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No matter what the shirt said, did she really believe a t-shirt was appropriate for the State of the Union speech?
1 posted on 02/01/2006 7:38:38 AM PST by Millee
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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.

98 posted on 02/01/2006 8:42:44 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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OK, so the ejecting from the House of Reps chamber was bi-partisan last night - first Cindy Sheehan and now this one. Both were wearing T-shirts with political commentary on them.


102 posted on 02/01/2006 8:52:21 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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Sounds like a staged event, at best.


107 posted on 02/01/2006 9:12:20 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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Nice thought wrong venue.


108 posted on 02/01/2006 9:13:08 AM PST by RGSpincich
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I agree a T-shirt is lousy attire at the SOTU. However, I wonder if it would be acceptable to wear a pin with the words?
Would she still have been tossed?
How about Cindy Sheehan wearing a pin with her words that got her tossed?
I know many people there, including the president, wear American flags pins. What exactly are the rules, and who get to interpret and enforce them?
Can a pin in the shape of a cross, or maybe just the words 'Jesus Saves' get you ejected?
What about a tie with words written on it?


113 posted on 02/01/2006 9:59:35 AM PST by rawhide
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A better question was did the security police really believe a "support the troops" tee-shirt was meant as a disruption? There was reason to shuffle Sheehan out because she unfurled an anti-war provocative banner along with wearing a tee-shirt against the war in contempt of the President. There was no reason to usher the Congressman's wife out.


117 posted on 02/01/2006 10:19:38 AM PST by conservative blonde (Conservative Blonde)
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This has Rove written all over it.

The WH gets wind of Sheehan's plans, plants a foil, thus setting up an equal opportunity ejection.

Love it.


118 posted on 02/01/2006 10:21:21 AM PST by Jedidah
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There are pro-WOT bikinis and thongs also. Those aren't appropriate for the formal event either.


120 posted on 02/01/2006 10:34:09 AM PST by sagar
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Is Congress supposed to know any better? I thought they were the Stupid People's House.


126 posted on 02/01/2006 12:43:34 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
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