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Title: Moonbatocratic Party congresscritter says it doesn't matter that he's crazy
Source: The Washington Examiner
URL Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/ ... ys-mental-health-not-job-issue
Published: Feb 27, 2011
Author: ap
Post Date: 2011-02-27 08:11:15 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: nuts, boonkers, Moonbatocratic Party
Views: 1522
Comments: 7

Ore. congressman says mental health not job issue


An Oregon congressman facing calls for his resignation from some of the state's largest newspapers said the mental health condition from which he suffers doesn't prevent him from doing his job.

U.S. Rep. David Wu told KGW-TV in an interview aired Saturday that he won't specify his mental health issue.

"There are personal things, even for a congressman," the Democrat told the television station. "I think it is appropriate to have some sphere of privacy about the specific diagnosis because I'm not the president of the United States with my finger on the nuclear trigger."

"Even for a congressman, there are some things which I think appropriately may remain private, and I think Oregonians can respect that," he added.

Wu was responding to questions about his fitness to continue in office after bizarre behavior concerned his team at the end of the 2010 campaign and led to the resignations of seven staff members after the campaign.

He blamed the stress of the campaign and the responsibility of caring for his two children as reasons for his behavior, which included sending pictures of himself wearing a tiger costume to staff members, a decision he now calls "unprofessional and inappropriate."

He said Saturday that he does not have a substance abuse problem, and that he should not have publicly disclosed his decision to stop drinking alcohol last summer because it gave a false impression that he suffered from alcoholism.

"If you do stop drinking, don't brag about it, because people think that you have a problem," Wu said. "And if you ever go back to drinking, people think you really have a problem. Moderation is very good."

Wu also repeated his vow to remain in office, and said he had plans to run again in 2012.

He said that during the campaign, he suffered a "severe episode" of an unspecified painful condition while at the home of a campaign contributor. He has said the contributor gave him two painkiller tablets.

"He offered me an alternative painkiller, I'm not sure exactly what that was, and I took two tablets," Wu said. "That was a very, very foolish thing to do. That's what pain and some bad judgment will do. I shouldn't have done it, and I recommend no one ever do that."

Wu said he did not know what was in the pills, adding that "if anyone says they know what it is, then they know more than I do." He has not identified the contributor who gave him the pills.

The Eugene Register Guard, Oregon's second-largest newspaper by circulation, published an editorial Wednesday calling for Wu's resignation "for lack of candor, not because of treatment."

"Wu should have been forthcoming about his medical treatment when it began," said the paper, which publishes outside Wu's district.

Another paper, the Daily Astorian from Clatsop County in Wu's district, planned to publish an editorial Thursday also suggesting that Wu should step down, saying the congressman has served the region well but "is becoming an embarrassment."

Wu's district is a Democratic stronghold that includes the west side of Portland and the city's technology-heavy eastern suburbs, including the global headquarters for Nike and a major factory for chipmaker Intel. It stretches northwest to the coast and south into Oregon's wine country.

He was a political newcomer when he was elected to Congress in 1998 as the first Chinese-American to serve in the U.S. House. He has maintained a centrist voting record but been a leading voice on human rights abuses in China. He angered the high-tech firms in his district when he voted against normalizing trade relations with China.

Wu said he did not have a responsibility to inform the voters of his mental health issues before Election Day.

"It was a very, very challenging campaign," Wu said. "Every family, every campaign, has things that they put out in front of the house and things that stay indoors."

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Information from: KGW-TV, http://www.kgw.com/

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/nation/2011/02/ore-congressman-says-mental-health-not-job-issue#ixzz1F4Q2PKFZ (1 image)

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#1. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)

The point. This guy does not believe in serfdom and does not look like he's about to accept an Oscar.

What's this got to do with the Feudal State of the USSA?

Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, introduced a bill last month to require all low-security prisoners to work 50 hours a week. Creating a national prison labor force has been a goal since he went to Congress in 1995, but it makes even more sense in this economy, he said.

“Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone,” Mr. Ensign said. “Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?”

Financial experts agree."-NYT

Want to talk about Ensign's Cult now?

8D

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-02-27   8:34:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: mcgowanjm (#1)

I agree with the tiger suited nutcase that his mental state doesn't matter. All libs are loonytoons, why single him out? If his constituents didn't want whackjob representation then they would have elected someone else.

Happy Quanzaa  posted on  2011-02-27   8:43:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Happy Quanzaa (#2)

All libs are loonytoons

In True/False questions, whenever a question contains an All Inclusive, the Question is always False. 8D

"The official said of the three units at the refinery, two were working at 70-75pc of production capacity, while one was at 65pc.

The North Refineries Company, which operates the refinery, has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day. A senior official at teh company said electricity flow at the refinery was now stable.

(Source: Gulf Daily News)"

The above False: New News. Today production at Bayji is now zero. ;}

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-02-27   8:55:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: mcgowanjm (#3)

In True/False questions, whenever a question contains an All Inclusive, the Question is always False. 8D

Is it true or false that all humans require oxygen to survive?

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-02-27   8:58:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)

Is it true or false that all humans require oxygen to survive?

Ok. good. Now you're thinking.

Now I could've posted above that ALMOST All questions with 'All Inclusives' are automatically false.

But then I'd have to start typing a treatise on the subject. Instead, to save time. I wait for a response. Like yours, A K.

"Is it true or false that all humans require oxygen to survive?"

Of course that statement is so obvious that it would be interesting to see on what 'test' that question was asked?

Like is that a Kindergarten level exercise?

Or this:

The sun always rises in the East? Of course that's true.

So do you want to start here and move to...

The US has always been a nation seeking Empire. T/F

8D LMFAO

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-02-27   9:13:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: mcgowanjm (#5)

The US has always been a nation seeking Empire. T/F

Some would say we have never sought empire. F

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-02-27   9:47:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: A K A Stone (#6)

Some would say we have never sought empire.

8D

And yet, as if the Great White cloud Father had simply dropped World Empire into our laps while we were just sitting on the shore, enjoying our picnic...

there it is....

please.

Don't insult me. From Day 1, the white man has been doing everythin g to bring in the slaves and wipe out the First Nation.

The first thing GWashington did was lead a survey of the NorthWest Territories.

Every treaty with the First Nation has been broken.

Jefferson allied with Napolean to bring Counterrevolution to Haiti even as the Haitian Revolt brought the LA Purchase to the US.

Even now, how else to explain that 6% of the World uses 25% of the crude and borrows 75% to do it.

EMPIRE uber alles collapsing as we type.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-02-27   9:54:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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