Video: Author of Senate ObamaCare bill delivers … interesting floor speech
posted at 6:20 pm on December 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Newsbusters. On a scale from one to 10, how hack-ish would a “When they said they were filled with the spirit of Ted Kennedy, they weren’t kidding” joke here be? I’m thinking eight, maybe nine. Right in what I like to call “the AP zone,” baby.
A perfect 10: “Well, I guess this explains why they think the bill will be good for the economy.” You’re welcome, Jay Leno.
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Piece Of Shit.
maryo on December 27, 2009 at 9:35 PM
The question is was he drunk enough to hit on Pelosi? Now that’s FUBAR hammered.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Geochelone:Good question,however,I’m wondering,since Nancy
has a frozen face,therefore her brain,would
Nancy even be aware herself,ahem!!:)
canopfor on December 27, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Did this clown pass the bar exam? How about the urine test?
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Geochelone: Did you mean Hopey,FU BO The Clown too,hehe!:)
canopfor on December 27, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Maybe he was just channeling the ghost of Ted Kenedy.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:40 PM
I said this on Ace…these guys should have to submit to a breathalizer test every time they show up for work, and agree to random drug testing.
Coppers and Firemen have it…they should too.
I don’t want some drunk voting on my money.
LtE126 on December 27, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Well I think he passed the urine exam and the Bar Test! Not sure about the other way around!
dhunter on December 27, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Looks like this guy is a member of the ASS (Alcoholic Stupid Senators). Sounds like he got a snoot full on down at the corner tavern and then took to the floor once he got a snoot full. Which would also explain his distorted view of reality. What a DUMBASS!!!
shawno on December 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM
hehe. Telepromptering while intoxicated should be a crime. Did I see a kegger under the podium?
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Hey, give ol’ Max a break.
He made a pledge to himself to start drinking,
and to not stop ’til Pelosi looks goooood.
mrt721 on December 27, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Isn’t Montana The Land of Sky Blue Whiskey Waters?
dhunter on December 27, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I vote Baucus beer summit czar.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Maybe this is the prelude to the roll-out for Universal Bar Tab Coverage.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
His fellow senators are guilty of a lot worse than getting loaded. Stuff like bribery, corruption, and unConstitutional actions.
Probably they’d do a better job of it if all of them stayed loaded all the time.
petefrt on December 27, 2009 at 10:00 PM
You really can’t blame this jackass for getting drunk before he attempts to defend that communist healthcare manifesto he just rammed up the country’s backside.
rplat on December 27, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Am I missing something here? A joke or something? Is this guy actually cocked? I mean, he sure sounds it, but I can’t believe what I’m seeing / hearing. Is he really on the floor of the Senate — hammered?
Dopenstrange on December 27, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Heh.
#1. He is so screwed if he was really drunk. A drunk adulterer (unless you are a liberal one from Massachusetts) will not win reelection in Montana. Or will he?
#2. My bet is after he made this speech, he fell forward and vomited on himself.
NathanG on December 27, 2009 at 10:17 PM
TERM LIMITS!
TERM Fooking LIMITS!
My friend told me that gov’t employees smuggle alcohol into Gov’t buildings in the trunks of their cars; passes right through security.
This drunk piece of _____.
father on December 27, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Awwwwwwwesommmmmme! Sign me up for socialism!
Bring on The Jager Girls!
Ziggy zaggy
Ziggy zaggy
hoy hoy hoy….
DRINKS for ALL my friends!
/s
ornery_independent on December 27, 2009 at 10:18 PM
The Ghost of Chappaquiddick Past?
BuckeyeSam on December 27, 2009 at 10:22 PM
He’s right… I don’t and won’t support anything that the democrats or Obama want or will make them look good at all. I don’t want more of this change BS. I want the dems out and for that Baucus was right on.
Bert Convy on December 27, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Maybe he got drunk with his girlfriend… his wanted-to-nominate-her-for-U.S.-attorney girlfriend…?
Happy New Year, Senator “Happy Feet”… and I mean, all three of them…
newton on December 27, 2009 at 10:31 PM
THAT was great–thanks for the laugh!
lovingmyUSA on December 27, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Don’t mistake things my friend, we are in a culture war.
You ought detest liberals. When aligned with their commie friends they’d kill you easily.
*********
Open Questions for the researcher. Publish this scientific peer-reviewed paper.
Q. What percentage of alcoholics are liberal (democrat affiliate)?
Likely a high percentage, upwards of 70%
Q. What percentage of murderers are liberal (democrat affiliate)?
Likely a high percentage, upwards of 70%.
father on December 27, 2009 at 10:39 PM
canopfor on December 27, 2009 at 9:40 PM
hehe. Telepromptering while intoxicated should be a crime. Did I see a kegger under the podium?
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Geochelone:Umm,i think Rahm, was down there,hehe!:)
canopfor on December 27, 2009 at 10:43 PM
You really can’t blame this jackass for getting drunk before he attempts to defend that communist healthcare manifesto he just rammed up the country’s backside.
rplat on December 27, 2009 at 10:08 PM
rplat: Well,the Hopey Titanic is sinking,as the band played
on!!:)
canopfor on December 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Click on Google Trends, here – http://www.google.com/trends – and you\’ll see that \”Baucus drunk\” is the 3rd most popular google search phrase in the USA right now.
Others started this meme, but out very own Allah poured on the necessary accelerant.
BCrago66 on December 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Aside from the fact that Baucus was most unstatesmanlike in that incoherent, repetitive Foster Brooks eruption, it was apparent that “Waterloo” reference rubbed him raw. I say, “Keep it up, Sen. DeMint. The label hit its target.”
onlineanalyst on December 27, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Haven’t read the whole thread, so excuse me if this has been mentioned previously….
As one of the utube commenters pointed out, this took place at 7 a.m. (note the time stamp in the upper right corner at the end of the vid.)
warbaby on December 27, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Wow… that was, er, ah…stunning. I’m almost embarassed for him.
Did he think he had a date with Mary Jo that night?
MsUnderestimated on December 27, 2009 at 11:01 PM
It’s just never a good idea to unload while loaded.
boomer on December 27, 2009 at 11:01 PM
At the begining it looks like it reads 1:38 pm.
boomer on December 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM
On second thought, maybe Baucus believes in those breathalyzers Obama says asthmatic kids will need.
MsUnderestimated on December 27, 2009 at 11:04 PM
He asks “Where is the courage? Where is the courage?” He’s trying to show he HAS the
liquidcourage!MsUnderestimated on December 27, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Well he was a ballerina.
Geochelone on December 27, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I am still trying to figure out what business Montana has voting a Democrat Senator in office.
They always fall in line with their liberal Senate leaders, which don’t reflect Montana’s values.
scotash on December 27, 2009 at 11:07 PM
It would have, but AP couldn’t figure out how to spell any of the words Baucus invented.
Jaibones on December 27, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Corrupt, and now drunk. Wonderful.
rrpjr on December 27, 2009 at 11:18 PM
He’s not drunk.
He’s a dumbass liberal.
Drunkenness wears off.
Dumbass liberal, unfortunately, doesn’t.
Sugar Land on December 27, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Drunk as a skunk! Disgraceful.
gina4 on December 27, 2009 at 11:29 PM
He’s channeling the classic comedian Foster Brooks. It all makes sense to me now.
Mojave Mark on December 27, 2009 at 11:42 PM
I use to live in Montana. It is a great state. But they need to get some better senators than the ones they have right now. I’m in Wyoming now. Both Senators and congresswoman from WY are against this health care plan.
WyoMike on December 27, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Baucus reminds me of the guy up on the roof.
Shy Guy on December 27, 2009 at 11:55 PM
LOL no doubt….
tbear44 on December 27, 2009 at 11:56 PM
I worked with characters like this esteemed Senator one summer when I was a “ute”. We had three rules that applied whenever we were assigned to work with them: (1) they never drove the vehicle, (2) they never operated powered equipment before noon, and (3) whenever they insisted that you pull the vehicle over onto the side of the road, you immediately complied.
Yessir, Ol’ Maxie drank deeply from the waters of political courage all right! Inquiring minds want to know the proof of said political courage.
Maxeroo also appeared to have a fixation with “attack, attack, attack… score!” Might this have been his process for deciding the merits of whom he would recommend for U.S. Attorney positions? Seems likely!
The mismatch between the spoken words and his hand gestures alone were enough to cast this performance into the “bizarro” category.
ya2daup on December 28, 2009 at 12:03 AM
W.C. Fields said it best: “I’ll be sober tomorrow, but [he'll] be a fool for the rest of [his] life!”
ya2daup on December 28, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Had to check myself before laughing.
This is not funny.
This is a United States Senator standing in the well of the Senate — drunk.
What have we come to? And, worse… where the hell are we headed? If we laugh at this, we are part of the problem.
THIS is NOT acceptable.
IndieDogg on December 28, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Yeah!
Lerm Timits!
Thas wha we nee!!!
I can imagine old Max in the cloakroom when some aide comes in and says “We need someone to speak.” Max turns to his top aide and says “Here. Hold my beer.”
ROFL
shorebird on December 28, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Senator Bacchus?
alflauren on December 28, 2009 at 12:40 AM
How do so many idiots congregate in one area? Isn’t that illegal?
Yellowdog12 on December 28, 2009 at 12:43 AM
To sum up your rant: “Stop picking on Bacchus! Look – BUSH-MCHITLER-HALLIBURTON-CHIMPY!11! Eleventy!11!”
Ya know, Quig, your party has had absolute power of the legislative and executive branches of government for a year. Time to stop blaming predecessors. Next year you’ll find that you can’t run against Bush anymore.
theCork on December 28, 2009 at 12:47 AM
You can take the drunk out of the drunk stupid disingenuous senator.
But, you can’t fix stupid or disingenuous.
Danny on December 28, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Why are you covering old silly stuff like this and not the protests in Iran?
fastestslug on December 28, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Has any attention been paid to the possibility that the Senator has suffered a stroke?
Chris_Balsz on December 28, 2009 at 1:47 AM
A perfect example of what type people are in charge now….drunken, immoral, corrupt, unbelievably stupid…..I think he got drunk because he realized what he and the others are actually doing to this great country, and he had a brief relapse of actual guilt….
theaddora on December 28, 2009 at 2:05 AM
Bipartisan: Willing to be bribed.
DIAF, Baucus.
spmat on December 28, 2009 at 2:47 AM
Obviously intoxicated on his own kool aid.
R Square on December 28, 2009 at 3:04 AM
The other explanation: The Dems were engaged in a drinking game that required Max to drink a shot everytime “tax” or “mandate” appeared in the bill.
R Square on December 28, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Baucus is hardly the first Senator to hit the floor . . . flying, so to speak. The greater travesty is the utter stupidity of what he says. Is he claiming Democrats needed no “pressure from the leadership” to forge their filibuster-proof vote? Is he claiming no votes were bought outright? And what evidence has he of pressure from the GOP leadership? What had they to wield?
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Drunk or sober, stupid is stupid.
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Adjoran on December 28, 2009 at 3:48 AM
I believe, that if he was sober he would have said, “I am so angry that the republicans were too wise to sign on to our suicide pack.
Slowburn on December 28, 2009 at 4:59 AM
“How dry I am . . . ”
Maybe he was channeling Ted Kennedy via a bottle of Chivas Regal?
tpitman on December 28, 2009 at 5:31 AM
This performance does NOT represent the best “Ted Kennedy” impression as suggested earlier. He still had his pants on (I think).
tpitman on December 28, 2009 at 5:52 AM
This is just great. One of the major authors of the POS legislation wrote it while he was FUBAR. Can anything be done at this point???
Key West Reader on December 28, 2009 at 6:41 AM
I’ll bet the Senator farted several times while delivering this oration.
radjah shelduck on December 28, 2009 at 6:56 AM
“Order in the Senate, Order in the Senate!”
Baucus: “Make mine a double. Oh, heck, jush bring the whole bottle.”
albill on December 28, 2009 at 7:22 AM
One would have to be drunk to vote for a bill as stupid as that.
Or as on the grand dragon B-Y-R-D put it, “in Teddy’s memory.”
kregg on December 28, 2009 at 7:27 AM
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP
Another embarassing bacchanalian moment for the USA –
compliments of the drunken socialist/statist/fascist thug wing.
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on December 28, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Now we know where all of the funny budget numbers are coming from…..they are alcoholic halucinations. God help us.
joe btfsplk on December 28, 2009 at 8:08 AM
He knows the Dems are so screwed!
elclynn on December 28, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Wouldn’t you drink if you had to support this piece sh@t socialist legislation?
WordsMatter on December 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Yeah, that was every drunk, at every office party, rambling on about nothing. Is that a Democratic rule that you have to say the insult three times each during your tirade?
anniekc on December 28, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Com’on, everyone knows Congress plays a drinking game. Every time someone says ‘tax’ they down a shot. Journos have the same game. Their word is ‘unexpectedly’.
Coronagold on December 28, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Hey! Hey! Give his girlfriend a job and buy another round! 99 senators on a wall, 99 senators on a wall ~~~
joedoe on December 28, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Perfect example of MONTANA FRONTIER GIBBERISH.
joe btfsplk on December 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Republicans have absolutely no power, yet these suicidal Dem’s continue to whine. They know what they have done in the name of Obama and it will haunt them this November.
joedoe on December 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Thank God for a small amount of C-SPAN transparency. His opponents are gonna love it! lol
joedoe on December 28, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Political commercials are going to be beautiful this year.
marklmail on December 28, 2009 at 9:31 AM
You can’t drink that hag pretty.
NoFanofLibs on December 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Why we make Walmart greeters stay sober is beyond me!
abobo on December 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Liberal, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, Senator.
kingsjester on December 28, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Watched it and some are sure to say Sen. Baucus must have had one too many Martini’s for lunch – stupor recorded at 1:30 pm.
However, there may be ruse being put to U.S.. Maybe, Sen Baucus is just showing U.S. what happens to the body when denied proper medical care, or when you do not take your medications (generic-you are never sure you are getting the proper prescription) at the prescribed time.
MSGTAS on December 28, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Max is exhausted from trying for so desperately for so many months to get the other side to be bipartisan.
After a while, even a saint like Max has to give in and get some rest.
notagool on December 28, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Surely he’ll get in trouble for this. How do we know he hasn’t been drunk during important votes or committee meetings or hearings?
Oink on December 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM
If all the GOP candidates don’t use this one, they’re hopeless. But it would also work well for teen alcohol programs…”Kids, drink responsibly or you could wind up a u tube wonder as a drunken senator from Montana, making a fool of himself.”
Nalea on December 28, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Well, Bacchus is the Roman god of wine.
mizflame98 on December 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM
This thread proves some of the quickest wits are right here on Hot Air! I’m still laughing.
Nalea on December 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Maybe he’s just senile. That’s grounds for removal now, I hear.
hawksruleva on December 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Maybe he’s just exhausted from talking so much.
hawksruleva on December 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
VOTERS OF MONTANA……THANK YOU!!!
You gave us this womanizing-adulterer-boozer and now he’s going to give us all OBAMACARE.
If you keep electing him…..we promise we’ll vote for Obama/Hillary in 2012 (to go ahead and finish off the country for Soros).
PappyD61 on December 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Did you even read what I wrote, you freakin’ maroon?? I am a registered independent who quit the GOP precisely because its ‘big government conservatism’ amounted to an full embrace of DC corruption. I’m nauseated by McCain, but I voted for him anyway because I knew who Obama was and what he intended for this country.
If you go back and actually read what I said, you’ll understand that what I see in the comments here are ad hominem attacks. Those attacks may be justified, but that does not refute the substance of what Baucus said: the GOP did NOT lay a serious alternative plan on the table until Paul Ryan’s House bill late in the game. The Senate GOP never offered any plan at all.
So, that makes Baucus a drunk, corrupt asshole who tried to get his main squeeze an AG job–but that does NOT make him wrong that the GOP has f**ked the dog on health care for the past decade and during this latest battle. In so doing, they left the door wide open for a statist solution by Resident Obambi, Reid and Pelosi. Sorry you can’t handle the truth.
PD Quig on December 28, 2009 at 10:51 AM
I guess you need beer goggles to make this health care bill look good.
rockmom on December 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Question,
Knowing this was being recorded why, about three minutes in wouldn’t one of his esteemed Republican collegues, his good friends across the isle say something like:
“Senator Baucus it appears you have had too much to drink and I would appreciate it if you would not embarass this body by your drunken behavior on the floor of the US Senate.
Please sit down and be quiet or I will request the Sgt. At Arms remove you for public intoxication!”
Just goes to show the whole stinkin body is a snake pit and a den of theives and needs some serious house cleaning beginning in 2010 and continuing until the last vestiges of the good old boys and crooked neck lawyers are run out of town.
Youd’ be in better company at the local pool hall or biker bar at least those drunks work and provide some service for their money to buy drinks!
dhunter on December 28, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Where was the Senate GOP plan? Didn’t they need SOMETHING sensible to compare to the Lib boondoggle?
marklmail on December 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Well now we know what happened to Foster Brooks.
EMD on December 28, 2009 at 11:31 AM
BOYCOTT MONTANA until they dump this piece of shit.
jay12 on December 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM
You are kidding right? You don’t know of any GOP health care plan?
Here
Try HR3400…
right2bright on December 28, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Term limits for all these turds!!
Oh yeah, and breathalyzers!!!!
Gratuitous exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
m0nkeyb0y on December 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM
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