Posted on 04/19/2006 3:41:09 PM PDT by LouAvul
WASHINGTON - Nobody expects to get a letter from a member of Congress that ends with an expletive.
But that's what happened when Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (news, bio, voting record), R-Mo., recently corresponded with a resident of her southeast Missouri district.
The letter ended with a profane, seven-letter insult beginning with the letter a — "i think you're an. ..."
Emerson says she can't explain how the offensive language made it into the letter, which otherwise reads like a typical response to a citizen's question about last year's testimony of oil executives before the Senate Commerce Committee.
"There is no excuse for this inappropriate letter having been sent, and every apology has been made to the individual who received it," Emerson said in a statement to The Associated Press.
"We cannot determine whether the addition to the letter was made by someone within the office or by someone with access to the office, but it is on my letterhead and the responsibility for it lies with me. A valuable lesson has been learned and new procedures will be adopted as a result."
Spokesman Jeff Connor said the measures include locking down all computer workstations when they are not being used, increasing the editing of outgoing mail and reviewing policies on who has access to the office.
"No one has been disciplined at this time because we are not yet able to identify the person responsible," Connor said.
The man who received the letter, Bill Jones, of Centerville, Mo., declined to comment when reached by phone at his home Wednesday.
A copy of the letter had made its way to the Missouri Democratic Party, which faxed it to the AP.
Connor said that Emerson personally signed the letter, dated Feb. 15. She included a handwritten personal message at the bottom: "PS - please forgive the delay in responding."
I think she's a _____.
A copy of the letter had made its way to the Missouri Democratic Party, which faxed it to the AP.
Anybody else thinking what I'm thinking?
It may have been scatological, and somewhat disgusting... but it wasn't profane or blasphemy.
Having been cursed in many languages and modes.... I can discern these things.
I'm betting it was my second wife that tagged that line on...
/johnny
The recipient wrote it himself? That's a common leftist tactic.
Maybe he is an a******?
Pete Stark: Raving lunatic/Michelle Malkin rips into foul-mouthed leftist congressman
CA: Pete Stark (D) left scathing voice mail for a military constituent
-PJ
Hehe! The Rats are masters of dirty tricks.
Plenty of FReeper Nanny types with Admin Moderator and JimRob hotkeys standing by to prove you wrong.
Speaking from experience. I jumped all over the puritans here when they were going linear over a pundit using the term "bull feces" on the air ... you would have thought I said it.
I had a half dozen angry responses cc'd to Daddy Jim Rob and Mommy Moderator.
Keep your head down. :-)
Welcome to FR.
/johnny
First investigate your so called staff.
How many people have seen 'Anchorman' with Will Farrell?
I'm guessing it was a member of her staff.
Planted by the Rats?
Bingo. I worked in a state rep's office, and we not only wrote all of his letters, we signed them too.
Who knows? '06 is gonna be interesting...
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