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House Democrats Storm Out of Ways and Means Committee ("you little fruitcake")
Washington Post ^ | Friday, July 18, 2003

Posted on 07/18/2003 4:04:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway

By any standards, today represented a low point in the history of congressional comity. Democrats accused the GOP of running a police state; Republicans recounted how one Democratic member of the panel called a Republican colleague "you little fruitcake" in the midst of the standoff.

The blowup occurred as the panel began to mark up a wide-ranging pension bill sponsored by Reps. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.). The changes narrowed the original bill, but retained most of its key provisions.

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To: 1forall
>You know, you have a very rye sense of humor...

>He must have been bread to be that way.

>No matter which way you slice it

Upper crust, without a doubt.
101 posted on 07/19/2003 2:06:04 AM PDT by rusty millet
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To: Commiewatcher; conspiratoristo; dubyaismypresident; GOP_Lady; Pontiac; boxerblues; fone; RamRoss; ..
A FYI ping!
102 posted on 07/19/2003 2:44:51 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
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To: tracer
...or maybe backing into a Greek restaraunt.
103 posted on 07/19/2003 3:54:05 AM PDT by snopercod
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I saw a little bit of the fiasco yesterday before the electircity went out here in town due to a small grass fire and a power line down.

Let me just say that those who have Pete stark as their "representative" in Congress should be totally embarrssed. This man is nothing but a no good S.O.B. and an a**hole.

It's obvious the Demorats do not know how to be very good sports about what the voters wanted. To those in Colorado who have Scott McInnis as their repsentative, you should be very proud of him and the way he handled this whole ordeal.

I can tell you if it was me, I'd have gone over and punched Pete Stark in the mouth and knocked his teeth out.

Finally, we're beginning to see some guts come out of the Republicans. That's a good thing to see.
Regards.

104 posted on 07/19/2003 4:00:55 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Clint Lippo
If you ever made fruitcake, you'd know that no one kneeds a fruitcake.
105 posted on 07/19/2003 4:23:28 AM PDT by NYpeanut ( Gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him... 'Why did you lie to me?’)
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To: nickcarraway
Our NY media showing nothing but Rangel's and Lewis's comments. No full story at all, just allowing the dem spin to prevail.

Can I presume that the republicans did the right thing and the vote prevailed and the dems LOST?

106 posted on 07/19/2003 4:31:04 AM PDT by OldFriend ((Dems inhabit a parallel universe))
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To: nickcarraway
Our NY media showing nothing but Rangel's and Lewis's comments. No full story at all, just allowing the dem spin to prevail.

Can I presume that the republicans did the right thing and the vote prevailed and the dems LOST?

107 posted on 07/19/2003 4:31:04 AM PDT by OldFriend ((Dems inhabit a parallel universe))
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To: pogo101
"You know, you have a very rye sense of humor... He must have been bread to be that way."

At least, he rises to the occasion even tho some of his remarks are stale.

108 posted on 07/19/2003 4:44:36 AM PDT by auggy (http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-DownhomeKY /// Check out My USA Photo album & Fat Files)
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To: aristeides
Jim McCrery is a 'little fruitcake' too??
109 posted on 07/19/2003 4:53:07 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (Im just asking)
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To: All
From a Fox News report this morning (broadcast 7:39am EST, my own verified transcript):
Fox reporter babe: "An argument on the House floor got so heated that security had to break it up. It started when some Democrats walked out over changes to a pension bill. Then Democrat Pete Stark got personal with Republican Scott McGinnis. No cameras saw that squabble but the committee reporter captured the essence of it. Let's listen:"

Committee reporter reads his transcript: "Oh, you think you are big enough to make me, you little wimp? Come on. Come over here and make me. I dare you. You little fruitcake, you little fruitcake. I said you are a fruitcake."

Fox reporter babe: "Sorry. Police decided that lawmakers had to resolve their own problems. In the end, the bill was sent back to committee for yet another hearing."

110 posted on 07/19/2003 4:59:25 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: Samurai_Jack; CyberAnt
Look at #110. Turns out it was Scott McGinnis. I knew I had heard a Mc name on the radio news, looked, turned out Jim McCrery was the only Republican listed in my Almanac of American Politics on House Ways & Means, so I assumed it had to be him. But Scott McGinnis is not in the Almanac. Hence my mistake.
111 posted on 07/19/2003 5:32:48 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: auggy
"You know, you have a very rye sense of humor... He must have been bread to be that way."

At least, he rises to the occasion even tho some of his remarks are stale.

He isn't a heel about it either...

112 posted on 07/19/2003 7:09:27 AM PDT by antivenom (Tag, you're it!)
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To: Physicist; hellinahandcart
At yeast a little bit.

Did I get a rise out of you?

113 posted on 07/19/2003 7:17:33 AM PDT by sauropod (There's room for all God's creatures... right next to the mashed potatoes.)
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To: tgslTakoma
That second picture should be posted often especially as Her Heinous will be running for Prez in 2004. See Wes Pruden's column from yesterday.
114 posted on 07/19/2003 7:22:57 AM PDT by sauropod (There's room for all God's creatures... right next to the mashed potatoes.)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
I saw that. It was hilarious! I'm series.
115 posted on 07/19/2003 7:24:24 AM PDT by sauropod (There's room for all God's creatures... right next to the mashed potatoes.)
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To: caisson71
You're absolutely right. With the republican majority in the country plus Ann Coulter's exposure of what the democractic party is about and has become, we need to slamdunk democrats as much as possible. We have decades of marxist legislation to fix. We can't worry about these classic temper tantrums the dems have, especially when they are out of power.
116 posted on 07/19/2003 7:44:11 AM PDT by ampat
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To: nickcarraway
Oh stop you two... that was 2/3rds of a PUN... PU!!!
117 posted on 07/19/2003 8:06:04 AM PDT by SierraWasp (The Endangered Species Act had not saved one specie, but has ruined thousands of American Dreams!!!)
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To: adam_az
Keep track of C-SPAN. They were re-airing it, and they may do so again this weekend.
118 posted on 07/19/2003 8:12:10 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat (Help us elect Republicans in Kentucky! Click on my name for links to all the 2003 candidates!)
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To: Regulator
Thanks for that link. I had heard rumors about that incident, but hadn't heard the full details.
119 posted on 07/19/2003 8:16:10 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat (Help us elect Republicans in Kentucky! Click on my name for links to all the 2003 candidates!)
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To: rusty millet
rusty millet wrote:

>You know, you have a very rye sense of humor...
>He must have been bread to be that way.
>No matter which way you slice it
Upper crust, without a doubt.

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Personally, I think the whole discussion is crummy ( crumby)!

Tia

120 posted on 07/19/2003 10:29:39 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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