“But in light of today’s story of Obama’s near-physical altercation,”
Was obammy in a fight?
I find it hard to believe.
>>3/4 into the audio gets you to this part:
No sooner has Obama finished speaking than an irate Hendon has already returned to the microphone, demanding to be recognized. He positively shouts:
I just want to say to the last speaker — you’ve got a lot of nerve to talk about being responsible, and yet you vote to close the DCFS office on the West Side when you wouldn’t have voted to close the one on the South Side. So I apologize to my Republican friends for my bipartisanship comments, because there are clearly some Democrats on this side of the aisle that don’t care about the West Side either, especially the last speaker.”
At first, the entire chamber is silent. The chair asks Obama whether he would like to respond, and shouts suddenly become audible in the background. He finally addresses the chamber, calmly:
I understand Senator Hendon’s anger. Actually, it turns — the, uh — I was not aware that I had voted ‘No’ on that last piece of legislation. I would have the Record record that I intended to vote ‘Yes.’ On the other hand I would appreciate the next time, my dear colleague Senator Hendon, ask me about a vote before he names me on the floor.
Obama ends that sentence with a descending tone of voice. He sounds slightly upset. According to other accounts of this exchange, Obama placed his hand on Hendon’s shoulder and Hendon slapped it away.
The two men then took their grievances off the Senate floor. According to Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendell’s book, Obama: From Promise to Power, Obama had to be physically restrained in the heated confrontation that followed in an adjoining room. Mendell would later say that Obama was “ready to throw some punches.”
Mendell records that Hendon never accepted Obama’s explanation that the vote had been a mistake. He writes:
Individuals close to the situation say Hendon still believes that Obama voted against his project in order to pacify North Side fiscal conservatives who were leery of some West Side projects.
Since the beginning of Obama’s presidential run, Hendon has stopped talking to the media about the incident. As he told Mendell, “I have been advised to leave Barack alone and that is what I am going to do.”
Put The Fool-Elect and Vladdy Putin in a room. Pooty would tear The Fool to pieces!
Yeah, with a five foot Jew who can order from the senior menu at most restaurants.