Sen. Mary Landrieu refused on Friday to withdraw or apologize for her threat to punch President Bush if he criticized Louisiana officials - despite Bush's magnanimous speech Thursday night and a federal downpayment of more than $60 billion dollars to rebuild her state. "I do not take it back, I don't apologize for it. I said I would punch anybody, including the president," she told the Chicago Tribune. "Though threatening the president is a crime," the Tribune noted - "the Secret Service took it as a joke and the White House brushed off her remarks." Standing in the Capitol, however,...
