Rep. Nelson Proposes The Gary Nelson Personal Pay Raise Bill

[gamerunknown]

I plead the 27th.

[rawdenashitey]

lol "136 days of the year in washington DC" the rest is spent on holidays overseas

[Kawiatube]

is this for realz yo?

[MASTERMIKEEE]

"I think WE can do better for me!" lol

[WatchmenDrManhattan]

It is a crime the way I am forced to live something must be done, Donate now! to make a better future for me.

[miganders]

the rent is too damn high

[PimpSlapNoJutsu]

this man is definitely from Connecticut

[Jnest55]

it is true- congress sets their own pay

[myscrooge]

hahaha wow i love the end

[Oli3TB76]

Hilarious!

[awdrifter3]

"We can do better for me, we have to do better for me!"

I agree, we have to do better for him!

[EvenEvenOdd]

So true!

[bldtraffic]

"That man...is me."

Bwahahahahahaha

[AlterFinne]

bldtraffic... please follow the standard for posting for those videos:

*Quoting the funny scene* lol!

(You can add as many exclamation marks as you wish!!!!)

Thank you!

[danrupert]

his family loves to ski.

[kingchyzer]

Of course, he's a democrat. :-p

[mrwaitwhatif]

haha right?! the first straight forward democratic polititian! haha!

[cluemasterx7]

this is what i think i hear on the real C-SPAN.

[Kunjaku]

"If this legislation helps just one family, and I guarentee that it will..." lol

[niceapts]

he is just holding the floor... fillabustering

[awdrifter3]

Someone really should use this as fillabusting.

[pfannyguy]

God, that was funny!

[p2008t]

This is the least-watched Onion video on youtube.

[tfaironpirate]

Also, attached to the bill, the eye-care for orphans hit by buses bill... wish they could be separated, but, well, earmarks, what are ya gonna do?

[DaveO15]

Hah?

[Kortosis]

we can do better for me!

we have to do better for me !!!

XD lol

[hent164]

better for me?

[PHenry500]

Why not just put all those pay raises on the ballot every Presidential election? Then we can tell them where to shove it.

[mtszabo]

Which is precisely why they do *not* put them on the public ballot...

[032125]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the Supreme court should be in charge of payraises for the president, the president should be in charge of payraises for the congress, and the congress should be in charge of payraises for the supreme court.

[BackgroundBailey]

Sounds fair to me; that would be a real check and balance.

[ManofTreason]

except that then we get the president and congress making deals with each other to pass bills they disagree with so that they can get pay raises

[bassplayer211]

i think everyone needs to take up the selfless spirit this man expressed today. It's true, the economy is not doing so well right now. maybe if we americans were a little less selfish, maybe if we gave up 2 or 3 meals in the day, or spent less on toilet paper, the poor starving people o wall street and our noble congressmen could afford their skiing trips.

[DJTRANCENDENCE]

@bassplayer211 here here!!!

[ballchinboy18]

i think we can do better for me!

[losmi85]

We have to do better for me

[Maggie028]

It's funny because it's true.

[scoobyDx]

it's time for people to lose faith in the democrats too.

The democrats already control congress.. and what the fuck have they accomplished?

Gotta stop being "not the republicans"!

[LtnSarge]

@scoobyDx

What actually needs to stop is the fake democracy.

[50xYENx]

"If this helps just one family, and I guarantee that it will..."

[Tzimnewman3]

@50xYENx Thats become a cliche in politics all over the world :-)

[meape]

We should do better for him!!!

[froman182]

ha, he's a democrat.

But, that still doesn't mean anything since they're all the same in modern times.

[onomiyaki]

HUUUUUUUUUUR!

[scoobyDx]

democrats voted for iraq and the fisa bill

[pythag123]

Humm, an honest politician...that sounds like the name of a pub.

[paerarru]

What have we done for the simple working congressman from Connecticut, America?

[Tinils]

This man should run for office.

Gary Nelson 08!

[KKad3n]

"A story about a man who lives in Washington D.C., at least he does 130 days of the year...*COUGH*..."

LOL

[agar06]

goodnight i was totally fooled by this

[MasterMack0]

i laughed hard when he said: that person is me!

[bridgecable]

Give that man a raise!

[tinkkiou]

Haha everyone is just talking amongst themselves and not paying attention.

[aznjokeryou]

"that man...is *meee*"

and

"we have to do better for Me!" HAhAHA

[malcolmjacobson]

did it pass?

[niedec]

God bless you, sir.

[aribenzane]

It did :)

[skitzthegemini]

Yeah malcolm...it's calculated in with FICA now.  You didn't notice that your checks were smaller?

[malcolmjacobson]

i'm glad it passed. sounds like this guy needed a raise desperately.

honestly, from the stuff that comes out of america sometimes, i wouldnt be surprised if something like this did actually happen one day

[itsacorporatething]

Congress gives themselves pay raises all the time.

[RyanTDean]

classic.

[DasGreenCow]

Typical politician. Did you know they don't pay taxes?

[RDVids]

...Are you being serious?

[zavindur]

Hey, this guy is sincere, don't talk down to him. :)

[Youhavethebody]

"That man is *me*."

Awesome.

[dAvrilthebear]

This was hilarious!

[Jeri38]

I wish he could pass a pay raise bill for me to.

[RoadRunnerLaser]

LOL @ "If this could help just one family, and I guarantee that it will..."

Gotta love The Onion !

[SofaKingWeTodEd420]

gog bless america!!!

[newyorker122]

lol gog. I love g-sus christ.

[BellaRosa22]

Gog is a fair and mighty gog. a just and noble gog.

[Fenceposthead]

They should have a comb-over tax,and a back hair tax.

[tabber87]

I love how he starts to raise his voice @ 1:00.

LMAO!

[screwuguysgoinghome]

hilarious

[keldawn77]

"...and that man is..me"

[meeeebaaaa]

I know this is onion but.....

I wouldn't doubt that this really happens in the W.H.

[tacylla441]

it's congress....not the WH

[1voice1man]

And I guarantee that it will! that is too much! Classic

[spacecase7000]

We have to do better for me!

[ef1983]

Amazingly, every day in Congress, they do this crap; hey, I think the "Pay Raise Bill" needs to renew... all in favor?

[jailarson]

That comb-over is SWEET.

[TonyBabliano]

LOL!

[Choo69]

This guy is a brilliant politician.

[videoaccess001]

I love the short hesitations and stutters. It makes it seem so authentic.

Take that you politicians. We really do think you are greedy.

[lyden2006]

my family loves to ski.... priceless!

[Dioxholster]

The Onion is famous parody newspaper but not a tv broadcast. this stuff should get more views since the daily show is taken out of youtube.

[darkray00]

LOL! Who finances this series?? It looks so professional.

[spacecase7000]

This man is an American hero. Support HR 529!

[Einkill]

I love the combover. lol

[liberalbasher2]

That sounds more lke the Clintons..ME ME ME..LMAO

[metaphorgolf]

They should have to choose between salary or graft not get both!

[TOAFN]

Satire and Truth in ONE

The onion is all about truth. Same for George Carlin and Bill Hicks

[robotriderdh16]

ok, for those who are partially to completely retarded, obviously it's fake. that's the point. just laugh. that's the other point.

[Lawnmower233]

Lol. Well you must admit that it has excellent production values.

[robotriderdh16]

oh, yah! no doubt, i respect how well they emulate it, but you have to be a total moron not to realize, simply by what he's saying, that it's a joke

[hxnwlf]

Rofl. Onion-Span ...

Way ta go guys!

[bagochips916]

This video is fake, but it's funny

[Pleblian]

Oh...But it's very real... Just look at the bills passed over the last 20 years on pay raises for our elected officals.

[lordtalon69]

I have to say, based on the overabundance of serious replies ot this, that the onion has outdone it self. That anyone could watch this and take it so seriously and so many people has me rolling.

Good stuff this time, much better then the nick noltee bit.

[kevlarorc]

i was trying to think of a logical response to this video but all that came to my head was "WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU FCKING KIDDING ME?"

[kevlarorc]

haha im so retarded. i just realized this was by the onion

[btmorex]

"i think we can do better for me"

hahaha

[petebondurant58]

I fully support Congressman Nelson and his great efforts in aiding the Gary Nelson's of the world. We should all be ashamed that there are Gary Nelson's in this nation who are unable to afford memberships in exclusive golf clubs. If not Gary Nelson, than who?

[LasxMalvinasxArg]

This actually happen in every country.

[chasemonster]

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"If this legislation helps just one family..."

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LOLOLOLOLOLOL

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This is the funniest video I've ever seen.

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[lucky1960x]

this isa goof

[Kane040]

lol what an ass

[mopuffy01]

1) Works 130 days out of 364 days.

2) I'm sure this man makes more than 100k a year.

3) I'd like to know what makes this guy a more special or why he calls himself a 'hero' over other Representatives.

4) LOL. I think this is the first time in my life that i've heard to ANYONE refer themselves as a hero! :-D

[askj113]

dude this is the onion. Its the greatest satirical news service ever. enjoy it

[fellowkindly]

b-b-but ... it's real!!!

[JGansauer]

And they let you vote?

[ignuz]

You couldn't possibly be that thick could you?

It was fake.

[Pengaell]

Wow...I refuse to believe this is real... it can't be.... it feels so fake... but if it is real, then God help us all.

[nicolenigro]

It is fake. The Onion does satire.

[Pengaell]

Yeah, I'd never heard of the onion before now. But after doing a little research on this I quickly found out it was fake... thankfully. lol. Though it was pretty funny and rather convincing if you don't know what "The Onion" is.

[nicolenigro]

Yes, it is. There was one video of candidates courting the fat vote, and if I hadn't seen The Onion logo in the corner of the screen I would have thought it was a real news report.

[lordtalon69]

Hopefully cursing does not offend you because i must to say this heh...

If you thouht this looked real and outrageous you outta watch the onion's vid about a bill to stop skull fucking with an old guy saying that phrase about 20 times lol

[squeak616]

have you seen any other videos by the onion?

THIS IS SOOOO FAKE

[zcdarktide]

the onion is so fucking hilarious

[drumdude226]

WOW HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED WHAT A TYPICAL DEMOCRAT THAT WANTS TO STEAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO MAKE THERE LIFE HAPPY. I make 62k a year and support a 3 children he is so sad my life is twice as hard as Rep. Gary Nelson's he needs a serious reality check.

[mthmn20]

yeah, you're 100% right. i think you should send a letter to your local congressman and tell him to oppose this legislation.

[lordtalon69]

roflmao spot on spot on, i prefer this kind of a reply to those that are so naive it hurts hah.

[Pengaell]

Were you replying to me? I got an email saying you responded to me but it didn't put it as a response, lol.

[nicolenigro]

Uh, you know that was fake, right?

[m16204]

Yes, I was just voicing the opinion of everyone who is mistified how congress continues to give itself a raise

[quietsheep]

i think that the funniest thing about the Onion Videos are these comment boards and watching peoples' reactions who don't realize that the whole thing is a big, brilliant fucking joke.

[brharte]

LOL! I know. It's really scary. I wonder...who do we blame?

[Keywaden]

I agree it is both funny and scary how many people don't get that this is satire.

[mysterywalker]

that's true about most of these onion videos

[slavagrigoryan]

I wouldn't say most. Someone would have to be pretty darn slow to take all of this seriously.

[Xenu]

Ha Ha! He's a very convincing actor. I liked him. lol!! I could totally see myself stumbling onto that on tv and thinking to myself "WTF?!?"

[10pigdog6]

"My family loves to ski." hahah!

That guy could do an awesome Harry Reid impersonation.

[rerund5]

is this fool 4 real omg

[nic46ole]

If this bill helps just one family (and I guarantee that it will) then Congress has done it's job!!!! 5 stars.

[extortionskateteam]

my family loves to ski

[duran]

lol

theonion = most underrated youtube channel ever made

[GamertagAlidha125]

he's a lot better person then most of the other democraps

[IgWannA2]

man i love the onion

[joeysafe]

Sports tickets, dinner at a steakhouse, skiing boots. My family loves to ski.

[partyguy135]

hah hah this rules!

[Mad0cr0w]

the onion for life!

[djmattwerner]

This is one of the funniest things I've seen in some time!

[torqweld]

I'm lovin' his comb-over. But seriously, the guy can't even afford a hairpiece.

[zmonkey11]

"If this legislation helps just one family, and I Gurantee That It Will, then we as Congress will have done our job."

LOLOLOL!!!!!! Now that...is classic.

[paladin0322]

lolz

[kastolp]

Brilliant! This dose truly seem to be their attitude. "Better pay for me. So I can buy something I don't need. Who cares about the people who are truly struggling frantically."

[bigkmaxwell]

Why isn't my post. Posting!!! Oh yeah and the Onion is brilliant!

[bigkmaxwell]

Great Job Onion!