Posted on 12/29/2009 7:53:00 AM PST by rface
Montana Senator Max Baucus, who led the Democrats' health care reform legislation through the Senate last week, is responding to accusations that he was intoxicated while delivering a speech on the Senate floor.
Video of the speech posted to YouTube over the weekend shows Baucus appearing to slur some of his words and repeating himself at times.
Baucus' spokesman Tyler Matsdorf released a statement on Monday refuting claims that the Senator was drunk, calling it an 'untrue personal smear Internet rumor.' Matsdorf said, "This is beyond the pale and this type of gutter politics has no place in the public sphere. It is this type of slander that makes Montanans, and Americans, disgusted with the politics as usual in Washington. And what is even more sad is that such a personal attack would be given any validity at all, let alone being elevated to the status of news."
Former Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley posted a video clip of Baucus' speech on his Facebook page on Sunday, and wrote: "breathalyser for members of congress."
If he wasn’t drunk which it CLEARLY looked like he was, then a stroke comes to mind...nah, he was too smelly according to the guy next to him.
I just posted this info as its own thread here:
Google Spikes Drunk Baucus Story
Post that info there if you got a second. :)
Do you have a screenshot? I would do it, but my Firefox busted and I would need to restart my PC to get it going... for some reason, my new IE will not copy large screenshots to the clipboard (CTRL PRTSCRN, ALT PRTSCRN don't work!)
He had a stroke then? That slurring was pretty pronounced as was his inability to sound coherent.
Yep.
And the cool thing about the vehement denial is this:
Montana folk will be saying: “I’ll be the judge of that.”
They’ll visit the site and come away blushing.
Mr. Bacchus, you blew it. Coulda kept your mouth shut, kept the gerbil scat in, but no-o-o-o.
Prediction: By the end of the week it will be another press release. He was very tired and a legal prescription drug impaired his speech.
Stoned?
The only thing missing was the lampshade on his head.
Drunks often take denial of their problem to outrageous extremes when caught red handed.
LOL! or the pantyhose on his head.
That’s what I was thinking - Foley doesn’t have a lot of room to throw stones.
The spin will be that he’s diabetic and his blood sugar was low.
I think that will be my excuse come this New Year’s Eve.
Democrat...
Exactly, they do it to people on the right all the time. They don’t like it when the shoe is on the other foot though.
Hmmm? Maybe it’s time that the congressional members submit to random drug tests?????
He actually wants us to believe him. The dems lie about everything; so why should we?
He can deal with it.
“breathalyser for members of congress.”
They might add drug tests for them too.
What a hoot!!!!!
Yup. He'd also be more credible if he faced the press and addressed the allegations himself. That he released a statement through his press flack speaks volumes to me.
Plastered.
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