Florida Rep.'s Wife Says She Was Ejected From State Of Union

AP ^ | 2/1/06 | Staff

[DCPatriot]

This is a blessing in disguise for the GOP, IMO.

SInce Sheehan is planning on getting a lawyer to sue for her ejection and arrest for wearing a politcal statement on her tee shirt, they can cite the treatment of Nelson's spouse for wearing one...albeit with an opposite point of view.

In my cynical mind, Nelson's wife was setup for this on purpose.

[imintrouble]

That is not what I said.

Women who want to be listened to and heard have to pick the right moment to make statements.

Sheehan seems to have picked many wrong moments as did the wife of the Florida's Rep.

My reference was the State of the Union is not a protest march.

You and Indy seem to have trouble in reading messages. Calm down and relax.

[Steveone]

Wrong venue for this 60's behavior!

[pandoraou812]

another moron. why would she wear a t shirt? no class

[mlc9852]

LOL - an unfortunate reflection of our society.

[Kaslin]

Reminds me of folks who wear hats while INSIDE a restaurant. Its a one thing if its Mickey-D's, but another if its Smith and Wollensky

Well actually it is proper for ladies to wear hats inside a restaurant. But when do you ever see a lady wearing a hat anyway?

[cubreporter]

the wife of a politician attending an event such as the SOTU should know how to dress and she does. She too wanted to make a scene and garner attention. What's the matter lady? No attention otherwise. Grow up and act your age.

[AmericaUnited]

This is an incredible blessing! It completely destroys Sheahan's and the RATS martyr story.

[Crawdad]

A wet t-shirt, maybe?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

right. Its not about dress code, its about neutrality.

[rabidralph]

Maybe they should have worn one of these.

[goodnesswins]

"they are taking women's rights back to the dark ages."

That's the confusing part of what you said.....I think I get it now....

[Robert A Cook PE]

By wearing the shirt, and by BEING SURE TO BE THROWN OUT just like Cindy, this courageous person ensured the MSM that Cindy's "arrest" is seen as even-handed and equally applied.

Basically, she just castrated Cindy in public.

[Terriergal]

Who cares if she was wearing a Tshirt. What a strange thing to be kicked out for.

[gridlock]

My, what a devious mind you have...

When the kid behind the counter asks, "Do you want fries with that?", how many levels of motivation do you typically consider before giving your answer?

Just joshing you, but I'm sure your Karl-Rove-Put-Up-Job theory is accepted wisdom over at DU.

Of course, you may be right, here...

[Terriergal]

I can't believe you people are getting hung up on this. Apparently they let her IN wearing the Tshirt, it's not like she would have changed in the gallery.

[Kaslin]

This reminded me of an episode of the Sopranos where Tony saw some guy in a nice restaurant wearing a baseball cap and blue jeans. He went over to the guy and his date and told him that they've removed the sports bleachers and he needed to remove the hat. After being stared down, the guy took off his hat. It just wasn't appropriate attire for a nice restaurant. Funny scene.

We were in Milwaukee in 93 at the 90th anniversary. My husband, son, a friend and I went downtown to Milwaukee to go sight seeing. We came by a stripper bar and my son wanted to go in. He was refused entrance because the jeans he wore had a big hole in the knee. Needless to see none of us went in, but we are still laughing about it today

[Howlin]

Here's another one.

[Terriergal]

that's a good point...

[ferri]

i wonder if these same two females would wear t shirts to a nice restaurant, or a cocktail party? you would think they would have enough sense to realize that the SOTU is not the place for clothes most people wear when cleaning the barn!