Left of the Hudson: State Senate fight...Dixie style

Thursday, June 25, 2009

State Senate fight...Dixie style

So you think that our State Senate is the most embarrassing legislative body in the United States? This altercation, which happened two summers ago in the Senate chambers in the Yellowhammer State might convince you otherwise.

Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart.

Republican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)."

"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said.

Let's go to the tape:

State Senator Bishop is an embarrassment, not because he threw a punch, but the one that he threw wouldn't pop a soap bubble.

Not doesn't that make you feel just a little bit better?

1 Comments:

Chris Keeley said...: We at Common Cause/NY are fed up with the mess in Albany, so we’ve launched a campaign to tell our state senators to get back to work and Stick With It! [Take action: http://www.CommonCause.org/NY/StickWithIt]

Nearly one thousand New Yorkers have already joined our campaign to send a message to their senators. We will be delivering these messages from outraged New Yorkers across the state in a way our senators won't forget: we’ll deliver a glue stick for each New Yorker who signs up, urging our senators to Stick With It!

Stick With It is the first phase of the larger Empire State Project, which will fight to ensure Albany doesn’t return to “business as usual” when the stalemate ends. The Empire State Project is working towards a long-term solution so we can collectively confront the structural problems that are truly at fault.

Common Cause/NY’s Empire State Project is an ongoing campaign, but it starts with action now! Do your part at: http://www.CommonCause.org/NY/StickWithIt; July 7, 2009 5:10 PM

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