Hot Air TV: Jason Mattera undercover at a town hall meeting
posted at 11:32 am on September 1, 2009 by Michelle
He’s baaack! It’s been too long since our YAF/Hot Air TV special correspondent Jason Mattera’s last video production. But he teamed up with YAF intern and cameraman Adam Tragone to give us a special glimpse into the world of Obamacare supporters at Democrat Rep. Jim Moran’s recent town hall forum in Virginia.
Enjoy it, you “selfish people!:”
Did you make sure to watch it to the very end? Commune Dude is priceless.
“IT owns the clothes.”
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If there is anyone reading this from the Seattle area, Baghdad Jim McDermott is holding a townhall meeting tonight in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus. Doors open at 6:15 and the meeting starts at 7:00pm.
Mallard T. Drake on September 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Have you guys seen this?
eyesky on September 1, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Wow! Barry should spread the wealth and give everyone $5 to buy a clue
EliTheBean on September 1, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Reston is up the street from me. I never knew I had such weird, Marxist neighbors! Oh… wait… yes I did. Having been unemployed for about a year, I’m waiting for these unselfish people to give me their money…. Still waiting…
NNtrancer on September 1, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Haha at Patch adams at 1:50. I saw him give a talk in Peru a couple weeks ago. While he does great work here for the starving children he is a anti capitalist and spit on stage in the name of the USA. He promoted communism to the naive Peruvians in attendance who lightly applauded. The translator was terrible so I’m not even sure how much of that got through. He called Bush a terrorist and Obama as well. I went in looking forward to the talk and left wanting to punch him in the face. He is an epic pacifist socialist/communist and a great humanitarian rolled into one. A truly unique individual if there ever was one.
anticucho on September 1, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Man, he must want to take an hour long shower after all that.
atheling on September 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Oh man hippie mustache guy, what a riot! LOL
aikidoka on September 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM
hahaha Excellent video! Those folks were wackos…especially the guy who says he makes a million a yr and gives it away. ..”it owns the clothes”. geesh
becki51758 on September 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I love to go to these people and ask them for all their money (just the few dollars they might have on them)…
This might shock you, but they’re not as “unselfish” as they may appear!
mankai on September 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Borat style journalism.
Norman Blizter on September 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Selfish, Capitalist pigs!
mankai on September 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM
That’s Patch Adams. See my reply a couple above yours :)
anticucho on September 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM
“I don’t know what “insolvent” means, but it doesn’t sound good.” If THAT one statement doesn’t lay out the liberal mindset, nothing does. The old gray-haired fart with his liberal ponytail is a leftover from the 60s. Maybe he can get “it” to give him a free haircut.
bradley11 on September 1, 2009 at 11:51 AM
“Find me an ugly woman…” Just LOL–thanks for that–will be smiling all morning. This explains the stupidity of the 52% who voted for Owee-wee!
lovingmyUSA on September 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Love these videos! Great job by Jason and his cameraman Adam.
cubachi on September 1, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Thank you for posting this link, brought some joy and sadness into my heart….first time seeing it.
Thanks a million!!!!
RoxanneH on September 1, 2009 at 11:53 AM
I just got a voice mail message from Chris Van Hollen (Silver Spring, MD area). He’s holding a telephone town hall meeting tomorrow night, but than rather you calling in, he calls you(!) and you stay on the line if you want to join in.
Talk about an arms-length meeting. This guy is a Congressman from an ultra-lib Maryland district, and he still takes ridiculous precautions with his town hall meetings.
The Dems are pussies. Do not be intimidated by them!
EMD on September 1, 2009 at 11:55 AM
BUAH!
“Right here!”
That’s going to give me the giggles all day.
Sarjex on September 1, 2009 at 11:57 AM
“Uhhhh….right here”
Classic line…but he has done better…
right2bright on September 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM
I seen a lot of womem who weren’t hot.
la.rt.wngr on September 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM
I did not weight in on the Beck et al love fest the other night…but I just have to say that I heart this kid! He never fails to crack me up!
mauioriginal on September 1, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Bravo. That was a classic.
Encore, please.
faraway on September 1, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Awesome. Inside intelligence. This is what we call “human intelligence.”
whoever this kid is, help him. Help others. Keep doing that.
ted c on September 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM
“It owns the clothes”?
Well..then “It” can pay for the dry cleaning.
J-Matt does it again! Uber kudos from capitalist pigs eerywhere!
JetBoy on September 1, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Hahahahahahahaha…can’t…hahahaha…breathe…hahahahaha. Perfect.
ElectricPhase on September 1, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Norm Dicks (D-WA) had a town hall meeting here in Bremerton last night. I watched it on a live stream from the local paper. It was really interesting. A mix of both pro and con, about 1100 strong.
A little noisy with that many people in a stuffy room, but no nasty outbursts and no pictures of the president as Hitler (inside anyway).
One question and answer made me laugh. An audience member asked who wrote the bill. Norm said 3 committees, including the Ways and Means committee with Charlie Rangel as the head. Someone in the audience yelled out “Rangel is a crook”. That got a big laugh and I was pleased to know that even though Rangel is from NY that the people here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest knew who he was.
hippieforlife on September 1, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Then you see the look on her face……..
BBBBBBBBWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH……..!!!
Seven Percent Solution on September 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Sponsored by the Republican Women of Trussville.
That’s how you know its over for the Democrats.
Speakup on September 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Yup – this kind of thinking is coming to the compassionate and all-powerful government near you.
gwelf on September 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Matera, Zo and Crowder…Gotta love em!
Handel on September 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM
He should spend some time in Manhattan. That would open some eyes.
Here are some gems during the election
faraway on September 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Olympia snowe
this is off topic but it has to be posted here. She is going to cave and side with the libs on healthcare. Burn her phones at her offices. Pick a zip code or a town in Maine, call her office saying you represent a group of seniors and let her know she’s out if she votes with the libs. Better yet, take a page out of alinskys rules for radicals and say your moderate democrats against the bill. Stop her now before she caves! Call now!!
texaninfidel on September 1, 2009 at 12:11 PM
I have so little if anything in common with most of those folks. There are indeed “two Americas”, just not the split the way Senator John Edwards was trying to concoct. There are anti-capitalists and everybody else.
clorensen on September 1, 2009 at 12:11 PM
A tribute to all the $ spent on the DOE and American public education.
I gather that the new definition of unselfish is a willingness to spend other people’s money without their consent/agreement?
But the best quote is at the end: “any hot women on the commune?”
gonegaltinstl on September 1, 2009 at 12:13 PM
“IT rubs the lotion on IT’s skin…
… or else IT gets the hose again!”
Seven Percent Solution on September 1, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Every clueless “moderate” or “swing voter” that voted for The One ought to look at this video. These looney tune nuts are his peeps.
ncborn on September 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM
The problem with Patch Adams is his insistence that we all lose our rights to support those programs of our choosing. Because health care is his baby, he thinks it should be as important to the rest of us. The first thing that liberals want to do is take our most basic freedoms away.
csdeven on September 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Right there in article 10! I just realized why I can’t understand these folks – my copy of the constitution is abbreviated and doesn’t include article 10.
caveman on September 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Patch Adams was there supporting Obamacare? He needs to read the fine print… his philosophy of medicine will not be tolerated.
itsacookbook on September 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM
WOW. We are doomed as a country we are populated with dummys. No wonder everything if going to hell people really have no clue at all.
larry harris on September 1, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Dear Lord,
These kind of Liberals or SO OBTUSE!
YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A COMMUNE YOU A$$HAT!!!!!!!
you live in a country where like Tom Morelo of rage against the machine you can CHOOSE to be a communist. you can be anything you want here because of the constitution, but as soon as you guys get your wish and tear it up. that will be gone. you are killing your own freedom and are too stupid to see it.
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on September 1, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Just to make sure I’m getting this right, “Commune Guy” is THE Patch Adams?
connertown on September 1, 2009 at 12:51 PM
This is funny! Commune guy is great!
And the lady who knows nothing about the constitution… Liberals really need to actually read the constitution
jeffn21 on September 1, 2009 at 12:52 PM
“He’s documenting the conservatives.”
Little did they know how true that was
- The Cat
P.S. “Right here.”
MirCat on September 1, 2009 at 12:52 PM
I’m in Jim Moran’s district. I wouldn’t have gone to the meeting if I could have, because for all that was going on, I never would have gotten any questions answered. Plus, those guys have learned to stack the crowds with supporters from out of town. I don’t blame people for the yelling, but I’d rather watch them from the comfort of my own home. So, I followed Jim Jim Geraghty’s Twitter messages on TweetDeck, and that worked out just great.
At some point, the yelling will stop, sometime after members of Congress start losing elections and realize they have to listen once the shouting dies down. I don’t think most of them are at that point yet. Someday, maybe they will be.
When that happens, I’ll show up. I hope they serve refreshments.
manwithblackhat on September 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Awesomely scary.
eforhan on September 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Did I say “Jim Jim” when I meant “Jim”? Silly me.
manwithblackhat on September 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM
BTW, he needs to be careful when dealing with the Professionals. They can sniff out a nark as it were.
MirCat on September 1, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Wow, so that’s Patch Adams. I have no problem with the guy wanting to provide free health care at his own clinic, but I have a huge problem with him wanting the government to force those of us who pay taxes to provide ‘free’ care to everyone else. Private charity > Forced ‘charity’
Anna on September 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM
If I weren’t at work I’d be rolling on the floor!
Green Muse on September 1, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Jason, be careful out there.
JohnJ on September 1, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Woah, it looks to be.
- The Cat
MirCat on September 1, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Ok, the gloves are off, time for my “Fry Mumia” T-shirt.
GunRunner on September 1, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I hope you took a shower after being near so many maggot-infested dopeheads for so long.
gsherin on September 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Patch Adams is a total freakshow. He named his first kid Atomic Zagnut Adams. Yeah, this is a man I want trying to dictate social policy.
Red Cloud on September 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM
We can only hope:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpjM7xc7SXw&feature=related
Jeff from WI on September 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM
According to million dollar hippie man, “It” which owns the clothes is the ‘non-profit’. My guess is lots of tax breaks given to “It.”
LASue on September 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM
ha ha ha–priceless
Dollayo on September 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Look this up on the internet when you have extra time (rofl).
What percentage of a given population has below average intelligence? Compare that with that same populations numbers of liberals.
Harder to find this, but what percentage of a given population have low self esteem and compare that to the numbers of liberals for that population.
Not as hard to find, but more subjective, how many lazy and entitled people in that population versus the liberal numbers.
I think combining the results of these inquiries will give you a fair definition of what a liberal is.
Spiritk9 on September 1, 2009 at 1:02 PM
I feel like we are in bizzaro world.
jhffmn on September 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Been wondering where Jason’s been. Nice to see him in action again.
Christien on September 1, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Purging is at last at hand. Day of Doom is here. All that is evil, all their allies; your parents, your leaders, those who would call themselves Republicans; those who have lied and corrupted the Earth, they shall all be cleansed.
You, my children, are the water that will wash away all that has gone before. In your hand, you hold my light, the gleam in the eye of Set. This flame will burn away the darkness, burn you the way to paradise!
GunRunner on September 1, 2009 at 1:07 PM
I thought it was Jerry Coloona turned commie hippie!
MCGIRV on September 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM
OMG, that was great!
I love the commie with the mustache, priceless.
Vanbasten on September 1, 2009 at 1:15 PM
“Point out to me a woman here who isn’t hot.”
“Right here.”
And there. And over there. Up there. Those two over there…
ncjetsfan on September 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Best video I’ve ever seen. He should do a hour special on Beck. It reminded me of Penn & Teller’s show Bull*&it when they had a guy wandering around environmentalist protests asking the brain dead if they would sign a petition banning dihydrogen monoxide. Virtually all the fools asked voted to ban good ole H2O.
trollkiller on September 1, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Yeah, I make a million dollars a year that I just give away too!
Hey pal, do you pay your taxes on that? Because, even if you give it away, you still owe taxes. I love how they all actually admit, in a friendly setting, the facts that conservatives use to argue against their preferred policies.
drocity on September 1, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Too many funny lines in video, but that lady was priceless. “Not too sure about the military side of it…”
txmomof6 on September 1, 2009 at 1:32 PM
“It owns the clothes”
“It puts the lotion in the basket”
drocity on September 1, 2009 at 1:37 PM
The people in your neck of the woods probably know more about Rangel than the idiots who live in his district and keep voting for that corrupt bastard.
UltimateBob on September 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Who could the professor possibly be speaking to that pays a million a year and who would pay to hear what this guy, that lives in a conlune has to say ? Maybe the IRS should be hanging at these rally’s. Seems would be more profitable than harassing middle America for chump change.
lasertex on September 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM
I repeat. Ain’t no way I’m ever going to one of these events.
Good gravy.
AnninCA on September 1, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Notice how that lady said that the Constitution states “PROVIDE for the general welfare” but she wasn’t sure about a standing army. The actual line in the preamble says “PROVIDE for the common defense” and to only “PROMOTE the general welfare”
Dollayo on September 1, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Patch, IT needs to take you to buy some new clothes.
tims472 on September 1, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Funny! But pathetic…How many f*#king government-cheese eating morons can this nation produce before what our ancestors built disappears. Like I said, funny, but pathetic.
Gang-of-One on September 1, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Damn, SPS beat me to it. Great (or twisted) minds and all that …
drocity on September 1, 2009 at 1:43 PM
BTW, did you know that Patch Adams named his kids:
Atomic Zagnut Adams
and
Lars Zig Edquist Adams
thomashton on September 1, 2009 at 1:44 PM
We swears to serve the master of the precious. We will swear on… on… the precious!
/gollum
thomashton on September 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Mustache-hippy dude sez:
“I make a million a year…..I give it all away, I own nothing. I have no property, no savings, NO LIFE INSURANCE, NO HEALTH INSURANCE.”
Words fail me.
guitarguy on September 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Thanks for the heads up on McDirt! Haven’t heard anything through the media.
Where’s “Osama Mama” and Cantwell?
Anyone from Seattle have any info?
hopefloats on September 1, 2009 at 1:56 PM
That was absolutely tremendous. Jason Mattera is just superb. Sooooo many good lines. Possibly the best: “Point out to me a woman here who is not hot..” “Uhhh..right here.”
Dopenstrange on September 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM
I feel sorry for his kids. Well, they probably swallowed the kool-aid and think it’s the government’s job to provide them with everything they need. I’d guess they may be a little disappointed when their dad dies and they get stuck with a big bill for a funeral.
funky chicken on September 1, 2009 at 2:11 PM
“I make a million a year…..I give it all away, I own nothing. I have no property, no savings, NO LIFE INSURANCE, NO HEALTH INSURANCE.”
Words fail me.
guitarguy on September 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM
thomasaur on September 1, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Obviously she never read the constitution, or even glanced at it. She probably put this same level of effort in deciding to vote for Obama.
cavman on September 1, 2009 at 2:19 PM
The one positive I got out of this, at least the dems are finally being honest about their intentions, they’re starting to openly say that THEY WANT SOCIALISM. And they want it by any means necessary, doesn’t matter if they’re the minority.
4shoes on September 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM
yes, and “promote the general Welfare” in the Preamble obviously means to protect the interests of the nation as a whole ( the purpose of creating a ‘federal’ system )–which has noting to do with giving people money or health care
She’s a Typical Lefty White Person…..
Janos Hunyadi on September 1, 2009 at 2:57 PM
“Yes, it will, Precious, won’t it? It will get the hose!”
bryan2369 on September 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM
It owns the clothes”
“It puts the lotion in the basket”
drocity on September 1, 2009 at 1:37 PM
HA HA AHA that’s good!
max1 on September 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Great video. The silliness of liberalism in all its glory.
NebCon on September 1, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Wow! Barry should spread the wealth and give everyone $5 to buy a clue.
EliTheBean on September 1
Wow! Barry like should ya know like spread the like wealth ya like know what I mean! And like and should like give see ah like everyone like ya know $5 to buy no what I mean like a clue.
FIFY, AKA Obmam’s plan on how to write a 500 word essay.
DSchoen on September 1, 2009 at 3:31 PM
OMG! Belly laughing here with tears…
“Show me a woman who is not hot.”
Mattera-”Right Here.”
Hysterical. Keep it up Jason!
Buckeye Babe on September 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM
This is a great link thank you.
My real concern is how many people in the town hall video would/could recognize the historic events, the people, or even the significance of the events in the Tea party Ad.
RealityCheck4 on September 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM
okay guys…
check this one out…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4c8RupRuQs
tencole on September 1, 2009 at 4:08 PM
“I like that shirt. Give it to me.” I’d like to hear his explanation for why not.
Jim Treacher on September 1, 2009 at 4:13 PM
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