# Another asshole politician bites the dust **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277 "2011-07-25T16:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/21 "2011-07-27T13:14:57Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > That’s odd… I hadn’t heard about this Wu character and all of his problems. Wonder why?? He’s a Democrat. Liberal media. Duh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/22 "2011-07-27T13:34:26Z")
😕 I can’t seem to find “bites the dust” in the Urban Dictionary. Is it a variation on the Cleveland Steamer? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/23 "2011-07-27T13:40:24Z")
Its the appropriate comment, say, when the Indian/Cowboy’s horse collapses on its front legs and the Cowboy/Indian gets pitched forward, face first, into the dirt. A similar instance is when the Cowboy/Indian gets shot down from the horse, but with a foot caught in the stirrup while the horse gallops along, pulling the Cowboy/Indian along over the sand, the rocks and the cactus. To wit: “What a drag!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/24 "2011-07-27T14:01:05Z")
Is this what politics has come to these days? The gentleman is forced to resign just for attempting to Wu a teenager? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/25 "2011-07-27T15:04:11Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > That’s odd… I hadn’t heard about this Wu character and all of his problems. Wonder why?? I’ve heard about him several times, on (I think) Olbermann when he was still on MSNBC. The basic opinion was Wu was ill and probably ought to resign to concentrate on getting well. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/26 "2011-07-27T16:55:56Z")
He’s gotten plenty of press in Oregon, mostly negative. He’s an embarassment and a fairly ineffective politician, and both have been true for years. Glad to see him gone. I hope we can nominate someone better to replace him. Suzanne Bonamici would be a good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/27 "2011-07-27T17:03:51Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > He’s gotten plenty of press in Oregon, mostly negative. He’s an embarassment and a fairly ineffective politician, and both have been true for years. Glad to see him gone. I hope we can nominate someone better to replace him. Suzanne Bonamici would be a good choice. His senior staff admits that they covered for him for years and regret doing so. For all of his self-inflicted gunshot wounds, the man is a true immigrant success story. He came here from China at age six, graduated medical school at Stanford, then Yale Law, then gets himself elected to congress. Pretty amazing CV. Hopefully in his next career he’ll be able to keep it in his pants. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/28 "2011-07-27T18:23:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > His senior staff admits that they covered for him for years and regret doing so. For all of his self-inflicted gunshot wounds, the man is a true immigrant success story. He came here from China at age six, graduated medical school at Stanford, then Yale Law, then gets himself elected to congress. Pretty amazing CV. Hopefully in his next career he’ll be able to keep it in his pants. There was also an [attempted rape charge](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/stew/detail?entry_id=93952) from when he was an undergrad at Stanford - girl didn’t want to press charges. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/29 "2011-07-27T19:02:41Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > He’s an embarassment and a fairly ineffective politician, and both have been true for years. He’s also completely bonkers, even besides unwanted sexual advances (and allegedly rape): [http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26539-documents\_show\_congressman\_david\_wus\_staff\_“threatened\_to\_shut\_down\_his\_campaign”.html](http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26539-documents_show_congressman_david_wus_staff_%E2%80%9Cthreatened_to_shut_down_his_campaign%E2%80%9D.html) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277/30 "2011-07-27T19:44:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > For all of his self-inflicted gunshot wounds, the man is a true immigrant success story. He came here from China at age six, graduated medical school at Stanford, then Yale Law, then gets himself elected to congress. Pretty amazing CV. Hopefully in his next career he’ll be able to keep it in his pants. Clearly, he should make a buddy-cop movie with Schwarzenegger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-asshole-politician-bites-the-dust/590277.md?page=1)