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Congressman Erupts Arrogantly; Local Newspaper Fails to Cover Blowup
NewsBusters ^ | September 8, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 09/08/2009 6:52:10 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

A congressman from the Indiana 9th district named Baron Hill had a major league arrogant temper tantrum on camera last Saturday which has become a big hit in the blogosphere with over 100,000 viewers on YouTube. So one would figure that the local Bloomington newspaper, the Herald Times, would cover it, right? Wrong. Amazingly the most interesting thing that has happened in Bloomington in at least a year has been studiously avoided by that newspaper.

Here is the scene as described by the American Thinker:

It is not just the career safe seat members of Congress and the Senate who are vulnerable to getting caught up in the arrogance and elitism of power. Relative back bencher Baron Hill from Indiana's 9th District might well have surged into the lead in the contest to see which member of congress had the most out of touch and arrogant attitude during the town hall meetings.

You have to watch this video to believe it. It starts right after he has announced that there will be no videos allowed and goes into question and answer. The first question is from a school student trying to fulfill a class assignment.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: 111th; arrogance; baronhill; bloomington; newsblackout; townhalls
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The Congressman was worried that a video would end up on YouTube and make him look bad. No need to worry. Hee! Hee!
1 posted on 09/08/2009 6:52:11 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Wait until his opponent uses it against him in 2010.


2 posted on 09/08/2009 6:53:52 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Bloomington Herald News: Gatekeeper of Newsworthy Information


3 posted on 09/08/2009 6:54:50 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: DarthVader

Hey. “Those remarks were taken out of context.”


4 posted on 09/08/2009 6:55:43 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew

It doesn’t matter it will be played and played!


5 posted on 09/08/2009 6:56:47 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: PJ-Comix

I can not get the video to play is it sabotaged by u-tube already?


6 posted on 09/08/2009 6:57:20 PM PDT by michgirl (the progressive city Deeetriot ?)
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To: DarthVader

The arrogant slime won’t be alone in 2010 when he gets tossed out like the garbage he is. Arrogant, in-your-face politicians won’t be tolerated by the American people any more. We The People Are Coming and the arrogant slimes are TOAST.


7 posted on 09/08/2009 6:57:52 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Paul Heinzman; IMissPresidentReagan; AlexW; Cletus.D.Yokel; ConservativeOrBust; tropical; ...

PING!


8 posted on 09/08/2009 6:59:13 PM PDT by PJ-Comix ("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
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I can not get the video to play is it sabotaged by u-tube already?

I just checked. The video is working fine.

9 posted on 09/08/2009 7:01:05 PM PDT by PJ-Comix ("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“The arrogant slime won’t be alone in 2010 when he gets tossed out like the garbage he is.”

That is true a great deal of our representatives are fetid excrement which has been polluting the halls of congress for too many years. They are all like turds lying in a toilet bowl and we the people have our hands on the lever and are about to flush.


10 posted on 09/08/2009 7:01:06 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: PJ-Comix

This is unreal. Who in the hell do these people think they are? I think the people of Indiana need to think very clearly who they want to send to Washington. What better indicator can they have?


11 posted on 09/08/2009 7:02:30 PM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Charles Henrickson

Buddy Rydell FYI. Check the full story. A Buddy Rydell reference, video, and song at the end of the story.


12 posted on 09/08/2009 7:02:49 PM PDT by PJ-Comix ("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
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To: Blue Jays
Hilarious!
What an arrogant jerk!


13 posted on 09/08/2009 7:03:51 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: DarthVader; Nachum; freekitty; 2ndDivisionVet; Clintonfatigued; andy58-in-nh

These YouTubes can be downloaded to laptops and taken door to door in the 2010 campaign to expose their arrogance and in-your-face behavior. What an honor to expose these bastards to their constituents. Time to take back our country and vote out these slimes that crawled out of the sewer where they were spawned.


14 posted on 09/08/2009 7:04:44 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: DarthVader

I need humor! I need humor! or just sometning to get me out of obamafunk oh maybe some rev david manning will help pull me up or maybeeeee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQtZUIi6lzg

hope this works I NEVER posted a http before!!!


15 posted on 09/08/2009 7:05:58 PM PDT by michgirl (the progressive city Deeetriot ?)
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To: michgirl

Won’t play for me either. Completely disappears right after it starts to play.


16 posted on 09/08/2009 7:08:44 PM PDT by annieokie (i)
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To: PJ-Comix

Arrogant little cuss doesn’t understand that video recording has come a long way. Probably expects huge cameras on rollers and special lights. Hardee harr!


17 posted on 09/08/2009 7:10:50 PM PDT by albie
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To: PJ-Comix

Thanks got it this time!


18 posted on 09/08/2009 7:11:38 PM PDT by michgirl (the progressive city Deeetriot ?)
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To: PJ-Comix

I love the part where he says “You (constituents) are not going to tell me how to run my congressional office”


19 posted on 09/08/2009 7:11:48 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: annieokie

Did that the first time for me too. Just hit the play button again, it starts normal then.


20 posted on 09/08/2009 7:12:40 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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