I really like the part where the Congressman's aide in waiting takes his coat before the Congressman gets in the car to escape. The air of royalty is astonishing after such an amazing display of ignorance and arrogance.

Speaking of congressional staff, what staff member or handler would let their boss sit at such a camera angle looking down on them in such a way? These guys are not ready for 2010.

Congressman Phil Hare cares about Congressman Phil Hare.

"we're talking about people's lives"

Using that reasoning, why doesn't the good Congressman espouse the incarceration of all gang members? How about the incarceration of all dopers? Won't this affect "people's lives" for the better?

Once you get on that emotional reasoning slope, you can justify anything. After all, "It's for the children".

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;..."

This is kind of a tough one for congressman Hare when his own political party comes pretty close to being one of those domestic enemies.

Since when does the Constitution apply to Democrats??

Had to laugh at a comment Barry made in a speech today in Boston:

"If you govern by pundits and polls, you lose sight of why you got into public service in the first place"

This from the same guy who voted "Present!" over 100 times in the Illinois state senate in order to avoid taking one side of an issue or the other.

Sucks to have so many video cameras around any more, isn't it? Never can tell when your words might actually get put out in context...

How long do you think it'll be before 'unauthorized' cell phones and cameras are banned in the vicinity of political gatherings with our congressmen? After all, it's for their protection...

Welcome to the new 'royalty'.
Now, bow down before your masters and may your chains rest lightly.

I think they actually believe they are above the laws that apply to the rest of us. In reality they are because they write exemptions for themselves and their preferred 'friends'. With statements like that they prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have absolute power and are going to wield it 'for the benefit of society' and the individual and freedom be damned.

I think they may see the gathering storm of an enraged conservative electorate but still have no idea that they cannot master its control because they are the ones that have inadvertently awakened it.

"I think they actually believe they are above the laws"

They are above the law. Seems every time they write one, Congress exempts itself.

Doesn't matter what he thinks. He's toast this November anyway.

I think the phrase he's looking for is: 'The ends justifies the means.'

Off topic but I was thinking about gun safety. I have a job at a place where guns are banned. Most conservatives have jobs and I bet guns are banned at most workplaces. So when the liberals decide to round up all us conservatives and put us into their "reeducation" camps, they will know exactly where to find us and they will know we are not armed. All our guns will be at home so all they have to do is go there first and they will have all the guns they need.

BTW, I remember really enjoying camp when I was a kid. If the camps the liberals put us in have canoeing and horse back riding and a great swimming hole with a waterfall then maybe it won't be so bad.

Anyway, as far as gun safety, if I quit my job and let the government pay me to stay home and at home I'll have a gun to stop the liberals from putting me in one of their camps, would I still be considered a conservative since I would no longer have a job?

"why doesn't the good Congressman espouse the incarceration of all gang members?"

1) they vote dem (just look at the New Black Panthers for validation of that)

2) As a dem he is in favor of enslaving the entire population and making them dependent upon the government for the essentials of life. Is there any difference between prison and that?

And yes, the dems believe that they are special and above both the law and the unwashed masses. They don't care what we think. They don't care what the law says because the truth is that the laws don't apply to them. They exempt themselves (Congress) from most laws. They won't participate in Obamacare. They will always get cut to the front of the line. They routinely fail to pay their taxes and they are used to the military jetting them around he globe to fulfill their whims.

How are they not like a royal class?

I immediately sent this moron's challenger, Schilling, $20. TEEhee.

Hare (D - Rock Island, IL, 17th Dist.) says on his web site that this is "gotcha" politics and that he cares for the Constitution. He makes no attempt, however, to explain where in Article I (or elsewhere) the Constitution gives Congress the power to run heath care or impose a mandatory insurance requirement on citizens and their employers. He is from a heavily Democratic district where many union members vote a straight Dem ticket- even though their party's policies have dramatically cut the number of non-governmental union jobs in their area.

He's not likely to lose his seat just because he doesn't know the Declaration of Independence from the Constitution and never read the 2900-page Obamacare monstrosity that he proudly voted for.

He thinks it's "gotcha" politics to ask him about the Constitution he belatedly claims to care about?

He thinks it's "gotcha" politics to accurately report his answer that he doesn't care about the Constitution he belatedly claims to care about?

The only "gotcha" here is the one he's played on his constituents every election night since he first went to Congress. Here's hoping his constituents return the gesture this November.

What do you know -an honest democrat!

I suppose Obama was too when he bemoaned the fact that the constitution seemed to limit government power too much.Hmmm?

"we're talking about people's lives"

"Using that reasoning, why doesn't the good Congressman espouse the incarceration of all gang members?"

Yeah, I had the same thoughts about his hypocrisy until I realized he was one of those white-necked "abortion clingers" and "Rules for Radicals" thumpers!

There was one?

The ends justifies the means to all these Corruptocrats posing as "Representatives".

In some cases the "ends" are getting their fat asses re-elected for DECADES.

In some cases the "ends" are "Fundamentally transforming the United States of America"

In both cases they see the Constitution as a mere nuisance...if they see it at all.

You can't fix stupid.

What a arrogant liberal demacratic snob I hope he gets voted out of office in november

The Supreme Court is supposed to give deference to congress as to constitutionality of a law. So what happens when Congress openly passes laws they know to be unconstitutional? Will the Supreme Court still give deference? If Congress can ignore the Constitution can it not also ignore the Supreme Court?

I assume he'll have a republican opponent in November. IF he/she doesn't make FULL USE of this imbeciles own words.....

Ya' know, I think could give the term "TeaPee'd" a new meaning.

What a harebrain

"I don't worry about the Constitution to be honest with you"

TO be inscribed on his political tombstone in November.