http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/WATCH-VIDEO-Rep-Hanabusa-spars-with-TV-host-Bill/tkw1UppEBkyDYL0PpjphUw.cspx
IMHO, O Reilly did have a strong argument and Hanabusa reputed it with just hot air. She could've armed herself with some solid stats before appearing but I do agree with OReilly our social system is pathetic.
Unlike Hanabusa, who claimed not to have watched the video clip, I did watch the clip and from my perspective there was no ill reference to Asians, in fact, Oreilly agreed with Hanabata on quite a few issues but it seemed that Hanabata had a personal vendetta about getting her empty points across. Funny that after all this hooplah over this Oreilly piece, she stated that she will run for governor in 2014. I think all this was to put together a soap box tall enough for her to stand on.

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/WATCH-VIDEO-Rep-Hanabusa-spars-with-TV-host-Bill/tkw1UppEBkyDYL0PpjphUw.cspx
IMHO, O Reilly did have a strong argument and Hanabusa reputed it with just hot air. She could've armed herself with some solid stats before appearing but I do agree with OReilly our social system is pathetic.

lol, how would you use stats to combat that?

"look at all the asian freeloaders on welfare!"


 

Getting closer to beating California as being the most screwed up state.  Or do you think we passed them?  At least we still have AR15's.  Unmolested AR15's.

Getting closer to beating California as being the most screwed up state.  Or do you think we passed them?  At least we still have AR15's.  Unmolested AR15's.

and we dont need to consult a DOJ list for approved pistols

and we can get 30 round mags for our rifles

and we dont have massive gang crime

and we dotn have smog blankets

Cali just kinda sucks, for the most part.

and we dont need to consult a DOJ list for approved pistols

and we can get 30 round mags for our rifles

and we dont have massive gang crime

and we dotn have smog blankets

Cali just kinda sucks, for the most part.

California is a beautiful state. I once considered moving to LA but didn't because of their draconian laws. I'm still considering moving somewhere, not sure yet.

California is a beautiful state. I once considered moving to LA but didn't because of their draconian laws. I'm still considering moving somewhere, not sure yet.

i like some parts of california.  Orange is nice, San fran, the wilderness

but i hate LA

not huge on san jose

they have crappy laws

too many mexicans try to speak to me in spansih because they think im mexican

and i once had service refused to me and my family in Nor cal because they thought my dad was a terrorist.

No, we pretty much suck too......

i think she wanted him to say that Asians instead of "being hard-working and industrious" or "lazy and stupid".... She really made hawaii look bad

Here's a vid that can be watched on a mobile device.



Kinda embarrassing for Hanabusa.

Full video of the interview below:

Here's the original Watters / O'Reilly clip:

She surely wasn't prepared. She gets her facts from Media Matters and doesn't even take the four minutes to view the actual story and then tries to debate the facts with Bill, and that's our congress woman...pathetic and I'm being generous.

i only saw a short section they played on the news, but it looked like all she was doing is shouting the same things over and over again and not letting orilly say anything.  He seemed pretty over it too, telling her to watch the whole video before coming at him and look at the whole picture, but she kept saying the same things.

I find this to be a sad instance where of one of our legislators got caught making a knee jerk reaction about something they did not even bother to check and get all the facts. Yeah, Hanabusa looked unprepared and made a fool of herself and us on national TV. I really hope they don't bring this kind if mental laziness when writing our bills.

I'll start paying attention and demanding more from my legislators, expecting that they do some due diligence before writing laws for our state.  I'd be happy to talk with my legislators if it will help them do their jobs better.