Max Baucus Is Scared Of "The YouTubes"

Max Baucus is a conservative Democrat from Montana who arguably holds the fate of health care reform in his hands. Another fun fact about Max Baucus is that he's accepted so goddamn much money from corporate health care interests this year that lobbyist cash is now permanently imprinted on his genome.

But now we have discovered something new about Baucus: THE INTERNET, IT SCURRS HIM!

Via ThinkProgress, comes a great pull from Mark Leibovich's article today, "Baucus, and the Debate on Health Care, Go West," in which we learn that Baucus has a strange, Fox Mulderian take on the interwebs:

After speaking at a preventive-care conference here last week, he was swarmed by protesters. Or, in Mr. Baucus's words, "agitators, whose sole goal was to intimidate, disrupt and not let any meaningful conversation go on." There were a couple of people in the crowd "with YouTubes," Mr. Baucus added (meaning cameras), and he posited that the agitators were paid and probably from out of state. ("I could just sense it," he said.)

If he's that afraid of the people with "YouTubes," just wait until he finds out about the people with Twitter! (Or, you know, the ones with assault weapons!)

Anyway, meet Max Baucus, who will play a large part in determining whether you get to see a doctor, ever.

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Comments

[spinns17]

heres one for him and youfolks .lol http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

[Martha12]

Seriously, I think that there needs to be independent, annual, cognitive/IQ tests, for all politicians.

Just like your annual physical, when you are so blessed with THEIR health care, that the people pay for!

They test IQ in all school systems, cognitive testing is common place in the senior community, so these should be mandatory for , as Bush would put it, "the deciders".

No one would put their decrepit, doddering, senescent, grandparents in charge of their finances, healthcare, education choices etc.

Why would you let anyone run your country or your county without PROOF of intelligence?

Some politicians get in office on BS and others have their staff cover-up their senility, this would be the perfect way to eliminate this.

[drhirise]

This rat traitor doesn't give a d@mn about the American people at all. He's an opportunistic leech on the body politic, and the Democratic party - a scum sucking parasite. He needs to be pulled off and preserved for posterity in a jar of formaldahide.

[Punkynsnow]

Them durn Yoo-toobes... they must be sum kinda Commoonist plot or sumpin'.

[win2kpro]

The problem with politics is the mindset in America today is; "My Senators and Representative are OK, it's other Senators and Representatives that casuse the problem".

I was truly hoping that someday the American people would wake up, smell the coffee and figure it out. NO, My Senators and Representaive are not OK, and neither are yours.

Politicians in Washington are nothing more a festering bowl of corruption, that are fully owned and controlled by the Oil, Healthcare and the Pharmaceutical Industries.

Jason Linkins was exactly correct when he stated about Max Baucus; "Another fun fact about Max Baucus is that he's accepted so goddamn much money from corporate health care interests this year that lobbyist cash is now permanently imprinted on his genome."

Throw the whole rotten group out of Washington, DON'T RE-ELECT ANYONE!

[win2kpro]

spelling correction; cause not casuse.

[sisterdebmac]

Man, you must never get any sleep if you correct every spelling error in every post you read!

[spinns17]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

[outlandish]

I had my you tubes surgically removed but I had my health insurance cover cancelled because they were a pre existing condition.

[Punkynsnow]

LMAO!!

[themainpoint]

You must not have had good insurance. My youtubes removal was covered and they only charged me a little over twice the going rate for health care in advanced countires.

[spinns17]

wow .youtubes are lucky.

[PiscesPrincess]

What a joke. Max. your OWN constiuency is pi$$ed off at you and you can't even See it. lol.
Poor baby. the You tubes are picking on you. tough. get used to it or get over it.

[MovingtoNorway]

You can run, but you can't hide Maximillion!

[DC72478]

YouTubes...serious business

[jsgaetano]

I blame The Googles.

[Kiri sute gomen]

Yes fear the people that can document your words.

[den1953]

Yes Senator there is a Santa Claus! DUH!!!!

[outlandish]

Baucus/Palin 2013 and a half.

[grf67]

Is Baucus really this stupid or does it just look that way?

[outlandish]

Yes and No.

[unite4change]

Baucus is cunning like a fox who would negotiate is soul to the highest bidder.

[Martha12]

." There were a couple of people in the crowd "with YouTubes," Mr. Baucus added (meaning cameras), and he posited that the agitators were paid and probably from out of state. ("I could just sense it," he said.)
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You tubes??!! " I could just sense it," he said.

I wonder what he thinks a television is? A picture box that talks and sometimes sings?

Baucus is not only COMPLETELY out of touch with today's world, he physic too!

Please folks, vote these old fools out of office.

[SkyCap]

You mean, psychic?

[Rmtns]

Or psychotic?

[sisterdebmac]

He still thinks there are little people living inside his TV, acting out the fantasies in his head.

[BigDogMom]

And this is why we need term limits....

[jsgaetano]

How does term limits fix anything? It means once you get someone good in there, he's gone before he can do anything.

If there weren't term limits, GWB would have never been president.