Protesters to Sing ‘Hard Hearted’ to GOP Rep Who Just Had Heart Surgery
- Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:16am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) is lucky to be alive. Six weeks ago he had heart surgery.* But despite his health issues, protesters are still planning to protest outside his office today while singing a variation of the classic song “Hard Hearted Hanna.” They’re upset that Hanna voted for GOP budget cuts.
In case you’re wondering, this is what the original song, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, sounds like:
National Journal has uncovered a draft of the new lyrics the protesters plan to sing:
His name is Hard-Hearted Hanna,
He ain’t no Pollyanna,
He’s the meanest man in town!
His talk is tough, but his budget cuts are rougher
He’s gonna make senior citizens suffer!
“It’s been six weeks since Representative Hanna underwent a successful heart surgery, so I’d say the song choice is in poor taste,” Hanna spokeswoman Renee Gamela told National Journal. “But he nonetheless appreciates lively public engagement on these issues.”
But organizers are not backing down:
Mary Clark, a regional organizer for CitizenActionNY.org, which has been handling local organization of the event, said the song is about Hanna’s “hard heartedness” toward seniors, children, and the disabled.
“Many of our seniors are into theater, and they thought of this. We’ve just changed the lyrics a bit,” she said.
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Clark said organizers see no reason to change their tune. Quite the opposite, in fact. Along with the song, the events targeting Hanna include a skit. As many as 40 people are expected to take part in the events.
Clark said Hanna’s personal health problems did not deter him from returning to Washington and voting for cuts that hurt seniors and children, including House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, which was passed before Congress left on its two-week break.
The organized protests are expected to be a national event. They’re uniting under the mantra, “Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die,” and other protest ideas include activists dressing as zombies at the office of Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL). House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is also expected to be a target.
*An earlier version of this story said Hanna underwent a heart transplant. In actuality, it was heart surgery. The title has been corrected to reflect the change.
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Comments (59)
TopOfTheMuffin2u
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:37pmboy these lefties are real good at making up lyrics
Report Post »momsense
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:44pmBetcha these creeps are union thugs who are lapping it up at the tax payers expense every day.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:34pmSick, nasty, EVIL people… and they say it’s US??? wow
Report Post »TMink
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:03pmOther people’s money is not an answer to anything. Nothing. Nadda. Zip. SELF sacrifice and loving involvment is the answer. SELF control, not other control. These people are just power trippin trying to make other people do things that they themselves should. Progressivism is just about control.
Trey
Report Post »Pattondog
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:18pmliberals accuse others of the guilt they harbor.
they always claim sensitivity and understanding, till it bottlenecks with their utopian view points.
Report Post »shame on them, how would they feel if this was done to their family memebers.
geonj
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:17pmjust another group of whiny children who need a nap. they are best served by ignoring them.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:10pm“They’re uniting under the mantra, “Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die,”
Does anyone see the irony …do ANY of these clowns even have a JOB?
maybe it should read..
Report Post »“They’re uniting under the mantra, “Don’t Make Us Work, (add a coma) ‘Til We Die,”
integrican
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:54pm“Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die,”
Some sort of plan to accelerate that second part would be helpful!!! ; )
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:53amClassless, clueless, and heartless would describe these protestors.
Report Post »DusterMH53J
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:50amWhy do liberals hate transplant recipiants so much?
Report Post »Beckaj
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:49amHey Hey Ho Ho! These protestors don‘t care if you’re in the hospital, they need to put on a show!
Report Post »FriggyFrogFan
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:43amI think someone had a slight typo in this article. “Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die”. That would be a saying from the right. The left just says “Don’t Make Us Work.”
Report Post »Beckaj
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:50amGood catch! ;-)
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:51amROFLMBO
Report Post »So true. :-D
teddrunk
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:37amIf I were this Representative, I’d walk up and laugh at them.
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:35amAny fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do……..
Report Post »Once again, Ben Franklin
RayOne
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:27amThey will appear for the opportunity to get arrested, it is the new 15 mins.
Report Post »Andy W. was right and he was from Pittsburgh.
Beckaj
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:27am“Hard Hearted”
This is so sick.
Report Post »windycitywoman
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 7:53pmI agree, so hard to find hope when day in and day out we see these sort of antics. How have people’s minds gotten so far off track? How have hearts hardened and that feeling in side us all that says, “this is wrong and hateful”.
Report Post »Mackerel
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:26amTheir arrogance is so becoming.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:25amTheir minds and hearts are seared from truth and we shouldn’t be surprised with their antics. Evil is evil and good will win in the end; the peril that awaits such people is very scary.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:21pmI feelenriched knowing the battle has been fought and won. We are just choosing sides now.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:25amProgressives are cold-hearted, baby killing idiots. I’m a senior but one that can read and think for myself. No one is trying to take anything away from me but Obama and his thugs. How is Obamacare taking 500 billion from Medicare helping seniors you liberal idiots??
Report Post »Tawandaaaa
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:25amReally?!? I am never going to understand how it is us who are constantly chided for being mean and cruel (for basically doing nothing) by the people who do things like this. My bible states that people will call evil good and good evil in the last days… well I am seeing this happen on a large enough scale of late, that we simply must be getting close…
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:19pmGet used to it. Just FYI I look to the sky every day and tell the Lord that I am not afraid. And just know that you are not alone. God Bless Us All.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:25amwork until you die???…hell you comrade , crap full of lazy TARDS don’t work AT ALL…“dems need not apply”…tired of raising you meaningless, parasites…change your own diapers…dem-wits!!!!!!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:09pmWhay you wanna bet that those “Protesters” are welfare receiptants who have never worked a day in their lives.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:24amAnd yet again… Leftist protestors will stop at nothing to be hateful and have ZERO civility… What an Awesful song BTW.
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rightwingheroes
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:22amSavages
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:22am“They are going to make Senior Citizens Suffer”
As opposed to the OBUMMER DEATH PANELS, just plain deciding when seniors are no longer productive , AND SHOULD DIE.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:19amWe are dealing with a bunch of freaks, they’re everywhere! These people are the anti-American losers!
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:31amIt is weird to watch a bunch of whinny bleeding hearts complaining about how terrible and hard hearted a person is. They would make me laugh if people weren’t listening to them, but sadly all people seem to care about is the “give me give me give me” attitude about government. And they wonder why we don’t have any money for them?
I think I will stick my iron heart any over their magical bleeding heart the lib-tards posses. Somehow they can feel bad about something and find a way to blame it on 1.Rich 2. White People 3. Corporations and 4. the Military Industrial Complex or all of the above. While leaving people like me have to clean up the mess that they keep making.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:19amWell, if in the UK someone was arrested for singing “Kung fu fighting” then let them be arrested for making a slaughter of this song…note the sarcasm please. Enough is enough, we need to get to the truth of these matters, and let it stand in the light and not in the shadows.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:28amWhy do we waste our time and energy on these people? They already take our hard earned money, do we also need to give of our time to them?
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:36amI truly belive we have entered the end times. Either that or I’ve fallen through a worm hole into some alternative universe. Every day I think to myself this is the bottom we can’t fall any further. And every day the looney-tunes of the liberal-progressive-socialist movement have to prove me wrong. What has happened to my country? When did we get so far off track? I have a sign on my wall that my wife bought as a joke. It reads “I am one day away from being on a roof with my rifle”. As I look at it now I’m wondering if it is really a joke. Pray for our country, Pray for sanity. Prayer appears to be all we have left.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:50amWhat great Americans.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:55amCan you imagine the flaming conservatives or Tea Party members would get if they did this??
I can hear it now:
The Tea Party prays for death of (insert Dem, Progressive or Lib name of your choice)!
Conservatives are against heart transplants for people over the age of….
etc etc etc
and yet, the msm deny any “favoritism in their reporting” . uh-huh, sure.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:00pm@BIGJAYINPA
End times. And your sign is no longer a joke – its reality.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:05pmBIGJAYINPA;
“Prayer appears to be all we have left.”
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Prayer and preparation. Be prepared to help yourself and your neighbors.
mill
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:17pmUNIONS are tearing us apart, economically and morally
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grandmaof5
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:45pmPathetic people, probably sucking the unemployment system dry while criticizing those trying to save this great nation. 3/4 of them probably don‘t even know what this is all about and don’t care as long as someone pays them to be there.
Report Post »MEESHEL
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:45pm@bigjayinpa .. “Pray for our country, Pray for sanity.”
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I received this the other day and thought it was a good idea… so I thought I’d pass it along.
Someone has said if Christians really understood the full extent of the Power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Did you Know that during WWII there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a Group of people who dropped what they were doing every day at a
Report Post »Prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England , its people and peace? There is now a group of people Organizing the same thing here in America . If you would like to Participate: Every evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central) (7:00 PM Mountain) (6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and Spend one minute praying for the safety of the United tates, our Troops, our citizens, and for a return to a Godly nation. If you know Anyone else who would like to participate, please pass this along. Our Prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Please forward this to your Praying friends.
Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:24pm@MEESHEL
Great idea.
Report Post »Does this group have a website that you know of?
SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 5:15pmWhen will the question be asked of how halting all drilling for oil in the gulf, alaska, and continental Us has hurt women seniors and children? This is the same old tired argument by the left. Do they have no imagination? I mean, the lies are ne thing, but at least change them up every once in a while. Of course, they all love planned parenthood and God knows that no children were ever there.
These silly songs of protest are so boring.
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