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

AP ^ | 2/1/06 | Staff

[Terriergal]

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.

At least they let him know before he went in that it wasn't appropriate...

My question is, why would they let her in and then make a scene by publicly removing her after the fact? It doesn't seem... prudent...unless she was being obviously disruptive.

[Howlin]

She probably had on a coat, too.

[ferri]

"Apparently they let her IN wearing the Tshirt, it's not like she would have changed in the gallery."

she was wearing a jacket over it, when she got seated she was oh so hot from climbing the stairs that she decided to take her jacket off. that is when her t shirt was spotted.

[toddlintown]

Loon in a t-shirt bump.

[neverdem]

BTTT

[TaxRelief]

You are correct. The public histrionics are not productive.

[sean327]

"I wouldn't know. I'm a Burger King myself. (Except when I go to Texas, I like Whataburger there)"

Next time you drive through New Mexico, try Blakes Lottaburger. They have the best Green Chile Cheesburgers on the planet!!!

[goresalooza]

Exactly! The SOTU is all about the President and the direction our country is headed. BY LAW, the President must present the SOTU and so, BY LAW, last night was his forum. It is NOT ABOUT someone's protest statements, or activism. And it certainly is an occasion, IMO, where a semblance of decorum would include a business-type dress or suit.

I'm glad this wife supports the troops but again, it was not her right to broadcast/banner it on a tshirt. Unacceptable and she should know better. Wear a US flag on the lapel and applaud the man in charge at the podium. There's your SUPPORT STATEMENT.

[michigander]

Young's husband found out about the incident after Bush's speech and called it unacceptable.

Here's another report of the quote:

"I just called for the chief of police and asked him to get his little tail over here," Young said. "This is not acceptable."

I'll bet that was a 'don't you know who I am and that's my wife' moment. Those laws are only meant for little tailed peons like you and mere citizens.

[Terriergal]

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!

I grew up giving not one whit for fashion or fitting in. It's just clothing, and taking an elitist attitude about outward attire really doesn't help any conservative cause. It's as bad as raising your eyebrows because your neighbor or coworker buys their 'nice' clothes from Walmart or Target instead of Nieman Marcus. Who really cares, as long as they can do the work?

It would be totally different if she had been refused entrance and told to go find something else to wear. Occasionally people do unorthodox things to make a valid point. It's not as if she committed some great 'sin' or had a 'moral lapse' like they brush under the rug in the Demoncrat party.

[Courdeleon02]

A rule is a rule if you allow this then you have to allow idiots like Cindy Sheehan to do their thing as well. Sorry sometimes we have to follow the rules.

[shezza]

You show your support, Ma'am, by wearing a lovely blue skirt and crisp white blouse with a bright red jacket and a flag pin on the lapel. You DON'T show your support for the troops by flaunting a slogan on a t-shirt at the SOTU. It's against the law, for both sides of the aisle. (Geez, don't these people read the laws they pass?)

[Terriergal]

In the context of Sheehan being ejected though, it makes sense. It's not the Tshirt, it's the slogan. I agree with freeper Robert A. Cook, PE, it castrates Sheehan.

[ferri]

i am not a fashion model either. i never have been a clothes horse. that said, i do know that if i am going somewhere that is important i should wear something nicer than i wear to do housework. there would have been no problem if the t shirt had been plain. the law is the law. should they start making exceptions???

[Terriergal]

Yep now it makes sense to me. I hadn't known Sheehan was ejected.

But the thread was going on about the horrors of wearing a Tshirt period. Yegads! the Cardinal sin! :-)

[Terriergal]

there would have been no problem if the t shirt had been plain.

But that's not what everyone on this thread is arguing about. I didn't realize Sheehan had been there and ejected for similar reasons. Now it makes sense.

[SuziQ]

The Capitol Police have a policy of no demonstrations in the House or Gallery. A t-shirt with a comment on it is considered a demonstration. Same reason Cindy Sheehan was ejected. It wasn't the content of the message, just the fact that there WAS a message on her shirt.

[A.A. Cunningham]

She has a rep for thumbing her nose at protocol.

Capitol Hill wife who won't sit still

BETHESDA, Md. - This is not how congressional wives are supposed to act.

They are not supposed to curse at Pentagon officials, write angry letters to President Bush or say that members of Congress take bribes.

But Beverly Young, the wife of Rep. C.W. Bill Young of Indian Shores, doesn't play by those rules. Spend a day with her visiting wounded Marines at the National Naval Medical Center and you'll hear a few expletives. When she sees a photograph of a former hospital official, Beverly says: "See this b----? If she were here, I'd deck her."

But mostly what you hear from Beverly is compassion for the Marines who lie in the surgical ward, wincing from their injuries. Many have had arms or legs amputated. She holds their hands and tells each of them, "We love you, Marine."

[Times photo: Cherie Diez]

Beverly Young greets Charles "Buddy" Mays as he leaves the VA Medical Center in Tampa on Friday.

Young kisses Peter Jerrick, 38, of Fort White at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa. He lost a leg and is paralyzed from an attack in Iraq.

[ferri]

posted in another thread by raynearhood:

CITE- 40 USC Sec. 5104 01/19/04

-EXPCITE- TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS SUBTITLE II - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS PART B - UNITED STATES CAPITOL CHAPTER 51 - UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

-HEAD- Sec. 5104. Unlawful activities -STATUTE- (a) Definitions. - In this section - (1) Act of physical violence. - The term "act of physical violence" means any act involving - (A) an assault or other infliction or threat of infliction of death or bodily harm on an individual; or (B) damage to, or destruction of, real or personal property.

(2) Dangerous weapon. - The term "dangerous weapon" includes - (A) all articles enumerated in section 14(a) of the Act of July 8, 1932 (ch. 465, 47 Stat. 654); and (B) a device designed to expel or hurl a projectile capable of causing injury to individuals or property, a dagger, a dirk, a stiletto, and a knife having a blade over three inches in length.

(3) Explosives. - The term "explosives" has the meaning given that term in section 841(d) of title 18. (4) Firearm. - The term "firearm" has the meaning given that term in section 921(3) of title 18. (b) Obstruction of Roads. - A person may not occupy the roads in the United States Capitol Grounds in a manner that obstructs or hinders their proper use, or use the roads in the area of the Grounds, south of Constitution Avenue and B Street and north of Independence Avenue and B Street, to convey goods or merchandise, except to or from the United States Capitol on Federal Government service.

(c) Sale of Articles, Display of Signs, and Solicitations. - A person may not carry out any of the following activities in the

Grounds: (1) offer or expose any article for sale.

(2) display a sign, placard, or other form of advertisement.

(3) solicit fares, alms, subscriptions, or contributions.

(d) Injuries to Property. - A person may not step or climb on, remove, or in any way injure any statue, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, in the Grounds.

(e) Capitol Grounds and Buildings Security. - (1) Firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, or incendiary devices. - An individual or group of individuals - (A) except as authorized by regulations prescribed by the Capitol Police Board -

(i) may not carry on or have readily accessible to any individual on the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings a firearm, a dangerous weapon, explosives, or an incendiary device;

(ii) may not discharge a firearm or explosives, use a dangerous weapon, or ignite an incendiary device, on the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings; or

(iii) may not transport on the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings explosives or an incendiary device; or

(B) may not knowingly, with force and violence, enter or remain on the floor of either House of Congress.

(2) Violent entry and disorderly conduct. - An individual or group of individuals may not willfully and knowingly -

(A) enter or remain on the floor of either House of Congress or in any cloakroom or lobby adjacent to that floor, in the Rayburn Room of the House of Representatives, or in the Marble Room of the Senate, unless authorized to do so pursuant to rules adopted, or an authorization given, by that House;

(B) enter or remain in the gallery of either House of Congress in violation of rules governing admission to the gallery adopted by that House or pursuant to an authorization given by that House;

(C) with the intent to disrupt the orderly conduct of official business, enter or remain in a room in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside or designated for the use of either House of Congress or a Member, committee, officer, or employee of Congress or either House of Congress;

(D) utter loud, threatening, or abusive language, or engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place in the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress or either House of Congress, or the orderly conduct in that building of a hearing before, or any deliberations of, a committee of Congress or either House of Congress; (E) obstruct, or impede passage through or within, the Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings;

(F) engage in an act of physical violence in the Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings;

or (G) parade, demonstrate, or picket in any of the Capitol Buildings.

(3) Exemption of government officials. - This subsection does not prohibit any act performed in the lawful discharge of official duties by -

(A) a Member of Congress;

(B) an employee of a Member of Congress;

(C) an officer or employee of Congress or a committee of Congress; or

(D) an officer or employee of either House of Congress or a committee of that House.

(f) Parades, Assemblages, and Display of Flags. - Except as provided in section 5106 of this title, a person may not -

(1) parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Grounds;

or (2) display in the Grounds a flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.

[michigander]

The Capitol Police have a policy of no demonstrations in the House or Gallery.

It's more than a "policy", it's federal law.