Phil Hare's disconnect....is Brad Miller's disconnect

I don't know what sort of forum was intended in the video above, but it clearly devolved into something raw, at least for a few moments, but when human interaction looses its veneer of platitudes, honesty can often emerge for a brief raw moment before the fog of irrational anger descends.

This video caught that moment.

Representative Phil Hare should never have allowed himself to be questioned by multiple people at one time. While preparing to answer a question on the economy he heard the cameraman ask in hushed and trailing tones about the Constitution. Phil Hare turned his attention to the half-asked question and answered with honesty that he "doesn't worry about the Constitution". There is a visible pause where awareness of he had just said slips into his thoughts.

In similar honesty the cameraman has difficulty containing himself, and letting out a chuckle says "Jackpot Brother". Unseemly.

Inexplicably, though, Rep. Hare continues to allow himself to be peppered with questions at which point he becomes confused between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

He then attempts to hit the reset button and asks what the original question was. "Where in the constitution does it give you...?" the cameraman's question trails off as the Congressman answers "I don't know."

At this point the Congressman understandably becomes defensive and wisely retreats.

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What is most interesting in the exchange is that Congressman Phil Hare repeatedly returns to the refrain "helping hurting people", while the questioners repeatedly asked him about process, and the source of authority for ObamaCare.

It is clear that ObamaCare supporters feel the pain of an infirmed individual . Inexplicably, they then ask that the federal government which was created to tend to the needs of many, to tend to the needs of that individual.

It is a bizarre distortion of the original intent of the federal gov. as defined by the Constitution to make such a request. We are all familiar with the phrase "separation of church and state". Similarly, the phrase "separation of state from individual" could be used to to describe the overall theme of The Bill of Rights.

Supporters of ObamaCare, though, wish to bore a hole in that separation of state from individual and give to the state authority over an individual's well being, allowing power to flow from the state to the individual and ultimately denying an individual of their health-care choice.

But rather than respond to constitutional concerns, supporters of ObamaCare like Rep. Phil Hare and Brad Miller look to the village, and the media's cameras with puppy dog eyes, and without worry for our constitution say...let's focus on this individual's pain...

Disconnect.






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