``Ultimately this decision came down to my family," the six-term congressman said in a statement on his campaign website. ``I must think of them first, and I can no longer put them through this ordeal."It's heartwarming to hear him refer to the Republicans as "his family."
Holidaymakers heading for Mediterranean beaches are being warned to prepare for an unprecedented invasion of the invertebrates whose sting can, in extreme cases, cause heart failure.Thank global warming and industrial fishing.
They must really be afraid of this dirty little secret getting out!
Had that prohibition been in place, New York never could have conducted its sting operation.
Even more incredible, the gun lobby wants to jail police officials who share gun-tracing information with other law enforcement departments. A New York officer who talks to a New Jersey state trooper about a crooked gun dealer could go to jail for five years under the proposed legislation.
Nay: "I can no longer put them through this ordeal.”
Which ordeal might that be? Mayhaps the ordeal of being caught with your hand in Jack Abramoff's cookie jar?
We all make choices.
He chose poorly.
Posted by: Patti M. at August 8, 2006 12:30 PMYes. Do you suppose he was thinking of his family first when he made *those* decisions?
Posted by: Julie at August 8, 2006 12:50 PMPlease.
If guys like this aren't thinking about their wallets, they're thinking about their Johnsons.
As someone I worked with would say, "Me me me, now now now."
Posted by: Patti M. at August 8, 2006 2:49 PMHey, this was linked to by Slate. Cool.
Posted by: James at August 9, 2006 1:23 PM