[Mr. D]

I worked at Ways and Means for 6 years prior to the new chairman, in the majority. This does not surprise me one bit, as trouble, instigated by the Dims has been brewing, they have been looking for a fight for many years ,in 1995, there was "The Brawl in the Hall", when former Dim and ranking member, Sam Gibbons, threw a paper wad at Chairman Archer and then the argument went out in the hall, where a Dim grabbed the tie of a Republican. All of this was caught on video tape.

Any questions, please fire away!

[justanotherfreeper]

I worked at Ways and Means for 6 years prior to the new chairman, in the majority

Man, I bet you have some wild stories! Are you implying the Dems have been looking for a physical fight? Why would they want that? Although Bill Thomas is a jerk (always has sided with the RINOs in California and is NOT a warm and fuzzy guy) I can't imagine he or one of his staff calling the cops if they didn't think there was a real problem. What's your take on this?

[VRW Conspirator]

...Sam Gibbons...

Rush had a piece about that on his TV show. Rush sent him a genuine Rush Limbaugh tie. Gibbons rejected it. A friend of mine got the tie and framed it (heh-heh)

I have met Sam Gibbons and found him to be rather...well...uh...uninspiring. Gibbons had the run of the roost for soooo long. He thought he was going to be Chairman of the W&M committee, but 1994 knocked him back to minority satus. The Libs ruled Congress with an iron fist. And Rep. Archer, along with Gingrich, decided to level the playing field. Gibbons simply could not take the utter humiliation of not being king of the hill as well as having to play fair.

[sine_nomine]

Tell us some more stories!

[Consort]

The Democrats are losing their touch. They used to be able to pull off this stuff without being so transparent about it. Or, maybe the people are getting a little more politically savvy.

[Mo1]

majority. This does not surprise me one bit, as trouble, instigated by the Dims has been brewing, they have been looking for a fight for many years ,in 1995, there was "The Brawl in the Hall", when former Dim and ranking member, Sam Gibbons, threw a paper wad at Chairman Archer and then the argument went out in the hall, where a Dim grabbed the tie of a Republican. All of this was caught on video tape.

DANG .. I never heard that story ..

Wow .. can you just imagine Pelosi in a fight .. FOFL

[Republican Wildcat]

I have a question: Where can I get a copy of this tape? :-)