Posted on 02/19/2010 4:06:16 PM PST by Lorianne
News has a way of following U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson — even when he travels overseas.
The bombastic lawmaker from Orlando was in the Niger capital this week when military officials overthrew President Mamadou Tandja in a show of force. Tandja has dissolved key government institutions in a bid to stay in power indefinitely.
“He was very close to the action; he heard the gunfire” said Todd Jurkowski, a Grayson spokesman. He said the freshman Democrat already was on his way back to the United States and should land sometime late Friday or early Saturday.
Jurkowski said Grayson’s stay in Niger was one stop in a multi-country tour for the U.S. House Science and Technology committee. The purpose, ironically, was to look at how different countries respond to humanitarian crises and which techniques work best in those situations.
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Darn!
That’s too bad.
He’s lying about the gunfire just like Hillary in Kosovo.
He probably caused it.
Just DAMN!
Maybe would could trade him.....a pile of dung would suffice.
Do you think he would be suspicious if we bought him a one way ticket back over there?
Thats bad news
Rats. We coulda lost another rat.
SOMEWHERE THERE’S A BELL TOWER MISSING IT’S QUASIMOTO!
Rats. Why couldn’t they have kept him?
You’ll get no comment from me! I like it here.
Hey Grayson, you fat SOB, come back to Niger. They have a 21 gun salute waiting for you.
I’ll pay for your ticket, one way on “the express elevator to hell”.
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