(GOP) Congressman chases down pick-pocket

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070526/od_nm/congressman1_dc;_ylt=AicsUF0DUmPPyfA_hN6uU0rMWM0F ^

[AnAmericanMother]

The first Frelinghuysen to be involved in politics was Frederick. He was very active in Revolutionary politics and was a member of NJ's constitutional convention and a U.S. Senator, but didn't sign the Declaration or the Constitution.

Still a very active and influential man during Revolutionary times. The Wikipedia article lists his various political descendants (there are a bunch).

(Wikipedia seems to be perfectly all right for this sort of non-controversial stuff.)

[pabianice]

Earlier, the pickpocket had hit a Dem congressman, who cried like a little girl and wet himself.

[Tall_Texan]

Amazed the American media didn’t portray him as a racist for refusing to have his money stolen by a poor impoverished victim of Bush Administration policies.

[Son House]

Democrats will be sure to get the 18 year old treatment and a government subsidy check for the rest of his life.

[Londo Molari]

There is also a town named after his family in Sussex County, NJ. That part of NJ is very red — and is always punished by Trenton for not having the correct mindset for citizens of the Peoples Republic of New Jersey.

[kromike]

Wanna bet that the perp is a Dhimmocrat politician in training?

[Rameumptom]

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - NJ)

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks for that bit of history, Publius.

Frelinghuysen represents a district in New Jersey that has been one of the most staunchly Republican districts in the country's history.

It's also the closest thing we've had to a "royal family" here. I may be wrong about this, but I believe there has been a member of the Frelinghuysen family in Congress during almost every session of the House of Representatives since the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

[no dems]

Wow! Someone stealing from a Congressman FOR A CHANGE.

[Publius]

And before the Frelinghuysens were Republicans, they were Whigs. And they may have been National Republicans and Federalists before that.

[vox_freedom]

Congressmen are priviledged from arrest too, so no downside.

Right. Even if one of their staff assistants is caught bringing their weapon into a House office building.

[vox_freedom]

Gosh with a name like that he should be able to run fast!
Even try to get that name on a bumper sticker or yard sign.

[Free_in_Alabama]

I wish he worked that hard when congress steals my money.

[AnAmericanMother]

Seems to be a strong family resemblance over the years, too.

[Coleus]

he’s a blue blood.