Chaos erupts outside Petraeus briefing

Politico ^ | 4/25/07

[bnelson44]

Chaos erupted Wednesday outside a House briefing with Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander on the ground in Iraq.

Protestors thronged the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building outside the committee room where Petraeus is briefing members of Congress. The assembled protestors, which included members of Code Pink, shouted for members to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq as the lawmakers entered the room.

Then, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to resign after suggesting the war in Iraq “is lost.”

That prompted the protestors to shout him down and pandemonium ensued before Capitol Police officers cleared the hallway for reporters, members and aides.

Both parties have scheduled on-camera briefings following the meeting to share their impressions of what Petraeus has to say.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) scheduled a briefing for Democrats on Wednesday afternoon, a day after ABC reported that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would not attend the meeting.

[reagan_fanatic]

Then, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to resign after suggesting the war in Iraq “is lost.”

I'm starting to like this guy. He seems to be one of the few Republicans who has the b*lls to stand up and call a spade a spade.

Thank You, Mr. Hunter. You are a breath of fresh air.

[GodfearingTexan]

Right there is my candidate.

[newcthem]

Go Duncan..............Could it be that there is a Republican in Washington who has a set?
Not to be confused with my representative Ron Kind who is so chickensh*t as to make ButtBoy Rusty look like a man.......and that takes a lot.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

The regular DH list. Have more people applied to you or pissant in recent weeks? If so, I haven’t got any notification.

[Kenny Bunk]

Be fair Quiltie!

If the Republicans didn't play dead, they wouldn't play anything. Besides, how the hell would anyone then recognize them?

Hard to believe that today's Republican wimps are the political heirs of those who freed the slaves and saved the union.

Can't we all just get along? If Hunter keeps this up, we'll have to have a two-party system, God forbid!

[listenhillary]

Play the Code Pink protest video over and over after we are attacked again.

[Kenny Bunk]

Cajun, I sure hopes the womens in your part of the canebreak don’t look like this guy.

[pissant]

OK. but look at the start of each of our PING lists. Could be just a different order. And Antoninus is probably different too.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

I’m almost ready to add another screen name so I can be on the Hunter ping list twice! I need MORE GOOD NEWS like this! What a leader!

[ilovew]

I’m already a conservative, moron, so obviously my profs aren’t the problem.

[Antoninus]

I’m already a conservative, moron,

Funny, you sounded more like a liberal moron to me.

[JRochelle]

A gem!

LOL!

[b9]

"Resign Reidtard!
A SLAM DUNCAN!"

Ha! Pure genius. ";^)

[nepppen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCrX7CQftk

[ilovew]

You should take a grammar class.

[LibKill]

Cheers for the Honorable Duncan Hunter!

Take that, Reid!

[Antoninus]

You should take a grammar class.

And you should take one on general politeness and one on humor.

[hinckley buzzard]

What the hell were protesters doing inside the House Office Building? Which einstein authorized that security breach?

This smells like Pelosi-stench.

[Grizzled Bear]

Is this Zarf from the daytime soap All My Children?

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Is that Jethro from the Beverly Hill Billies?

[pissant]

Cmon guys. Enough of that...please