Posted on 09/17/2005 8:23:41 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Sen. Mary Landrieu refused on Friday to withdraw or apologize for her threat to punch President Bush if he criticized Louisiana officials - despite Bush's magnanimous speech Thursday night and a federal downpayment of more than $60 billion dollars to rebuild her state.
"I do not take it back, I don't apologize for it. I said I would punch anybody, including the president," she told the Chicago Tribune.
"Though threatening the president is a crime," the Tribune noted - "the Secret Service took it as a joke and the White House brushed off her remarks."
Standing in the Capitol, however, Landrieu made it clear she wasn't joking.
"These local officials were heroes," she contended, before saying she meant every word of her threat.
Appearing on ABC's "This Week" four days after Katrina's floodwaters swamped New Orleans, Landrieu complained: "If one person criticizes [Louisiana], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally."
After saying she stood by her ugly comments, the Louisiana Democrat also offered praise for the president on Friday, saying the Katrina reconstruction plan he outlined in his speech was "innovative and bold."
Is she married?
Dating?
Lonely?
One should never hit a woman. But presumably a rancid custard pie in her face wouldn't be out of order.
Regards, Ivan
What a pathetic twit.
Standing in the Capitol, however, Landrieu made it clear she wasn't joking.
Maybe the Secret Service will find now this wasn't a joke and arrest her sorry a$$. I'd love to see this waste of a senator in jail!
She's got that inner city thug thing down pretty good.
Gotta impress her constituents I guess. (Or what's left of them.)
This woman is seriously unhinged!
I don't know what's worse for her ... making the comment or people laughing at her about the comment?
Literally.
No matter how much she wants to punch the President, it pales in comparison to how much I want to punch her and everyone in her corrupt family. But I'll settle for seeing her voted out of office.
Only a Dum from LA would call crooks that steal 60 million from the Levee repair money hero's. They should be in prison. Or worse.
She should be called onto the public carpet for saying it. Can you imagine if it had been a Repub that said it, they would be ready to get rid of him/her.
Mary mary quite contrary Loondrieu needs shock therapy.
I think she is in desperate need of a spanking.
You owe me a keyboard...
What gives you the idea that she's a woman?
Has this dumb B*itch not seen what the people of New Orleans were telling ABC News after the President's Speech...they are blaming the LA officals...not Bush...
Oh, I hope she KEEPS this up...she is beginning to sound like Cindy Sheehan..
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