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Or my name's not Bluto.

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I think she's an idiot, shouldn't have done it, and she should apologize. I think that her arrest and subsequent 20 hours of community service or whatever she ends up serving will probably make up for the crime and I think that the Capitol / Congressional / whoever they are Police should probably start watching Stephen Colbert's 434 part series "Better Know a District" so they can identify representatives on sight.

Us Con Law geeks are pretty excited about the prospect of litigation under Article I, Section 6's clause providing that "The Senators and Representatives shall . . . in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same . . . ." Woo hoo!

Or my name's not Bluto.

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
A better question would be, why are we falling for Hank's bullshit?

eta: The whole point of the "well, what about McKinney" comment is to distract from the discussion of Delay. It's the fallacy that a simple, stupid incident like this is anywhere near comparable to Delay's pervasive, premeditated abuses of power.

It's similar to the way Hank and his compadres always sputter "Clinton... monica.. perjury... blow job" in response to any discussion about Bush's twisting of intelligence to drum up support for the invasion he'd already decided on.

It's also Club's bullshit, so I won't give Hank all the credit.

Man, you're dumb! (or was it stupid?)

Club (or burger I can't remember) threw out McKinney's name as the next one who needs to retire- i don't think his point was her incident was quite as bad as Delay- i think he just didn't have anything more to add to the Delay issue. Remember, a republican here actually worked to unseat Delay.

Rather than saying "Yes that Congresswoman certainly behaved poorly", 3 or 4 of you jump into how the cops were at fault. since there is a good chance a Federal cop is also a Dem, I suppose you coould claim you were criticizing a Dem- maybe go that route- But don't claim anyone was trying to derail a disucssion "about Delay" because there was none.

Here, let me give you something to post long responses to:

I think euro-caucasian values are the heart of america so we should be teaching them in all our school. do you think that is universally moarally a good idea?

Have fun Sidd- i bet you make some really realy smart good points!

Avuncular folksy storytelling from Not Bob

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Originally posted by sgtclub
This is ridiculous. Even if everything she alleges is true, which I highly doubt, it's no excuse for battery.

If she was grabbed, and she didn't know who was grabbing her, that's certainly a defense.

Or my name's not Bluto.

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski

But like you say, let's keep the argument on Delay. I think he has nice hair- do you want to argue about that?

Hank, I appreciate the nice things you say about me, but, please, this is not an argument about DeLay.

It's a celebration. Sit back, order yourself a pizza, crack open the sake, and enjoy the day. Let's party like its 2008!

Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey, Good-bye!

Or my name's not Bluto.

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Is the question whether or not he has better hair than the hair on your current avatar? Maybe you could have a Tom Delay Commemorative Avatar mocked up?

If i do will sidd concede no one is trying to distract the issues?

Avuncular folksy storytelling from Not Bob

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If she was grabbed, and she didn't know who was grabbing her, that's certainly a defense.

Going through a security checkpoint? wow.