The Horror: John Shadegg uses baby Maddie as a prop during health-care debate
By John Amato Saturday Nov 07, 2009 5:00pm
This is sickening. Rep. John Shadegg uses baby Maddie, a 7-month-old daughter of his Chief of Staff to the floor as a prop during the health-care debate in the House earlier today.
The Political Carnival writes:
I wanted to "spit up", and wished Maddy had.
Yes, John Shadegg actually used an innocent infant as a prop, spoke baby talk, and provided us with nothing more than what was most likely in Maddy's diaper at the time. And for this, he got applause.
The collective (im)maturity of the Rushpublic side of the aisle doesn't come close to measuring up to Maddy's level of sophistication. How utterly humiliating.
Henry Waxman made a joke and said: “That was a remarkable child,” “and a great ventriloquist.”
How could a father let his child be used as a prop like that? What would have happened if he hurt her in any way? The entire Republican Party is made up of fools, and I mean the staffers as well. And then there are the people who applauded this stunt ...
By the way, John Shadegg does have a somewhat checkered past, if you remember...
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Republicans are psychos.
I think we are going to have to take them out through another civil war, because these people are absolutely fucking nuts!
They went off the deep end 19 years ago.
as nuts etc because that seems too judgmental, but in fact they are mostly childish people who need an authoritarian figure to tell them what to do and are afraid of and therefore can't abide anyone who doesn't think like them. Basically a 3rd grade mentality.
I for one am sick and tired of these insane fools being treated like they have legitimate point of view! These people have gone off the deep end and will not even attempt to get help. It is like they all quit taking their medication at the same time.
I found out a couple of days ago that the RGA is in the affiliate program with Amazon.com. I sent amazon an email and told them that as long as they were going to give money to the RGA I would no longer buy anything from Amazon. They sent me back an email and tried to soft pedal aroung it without stopping it. I sent them one back and told them I would post what they were doing here and at huffington in hopes of getting others to stop buying from them.
Yes No! republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness that is killing America!!!
You got that right!!
"What would have happened if he hurt her in any way?"
Wow.. Shaddeg is my rep, I'm sick of his crap, and this stunt was silly. . . but that was about the weakest "complaint" I have ever heard.
give him credit for that.
ROFLMAO! Oh shit, that was funny!
Hahahaha!
LOL!
Actually, he did!
Palin and Trig weren't available for a paid appearance?
The GOP is slippin'
have a monopoly on exploiting babies and using them as props.
until every Republican is sedated and under the care of a mental health professional.
Just when you thought this debate could not become more revolting and "childish". Good job Shadegg.
he needs to change his name Shategg .
Fuck it. Change his name to Shitbagg.
that's the one...
Watch the finger in the wind types join the 218 now that it is going to pass.
Too predictable.
looked like Congress decided to call it a day and head out to the watering holes early.
to buy $1000 bottles of aged Ripple.
If Malkin was on our side she'd be hunting Maddie down and harassing her ass. This is one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen.
I say we all find out who this Maddie is and ask her what she really thinks about our health care. Let's get her address and telephone number and expose Maddie for the fraud she is. Chances are Maddie gets WIC checks to pay for her diapers, cereal and milk. We need to find out the truth behind Maddie. Sarcasm of course.
WOW! Double WOW, triple WOW. The depths the conservatives will sink to has now reached the bottom. At least I hope this is the bottom. I really don't think I could be more offended than using a toddler who has no real voice in the health care debate than I am now.
Reached the bottom? I don't think so. They are merely scratching the surface of how low they can go. This has been one heck of a day for bottom of the barrel tactics.
I know, that was pretty naive of me wasn't it. Here's a counter. Why not some Democratic member bring the dead body of a man that was murdered from a gun to the house floor to argue for gun control? It's no more disgusting than what this piece of garbage just did is it?
Naw, wrong argument. Drag in a dead homeless person who could not get health care, food or shelter. Might as well use a homeless vet to really make the digusting point. Fuck these fucking fucks.
Sorry, I can't stop cussing.
Fuck these people. How bout a dead homeless vet that was shot by a gun bought legally at the local K Mart then refused treatment because of the lack of coverage.
Sorry, I know this is beating a dead horse but this beyond any type of discourse. Civil or non. I want to punch this guy and his baby in the face. Just kidding about the baby. I do want to punch this guy.
The guy that shot up Fort Hood used HIS OWN GUNS. But that's not the fucking problem, it's because he was Muslim. Can you imagine the way American Muslims feel right now? I can't because I don't belong to that community but it has to be filled with horror.
I know what you mean. It's taking super human strength for me to not post cuss words only, in all caps, bolded.
you would only be expressing what we all feel ! .
Let it out Miss Kitty. Caps, bold, and all the cuss words you can think of.
his latest book, and he was talking about 9/11, and how people of color throughout this country held their breaths and thought, "please let this be Norwegian terrorists," and stuff to that effect, because we all knew that brown and black people, especially Arab-Americans and Muslims would be targeted if the terrorists weren't white...
I guess that may have summed up what Muslim Americans thought when they heard about this shooting. I can't imagine how they must feel now...
Whoops! :S
And FOX news took his last name and ran with it. No proof, no facts, just the name. They will once again destroy the fragile relationship non-Muslims and Muslims have in this country.
strained after 8 years of Bush, and probably after the "Obama's a secret Muslim" crap, and now this.
True words. While I describe myself as a hopeful agnostic, I was raised a muslim and many of my friends and family still claim to the faith. I'm currently back in my hometown of East Dearborn, Detroit Michigan, where I was after 9/11 (also one of the largest muslim communities in the nation). It was an identical reaction, if on a smaller scale. Mosque vandalism, muslim kids getting beat up at school, a spike in convenience store robberies/murders, broken windows on middle eastern owned shops...same s***, different day.
What if his name was Joseph Smith? Would we then go out and start harassing Mormons? I think not.
http://datingjesus.files.wordpress.com/2009/1...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs
I remember some on the Reich . . .er . . . um . . . right squealing about Obama using his kids as props?
IOKIYAR?
for allegedly using--excuse me--asswipe called it 'exploiting' (Graeme Frost) to encouraging congress 'people' to vote for SCHIP? Does this mean Shitbagg will have to bow down to Jabba the Rush? Beg the Fat One's forgiveness for putting lies into the head of a baby? A Baby they send out before microphones and cameras to sit there and say in an imaginary voice "Don't make me pay for your healthcare?"
And I mean so badly, Dolasetron wouldn't stop it. Jesus H. Fucking Crist. I just saw this on the teevee news, and I wanted to pull an Elvis. This bloviating asshole, supposedly speaking for this voiceless baby "Please don't tax me for healthcare you want." gag. Really asshole? Why didn't Darwin take care of you about 3 decades ago, you annoying stupid POS. How about "Please don't put a system into place that would be less costly then what we have now that would guarantee EVERYONE in the country access to healthcare, regardless of income?"
Bitching about the size of the bill? Are you assholes on fucking crack? Whose fault is that, fuckwits? Yours Yours Yours YOURS.
STFU and pass a single payer type bill, you overly paid WHORES. And I apologise to all 'Working Girls' with the 'whores' crack.
I'm surprised no ones been taken in for observation after firing a 12 gauge at their TV set today in this country.
with that tempting microphone.
I wonder what she will think years 25 years from now when she can't get health insurance on her own and her parents' insurance won't cover her.
Just shameful!
And let me just add: What kind of person would whore their little baby out for this shit? I would beat the bloody hell out of that mom right now, that's how mad I am.
that is beyond me.
I wish Maddie luck. With parents like hers, she's clearly going to need it.
The baby has more sense than most of THAT side of her family.
(now I'm just being mean and honest)
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I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs
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No offense to any religion but if Mr. Goldman Sachs is doing Gods work God is a douche.
God has requested a douche
I assume Palin can see the necessary orafice from her porch?
:)
Palin can see everything from her crapper.
They love to trot out women, children and babies whenever it suits their cause. To politicians like Shadegg, and there are many, it doesn't matter who it is.
Despicable.
or our babies and children!
Will co-sign with the despicable part.
You are so right. That Baby should had bite Shadegg on his nose whould he had cried for his Health care? Yes he would. But he does not care if anybody has any Health care.
This Freudian act belies the Republican estimation of their whining, tea-bagging prop people.
Maddy believes? A baby? This guy and the rest of the Republicans actually have less mental development than the child.
I can well imagine what was on the baby's mind,
"Geez his diaper stinks!"
I was thinking what a pretty baby and why is it sitting on such a douche? (I assumed the douchebag was stuck to its backside)
:)
This madman had the audacity to exploit Maddie like this? Has he no fucking shame?
Leave it to the Republicans to use Maddie as a symbol of their warped logic and for their own political posturing. Bunch of evil fucking morons, the whole lot of them!
I don't know who is worse, the mad person who was holding Maddie, or the other mad people who applauded the mad person who was holding Maddie. DAMN, THIS MADNESS WITH THIS MADMAN USING MADDIE JUST MAKES ME SO DAMN MAD!!!
a small, highly odoriferous sewage plant going in her diapers (I'm thinking nuclear dump), silently demonstrating her TRUE feelings about these phony baloney concern trolls using her image and supposed feelings as a prop for their obscene ideas
Should relieve some unnecessary stress about lying RW talking points.
Ha! I watched that exchange - it seemed the only thing Maddie was interested in was the microphone. And, in my opinion, how to shut it off. Or eat it, it wasn't clear.
The one thing that WAS clear is that she wasn't interested in what her (Great-)Grandfather was saying.....
Family values?? How about taking your grandkids (great-grand-kids?) to the floor of the House??
(In fairness, another Dem Rep brought TWO kids......still, his 'spiel' wasn't about those kids. Why he brought them? Who knows, he shouldn't have!)
I too watched it live and could not believe that sumbitch would stoop that low.
But then..he's a rethug..so yeah..I could believe it.
F*** You
I'm watching C-SPAN and so far there have been several powerful speeches, almost all by Dems. I'd wish they would just finish this up and vote since nobody is going to change their mind at this point.
who are those two guys sitting behind Shadegg?
Meshach and Abednego? Decades later, of course
of course!
;)
I saw this while watching CSPAN today. I was absolutely disgusted. That poor little girl isn't even conscious of the fact that she exists, and this fool is trying to make her seem like she is for or against a bill. It's disgusting.
She just has no idea what kind of opportunistic assholes are exploiting her, and how her own exploitation in this matter will make things much worse for her.
Such a dumb ass ploy. Was this supposed to be persuasive? Did the little infant really talk to this ass hole and explain how she felt?
Take an infant, innocent and helpless, and make a mockery of an issue that will affect her and millions more like her in the near future. What a disgraceful flock of loons.
Honest to God, what is left of this once GOP is pathetic at best.
Maddie wants to shut Shadegg up by pushing the mic down
Story Time For Little Maddie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MstyFwhLy4
I always love storytime!
This is Maddie and Maddie is being taught to think exactly what she is told to think.
Future republican.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XmKfsN3DEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFR6I4Yq7Cs
“ Maddie is a great ventriloquist, I never saw her lips move once, and how did she keep that big dummy from falling over?
Well, Maddie isn't underweight or overweight for age, and her parents, being complete prostitutes, probably have a pretty good health plan, so Mama's pregancy likely wasn't denied for coverage as a pre-existing condition.
Don't worry about Maddie, she already has a foot up in the world, she chose the right parents.
Babies are good for political props, but if you want Head Start or school lunch programs for them later in life, you bet your ass Shadegg would vote "No" on those things.
If the Democrats pulled a stunt like that, Faux News, and all the rest of wingnut land would be howling.
He believes that everything is for sale, that it just depends on the price. People like Shadegg would probably sell their grandmother if the price was right.
This man is shameless.
On a positive note:
When Maddie was asked about the health care debate she said ,
"Anyone in Congress who is against health care reform for American citizens, especially for children, ought to have their own health care coverage taken away.....!!!!"
hee-hee
Let's see... the baby belongs to Shadegg's Chief of Staff. Could it be the father is as big an asshole as his boss? That seems a likely answer.
Shameless Shadegg.
I'm here to be mean and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
WHO in God's name would dress a not-very-pretty, sallow baby girl in a BROWN outfit? ACK!
(Somebody really really ultra...conservative? I give up.)
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