Rob Wittman Agrees: Health Care Reform Like "Gang Rape"

This is truly astounding.

"The federal government is gang-raping the people," said Mark Carpenter of Acorn, a Westmoreland County community--not the controversial Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

"We're headed where the people will have no recourse but to take things into their own hands," said Carpenter.

"Mark, that's a good point," said the unflappable Wittman. "A lot of people don't feel connected with their elected representatives. As elected officials, we need to re-establish that connection, like we're doing here tonight."

Unfortunately for Wittman, if he thinks that agreeing with the most outrageous statements made by tea partiers is going to satisfy them, he's completely deluded. For instance, check out this exchange:

But the Tea Baggers weren't finished.

"As a member of the Republican Party, you pledged to support all the party's nominees, right?" asked Barbara Sherman of Kinsale.

"Right," said Wittman.

"But you chose to abandon the 99th House District by not supporting the Republican candidate [Catherine Crabill]. Why?"

"I chose not to endorse Catherine. That's all I'm going to say about it," said Wittman.

"Then you should read Revelations 3:15-16," Sherman said.

Sherman later pulled a Bible from her purse and opened it to the passage: "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."

Sherman said the passage means: "If you can't take a stand, get out of the way."

She said, "Wittman took an oath to support Catherine Crabill and didn't uphold it. How am I to believe any other oath he takes? I want nothing to do with him."

Yeah, that worked out really well for you, huh Rob? But sure, keep trying to ride that tiger and see how it goes. Good luck, you'll need it!

h/t: NLS