Why does Rep. Connolly (D-VA) continue to refuse to answer qustions about the Dem Budget?

[keithmoslak]

Public office will probably be a short trip for you Mr Cantor, better save some money. Your tactics are boorish and you are a disgrace to your constituents.

[jtvagop]

As a VA-11th Voter, I say thank You Congressman Cantor, Connolly is a horrible Congressman, He doesn't represent the 11th's values and come next year He will be GONE.

[mikesternberg]

BOOOOOOO nice try eric we know the score! Rudeness is not the way to win an arguement! Just because you CAN be a dick does not mean you SHOULD be  a dick! Poul Broun you should learn some MANNERS! YOUR NO SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN!

[swtmol]

the silence of the absence of comments supporting these tactics is deafening, Mr. Cantor you should probably be listening...

Based on these videos listening or affording professional courtesy or respect in a parlimetary setting is not a republican strength... ship fools, better start looking for lifeboats...

[GradStud28]

So Rep. Broun is not only lying (I'd say he's mis-informed, but I think even at that point he should have known better), he also demonstrates to all of us what an ass he is. I hope Georgians see this, and be sure to vote him out of office next time around.

[Alexsaysheey]

Eric Cantor, if you're reading this, YOU ARE A BIG FUCKING FAGGOT AND A FUCKING NARROW MINDED BITCH!

[dougcrews]

EPIC FAIL. Cantor's description says "again and again, Rep. Connolly refuses to answer...", but Connolly was in the process of answering when he's repeatedly interrupted.

What is plainly apparent is that the GOP thug has no interest in hearing the answer.

Yeah, this video makes a Congressman look like an idiot, but it ain't Rep. Connolly.

Keep 'em coming, Cantor! Democrats need an even bigger majority in 2010!

[jonesrich]

This is teh awesum! Keep up the gud work dude! No reason this country needs people to work together in congress to get stuff done. Just tax cuts. Hooray, glad you're there (when you're not at the Britney Spears concert).

[massimofortitudo]

smoooooth cantor. why cant they answer the question? maybe because you keep taking the fucking time back. duh. I saw you on tv saying it was "holding people responsible". what a lying ass repug you are. how about a solution to our national problems eric, why cant YOU answer that question.

[sidsinatra]

Pathetic display by the GOP.

[babybrotherband]

Cantor you're an idiot, the guy tries to answer and HEY LOOK, the "reclaim my time" tactic cuts off the Dem!!! Ha ha ha, wow that's awesome, you really smoked those Dems. Lame.

[rdsoxs86]

How DARE YOU QUESTION MY REPRESENTATIVE!!!!! THE REPUBLICANS ARE ALTERING THE REAL TRUTH AND HAVE MADE A MOCKERY OF POLITICS BY BULLYING REPRESENTATIVES.

VIRGINIA 11TH DEMOCRAT

[theodorichen]

Keep it up Cantor! Good to see that you Republicans are continuing to either bring the firing squad in on each other or shoot yourself in the foot. At this rate we wont even have to campaign in four years, you are doing our work for us. Thank you Mr Cantor.

- Grateful Democrat

[Tmc39]

Foxx is part of a team of Republican members that Eric Cantor has put together to create embarrassing, YouTube-worthy moments for vulnerable Democratic freshmen.

The aides send daily e-mails to the members of the attack team and alert lawmakers when these targeted members are speaking on the floor. They even draft quick scripts to help focus the questioning.

These guerrilla tactics all the Republicans have

[nilent]

What a MFing scumbag piece of shit this Republican troll is!

This is a typical right wing hate radio tactic that they use on callers all the time.

They control the time and try to bully/dominate the conversation, this kind of sick evil un-American crap goes on all the time on Hate Radio. Now these pieces of shit are trying to play the same game in Congress by abusing the rules.

In this case the Democrat didn't take the bait and Eric Cantor ends up looking like pathetic fool that he is! :-)

[KWAZBOZ15]

This is hillarious that Cantor would put this up on his own page and thinks that this makes the GOP look good. GOP has run the country into the ground the past 8 years and now that theres a new party, they truly have become the party of no. No new ideas, no bi-partisanship, just childish games, and distractions is what comes out of these guys. Mr. Cantor your showing us more, and more why the election went the way it did and that America is sick of the stuborn conservative ways.

[eferington]

Wow Connolly has mastered the job in record time. Amazing that Cantor is proud of this ugly and embarrassingly failed attack. Remember us, Republicans? We're the country you're supposedly trying to help govern. We'd love to hear back from you if you ever stop playing (and losing!) thug games.

[sidneyoh]

haha is this all the right has to sit here and play games we are going down the drain. all they want to do is play games

looks like we need some dems to take their place. we didnt like the last rights they was replaced by dems and we can do the same with you

[hitokiridarkempress]

Moron, didn't your mother teach you not to speak unless spoken to? It's common courtesy to let someone finish a sentence before asking a question. Somebody flunked grade school...and you idiots are in Congress. Waste of money and education on you.

[idmars10]

You guys are clueless buffoons. I shudder at the thought that you had full control of all three branches for the past 8 years.

[Sodie454]

Cantor, you are such a douchebag.

[dackmont]

Connolly is wise to this procedural stunt of being asked a "gotcha" question, then not being allowed to answer. What's amazing is that anyone could find this gimmick persuasive.

This is just another example of the GOP believing its own hype. After all, they are the party of Bush, Cheney, Palin, & Limbaugh, all of whom are incredibly unpopular with everyone except Republicans. Cantor seems eager to follow them. But it's not 2002 anymore. Hey, Eric, keep it up... VA looks good in blue these days.

[Micas099]

What a jackass...

[StregaMichaela]

Bully.

[throwback2now]

At a time when it's more important than EVER for us all to be working together to fix what Bush did to this country, I'm getting very disheartened by Republicans who don't seem to have any ideas.

My 55 year-old mother, a life-long Republican said last week: "It's gotten to the point where I'm embarrassed to be a Republican."

[BigSnipp]

Good lord, how many Republican puppets have your hand up their ass, Cantor.

[sleepyreader42]

ただ時間の無駄だ。

[Dysnomia303]

Remember how Republican economics ushered in a new era of prosperity under President Bush?

Oh wait, that didn't happen. In fact, I believe we're in a depression right now. Boy, Broun's face will be so red when he finds out!

[tomnealon]

I've watched all these videos Congressman Cantor and I've noticed they all have one thing in common. No new ideas. You indeed belong to the party of no.

[IcyKitty]

Shame on Cantor

[BioSpock]

Wow... it's great to know that my tax dollars are spent on exploiting procedures on the floor of Congress. Way to go, Mr. Cantor. This really makes me feel like you have the best interests of America in mind. What sort of future do you think you have posting this stuff?

[yanasty]

Eric Cantor, you aren't making anyone look stupid but your party. Keep it up!

[enevitabley]

Hey lets not be productive, lets be childish and interrupt by abusing powers to question. Furthermore, lets post these embarrassing videos on youtube in hopes that they will become for viral.

Because, how else is the party of no going to reach a young audience that doesn't fall for the republicans pseudo-economic policies that wouldnt even benefit them in the slightest.

[NapoleonicCode]

I just saw this very page on Countdown with Keith Olbermann! Thought I'd drop a line. I make videos about geocaching, that's about all that's interesting about me but I'd like to hang out in Congress.

[sidneyoh]

haha good job Keith Olbermann i seen the same thing and that why im here to see what games they are playing and its not funny anymore

[GetTXBlue]

Those Republicans:A real sharp group of guys and gals?

The republican party is only interested in satisfying the fat cats. In comparison,give a small fraction of bailout money (a loan) to the auto manufacturers and it's a major scandal,their answer,penalize the blue collar workers,whine when the CEO gets canned

On a television show,I heard the republicans described as General Motor Mouths,I strongly agree. This video is only one example of thousands of their usual obstruction tactics in play

[TBrough]

Nice pathetic lacky, Mr Repuke. WOwW. Bringing up topics off the debate to try and fluster real work? Gee folks....you lost by HOW many % points?

[timothyand]

cantor, the latent homosexual, is actually compensating for his own self-image of perceived effeminacy. poor little guy. he's so afraid of being outed, he has to act like the tough guy. unfortunately for him, he comes across as a punk a*s b**ch.

[tom1023]

You F***ing republicans are sooo F***ing ignorant and sound extremely stupid, when you open your size 9 mouths and stick your size 14 foot in it. All of you are going to burn in hell. And You will never be back in power if I have anything to do with it.

[circutracer150]

@tom1023 This guy is NOT a true conservative republican. He is an asshole, and has some serious democrat habits.

[deamous]

As a native Virginian, I'd like to assure the world that we aren't all as childish and petulant as Eric Cantor.

[KMarx75]

Keep it up Mr. Cantor...the Democrats are gaining seats in the house as we speak!  These videos just prove the Republicans are a dying party...goodbye to the GOP :-)

[jinesusa]

I accidentally gave a thumbs down to this reply, and meant a thumbs up. I hope that people will give you lots of thumbs up to make up for my mistake. Boo and shame shame shame on Eric Cantor and the republican bullies.

[haiglee]

Nice try Cantor. But people are wise to your underhanded tricks. Hope you enjoy losing more seats during the midterms.

[Jura1gus]

Shame on you Rep. Cantor !!!! That is all you can do to further the American cause? You solved all the other problems of this country ?

Shame on you!!!!

[musicb]

Is this supposed to be a cross examination?

Or can the republican gentleman allow the VA congressman to answer the question?

I thought there was civility in Congress.

As a lifelong republican, who knows our party has the christian value of respect for our common man, I am appalled by this act of interruption.

[xmantrid]

i love that the repugs are using youtube to show the public how childish they are. LOL. he does do a good read of that script though.

[maschlec]

I don't think I'm alone in saying that Eric Cantor is a smarmy butthole

[kihoalukid]

Cantor- is your archaic ideology more important than doing the country's business? If so, why?

You and your dishonest party are an embarrassment.

[BlueSkyHunter]

Glad to see the GOP is hard at work making videos while the country is swirling down the drain. Good job, guys.

[oxfdblue]

Mr. Cantor, you and your party are an embarrassment not just to the House, or this nation, but to democracy and its tradition that reach back to ancient times.

Your abuse of arcane House rules to interrupt debate, change debate, not allow debate, and so on is about as anti-democratic as possible. It is cruel to the American people. This is what we voted against in great numbers.

You are a horrible person in charge of a horrible party.

May you and yours lose every vote forever.

[siberiandreams]

Cantor is such a dick. Glad I left the Republican party, and not planning to return any time soon.

[slightlymentholated]

Hello Keith Olbermann viewers!

[GstateBALLER925]

"223 views" keep chugging along. lmao

[grapesofwraith1066]

Better than the 118 or something that he said on air.

That said, I don't see the Congressman as getting a fair chance to respond to the questions. I think these are the types of stunts that many of the American people are tired of in Washington.

[Vastvarietyia]

I love how this is all coming from a script? Is Cantor writing this himself or is he using the ghost writer that Republicans used to write their numberless budget.

[tripwire11235]

He doesn't really want to hear an answer, he is merely trying to debate Mr. Connolly into a corner, asking him questions that do not pertain to the legislative matter on the floor. When Mr. Connolly begins to answer the question in a manner that is unsatisfactory to Mr. Broun, he reclaims his time and doesn't allow for ANY answer. Shameful debating tactics, especially childish, and very unprofessional.

[CCDW08]

The democrat did answer the question,"yes" the the Republican Rep. only wanted a yes or no answer.

So you pathetic liberals that are ruining our Country, just wait and see which way your taxes go now, UP. And I can't wait until 2010 and Pelosi is no longer Speaker of The House.

[ufbret]

Typical Democrat, cant aswer a simple yer or no question for the sake of trying to justify trillions of dollars in debt that our children will be burdened with.

Rememebr when liberals were so upset about Bushs half trillion dollar debt? Now they spend trillions without even reading the bills.

[wentabi]

Again and again, the GOP interrupted Rep. Connolly (D-VA) as he was trying to answer to the question. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Georgia) asked Connolly on the Floor about the democrat budget.

But he denied him the time to answer.

But somehow they keep saying that he refuse to answer.