Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up

Hugh Pickens writes "Wisconsin Republicans claim that no one else can republish a video of United States Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI) complaining about how he is 'struggling' to get by on his $174,000 salary without their permission, even though they originally released the video on YouTube for the whole world to see. Now the GOP is trying to take legal action to stop anyone else from republishing the video. The tape caused a stir for Duffy, a first-term conservative best known for his past as a reality TV show star on MTV's The Real World after Democrats flagged the comments about his taxpayer-funded salary, which is nearly three times the median income in Wisconsin, and criticisms began to flow Duffy's way. Here's a one-minute clip, excerpted from roughly 45 minutes of video of the public Duffy townhall, that the Polk County GOP doesn't want anyone to see."

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Re:It's "double standard", not "hypocrisy".

[Princeofcups]

A banker making $250,000 is barely above the poverty line. Cut them a break! Look at all the good they do for this country!

A teacher making $50,000 is living a lavish lifestyle on the public's dime. They're spending this country into bankruptcy. And they're doing it in only 9 months out of a year.

You have to get into the mind of the conservative to understand this. I worked for a startup that had lots of layoffs. I commented to the financial manager that it's not fair that the layed off receptionist got two weeks (crap) pay and nothing else, and the VP that was layed off got 3 months pay and job finding services for an indefinite amount of time. He looked at me like I was crazy. The VP has 3 kids in college and a mortgage on a million dollar house. How else could he meet his bills? No comment that the receptionist will be eating baloney sandwiches for months until she finds a new job.

To the conservatives, those that are rich are a different class, a royalty if you will. They are rich due to the grace of god. Those that are not rich are scum who refuse to work. They themselves? Are either rich (minority) or poor and believe that they one day will be rich too (majority) through winning the lottery or some such, if god wills it. To quote Joe Strummer "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power D'you know that you can use it?"