Video: Ed Morrissey on ObamaCare at the Right Online conference
posted at 1:27 pm on August 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
I knew he was an eloquent speaker from his radio gig but I had no idea he was this self-assured in front of a crowd. Truly, a man willing to engage the audience by strolling away from the podium is a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the words “stage fright.” Seven solid minutes here on property rights and prosperity in the age of Hopenchange, with a little constitutional history mixed in. Consider this a formal abdication of his throne as RINO king. You’ve broken Olbermann’s heart, Ed.
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Pursuit of Happiness?
BS!
I want my happiness guaranteed and handed to me on a silver platter thanks to the hard word of others!.
/s
Yakko77 on August 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Ed Morrissey “totus Free Speach”
William Amos on August 15, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Ed you rock
shaved head is good for you as well
blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Nice job Ed. Well played.
Dino64 on August 15, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Bald is beautiful.
myrenovations on August 15, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Exactly why I was drawn to Hot Air. The left is catching on that they do not have the right to health care and are now in the process of trying to use the phrase of a Civil Right to health care.
fourdeucer on August 15, 2009 at 1:38 PM
You da man, Ed! I hope today’s Townhall is not just going to be another Campaign Rally, but it probably will be.
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 1:38 PM
How dare he give such a speech without a teleprompter!
backwoods conservative on August 15, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I can’t spot the teleprompter…. I’m just sayin.
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RalphyBoy on August 15, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Morrissism of The Day: constitution was written 1787 not 1789. Adopted 1788. ;-)
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Fantastic!
James Madison made the point that he who takes your property does not respect your ideas.
saveliberty on August 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Spot on, Ed!
Patrick S on August 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Wow, full props, this is like Ace @ CPAC. Your turn, AP!
The part about property rights should be repeated, it’s very good. The DoI was written in part because the English justice system gave no recourse for the colonists wrt property.
Spirit of 1776 on August 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Endowed by our Creator
fourdeucer on August 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Great speech Ed!
sondiehl on August 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM
That was good.
Thanks
moc23 on August 15, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Ed, Keep that up, and you could see the Paulites forget about Ron Paul, and start following you. Great presentation!!
RBMN on August 15, 2009 at 1:46 PM
I thought it was adopted in 1787 and ratified in 1788.
Patrick S on August 15, 2009 at 1:46 PM
I hate dialup. Not your fault (the generic y’all), but permit me the luxury of railing against the miserable circumstances of my life.
From the comments, I’m gonna hafta endure the two hour wait to download a 7 minute video clip. Don’t let me down people. This better be good.
Skandia Recluse on August 15, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Never.
Allahpundit on August 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
He is going to need some computer generated head a la Max Headroom to maintain anonymity while using the line “Don’t you just love love love me” to maintain beta-male confidence levels.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Who cares, how many followers on twitter does this “constitution” got, exactly.
the_nile on August 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM
WAshJeffism of the day: You are correct. Mistype on my part.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Dude. You could transmit from an undisclosed location with a voice scrambler and a darken silhouette. You have to admit that would be pretty awesome.
Spirit of 1776 on August 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Ed , you have to ad room for applause in the speech.
the_nile on August 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Could we leave that throne (Rino King) permanently empty, please?
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Love that idea, much more inventive then a bag over his head.
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Sure. But some of the newbies definitely seem to be in a ccompetition for the title of “Troll King”.
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Olbermann’s like the tin man and the strawman that missed the yellow brick road—-hence no heart or brains.
Rovin on August 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Wow. Awesome.
Dritanian on August 15, 2009 at 1:54 PM
damn, my sound is broken. but he looks good.
kelley in virginia on August 15, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Very eloquent and very inspirational. A natural born public speaker. I wonder if Ed was picturing the audience in their underwear.
sherry on August 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Terror at the sight of an enclosed, spoke-wheeled carriage, drawn by a team of four or six horses or mules.
whitetop on August 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Very nicely put Ed.
Hog Wild on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Sometimes I don’t even think those “people” are real. They just lay some horrendous egg of a comment and then disappear. It generates comment after angry comment but it’s just so brainless.
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Ed Morrissey – WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!
Great speech Ed!
aikidoka on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Not underwear, he was picturing them in manpris!
JamesLee on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
With SEIU and ACORN members inside the carriage.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
AP be a man
go to cpac
many women
blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM
That’s their purpose, Doll. They come here to hijack the thread so they can brag to all their Liberal friends how ignorant Conservatives are and how easy it was to disrupt thew website.
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM
And now I know why the Obamateurism of the Week vote isn’t up too.
Patrick S on August 15, 2009 at 2:01 PM
I have quite the “Do Not Respond” list. I think AnninCA is the winner, she hijacks and keeps talking and talking and talking.
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 2:02 PM
I was star struck when I saw Ed at cpac
“omg Ed morrissey”
I said hi mr morrissey then he said
call me Ed
so he’s humble too!
blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Or afraid of facing the public to debate an issie.
William Amos on August 15, 2009 at 2:02 PM
In Ed’s speech he mentioned the first right listed in the consitution, the right to own your idea as property. It is my opinion that this is the only constitution way to promote something that the government thinks society needs.
FOr example, “green” energy. If our elected representatives want more gree energy, extend the patents for inventions that fit this criteria. Investors should like this since they have a longer period to get rich from their invention. A nice free market solution that does not take a time of other people’s money and is constitutional.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Ed Morrissey for Congress!
elduende on August 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Not my type.
Allahpundit on August 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Meanwhile across town
Nutroots take page from tea partiers, yelling down Obama advisor at their blog convention…
Delicious
I did not link as it is at Huffpo, but oh the irony
One year ago at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas the mood of the crowd was one of excitement and elation over the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency.
A year later, with that possibility achieved, a sense of cynicism has begun to creep in. On Saturday morning, one of the president’s closest advisers, Valerie Jarrett addressed the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh. And while attendees were largely supportive throughout the question and answer session, the reception was warm at best. The defining moment, in fact, came when Jarrett was hissed and heckled.
Roughly midway through the session, Jarrett was pressed to explain why the President was “continuing so many of [Bush's] policies many of which he criticized as candidate Obama.” Knowing the mood and makeup of the audience – largely progressive activists from across the country – she acknowledged off the bat that it was “a fair question.” But from there, things grew a bit rough.
“I heard somebody shout out about the pictures,” Jarrett replied. “Everybody knows what’s in those pictures. And this is where it gets very delicate and I know it is a touchy subject for this audience. But what he is trying to balance as president, is keeping us safe, not giving ammunition to people who already have ample ammunition from what they’ve seen before to be adverse to us.”
More shouts and protests followed. “I can’t hear you,” Jarrett said. “You know what you’ve got to do? You’ve got to figure out a way to get your question on here [pointing to the computer on stage that was receiving emails from questioners]. We are not going to have shout outs from the audience.”
The moderator agreed. “This is not a town hall meeting like that,” said Baratunde Thurston, of Jack and Jill Politics and The Onion. The crowd got the reference to the boisterous demonstrators at health care town halls. But they didn’t stop. From the back of the room, someone shouted a question.
A group of individuals sitting at a table off to the side started hissing. “I hear the frustration and I hear the kind of hissing,” said Jarrett. “I hear you. Settle down over there, settle down.”
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Not being the type to lavish praise…
Ed, ya done good.
The RNC really needs to take a hint from RightOnline. 5-7 minute talks about what we are, who we are, what we believe, in small groups, in large auditoriums, all over the Nation between now and election day 2012 would stand all of us good.
And Ed, did I mention ya done good?
coldwarrior on August 15, 2009 at 2:04 PM
I’ll take ‘Sweeping Generalizations’ for 100, Alex.
Spirit of 1776 on August 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM
AP
not your type?
Hey welcome to the club
but who said you had to date them?
Not me
blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Great Job Ed and Michele.
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Something that struck me as odd was the AnninCA earlier this week she is at least starting to understand, not agree, the conservative side of the healthcare debate. I am amazed that one could hang out here that much and not understand the simple desire for more liberty, respect for others property, and how that benefits all.
If that is indictive of statists thinking, a politician would never be able to persuade those people with stump speeches and commercials.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Maybe in a high backed chair with it’s back turned to us, petting a cat missing a toothlike Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget cartoons.
Great speech Ed, that was a very fast 7.5 minutes, engaging and getting across a very simple point that far too many people forget. I’m still stunned that Wal*Mart can take my house away if they feel like it due to “imminent domain” and that should be our next fight after we’ve stopped ObamaCare and Cap&Destroy.
DrAllecon on August 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Maybe in a high backed chair with it’s back turned to us, petting a cat missing a toothlike Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget cartoons.
Yea
yes
yes
blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Good Job Ed.
Let’s see MM’s speech too.
katy on August 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Thanks, Ed, for reminding us of our Constitutional rights and addressing the flawed idea that we have a right to health care (Government or otherwise). Your stock just rose.
Fletch54 on August 15, 2009 at 2:14 PM
O/T- Watched Toomey speak on C-SPAN last night. Brilliant speech!
Fletch54 on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Oh, good Lord!
Cindy Munford on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Liberals believe that because they are so “enlightened” that no one’s belief system compares to their’s. They believe that all Conservatives are Racist idiots, all Southerners are rednecks, and all Northern Conservatives are under-educated. I had one Thursday night on a thread try to tell me how I should relate to my 22 year old special daughter. The best example of this hubris and arrogance is Barry Obama, himself.
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Great speech Ed, you are a natural.
So… you mean I don’t get to loot from other people? Dude, that’s crazy talk.
Mojave Mark on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
What exactly is wrong with conservative women? Maybe AnninCA is more his type.
TXMomof3 on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
This is the conversation that needs to happen all over the country. All of what is going on, whether it is health care, immigration, economics … is the discussion of who and what it means to be America? Do we own our own labor? Can I give it, or not give it as I choose? Is the money I earn, my money or does it belong somehow to the community and the community organizer to do with as they see fit? Are we a nation of individuals? Individuals that own property, own our own labor, who often choose to cooperate, share, give to others? Or are we a community?
My answer is the same as John Galt’s.
odannyboy on August 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Did you see that pill of a woman at Obama Montana, so sanctomonious about her work at a non-profit. Spare me. Kept working it into her question with Obama.
Squirrely, punk.
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Fantastic, Ed. Really. Great job.
Weight of Glory on August 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Good speech from a good-looking guy. (Glad you left the horizontal stripes at home.)
Wethal on August 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I think he wants to me another woman that likes to remain anonymous; thus, they can remain anonymous to each other. ;-)
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Yeah, Ed was really impressive there. Engaging and thought provoking. He should see if the YAF folks can put him on the paid speaking tour.
Outlander on August 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM
No one is happier about Ed abandoning the throne than John McCain. Now he has a place to sit.
Stephen Macklin on August 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Non-profit => we payout all remaining revenue in salary to not show a profit. Somethimes this is true.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Kudos Ed!
christene on August 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
One word Ed -
Sunshine!
get some!
Lonetown on August 15, 2009 at 2:23 PM
UV Lamps in the home office at least.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
I worked at a non-profit that was started by a church. All the new management were atheists and all they did was trash Christians. There was a total disconnect that they were working for an Protestant Church. They were insane.
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:25 PM
LA Time Headline: “Morrissey Speech Marred as Glare from Bald Head Blinds Hundreds at Nazi Conference“
Jazz Shaw on August 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM
I do not like how people use “non-profit” has some sort shield since people assume non-profit’s always do good for others. EG, moveon.org.
WashJeff on August 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Some non-profits are very profitable for some of the individuals that work there. Others do outstanding work. “Non-Profits” and other forms of Bureaucracy tend to fourish during a Democratic Administration.
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM
fourish=flourish
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Very nice job Ed. The First Mate should be so proud of you.
L
letget on August 15, 2009 at 2:34 PM
The ‘Dick Cheney’ look. Next up, Romney with a buzzcut.
Limerick on August 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Excellent speech, Ed. Spot on.
KSgop on August 15, 2009 at 2:39 PM
but but but but….
he won
notagool on August 15, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Oh Hell Yeah!!! A ‘Senator Morrissey’ or ‘Congressman Morrissey’ sounds a WHOLE LOT better than Franken or Ellison…
BigWyo on August 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM
A friend of mine was at the Cong. David Scott D-GA “town hall” thi morning. He was 2nd in line and watched and filmed as 5 busloads of union thugs from outside the district were let in before the public. Then they shouted down anyone who dared oppose ObamaCare. Some womn also hit him with her sign when he asked a question and then dared to shout out “you’re not answering the question”. He overheard ome of the union thugs speaking about the other “events” they had been bused to.
bill30097 on August 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM
You forgot to say “We are the ones, we’ve been waiting for,” and then stick you stick your nose in the air.
El_Terrible on August 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Well done, sir. Enjoyed watching you and Michele.
Did you get to pick your lead-in song? How fitting!
tru2tx on August 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM
I’m restraining myself from taking advantage of a comeback on that one because AP has done such a nice job the last couple of days dissecting left-liberal pseudo-logic on the Jøker poster and on the lame death panel pseudo-gotcha on SP. While we’re applauding the good Capt. Morrisey, ol’ AP deserves a pat on the back, too (assuming he posseses a back and isn’t just a disembodied head operating his computer by eye-movements).
CK MacLeod on August 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Good job though Ed. I like the shaved head too. Makes you look aerodynamic.
El_Terrible on August 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM
kingsjester on August 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM
They were always trying to get you to do more for free, under the guise of non-profit. Total narcissists trying to wrap you up into their crap. One week we had to watch a film on Cuban Health Care as a work meeting after work. All the little dummies taking notes on this film.
We got paid, but I was furious, yelling about how it was Communist propaganda and that they had taken me away from my children for this crap. I did not last much longer.
But I had fun showing them up for the hypocrites they were.
tessa on August 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM
“….a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the words “stage fright.”
and actually uses his real name.
RobCon on August 15, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Ed, get a little sun on that dome. Damn the skin cancer, full sun ahead.
Great speech, by the way.
iurockhead on August 15, 2009 at 2:50 PM
OT: Socialist Joker bleats
elduende on August 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM
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blatantblue on August 15, 2009 at 2:53 PM
I guess his membership in the BBP is helping.
Just kidding Ed! Well, kind of. ;-)
csdeven on August 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM
nice work Ed.
ted c on August 15, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Bwahahahahahahaaaaa!!!! I guess some have “Blog Fright”.
csdeven on August 15, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I’m new here and this is my first comment.
All I wan to say is this was a great speech.
It was well researched, well reasoned, and well said.
mseries on August 15, 2009 at 2:57 PM
What is your type Allahpundit?
AsianGirlInTights on August 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Ed Morrissey 2012!
modnar on August 15, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Ed looks like my long lost brother.
Jerome Horwitz on August 15, 2009 at 3:01 PM
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