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DREAM IN CONGRESS.
>> THESE DAMNED BILLS, ALL THE
DAM INNED TIME COME OUT HERE AT
THE LAST SECOND!
>> HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS PAPER
PUNCHING FINGER POINTING TIRADES
ON THE FLOOR OF THE ILLINOIS
LEGISLATURE.
>> ENOUGH!
I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY TRYING TO
BE RELEASED FROM EGYPT!
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
MY GOD!
THEY SENT ME HERE TO VOTE FOR
THEM!
>> NOW THE REPUBLICAN IS HOPING
TO BRING THAT PASSION TO CAPITOL
HILL AFTER NINE TERMS IN THE
STATE ASSEMBLY HE'S RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS.
>> YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
YOURSELVES!
>> Reporter: BOST OFTEN LOSES
HIS COOL WHILE EVERYONE AROUND
HIM SEEMS TO LOOK BORED.
SOME CALL HIM MELTDOWN MIKE FOR
DISPLAYS LIKE THIS ONE DURING A
DEBATE OVER A CONCEALED WEAPONS
BILL.
>> I KEEP PLAYING GAMES LIKE
THIS?
VOTE NO.
>> Reporter: HIS TRADEMARK
OUTBURSTS HAVE BECOME INTERNET
SENSATIONS FEATURED ON
"LETTERMAN."
>> HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW.
>> THESE DAMNED BILLS ALL THE
DAMNED TIME!
>> Reporter: REMIXED TO MUSIC.
♪ YOU STAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE
AISLE ♪
>> Reporter: EVEN COMPARED TO
CHEVY CHASE'S FAMOUS CHRISTMAS
VACATION RANT.
>> HALLELUJAH!
>> SO LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS, JOINING ME IS ILLINOIS
STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND YOUTUBE
SENSATION MIKE BOST.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME THIS
MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.
>> YOU'RE CLEARLY PASSIONATE BUT
I GET A CHUCKLE EVERY TIME WE
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR VIDEOS AND I
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE VIDEOS OF
YOURSELF.
>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO
UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, AND IT
WAS TWO ISSUES THAT HAD OCCURRED
IN THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND ANY TIME -- I REPRESENT THE
PEOPLE OF THE 115th DISTRICT IN
ILLINOIS AND ANY TIME YOU'RE
GOING TO VIOLATE THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OR ANY
TIME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO
TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS FOR A
CLEAR AND PROPER DEBATE THEN MY
JOB IS I BELIEVE TO STAND UP FOR
THEM AND I DO THE BEST I CAN
WITH THAT.
THOSE ARE TWO TIMES.
NOW THERE'S OTHER TIMES I WORK
IN BIPARTISAN MANNER, WORK
TOGETHER MY COLLEAGUES AND I
WORK TOGETHER FROM BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE BUT MAYBE WE DO NEED
MORE PASSION, MAYBE WE NEED
PASSION IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GETTING
THINGS DONE RIGHT THE WAY IT IS
RIGHT NOW.
>> MR. BOST YOU SURE SOUND
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR SOMETHING.
I'LL TALK TO BUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUN
PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH YOUR
RANTS?
>> YOU KNOW THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU CAN'T LAUGH AT YOURSELF
WITH DIFFERENT THINGS IN LIFE
THEN YOU KNOW, WHAT'S LIFE
ABOUT?
AND MY FAMILY KNOWS ME, MY
CONSTITUENTS KNOW ME AND WE HAVE
A GOOD TIME WITH IT.
>> SO WHAT SETS YOU OFF?
IS THIS A TYPICAL DAY-TO-DAY
REACTION ON THE FLOOR OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
>> ARE YOU PUTTING ON A SHOW TO
GET SOME ATTENTION?
>> THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT TWO
THINGS THAT REALLY BOTHER ME, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO -- WHEN I'M
WORKING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND SOMEONE JUST VIOLATES THE
RULES AND THEREFORE TAKES THOSE
RULES AWAY FROM MY CONSTITUENTS
AND MY ABILITY TO DEFEND MY
CONSTITUENTS AND WORK ON CERTAIN
PIECES OF LEGISLATION, THAT'S A
PROBLEM I HAVE TROUBLE AND I
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERNS I HAVE
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO VIOLATE
THE CONSTITUTION OF ILLINOIS OR