Video: Cardin: Patriot Act “predates my election” to Congress
posted at 7:31 pm on November 3, 2006 by Ian
Ben Cardin has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987.
UPDATE: Just in case you want more context, Cardin is seen debating fellow Senate candidate Kevin Zeese (Green, Independent, Libertarian, whatever you want to call him.).
UPDATE II: The Steele campaign writes this about Cardin’s performance at today’s debate:
“Congressman Ben Cardin ran away after the debate today, dodging any interaction with reporters. During the debate, the Congressman also found it impossible to restrain his temper, letting his voice rise to truly disturbing levels several times. While it is understandable that the Congressman is angry and bitter at his own fumbling debate performances and his campaign’s downward spiral, Maryland voters deserve better than more yelling and table-pounding from a lifetime Washington politician.
UPDATE III: Cardin obviously doesn’t pass the John Kerry test.
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What is this video from? What did he say after that?
tikvah on November 3, 2006 at 7:35 PM
This was from a debate he had with Michael Steele and the Independent candidate from today.
Maybe he’ll try the Kerry defense and call this a botched joke and we’re all crazy idiots for believing what he really said.
Mountain Soldier on November 3, 2006 at 7:37 PM
That was a good teaser….any links to more of this debate?
Steele needs to be playing this from all the Megatrons at stadiums this weekend.
Limerick on November 3, 2006 at 7:43 PM
Someone has to say it: Ben Cardin is a predator.
Niko on November 3, 2006 at 7:46 PM
Where do I insert the word “us”?
infidel on November 3, 2006 at 7:48 PM
D’OH!!!!!
Ben Cardin self-nominates himself for the “Dumb As A Sack Of Hammers” Award!
I’m beginning to enjoy these belated, self-inflicted “October Surprises”!
Jack.
Jack Deth on November 3, 2006 at 7:51 PM
He flunked math and history in one sentence.
infidel4life on November 3, 2006 at 8:05 PM
What a doofus.
Mortis on November 3, 2006 at 8:25 PM
Pure lying scum.
x95b10 on November 3, 2006 at 8:28 PM
I want to adopt Ace! Maybe I don’t know what I’m getting into…but this mind is wit, pure wit!
Cardin…there comes a point when we should stop driving…and there comes a point when getting out of Congress is the right move.
Entelechy on November 3, 2006 at 8:28 PM
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jummy on November 3, 2006 at 8:28 PM
Cardin:
“I was against the Patriot Act before it was conceived”.
Entelechy on November 3, 2006 at 8:31 PM
Good one. That guy is clearly feeling the heat. +1 for the good guys.
p0s3r on November 3, 2006 at 8:35 PM
“Education– if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you might get stuck as a Democrat Congressman from Maryland. .”
LegendHasIt on November 3, 2006 at 8:42 PM
What did he say after that?
Something about wanting a cookie and a shiny piece of aluminum foil to play with.
Purple Avenger on November 3, 2006 at 9:24 PM
Guess he better get to the recruiter’s office!
TBinSTL on November 3, 2006 at 10:09 PM
Reliable sources said Cardin thought the Patriot Act was a movie starring Mel Gibson.
fogw on November 3, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Thanks for making me laugh, fogw; I needed that.
tikvah on November 3, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Close out the blog, that one sentence said it all.
You have to love a guy like Cardin, first taking a candidate from the Green party seriously, and second for being a dufus, and third he will get votes in spite of…
right2bright on November 3, 2006 at 10:35 PM
…he misheard the statement he was replying to…he thought they said Emancipation Proclamation…which preceeded his career in politics…by about six weeks, evidently…boy been suppin’ at the public trough for a looooooong time….
Puritan1648 on November 3, 2006 at 11:02 PM
When you phrase it like that, it almost sounds stupid.
Coyote D. on November 3, 2006 at 11:47 PM
Hm. The real question for me is why someone would run on a Libertarian/Green ticket. Aside from gay marriage and stem cells, do they share any issues? At all?
starflyer on November 3, 2006 at 11:59 PM
Maybe he followed that with “…to the extent that most of the components have been in place, in various forms, for years“, or something like that.
More likely, though, he’s just a moron.
DaveS on November 4, 2006 at 12:56 AM
When it comes to Cardin and driving, he should be behind a TV set not a steering wheel…
RD on November 4, 2006 at 1:27 AM
Wow.
His brain really lit off a firecracker of stupidity.
I bet he blew a hole in his underwear after he realized what he said and that he was recorded.
Black Adam on November 4, 2006 at 9:43 AM
Cardin is an idiot, pure and simple. Steele will run rings around him and eventually win the senate seat. Good for Steele! Where else do you have 47 -47 polls in a 5-1 Democratic state? Go Michael! Can’t wait till you win and then hopefully, we will run you for president!
Neocon Peg on November 4, 2006 at 10:42 PM
Here is the entire debate at the Zeese website. Cardin’s statement that assaults our sensibilities appears about 22 minutes into the debate.
huckleberry on November 5, 2006 at 1:04 AM
A point about that ABCNews poll graph. It had four bars, showing Cardin (47), Steele (47), Zeese (3), and Undecided (4). Maybe Cardin is doing the math for ABC, too, because that’s 101%.
There are ways for poll results to show less than 100%, but no HONEST way to show 101. My biased supposition is that Steele was actually already leading 47%-46%, but since the MSM would rather say “statistical dead-heat” than “Steele takes over lead”, they generously awarded little Ben a free percentage point. Maybe they were out of cookies.
If Maryland elects Cardin, they surely deserve him.
Freelancer on November 5, 2006 at 6:05 PM