Video: The obligatory “conservative MEP eviscerates Gordon Brown” clip; Update: Too soon to judge Obama, says MEP
posted at 3:55 pm on March 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
In which a tough couple of days for Keynesians in the European Parliament suddenly turns bloody. If you didn’t follow Drudge’s link and watch this earlier, watch it now. Same effect as seeing a boxer trap his opponent in the corner and connect with a flurry of power punches: Is it the poetry or the sheer brutality that makes it so impressive? Or is it the contrast with Boehner and Mitch McConnell lumbering around the ring, day after day?
Here’s his YouTube page, chock full of more in this vein, and here’s his blog, in which he marvels at the ability of the ‘Net to turn a backbench parliamentarian into an international fiscal conservative hero overnight. Exit question: We’re all agreed that Hannan gets to deliver the GOP’s response to next year’s State of the Union, yes?
Update: Eh, not quite the conservative dreamboat we hoped he’d be: He’s anti-stimulus but willing to give The One a few more months before pronouncing judgment.
Well, I won’t deny that Obama has done plenty of irritating things, ranging from the idiotic stimulus package to the way he dissed the Prime Minister (yes, I know the man’s a clot, Mr President, but he’s our clot; and, tired as you may have been, I suspect the Royal Marines in their Forward Operating Bases in Helmand, fighting a war that few of your allies will touch, are pretty drowsy too).
On the other hand, the US remains more popular than it has been for years, and Obama’s own approval ratings, though fallen, are well above the vote he received in November.
The only fair answer I can give is that it’s too early to say.
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Exit Answer: Yes
carbon_footprint on March 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM
UK deficit 2009 = 10% of GDP
USA deficit 2009 = 12% of GDP
aquaviva on March 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Yes.
It was such good fun, I’ve watched it a couple of times.
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Wow………..if we had Republicans this brutally articulate and straight to the heart types……..we’d not have the Messiah in the WH.
Cinday Blackburn on March 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM
POTUS: “Man, it’s like Brown was blindsided.”
Karl on March 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Why can’t we have eloquent spokesman like this?
Is that to much to ask for?
Lance Murdock on March 25, 2009 at 4:00 PM
That was great.
promachus on March 25, 2009 at 4:01 PM
The repubics in congress and senate should watch this video everyday and learn a thing or two about debating the liberals.
jencab on March 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
You can do this Bobby Jindal.
JohnBissell on March 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Yes.
amerpundit on March 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Whats the chances of him moving over here and running in 2012? Any amount of money and boiled sausages!!! Pay the man!!!
Bravo to our Brit friend!
Now if only our so called conservative leaders would have half the nards this guy has we would not be talking about President Obama now!
HoosierCon on March 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
No teleprompter , no obfuscation.
the_nile on March 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Why wait until next year? I think he ought to come over here and train Republicans on how to implement our own version of Questions to the Prime Minister. I would love to see a weekly grilling.
INC on March 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Ouch… That was fun to watch. I don’t pretend to know squat about British politicians or their various parties. I just wish we had some folks willing to do that to the spenders over here on our side of the pond. THAT would be worth a pay per view on CSPAN and turn that into a paying gig over on that channel.
bigskinny on March 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
What….is this a handbasket I’m sitting in ???
Man, its getting HOT.
seejanemom on March 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Exit question: YES
Also, did anyone count all of those uh’s and um’s in that video. Staggering
mctowler on March 25, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Saw this on Drudge earlier. Awesome! That snooty English accent makes it just all the more satisfying. We need him to come give this speech to our Congress and Obama.
mrsmwp on March 25, 2009 at 4:04 PM
By jove, I think he’s got it!!
jimbodeano67 on March 25, 2009 at 4:04 PM
What’s funny is this line:
100,000 private sector jobs were lost, yet you added 30,000 public sector jobs.
Hey…that sounds familiar. Isn’t our government growing while the private sector is shrinking?
lorien1973 on March 25, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Wow. A modern St. Crispian’s Day speech!
Bravo!
rockmom on March 25, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Definitely worth watching a second time. Shades of Atlas Shrugged.
CapitalistBuddhist on March 25, 2009 at 4:06 PM
if only our politicians spoke truth instead of PC
unseen on March 25, 2009 at 4:07 PM
If you get BBC on cable some time take a minute to watch the Questions to the Prime Minister.
This description is from Wiki:
The Brits know how to speak.
INC on March 25, 2009 at 4:07 PM
That was beautiful! Sheer brilliance.
Oink on March 25, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Maybe its the accent but no matter how much they raise their voices the Brits never strike me as angry. Kind of like in the movie National Lampoon’s European Vacation, when they run over the British cyclist.
MDWNJ on March 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM
No way: he supported Obama and hasn’t even renounced him yet.
IR-MN on March 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Answer: Not so agreed.
Repost: Representative Thadeus McCotter, R, Michigan
ChipDWood on March 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM
The european parliament is a joke and a money drain. These people suck up billions from taxpayers to create this idiotic administrative positions. It’s crazy and a scam.
Blake on March 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Now that’s what I’ve always thought a great orator sounds like, true poetry.
clarifides on March 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM
And no teleprompter-of-the-UK.
Oink on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Hannan’s on Cavuto right now!
kingsjester on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Exit question: Agreed. Unless Zell Miller is available.
Keyser-Soze on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Yes, yes, yes!
rbj on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Please help me understand more about british politics: what is an “MEP”?
Fogpig on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Wow, I want to be friends with that guy.
HuskerNate on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Europeans are a bunch of sissy’s How many times have we (Americans) carried water for these people?
nice343 on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Wow. We are starved for this kind of speech – and to Brown’s FACE.
This is even better than a crummy set of DVDs in the wrong format. Awesome.
capitalist piglet on March 25, 2009 at 4:10 PM
The notion that you would post a European socialist here is insulating. Europe on the average pays between 50-60% tax rate.
nice343 on March 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM
When when when are we going to have someone…anyone stand up in our government like this? The man is, for lack of a better term, awesome.
Why is our government run by a bunch of nutless wonders? Where can we find someone like him?
milwife88 on March 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM
EuropeansLiberals are a bunch of sissy’s How many times have we (Americans) carried water for these people?carbon_footprint on March 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM
John Boehner is a complete disaster at his job.
Perry Como shows more energy.
benrand on March 25, 2009 at 4:12 PM
The notion that you would post a European socialist here is insulting. Europe on the average pays between 50-60% tax rate.
nice343 on March 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM
correction
nice343 on March 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM
nice343 on March 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Oh, so now that they are not cheering Obama and his economic policies in the streets of the UK and Europe, they’re sissies?
kingsjester on March 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM
MEP: Member of the European Parliament
INC on March 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Gonna cry?
lorien1973 on March 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM
dear lord can we get that guy to come to the US?
cameo on March 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM
All of the above.
a capella on March 25, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Member of the European Parliament. He represents South East England in the European Parliament.
amerpundit on March 25, 2009 at 4:14 PM
ah. beat me to it. curses. :o)
I love watching the Brits battle it out…regardless of their politics, their debate skills are INSANE…and pretty much run circles around ours. Oh, but we do like the old smoke and mirrors, don’t we?
Anyway, well done, sir! I applaud you and support you…I might have to visit GB after all if you manage to knock some sense into other areas of your gov, namely the muslim situation and the rampant anti Christian bias.
Mommypundit on March 25, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Left a bone bruise, didn’t it? They heal slowly.
a capella on March 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM
“You have run out of OUR money”.
That line need to be filed away for 2010 for every GOP candidate.
jjshaka on March 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Hey Republicans !!!!! This guy is great. He said everything you guys should be out there saying. They are already saying that he will be Prime Minister. See what you happens when you are a true conservative and articulate what all of us are craving. He was just on Cavuto and I love this guy. You guys are missing a golden opportunity to take Obama and the democrats on and where are you? I Don’t Hear You…… Whimps
suzyk on March 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM
the Thatcher of a new millenium!
Here, here!
jgapinoy on March 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Holy cow! That was great too!!!!!
Can he hold a daily press conference?
Oink on March 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Really? Need video, AP.
lorien1973 on March 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Trade McCain, Boehner and a 1st round draft pick for Hannan.
thomasaur on March 25, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Instapundit.com tells us that this guy loves O….wants to give him more time to be a success……….go figure
There are no good men anywhere.
nondhimmie on March 25, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I used to enjoy watching Commons Sense on Sunday nights on PBS. Those Brits eviscerate each other on a regular basis in the House of Commons.
AubieJon on March 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Libs want us to be like europe so get ready for that same tax rate.
sonofdy on March 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I’ll vote for anyone who speaks to Obama like this.
I can forgive Hannan for still being dazzled by Obama – he’s concentrating on the soundness of the U.K. Heck, maybe he’s happy that the US is taking a backward step, as it’ll give the U.K. room to move up.
Between him and Jim DeMint, I could almost believe that hope is not lost.
hawksruleva on March 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Bravo, sir!! Bravo!!
JohnGalt23 on March 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM
He’s doing a reprise of a quote attributed to Margaret Thatcher:
This was the quote (or versions of it) I saw the most often on signs at the Orlando Tea Party this last weekend.
INC on March 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM
We have got to get us some British accents…
Hoodlumman on March 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Strange , since Obama doing even worse stuff.
the_nile on March 25, 2009 at 4:28 PM
We need more of him!!! Rice, and other Rinos are you listening? Get off the barge and let real leaders lead!
Conservative Voice on March 25, 2009 at 4:29 PM
When? When we a)impose term limits or b)reassert state and individual rights.
I propose that conservatives nominate a slate of candidates committed to serving 1 term, and who would run on a platform of:
passing term limits for all elected offices.
passing the line-item veto
rolling back welfare programs
lowering taxes
cleaning up our medicare and social security issues.
simplifying the tax code
requiring year-to-year renewal for the legal justification for all non-defense Federal programs.
Call it the “Save our Future” campaign, or the “Jubilee Party”.
hawksruleva on March 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Good Stuff. His first name should be Nigel.
He can’t be an Obama hack. Nobody that articulate with that kind of knowledge is that stupid.
PappaMac on March 25, 2009 at 4:31 PM
The heir to the once-in-a-generation Churchill/Thatcher ConservaBrit legacy.
Here, here!
eea on March 25, 2009 at 4:33 PM
+1
gatorboy on March 25, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Hannan is a ton better than the Tories’ current choice for PM, David Cameron, who basically is a CINO (Conservative-in-Name-Only).
For those of you who don’t follow the European Parliament (who does?); Hannan was kicked out of the “centre-right” caucus for being too Euro sceptic.
Norwegian on March 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Here was the other good speech from the same Parliamentary session:
Nigel Farage vs. Gordon Brown
aengus on March 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM
On Cavuto he endorsed Ron Paul! If you want this guy to come to the United States, just look at what Paul has been saying for the past couple decades. I agree Hannan was more articulate for much of this speech, however.
grantg on March 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM
He has a Ron Paul/Glenn Beck video listed among his 3 favorites on his Youtube page.
Exit comment: Time to change the constitution to allow him to run as Palin’s VP!
jimmy the notable on March 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM
If folks want to “outsource” next year’s GOP rebuttal based on anglophilic bias towards a compulsive clock-watcher, have at.
Too bad Bobby didn’t pick up a British accent while he was on the Rhodes.
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Christien on March 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM
No, not based on the interview I just heard him do with Cavuto. He seems to have his information about the Republican vs Democrat platforms in the ’08 election from CNN.
He was an Obama supporter.. because Bush had lost his way? Did he not know Bush wasn’t on the ballot?
He supported Obama because it was good for the world that American elected a mixed race anti-Iraq war President? So the world would like us again?
Oh and he didn’t support the GOP candidate because Bush denied States’ Rights on the gay marriage issue.
See it’s a dangerous thing to equate what is called conservative in the UK with what is conservative in the USA.
Texas Gal on March 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM
beautiful
if only our president would have to face this kind of challenge instead of always just addressing congress…i’m sure DeMint or Coburn or a few others could deliver just as well as this guy
erclimb on March 25, 2009 at 4:38 PM
No. Don’t assume one good response and a generally good record for an MEP equals American Conservatism. There are several British MPs I would much rather have deliver the response: William Cash (MP-Stone) or John Redwood (MP-Wokingham). These two men are true conservatives in the Sarah Palin/Ronald Reagan mold.
Hannan, while generally good on budget/EU issues, is more of a squishy leftist when it comes to foreign policy, the environment, death penalty and numerous other issues.
Norwegian on March 25, 2009 at 4:40 PM
that’s gonna be a tough response
sesquipedalian on March 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Who under the age of 30 could understand him over here?
Sentence structure too complex for the duppies that elected AP’s The One.
Give it up.
Liberty is dead.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Master and commander! He needs to make a tour of the USA real soon! Book + cable interviews + Congress appearance + CPAC thunderstorm speech (too bad it’s still so far away, gotta improvise a whole new one just for this guy)
Baphomet on March 25, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Which reinforces the point that fiscal issues and social issues won’t always come together in a nicely wrapped package which everyone finds a charming gift.
a capella on March 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Yeah, well Obama’s “our clot” and we say he’s a POS.
Oink on March 25, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Can we make a trade for him? Say, for example, we’ll give them McCain, Chaffe, Collins and Specter if they give us Hannan. I think thats a fair trade.
Zetterson on March 25, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Wonder what Obama’s visit to the G20 will be like?!
Oink on March 25, 2009 at 4:52 PM
This could happen here too. Art II Sec 3 states in part: “He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;…”
Congress could make it happen by defining the phrase from time to time as monthly and the phrase recommend to their consideration as a verbal argument only. TOTUS not allowed.
Now who in congress would vote against this? This camera time would be priceless. Would BHO dare veto this law? I think not.
meci on March 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Oh, you know who else liked fairness? STALIN. This guy is a socialist.
Proud Rino on March 25, 2009 at 4:56 PM
My answer; no, not him personally. However, every US politician representing the American people needs to be this forceful and ‘to the point’ as this man is. Would be nice to see some real politicking going on instead of the usual ass kissing we see (are they afraid?)
fullogas on March 25, 2009 at 5:00 PM
He was great on Cavuto. Answered with a direct yes or no. No politican-speak. I love this man. Somebody get him a work visa for the US.
sherry on March 25, 2009 at 5:03 PM
True.
And neither will national security issues, thus the reason the GOP has a three legged stool approach.
But in this instance I’m not aware of any one on the GOP side of the Iraq War that was against it even after things looked bleak because they were worried about what the rest of the world thought about the USA. I find it comical that a UK MP would, as it seems, be so concerned about that world view of America.
I think maybe he was like some of those former Republican and Independent voters and bought into Obama as a centrist. I’d describe him more closer to a Blue Dog Democrat.
Texas Gal on March 25, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Absolutely Yes. So well done.
tartan on March 25, 2009 at 5:06 PM
TOTUS is not pleased……….
Seven Percent Solution on March 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM
*sniff* That was beautiful.
irishspy on March 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Barack “Golden Boy” Obama
MB4 on March 25, 2009 at 5:17 PM
We are not going to see BO’s ratings come down until the Repubs grow a couple and do the same thing as Hannan. I just hope the brownshirts don’t get him..?
d1carter on March 25, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Agreed.
a capella on March 25, 2009 at 5:21 PM
That took courage. I hope its catching, the GOP needs a courage infusion.
Maxx on March 25, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Even though this stock you linked to is ‘only’ down 60% from its 52 week high, there are numerous other stocks down even more. Thanks to your ‘Golden Boy’ TOTUS.
Norwegian on March 25, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Sorry, Mr Hannan. The price for that little uptick in public approval has been too steep.
ddrintn on March 25, 2009 at 5:26 PM
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