Posted on 01/12/2007 9:49:10 AM PST by milwguy
While meeting last month with a group of area peace activists, then Congressman-elect Steve Kagen told a story of his first visit to the White House that shows a feisty and humorous side to our new man in Congress.
He told the group one of the first lessons he learned in Washington is to never pass up a rest room because you don’t know when you’ll see one again.
He’d already had a long day of freshman orientation when he and his wife, Gail, were expected at the White House. Upon arrival, he asks a Marine where he can find a rest room, and is sent down a long flight of stairs, to another Marine, who directs him to a rest room.
“It’s a small room – two spots on the wall, one stall one sink. I see in the mirror the door opens, and who walks in, Karl Rove (Bush’s deputy chief of staff who was charged with orchestrating strategies for the 2006 general election).”
After Rove washed his hands (“At least he’s a hand washer,” Kagen said), he attempted to leave, but Kagen prevented his departure by holding the door closed and said, “You’re in the White House and you think your safe, huh? You recognize me? My name’s Dr. Multimillionaire and I kicked your ass.”
Kagen expected to make Rove squirm, but said acted like it was a tennis match and simply said, ‘Oh, congratulations.’
“We’re walking up these long steps, I stopped him and said, ‘Look, the race is over. We’re here to do the people’s business. I want you to join me on something, but you can’t steal it, I’ve got the trademark, ‘No patient left behind.’ He goes, ‘I like the sound of that.’ We get to the top of the steps and there’s Vice President Cheney with a glass of white wine and a hand in his pocket. So I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity. Gail wasn’t there to hold me back. ‘Mr. Vice President, thank you for your service to the nation, and thank you so much for coming to Green Bay and campaigning against me. I couldn’t have won without your help.’
He then asked Cheney to enunciate his vision for Iraq.
“ ‘Well, Id like to see a stable government that could take care of itself and its people.’ I said, ‘at what price?’ He said, ‘I don’t understand your point.’ I walked away. Then we had an opportunity to take a picture with the president and his wife. I was feeling real good at this point.
“I said to my wife, ‘Honey, just follow my lead.’ She said, ‘Steven, it’s the president.’ I said, ‘Yeah, but he’s not any taller than I am.’ So the cameraman’s here. We’re introduced by a Marine. I said, ‘Mr. President , thank you for coming to Green Bay. My name is Dr. Multimillionaire.That was before the race. Now they call me Doctor Thousandaire. I couldn’t have won without you coming.’”
He said Bush gave one of his smiles and said, ‘I’ve lost a lot of money in my life, too.’ Then I go to his wife, ‘Hi Barbara, how are ya?’ I did that because I learned on the campaign that the meanest thing you can say to another gentlemen is, ‘he’s a fine fellow,’ and you then refer to his spouse by a different name.”
Expect this side of Kagen to show up when he appears on the “Colbert Report” in February.
Pathetic that the writer can't tell the difference.
Low, no excuse me, NO class.
" do something for Rove" NOT from Rove.
I read on another thread that the White House has denied this ever happened.
Apparently the high point of his story is that as an invited guest of the Hite House, he tried to insult the President by insulting Laura Bush. Whadda "gentleman from Wisconsin":
You can take the man out of a white trash trailer park, but ...
How can that be????????????
/s/
Wow. What a prick.
Check out the home page of the publication. It explains a lot.
Nancy's new bipartisanship personified.
Ping.
Kagen's Stories from Washington Have People Buzzing
From the above link:
"The Scene" is an alternative monthly publication read by people all over Northeast Wisconsin. In this month's issue, Kagen is quoted as telling people from the Fox Valley Peace Coalition about some bold things he said in his first meetings with President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
It was just a casual conversation between Congressman Kagen, about a dozen area peace activists, and a freelance writer.
Yep...and its published by the "Moran Marketing Group" LOL
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
Perhaps Kagen's constant cruising of men's rooms is something he wouldn't want to be bragging about. Someone might get the wrong idea!
Even if this story is true, what is funny about this gashead's antics? It was a joke to call the first lady by her mother in law's name? Sounds like he was deliberately trying to be obnoxious. Maybe the president should have a Harry Truman like moment and send this moron a letter saying if you ever slight my wife like that again I'd like to slug you.
Then he blocks Rove in the bathroom? Rove should have sicced the guards on him. If Kagen hates these people so much why did he bother going to the White House event? He must just be a dirtbag.
Now that is a class act...
I doubt this happened. Some of it though, as a story, is pretty funny, so on the Colbert report, this might have been a good yarn.
Except the part about calling a person purposely by the wrong name, just to insult her husband. There's nothing funny about that.
I also don't get what's funny about only being a "thousandaire", was he saying it cost him so much to buy the election that he had none of his own money left?
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