And Illinois. And Wisconsin. And many other DEMOCRATIC led states.
Dems are TOAST in 2010.
Thomas Traddles commented:
What is with the finger? Surely that shows his lack of regard for people who want to hold him accountable for his foolishness.
Tammy commented:
Thomas Traddles:
Good point.
His body language was self-protective and defensive, except for his middle finger poking out, which means, “I’m trying to protect myself, but F-YOU!”
Good catch, sir!
Dazed commented:
Well, that was pathetic….. Loved the Hubert Humphrey pic in the background. I’ll bet even he is spinning in his grave over the good congressman’s lame-ity.
Joanne commented:
Okay, I take it back, he is insincere and full of crapola.
RicardoVerde commented:
Obama had said (on multiple occasions) prior to the election that he viewed the Constitution as “fundamentally flawed”.
Male Silverback commented:
Too little too late fat a$$. We’ve got your number now.
Mrgoodwench commented:
He can’t even read a prepared statement without flipping the bird with his fat finger …how pathetic
kansas commented:
I think Phil lost a few pounds since that last video…..Nah, that was someone else. Someone needs to tell Michelle about this fat turd.
Tammy commented:
Someone needs to tell Meechelle about her own fat ass.
blr2449 commented:
I can’t stand to even *look* at this guy. Pillsbury Dough Boy
JPL17 commented:
“Congressman Phil Hare talks about his dedication to the Constitution.”
Too bad the “Constitution” to which he’s “dedicated” is that of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics!
Corporal Vere commented:
Did he apologize?
It’s too late to apologize.
They’re all finished.
Fire the entire congress.
Get them out before they complete the destruction of the Country.
required commented:
Hubert Humphrey photo on the wall? That’s encouraging isn’t it? But since it’s there,how about a few quotes from H.H.?:
“The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.”
“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”
Lenny commented:
“This” Constitution? Everyone I know refers to it as “The” Constitution. Is he talking about something on that piece of paper on the desk?
Simsalabim commented:
I like the quote from HH from Required–“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”
Phil Hairball couldn’t be a bigger douche bag if it was tatooed on his forehead!
robh693 commented:
He’s giving the middle finger during the entire video!!
Militant Conservative commented:
you going down son. you are a pos. nothig left to say.
Simsalabim commented:
Way to go Adam Sharp! This story made it to the Drudge Report!
Not Intimidated commented:
The fact that he made this video shows how worried he is.
What an oinker…
AzSlapshot commented:
I know this won’t be popular here and I hate to say it, but that IS what he said. I caught it the first time I watched it…before I watched this video. That doesn’t mean he is right.
Tarson commented:
Lot’s of ‘walking it back’ in the past couple of days.
wanumba commented:
Ha ha.
I read the up comments to see if anyone else was noticing it, and yes indeed.
He’s flipping the bird, like he was a POW sending a message home, “I’m saying this under duress, I don’t really mean it.”
HeidiM. commented:
Michelle Obama’s big thing now is to make sure Americans are healthy, is it wrong of me to say that Rep. Hare could use some exercise?
just asking.
gus commented:
I saw the video yesterday. The guy is a loser.
He is a LOSER. A UNION hack with the obligatory fat ass and mustache.
He cannot change what we heard and saw with out own eyes.
Bob commented:
I think that ol’ Phil should fly in little Marcellus, shed a few tears, and all will be forgiven. He cares!!
lovetheconstituion commented:
This person took an oath to defend the Constitution twice. Once when he joined the military and then when he entered Congress. It is so sad that individuals such as this are in office. He couldn’t even try to explain himself without a sheet of paper in front of him. That’s pathetic.
srhoades commented:
Why does he have a portrait of Larry Flynt and John Wayne Gacy on his wall?
Hera commented:
Hare is clearly feeling the heat over his comments that he doesn’t “worry about the Constitution”. Along with not knowing the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence which is American History 101.That fact that he felt the need to respond to a lowly constituent shows just how much heat he’s getting.
down with dems commented:
Is the middle finger becoming the Democrat party symbol??? Obama does it all the time and now this guy… it’s quite apt.
Richard Romano commented:
Nov. is starting to look like a total nightmare for incumbent Democrats.
Zaq.Hack commented:
We have James Carville to thank for “gotcha politics.” Unfortunately for Congressman Hare, the YouTube revolution prevents this sort of spin from actually working.
I hear “I’m sorry I got caught,” not, “I’m sorry such a phrase was in my heart.”
Not Intimidated commented:
Nov. is starting to look like a total nightmare for incumbent Democrats.
Read this and celebrate, Richard. Breitbart nails it. We’re all on to them, and we’re going to make them pay dearly for what they’ve done.
http://tinyurl.com/ydqsfh3
Jo commented:
Rep. Hare looks stoned and drunk. Maybe he has been visiting OBama’s party rooms at the White House to score the illegal stuff — the strong derangment stuff
archer52 commented:
He’s a fat, uninterested politician who got caught saying what he really believes. There is no honor or a sense of duty to the country in their belief system.
It’s all about staying in power, and this guy wants to repair any damage.
Sorry, don’t care what you say now, we’ve got you pegged. BTW-notice how sharp and on their game Paul Ryan and Mike Pence look? Look that this guy. He’s one donut short of a massive coronary. Dude- put down the pie.
aquaviva commented:
Hare’s Heroes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=534XRxZS6q8
Sojourner commented:
.. Just play the two tapes back & forth.. Hare (IDIOT) snared himself.. enuf said.
Peter Warner commented:
AzSlapshot, you’re absolutely right, on all three counts:
1) He actually said he didn’t *worry* about the Constitution (not he didn’t *care* about the Constitution),
2) Pointing this out this error will not generate much approval in this community, and
3) Defending the truth of what Rep. Hare said is not the same as promoting Rep. Hare’s point of view.
Like many here, I disagree strongly with the man’s views. Like yourself, I think we should be honest in presenting our argument.
Thank you for speaking up for the truth.
Best regards, Peter Warner.
Sandy commented:
Is this what the classy Congressman is wearing in the House today? Some people are born great and some people have greatness thrust upon them and then there is John Wayne Gacy Hare who can’t even spell great.
Peter Warner commented:
If one were to read the words Rep. Hare spoke above written out, it would come across as a reasonable effort to communicate his view and patch over hurt feelings. He says ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘thank you for your time’, he mentions his military service and dedication.
Military service is a serious plus, regardless of the man’s current position. He signed a contract that included giving up his life if need be, willingly. That should earn our respect and appreciation.
Watching the video that comes with his words, however, gives a different message. He speaks haltingly, reading from prepared sentences, and seems very uncomfortable. He keeps fidgeting with his left hand, arranging his left hand middle finger to a position of solitary prominence, then folding it under, then back out again.
His words read well, his body language says he doesn’t mean them. That’s my interpretation.
Best regards, Peter Warner.
Terry commented:
Why isn’t this guy being removed from office. Have we fallen that far, that a congressman can publicly state that he does not care about or feel obliged to follow the Constitution and nobody bats an eye?
Andreas K. commented:
Out of context. Right.
Like the “kill the infidels wherever you find them” in the koran. Totally taken out of context as well, right?
Not sure what context could be there, because the message is as obvious as a huge pink elephant in a herd of white sheep, but eh…
Iconoclast commented:
While I agree with required (#23), may I suggest HH was closer to the mark on HCR when he said: “There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.” Apparently Alinsky didn’t mention that one.
Iconoclast commented:
Oops, #32, not #23. Liked the Schilling website’s Lincoln quote (h/t aquaviva #6) “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today” – a lesson all of soetoro’s sheep seem to have missed. And another h/t to aquaviva for the link to “Hare’s Heroes” – this blithering bulls****er would be the first on the list to play Sgt. Shultz if they were to film the series again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=534XRxZS6q8
jimboster commented:
Click
bill-tb commented:
REDEFINING DUMB … Too stupid to know how stupid you are.
ken in anchorage commented:
Paraphrase:
i was not worried about health care bill being ruled unconstitutional, if it “had a been” (past tense) I wouldn’t have voted for it.
As a general concept ever law is constitutional until a Court says otherwise. I take his statement as “since the Supreme Court hasn’t said this “proposed” law is unconstitutional it therefore isn’t.” There is no way to square that circle of thought.
I am not sure exactly what his thought process is but since I’m conservative I probably never will.
JJAYNED commented:
Giving the “finger” while speaking to and of his opponents must be part of the “Chigago way”-he is from Illinois, after all, and we know Obama approves of this.
neomom commented:
Hey, enough with the “fat” jokes. That idiot Anthony Weiner is worse than this moron and every time I see him I want to make him a sandwich. Ethiopians see him and say “Would you like some of my rice”? Hare reminds me of every union steward I have ever met. A big disqualifier for congress should be the inability to think before you speak.
Neotrotsky commented:
Dear future “Youtube underwear” eater,
The main premise of your argument, based on the health care bill, is that there is NO enforcement. While we appreciate your attempt to spin the Democrats’s poor talking points, it avoids the offsetting of tax refunds and specifically the garnishment of wages set up by the IRS and the application of interest to unpaid tax amounts themselves as oppossed to interest on the penelaties. Nor do you address the enforcement procedures for not reporting your “health care” status to the IRS. What happens if I do not provide the proof they ask for- nothing ?
You do know that the IRS can set up a payment plan, without your input, and take it from your wages? Legally, this is not a levy
While I agree the section you point to in the bill does address liens on property and levys on the monies from such properties, it does not address all IRS enforcement abilities and as such, your statement that there is NO enforcement is wrong and misleading.
Besides, I’m not sure this is as big a deal as the Democrats have been trying to make this out to be. The lien and levy enforcement provisions for failure to pay the penalty may have been exlcluded because they won’t be necessary. For example, if you don’t provide proof of insurance with the return, the IRS can simply compute the penalty as part of the tax on the return, apply your credits to the penalty first, and leave you with a reduced credit or ordinary tax due that is subject to the collection procedures. Thus, they are not collecting on the fine itself, per se, but the TOTAL remaining tax bill
While my points may not be as powerful as your third party hearsay from “some IRS” people that you are doing “some work” for, they are valid and true and have made your statement of NO enforcement false. As such, Enjoy your underwear!
Then again, you may believe that the an indiviudual will have a never ending tax “health” bill that will NEVER grow with interest; NEVER be exposed to tax credit offsets and be accurred year after year with no impact on their tax return and they will NEVER have to provide proof of insurance since there is no fear of ANY negative reprecussions.
Of course, one suspects that you probably voted for Obama and as such, you still believe in unicorns and “hope and change”
Texmom commented:
Flipping off those who disagree; the left’s new intellectual approach. It will surely convince us of their wisdom and depth.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Unholy mother of satan! How the f**k did this guy get elected. He should be pushing a broom at the local high screwl.
d_fitz commented:
UPDATE: The latest poll shows only 40% would vote to send Hare back to Congress.
Compared to what, the 32% who’d send his opponent to Washington? The poll earlier this week had 26% undecided. Illinois is one screwed up state, throw them out of the Union.
dlc commented:
Now that’s “Pork” talking!
“And your little piggies too …”
dnb commented:
He learned that little move from the president, who used it often. The media thought it was too, too cute.
true GUILT commented:
He is disguisting. They all look alike–have noticed that? geez–do they have GEDs? They are all 2 points above plant life. Seriously they all look alike, talk alike and are basically corrupt liars, parasites and all of them wanting someone to give them something, anything for free!!!! Even the President! His book someone wrote, affirmitve action in college, his professors said he was lazy, his czars are crooks and perverts-jones, jennings, jarret, axelrod crooked. Now because we oppose this creep we are being attacked by the plant life.
Lauren commented:
Sadly, this jerk will probably be re-elected. Illinois has a long and proud tradition of dead people voting. It’s the Chicago way.
Patrick Truax commented:
Idiot
Fishy Commentator (aka J. Wright) commented:
Look at the picture of Hubert Humphrey on the wall behind him. Here is a quote from an article about Humphrey concerning communism…
“Humphrey had trouble with the Communists and the extreme left wingers. He was chiefly responsible for the establishment of a non-communist liberal organization, Americans for a Democratic Society.”
Source:http://www.answers.com/topic/humphrey-hubert-horatio
As I read that I thought of a quote of Karl Marx who said, “Democracy is the road to socialism.”
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/karl_marx.html
gravelrash commented:
@wanumba #41: Excellent analogy!
wanumba commented:
gravelrash
………..
Heah!
But not sure anymore it’s JUST an analogy. He’s delivering this actual scripted speech like he’s actually a hostage.
Now that’s a thought – suddenly hostage to his constitutents? What a way to interpret the concept of “Representative.”
B. Johnson commented:
Power-mad Democrat’s are in denial that they have based Obamacare on constitutionally nonexistent federal government powers. More specifically, given the Constitution’s silence on public healthcare, the 10th A. automatically reserves government power to regulate healthcare to the states, not the Oval Office and Congress.
In fact, the SCOTUS has already decided that Congress has no business sticking its big nose into the medical practice.
“Direct control of medical practice in the states is obviously beyond the power of Congress.” –Linder v. United States, 1925. http://supreme.justia.com/us/268/5/case.html
What’s going on is that Democrats have foolishly based Congress’s authority to make healthcare legislation on perversions of the General Welfare and Commerce Clauses by FDR’s puppet justices in the 1930s and 40s. But justices wrongly ignored the following excerpts from Jefferson’s writings when deciding cases which tested the limits of Congress’s powers. Jefferson’s clear explanation of the General Welfare and Commerce Clauses would have prevented decades of illegal federal government taxing and spending.
First, here’s Jefferson’s common-sense explanation of the limits of the General Welfare Clause.
“1. To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, “to lay taxes for the purpose of providing for the general welfare.” For the laying of taxes is the power, and the general welfare the purpose for which the power is to be exercised. They are not to lay taxes ad libitum for any purpose they please; but only to pay the debts or provide for the welfare of the Union. In like manner, they are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the latter phrase, not as describing the purpose of the first, but as giving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please, which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless.
It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and, as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please.” –Jefferson’s Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank : 1791 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/bank-tj.asp
Regarding Congressman Hare’s bleeding heart, Jefferson clearly indicated that good intentions are no substitute for enumerated powers when it comes to making legislation.
Finally, here’s an excerpt from Jefferson’s writings on the Commerce Clause.
“For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes.” –Jefferson’s Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank : 1791 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/bank-tj.asp
With terms like “does not extend” and “exclusively,” Jefferson made it clear that Congress has no authority to interfere with intrastate commerce.
Listen up commented:
He learned that finger trick from Obama…it was not classy when O did it (a few times) and it is not classy now. Dems are so scummy…get me a barf bag!
MochaLite commented:
Slogan for his GOP opponent: “Hare today, gone tomorrow!”
Connie commented:
Vote him out. He is making up an excuse for his arrogance and disregard for the Constitution. Send money to his opponent. We need to get Congressmen and Senators out who consistently lie and then try to cover up their ignorance. They forget that they work for us.
Curmudgeon commented:
Viewing the two video clips the first thing that came to mind was the movie “Deliverance”.
paul commented:
Sadly Phil is my rep and I seriously doubt he’ll get kicked out since this district is gerrymandered. I mean it covers the counties in Western IL that touch the Mississippi then there’s a thin line that goes half the way across the state to Decatur where his Union base sits.
MM commented:
We need to unelect the bums and put in real representation!