In this first clip, watch as California congresscritter Fortney "Pete" Stark turns the idea of limited federal power on its head by asserting that there is little that the federal government cannot do, and then once again being a smug, sarcastic jerk toward one of his constituents:
I will admit that the woman trying to back up her argument by invoking the slavery part of the 13th Amendment might be overreaching by the sheer fact that we aren't directly owned by a master or live on a plantation, but the involuntary servitude portion of that same amendment would have been a more logical point to make. In the end thought, the crux of her argument is correct, and Stark's absurd answer to her point illicits righteous boos from the audience.
Stark wasn't done though. Later in the meeting, the subject of illegal immigration came up, and according to Stark, it is unconstitutional to not hire workers who are in this country illegally, and once again, makes his point by mocking his constituents:
Please, please you voters of Stark's East Bay district, I beg you to look past his politics, with which you may agree, and consider the venomous personality of this horrid man.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I will admit that the woman trying to back up her argument by invoking the slavery part of the 13th Amendment might be overreaching by the sheer fact that we aren't directly owned by a master or live on a plantation, but the involuntary servitude portion of that same amendment would have been a more logical point to make. In the end thought, the crux of her argument is correct, and Stark's absurd answer to her point illicits righteous boos from the audience.
Stark wasn't done though. Later in the meeting, the subject of illegal immigration came up, and according to Stark, it is unconstitutional to not hire workers who are in this country illegally, and once again, makes his point by mocking his constituents:
Please, please you voters of Stark's East Bay district, I beg you to look past his politics, with which you may agree, and consider the venomous personality of this horrid man.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
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Are you kidding? I used to live in the area represented by this guy--he was my rep 15 years ago. They love him, and he's not going anywhere.
Owned!
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