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Baucus: Was He Drunk, Or Is He Stupid?
Powerline ^ | 12/27/09 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 12/27/2009 10:46:23 PM PST by freespirited

This video of Democratic Senator Max Baucus during the debate on the Democrats' health care takeover is all over the web. Most observers say that Baucus was drunk. We report, you decide:

[click link above for video]

Iclaim no expertise in this area beyond normal human observation, but, for what it's worth, I would say that he was drunk, but is an experienced drinker and was not terribly impaired. What is most interesting to me is how close he comes to articulating the Democrats' real complaint against Republican Senators: they are traitors to their class, i.e., the political class. The Democrats' health care takeover will hurt the American people but vastly expand the power of the political class. Hence Baucus's outrage at Republicans who voted based on "political considerations," which is to say, they sided with the people against their would-be masters. In Vino Veritas!


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: 111th; baucus; baucusdrunk
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Baucus: Was He Drunk, Or Is He Stupid?

Both.

1 posted on 12/27/2009 10:46:24 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

“OR” ??


2 posted on 12/27/2009 10:46:55 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Baucus Rant Video
3 posted on 12/27/2009 10:47:35 PM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: freespirited

Do we have to choose???


4 posted on 12/27/2009 10:47:37 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
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To: freespirited

Why do you have to insult BOTH stupid and drunk people?


5 posted on 12/27/2009 10:48:37 PM PST by max americana (i)
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To: freespirited
Some people get drunk because they are stupid.
6 posted on 12/27/2009 10:48:52 PM PST by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: freespirited

They are all stupid, He was drunk


7 posted on 12/27/2009 10:49:11 PM PST by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: freespirited

He is clearly bombed. And, of course, the Lamestream won’t report it. But not to worry—this will come in handy in the weeks to come.


8 posted on 12/27/2009 10:49:16 PM PST by Mamzelle (Who is Kenneth Gladney? (Don't forget to bring your cameras))
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To: freespirited

First he was stupid, then he was drunk and stupid. Then he “accidentally” fell on an intern.


9 posted on 12/27/2009 10:50:23 PM PST by Anti-Utopian ("Come, let's away to prison; We two alone will sing like birds I' th' cage." -King Lear [V,iii,6-8])
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To: Mamzelle

A search of “max baucus drunk” generates close to 10,000 hits on Google blogs.


10 posted on 12/27/2009 10:52:16 PM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: freespirited

Montana gets FIVE MORE YEARS of this embarrassment before they vote him back in to office. :)


11 posted on 12/27/2009 10:53:18 PM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: freespirited

Believe me, he is stupid. He always sounds like this.


12 posted on 12/27/2009 10:57:22 PM PST by tuckrdout ("Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: freespirited
I am sure that CNN ABC NBC have sent dozens of highly skilled journalists to dig into whether he was DOD (Drunk On Duty), and that it will be the headline on all the papers Monday.

We must wait for them to tell us, because all we have is our lying eyes.

13 posted on 12/27/2009 10:59:46 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: tuckrdout

So the damage is permanent?


14 posted on 12/27/2009 11:02:57 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: freespirited

We watched it live during a live thread here on FR—he was either channeling Foster Brooks, having a stroke, or had imbibed waaaay too much at lunch.

My bet’s on #3.


15 posted on 12/27/2009 11:04:09 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: freespirited

I hope his opponent makes good use of this video when it’s time for “re-election.” Do the people of Montana want a drunk representing them on the Senate floor?


16 posted on 12/27/2009 11:04:15 PM PST by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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To: UCANSEE2

I was in a bar when this sailor bought the house a round of drinks. I said to him, “You spend like a drunken congressman.” He was highly insulted and said to me that he was spending his own money.


17 posted on 12/27/2009 11:04:31 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: freespirited

I think that the video is simply mislabelled. That’s not Max Baucus, but rather Bacchus, the greek god of wine.


18 posted on 12/27/2009 11:05:52 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: purplelobster

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bacchus.html


19 posted on 12/27/2009 11:07:15 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: Vehmgericht
He was highly insulted and said to me that he was spending his own money.

So... the sailor knows Baucus?

20 posted on 12/27/2009 11:13:59 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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