Monday, 09 November 2009
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Chumping 101-Professor Rob Andrews
Saturday evening while I was watching the House of Representatives Healthcare Hearings on C-Span several old expressions came to mind.:
- I might have been born in the morning, but it sure wasn't this morning,
- I didn't come in with the morning milk
- I didn't just step off the boat
The old sayings came to mind after the baton was passed to Rob Andrews (link) by Charlie Rangel to delegate speech time and Rob starts shooting from the hip, ad libbing, making light of things people objected to.
The icing on the cake came in response to the bill exempting Congress from being enrolled in the plan that the public was being forced into. Rob stood up with the congressional health options book and replied, we have the health plan our employer, the federal government, offers us.
Say what ? Sorry Rob, your employer is not the federal government . You are employed by the people of the first district of New Jersey as their representative. You are their employee and are forcing this bill on your employers under the penalty of law, while exempting yourself. Nice gig if you can get it !
Rob knows better. He just gave his first lesson in Chumping 101. And did it with a straight face.
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Comments (8)
That is exactly the problem with governments these days, they don't understand who is supposed to have the power.
And this surprises us, why?
@SwordAndSacrifice - hey Rob. Good to see you back around. To your question. That we take it.
@mrcolorful - or who they are working for.
You know, CSPAN at times reminds me of marionettes played by someone with a warped sense of humor.
@Paul_Partisan - it was actually kind of weird to see all the people actually there, because as you allude to, many times it is people giving speeches to a nearly empty chamber for you tube videos. It is funny to watch some of the scripted speeches when you see the expressions on their face, almost like-what?
Ugh... Our politicians don't even understand how our government works. Why are we keeping them in office again?