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Skelton swears on House floor! Fellow Missourian "shocked!"
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Oct 09, 2009 05:35pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | David Goldstein |
| News Date | Friday, October 9, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri got too close to the live mike on the House floor Thursday when he let another lawmaker have it.
"So stick it up your a.."
Not exactly a Joe Wilson moment. Still, it seemed in perfect tune with the nasty political tenor of the times.
His target also happened to be a fellow Missourian.
It occurred during the debate on the Defense bill. It should be noted that Skelton is one of the chamber’s more senior members and viewed as a throwback to what some nostalgically like to recall as its more gentlemanly past.
As chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Skelton was shepherding the Defense bill through the House.
But he apparently was irritated over Republican objections to piggybacking hate crimes legislation onto the bill. |
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