Posted on 11/18/2009 6:35:07 PM PST by hiho hiho
An unstamped letter from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop caused a security scare when Capitol Police shut down Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s for 45 minutes office yesterday.
Koop's letter, addressed to Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, protested federal funding of abortion in health care legislation.
"More specifically, I am troubled about the possibility of federal dollars being used to pay for elective abortions and Americans being forced to subsidize them," Koop wrote. "I firmly believe that strong protections must be included in this legislation so that health care providers are not forced to participate in abortions against their will."
Roll Call reports that the letter was stampless with "C. Everett Koop" written in the upper-left corner, and staffers reported it as a suspicious package to the police.
Reached at his home Wednesday, Koop confirmed that he wrote a few “beautifully typed” pages on his views of the health care legislation. The fact that it caused a Capitol Hill scare is “nonsense,” he said.
“I wasn’t aware that sending a hand-delivered letter was an offense,” he said, later adding: “I did it over a weekend. I don’t have a lot of secretarial help and I’m 93.”
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Gee, those libs are wound up tight!
Darn right it shut down Harry’s office.
INTELLIGENT THOUGHT!!! ACK!!!!
Wound too tight and not wrapped too tight all at the same time.
They saw Koop on the envelope, and they, being chickens, panicked.
Oh, disgusting...
These liberals are so paraniod...
or is it guilt ???
Wish we had C. Everett Koop now...
Beard and all...
I don’t know Nana. However, I am thinking if enough of us send these letters (nothing dangerous mind you, just mail) we could do our country proud by shutting him down for more than 45 minutes!
The dismal state of spelling education being what it is, they thought a coup against Reid was in the works.
This IS hysterical.
Thank you for posting, hiho hiho!
Koop ping
................shut down Harry’s office. Best idea out of DC since Jan 20.
Good ole Dr. Koop—93 and still going strong with his prolife endeavors. I enjoy the thought of him scaring the crap out of Harry Reid!
Now what can we do to shut his office down permanently? I think sending a million unstamped letters should do it.
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