Posted on 02/20/2005 3:59:32 PM PST by MisterRepublican
Yesterday Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) hosted a community forum in Ithaca, New York, on The Future Of Social Security.
An LGF operative was present in the audience and happened to be recording as Rep. Hinchey launched into a barking moonbat conspiracy rant worthy of Democratic Underground, telling the audience he believed the fake CBS memos were planted by Karl Rove to discredit Dan Rather, and divert attention from President Bush’s “draft dodging.”
When our operative asked Hinchey if he had evidence for these charges, he first said, “Yes, I do,” but when asked a second time he admitted he did not.
Our operative pressed the issue, “Don’t you think it’s irresponsible to make charges like that?” Hinchey replied, “No, I don’t, I think it’s very important to make charges like that ... I think it’s very important to combat this kind of activity in every way that you can, and I’m willing, as most people are not, to step forward in situations like this and take risks.”
And the crowd burst into applause and cheering.
UPDATE at 2/20/05 4:48:20 pm:
Courtesy of LGF operative zombie (who is not the operative who recorded Rep. Hinchey’s rant), here is a full transcript of the recording:
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Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY): Well, you know, they are manipulating the media, they did it in the very beginning through intimidation. They would intimidate the people in the, uh, in the press conference. And ... they would ask — they would allow questions to be asked only of people that they knew were going to ask the right kind of questions, from their point of view. And, you know, that has its effect, had, had its effect on people. People have been — people in the media have been intimidated. The media has changed in the last four years. People have changed in the last four years. They’ve had a very very direct, aggressive attack on the, on the media, and the way it’s handled. Probably the most flagrant example of that is the way they set up Dan Rather. Now, I mean, I have my own beliefs about how that happened: it originated with Karl Rove, in my belief, in the White House. They set that up with those false papers. Why did they do it? They knew that Bush was a draft dodger. They knew that he had run away from his responsibilties in the Air National Guard in Texas, gone out of the state intentionally for a long period of time. They knew that he had no defense for that period in his life. And so what they did was, expecting that that was going to come up, they accentuated it: they produced papers that made it look even worse. And they — and they distributed those out to elements of the media. And it was only — what, like was it CBS? Or whatever, whatever which one Rather works for. They — the people there — they finally bought into it, and they, and they aired it. And when they did, they had ‘em. They didn’t care who did it! All they had to do is to get some element of the media to advance that issue. Based upon the false papers that they produced.
Audience Member: Do you have any evidence for that?
Congressman Hinchey: Yes I do. Once they did that —
Audience: [Murmuring]
Congressman Hinchey: ...once they did that, then it undermined everything else about Bush’s draft dodging. Once they were able to say, ‘This is false! These papers are not accurate, they’re, they’re, they’re false, they’ve been falsified.’ That had the effect of taking the whole issue away.
Audience Member: So you have evidence that the papers came from the Bush administration?
Congressman Hinchey: No. I — that’s my belief.
Audience Member: OK.
Congressman Hinchey: And I said that. In the very beginning. I said, ‘It’s my belief that those papers, and that setup, originated with Karl Rove and the White House.’
Audience Member: Don’t you think it’s irresponsible to make charges like that?
Congressman Hinchey: No I don’t. I think it’s very important to make charges like that. I think it’s very important to combat this kind of activity in every way that you can. And I’m willing — and most people are not — to step forward in situations like this and take risks.
Audience: [Clapping and cheering.]
Congressman Hinchey: I consider that to be part of my job, and I’m gonna continue to do it.
So true. 200+ years later the concept of "We" in "We the people..." has now become a reality for those visionary men, some of the greatest minds to ever inhabit planet earth.
And it was only — what, like was it CBS? Or whatever, whatever which one Rather works for.
I still don't know why Hinchey gets elected.
He hasn't ever actually DONE anything except whine, gripe, and moan like a PMS'ing Marge Schott with a cold.
I really think the left have lost their minds. Intervention needed immediately.
So that's what this a-hole looks like. Thanks for posting his pic.
What a munchkin jerk.
A man makes charges like this and doesn't even know which network? Besides, Rather has a famous history beyond this latest deal, never mind that New York is the media center of the planet, something no NY politician that craves face time will ever forget. So where's Hinchey been? 
I make no secret that I live in Orange County NY, Ben Gilman was my district, Hinchey was one district over.
He's always been a space case.
They've been redistricting the place so badly that off the top of my head I can't tell you which district I am in anymore.
Been hard to keep track of that recently.
I'm hoping he doesn't get re-elected next time around.
Man ~ we really do need to do something about setting some term limitations!!
"Man ~ we really do need to do something about setting some term limitations!!"
Two terms max, at any level, for any position, no repeating ever. This would pretty much end the era of the "career politician."
:) I did not mean to offend the good members of the lollipop guild...
What was chilling was the sound of all those lice herders cheering at the end.
There really needs to be I.Q. tests for voters.
:) I did not mean to offend the good members of the lollipop guild...LOL! :^D
I'm sure they'll forgive you. :^)
"Hey man, someone put bad acid in the watertower. Pass it along."
Hmmmm? What I find interesting is the fact that most of the really kooky stuff said about any of the occupants of the WH comes from D-NY people.
Geeeeee ..?? That wouldn't be because Hillary is orchestrating these kooky things .. could it ..??
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