Maybe he’s the guy supplying Charlie Sheen with Tiger Blood.
Get a Republican who isn’t a tea-bagging lunatic (or doesn’t cater to them) in the race against Wu and you might actually take the seat. Good luck with that.
I’ve heard of yellow dog Democrats, but orange tiger Democrats is a new one.
Regards,
Shodan
I agree - I’m assuming there’s something going on behind the scenes the article hasn’t mentioned, or that someone is trying to do a hatchet job.
I wouldn’t vote for him. A guy with issues like that need not be handling sensitive national information.
Unfortunately, a staffer who wants another job as a staffer will not bad-mouth their previous employer on the way out. At least publicly. Perhaps anonymous tips to a few respectable journalists is the best option.
He still seems to have more of a grip on reality than, say, Louie Gohmert.
Breaking news - seems Congressman Wu has been accused of an “unwanted sexual encounter” with the teenage daughter of a campaign donor. He is no longer running for reelection, is under pressure to resign and Nancy Pelosi just referred this allegation to the Ethics Committee.
I don’t think Mr. Wu is getting any better.
Do you understand what cracking up is? A 35 year old sexual assault accusation isn’t exactly present tense. Nor is a year old medical crisis that required treatment. He might well be a horndog but that hardly makes him unique in Congress.
Do you understand what “last Thanksgiving” means? Or the meaning of the word unwanted? Read a little more carefully and get back to the thread.
And yes, I know these are just allegations right now. All the usual caveats apply.
Ah-HA! I knew I’d heard of him before. I couldn’t connect him though. Thanks for bumping this.
A sexual assault accusation is not a sign of “cracking up”. FYI, I was merely responding in kind to your gratuitous post in my GQ thread about the succession in the monarchy. I responded to a post but failed to use the quote feature. You misinterpreted my response in such a manner as to cause you to question whether I knew what kings and queens were and that the monarch could be a queen. It was both rude and uncalled for.
If the two of you have a personal issue, please work it out in The BBQ Pit or by private message. Don’t bring it into other threads.
As mentioned in my Pit thread, Wu says he will not resign his position, but will not run again next time up. Seeing is believing, of course. Politicians seem to have this delusion that nobody will remember any of this by next election. Funding is going to be a problem, though.
This problem could be compounded if he attacks the teenaged daughters of his donors.
I missed this thread when it started and couldn’t resist looking up a photo of Wu in a tiger suit. Here it is, for posterity:
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/02/david_wu_oregon_congressman_we.php
I was disappointed. That costume wouldn’t get him a second look at Comic Con. There’s nothing particularly wonderful about that Tigger.
Glad he’s unemployed, though.
Ah, yes, for “unwanted sexual contact with a teenager”.
Or, as they say at my house, “Thursday.”
I am a little surprised Kitzhaber will be calling a special election, though. I’d think he’d just appoint someone to hold the seat until 2012.
What, Now he’s smoking crack? Did he ever get the percocet adjusted?
It’s a House seat. It stays vacant until there’s an election.