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Home Front: Politix
Marine Asks Him Congressman: "I've kept my oath, do you intend to keep yours?"
2009-08-23
H/T GatewayPundit
Background info for this video:
From August 13, 2009:
Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) apologized yesterday for accusing town hall protesters of "brown shirt tactics" and comparing them to a "lynch mob."

Baird, who originally decided against holding town hall meetings because of expected protests, now says he'll schedule some forums during the August recess.

"Frankly, I have had concerns about how we can have constructive dialogue and, unfortunately, in response to some of the things we've been seeing across the nation I have said some things myself that I regret," Baird said, according to the Tacoma News Tribune.

"I want to express that regret directly and announce that we will be holding a series of five town halls so people can express their opinions and ask questions."

Baird made headlines last week by comparing town hall protesters to Nazi guards.

"What we're seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics," Baird told the Columbian. "I mean that very seriously."

Then, he held one of those five townhall meetings on August 18 and on that day, met David Hedrick, a former Mairne.

From GatewayPundit

I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy.

Here's David William Hedrick, former Marine, talking to his Congressman







Posted by:Sherry

#13  A standing O for that Marine.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-08-23 15:56  

#12  Defending the constitution is for suckas!
Posted by: SR-71   2009-08-23 13:26  

#11  Once a Marine, always a Marine.

With a few exceptions, such as John Murtha.
Posted by: lotp   2009-08-23 13:09  

#10  That was awesome! This should be aired by the MSM, but of course it won't be.
Posted by: Jefferson   2009-08-23 12:36  

#9  The only thing that could have made that video better would have been a short introductory course in the use of pugil sticks.

Or maybe Palin walking out on stage after the Marine had finished. Imagine that crowd reaction.
Posted by: Matt   2009-08-23 12:15  

#8  Once a Marine, always a Marine.

Good job Marine.
Posted by: newc   2009-08-23 11:31  

#7  Since when has a power hungry oaf ever kept his oath?
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-08-23 11:15  

#6  Former Marine, please.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2009-08-23 10:45  

#5  I'm sure the goon squads will investigate whether this man is a "real" Marine, but by golly he sure sounds like one.
Posted by: regular joe   2009-08-23 10:11  

#4   "I've kept my oath, do you intend to keep yours?"

Silly rabbit. It's about power.
One set of rules for thee, another set of rules for me.

Why would you expect Congressmen to read the tome of socialized medical care when they don't even read the few pages of the Constitution? Only yahoos feel obliged by such silly rituals as oaths. /sarc
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-08-23 10:05  

#3  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124967502810515267.html
Posted by: 746   2009-08-23 09:19  

#2  I really wonder if the Donks ever will understand the groundswell they've started. David Hedrick is righteously pissed off and that dipshit onstage isn't worth Hedrick's spit.
Posted by: Frank G   2009-08-23 09:06  

#1  A crist hand salute to that Marine!
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-08-23 08:10  

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