Patraeus microphone problem, protester arrests and other embarrassments

[zulchzulu]

Run time: 08:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvj7WCfPNWQ   Posted on YouTube: September 10, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 10, 2007 By DU Member: zulchzulu Views on DU: 1308

 
About 5 minutes into the video, you can see and hear Shelton and Hunter cuss and talk about the protestors. It is very revealing.

[bluestateguy]

1. Dan Burton seems to have trouble recognizing that he is not a committee chairman anymore

And by the way, whatever happened to those term limits we were supposed to get from the "Contract with America"?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Marking it to watch later

Thanks!!

[ladywnch]

3. it would appear that Democratic representatives no more tolerant

of free speech than repugs. boy am I glad THEY're in the majority.

[Stuckinthebush]

5. That's disruption

Free speech is one thing and disruption is another. They can speak all they want outside of the hearing room.

[stlsaxman]

8. correct!

it is disrupting the hearings. not good.

[ladywnch]

9. well according to the audio that I heard on the video, he said he

wanted everyone holding a sign removed.......holding a sign in NOT disrupting the hearings....regarding those who spoke out, yes, they were disruptive....but "anyone holding signs"????....I don't think so.

[RussBLib]

4. This whole government is an embarrassment

Why even bother to listen to Petraeus? We know what he has to say. It's been pre-approved by Bush.

We need to sweep out every last elected representative and replace them with people who actually care about doing things for the people. While we're at it, abolish all corporate, special interest and private donations to any candidate. We need to start over.

Yeah, right.

[Quakerfriend]

6. Watching Burton, he seems almost paranoid

about the demonstrators.

[whistle]

7. I heard one of the Reps refer to "assholes"

[JDPriestly]

10. This shows why Dems in Congress gets so little done.

They are altogether too worried about what Repubs will think of them if they don't do what the Repubs want. Clearly you can't have noisy demonstrators in a Congressional hearing room while the hearing is going on. But on the other hand, a Democratic committee leader who is that cozy with the Republicans on the committee can't be trusted. Not after the way that the Republicans in Congress treated Democrats when the Republicans were in charge. We have a bunch of Betrayers of our own to contend with -- the mealy-mouth crowd of Democratic legislators who get themselves re-elected to Congress over and over. It is one thing to be collegial with other senators. It is another to be more concerned about what the senators on the other side of the aisle think of you than what people like the protesters who essentially support your party are suffering. I was disgusted by what I saw in this video. We Democrats have a bunch of spineless fools "representing" us in Congress. I feel so saddened.

[Why Syzygy]

11. I didn't read it quite that way.

But I have been saddened by their behavior since almost the beginning.