Boy, if Hare is taking heat in Decatur, of all places, he is royally screwed. From the Herald-Review:
Talks grew heated between constituents and U.S. Rep. Phil Hare on Monday as he visited Decatur to speak about recently approved federal health care legislation.
Hare, D-Rock Island, spoke about the bill and took questions afterward at the Decatur-Macon County Senior Center. Many of those present aired concerns about a possible government take over of the nation’s health care system, which Hare rebuffed.
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“Our bill strengthens and preserves Medicare,” Hare said. “Anyone who says differently is not telling you the truth.”
Gee, Phil. When you were called a liar in Quincy, you got up and ambled out. Now you’re calling others liars? Anyway, people aren’t buying what Hare is selling:
Many audience members weren’t happy with the explanations, with some of them interrupting Hare and each other.
Dave Freyling, 72, a retiree from Decatur who said he gets medicine with help from Veterans Affairs, said he didn’t believe Hare had even read the bill.
“I don’t understand (the bill) and I don’t think anybody else does, either,” Freyling said. “I think that’s one of the biggest problems they have right now.”
Gosh, didn’t see this one coming. Apparently, after yesterday opening his mouth and proving he is as stupid as he looks, Phil Hare wants to claim he was taken out of context. Not only that, but those evil non-seniors who support his opponent called him names:
Yesterday, Congressman Hare held what was supposed to be a meeting with seniors in Quincy to discuss important provisions in the health care bill. But Bobby Schilling, Congressman Hare’s opponent in the fall, politicized the event by sending his supporters to disrupt it. Congressman Hare was called a Nazi. He was called a liar. He was handed a piece of paper that said “The White House is No Longer White.” So much for a civil debate.
Bobby Schilling “politicized the event”? You know, if the Democrats didn’t have the government take over everything, then everything would not be political, would it? For crying out loud — these clowns involve the government (and hence politics) in every facet of our lives, and when they hear a squeak of dissent, immediately charge the dissenter with injecting “politics.” Disgusting. And it’s a meeting with a politician — how can the event be “politicized”?
I want to see the evidence of Hare being called a “Nazi.” As I noted yesterday, on the tape Hare was the one who mentioned the word “Nazi” and “Communist,” not the questioner.
And where’s the piece of paper? Why didn’t he hold it up on the video (WGEM was there), and call out the racist who handed it to him? (Let’s see, if it took him a whole day to read those seven words, I wonder how long it took him to read the 2,700 page Health care Bill three times…?)
I’ll have more to say later regarding Hare’s pheeble attempt to “contextualize” his Hare-brained comment, after further review. For now, suffice it to say: NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, MR. HARE. We are not as stupid as you think we are. Actually, maybe I should cut that sentence short and just note that “We are not as stupid as you.”
Wow. Today is the day they’ll look back and say ‘that’s when the wheels came off.’ Phil Hare went down in flames — where were his staffers? The man was getting bloodied, good grief, get him out of there! But the looks on their faces are almost as stupid as the look on Phil’s.
When pressed, the truth comes out. When questioned where in the Constitution he is granted authority to mandate health care, Hare responded:
“I don’t worry about the Constitution on this to be honest.”
Hare then tries to recover and quotes the “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” phrase and when corrected that those words come from the Declaration of Independence, says “It doesn’t matter to me.”
Then, when clearly asked again where the Constitution grants authority for mandated Health Care, Hare admits “I don’t know, I don’t know.”
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution[.]“ — U.S. Const., Art. VI.
When the questioner says Hare is a liar for refusing to answer how long it took him to read the 2,700 page bill three times, Hare is the one that says “nazi, communist.” But I thought the crazy tea partiers were the ones who said things like that… Hate speech?
Hare asks his questioner whether he is the “expert,” and the guy responds “Are you?” Hare says “No, I’m not. I’m the dreamer.” He’s dreaming all right.
And I LOVE it at the end when the guy says “You better start looking for a job…”
Amen to that, brother, amen to that. Thank you for your service today, sir, you are a patriot. THIS is what America is all about. It’s guys like that who will save this country from guys like Mr. Hare.
Mr. Hare is sweating now… (Well, he was before too, but now it’s not just because he’s phat, it’s because he’s phat and he’s gonna get run over by the health care crazy train…)
Hare was asked numerous times if the bill was Constitutional and he would never answer the question.
“We could all take the easy way out,” he said, in referring to not wanting to support mandatory health care. “The goal is to insure 30 million Americans. The bill does an awful lot, some like it, some don’t like it. Some want to repeal this bill, I will tell them that ain’t gonna happen. Let me rephrase. Go to kids, go to seniors and tell them they can’t have health care. I don’t want this repealed. We’ve worked for 106 year for this and 120 people a day die because they don’t have health insurance.”
After that comment a majority of people in the room shouted “Bullsh*t.”
At the time, he kept on saying that a health care bill without a public option is “like a car without a motor — it might look good, but it’s not gonna go anywhere.” You said it, Phil!
In any event, this shows you where his mind is — the current health care law is not enough of a government takeover for Hare, he pledged he would only vote for MORE government! What a goofball…
This guy is about as smart as a sack of potatoes. Asked about all the threats” supposedly coming from opponents of the health care bill, Phil Hare stated:
… that he thought Boehner should step aside for not being more vocal in denouncing the threats.
“He has a responsibility to step up and put and end to this,” Hare said. “I think this is despicable.”
Question – why does John Boehner have a responsibility to stop threats? Is there any evidence that he supports or encouraged the threats? Is there even any evidence the “threats” are real? (Most of these are usually faked or made up by Democrats and the media - see here and here, for example.) And even if Boehner were somehow encouraging the threats, what does Hare think, he can wave his magic wand and they will cease? What a moron. I agree with Nancy Pelosi, who said “Elections are a way for people to show their approval or disapproval.”
Amen to that.
Funny that Hare should urge Boehner to step down for failure to stop threats, when Hare himself was quoted — today — as stating he did not feel threatened:
“There have been some people who have been irate and crossed the line in phone calls and been rude to staff,” [Hare spokeman] Schlittner said. “Most have been respectful.”
Hare, who said Capitol Police recommend congressmen contact police in their district regarding town hall meetings, said he doesn’t feel threatened but there is heightened concern because of what he sees happening to his colleagues.
“It is very troublesome to me. I don’t mind an old-fashioned debate, but there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed,” he said. “We hope we can talk about the bill in a civil way and the fever can work its way down. We are people, too.”
“Crossing the line” is “being rude to staff”?? My gosh, the poor dears. John Boehner must stop people being rude to congressional staff! Pass a law!Hare was also quoted in the Politico today:
One Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Phil Hare of Illinois, said he knows several Democrats who have told their spouses to move out of the home districts while the lawmakers are in Washington.
“If this doesn’t get under control in short time, heaven forbid, someone will get hurt,” Hare said.
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Hare is holding eight town hall meetings in his district over the recess and requested that the Capitol Police coordinate with his local police department to provide security. His wife has pleaded with him to cancel the events.
“My wife is home alone, and I’m worried for her,” he said. “I am about to have my first grandchild. I don’t want to have to be worried.
I think this guy really is getting worried, but it’s not because of threats to his physical safety, but threats to his political safety. Hare is going down in November, and I think he may be starting to sense it. As Hare said, we have a responsibilityto step up and put an end to this.
“I voted for health care reform for one simple reason: it is the right thing to do. It is right for families who will now see their premiums go down. It is right for Americans with preexisting conditions that will now have access to coverage.”
Turns out that the whole access to coverage thing, like almost every other provision of the bill, doesn’t kick in until 2014 (after four years of taxes). About this, Bobby Schilling stated:
“This is a shame,” said Schilling. “Again the federal government and our representatives have misled us. They made this bill sound as if it would fix all of our problems. Clearly it does not. Rep. Hare would have known about this new loophole if he had read the bill. He should apologize for misleading the people of his district.”
But if Representative Hare were going to apologize for misleading the people of his district, it would probably take more time than the seven months he has left in office. He does nothing but mislead the people of his district. As a democrat, it’s his full time job.
Focus your anger and energy on that date. Time to step up – donate your time, money and efforts to doing something where you live. If that’s the 17th Congressional District, repeat after me: Bald Congress, Bald Congress, Bald Congress….
Click here for a link to Powerline (one of, if not the premier conservative site out there, IMO) and its discussion of the seemingly genuine memo to Democrats which “admits that the Democrats’ claims about their government takeover plan are disingenuous and that it is therefore imperative that they not discuss the plan’s details.”
After November 2, 2010, Phil Hare will be relegated to nothing but a phootnote on the “casualty” list of phools who voted for Obamacare. But for now, we still have to suffer through his absurd little brand of leftist claptrap.
In a previous op-ed, I shared the story of the Fair’s. Bill and his son Eric lost their health insurance after Butler Manufacturing closed its Galesburg plant in 2005. Eric then had to work for temp agencies and did not qualify for health care. Eric started having chest pains but because he did not have health insurance he was afraid to go to the doctor. Several days later Eric called his friend to tell him he wasn’t feeling well and he eventually died of heart failure.
Hare wants to blame Eric’s unfortunate death on the fact that he did not have health insurance, but if you accept the underlying premise, the obvious question is ‘why didn’t he have insurance?’ Oh that’s right – because his employer closed its doors. So – the lesson is not that the government needs to provide health care, but that the government needs to quit taxing and regulating businesses to death. When Eric had a good JOB, he had health insurance.
So, I ask – Mr. Hare, where are the JOBS you and Obama have been promising?
Mr. Hare is in such a rush to turn everything over to the government, he doesn’t even realize that his own op-ed supports the notion that his focus should instead be on creating an environment where Americans can start and build businesses, businesses which employ (and maybe even provide health insurance) to other Americans. And the government doesn’t need to get involved. Instead, it needs to get un-involved.
Undaunted, Hare continues, (as usual) drawing the exact wrong conclusion:
Eric will never have a second chance at life. And if we fail to act, thousands more will suffer his fate.
What are Democratic leaders saying? “If you pass the Stupak amendment, more children will be born, and therefore it will cost us millions more. That’s one of the arguments I’ve been hearing,” Stupak says. “Money is their hang-up. Is this how we now value life in America? If money is the issue — come on, we can find room in the budget. This is life we’re talking about.”
Sick stuff that, and a too-steep price for “reform.”
Hare ends noting that his vote will “require[] insurance companies to play by the rules[.]“ But currently, if an insurance company doesn’t play by the rules, they can be sued. Most are, all day every day. We don’t need to bankrupt the country to force them to “play by the rules.”
And by the way – if insurance companies are so eeeevil, why are the Democrats in such a rush to force people to purchase insurance? (“Insurance companies are evil, so we are passing a law that forces you to purchase health insurance — from the insurance companies…”)
