Rep. slammed as 'chickenshit thief' for 'borrowing' Democratic sign

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Raw Story

A Republican House member was slammed by a Democratic colleague as a "chickenshit thief" after borrowing one of his signs, a Capitol Hill newspaper reports.

"On Thursday, during House votes, a very angry Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) had some distinctly non-collegial words for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)," Emily Heil reports for Roll Call's "Heard on the Hill." "The words 'gutless,' 'chickens--t' and 'thief' were flung."

The paper reports, "Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, was spotted towering over a seated Gohmert, wagging a finger in his face during the heated session, spies tell HOH."

"Gohmert’s crime?" Heil continues. "Shuler and his gang, the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, say the Texas Republican pulled off a high-stakes heist."



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[DURHAM D]

1. Good for Heath.

I am certain he is just as tired of the bullying pin heads as we are.

[NoodleyAppendage]

2. AWESOME! It's high time to kick some Repuke ass. I'm all for scrapping on the House floor.

There would be much, much less Repuke crap going around if Dems stood up to them like Shuler did. Repukes by their nature are "all bark and no bite" bullies. If one stands up to them forcefully, they typically fold like a house of cards.

Go Shuler! Whahoo!

J

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Welcome to Congress, Heath!! The Cons will lie, cheat, steal,

smear, rumor-monger, backstab at every opportunity...then claim it's all in good fun when they get called on their antics. hardy-har-har-har...NOT!

Send him a bill for use of the sign. :evilgrin:

[frylock]

4. it's nice to see a dem finally stand up to these eff-holes..

it would be even nicer to see more confrontations like this in future.

[lpbk2713]

5. Republican ... chicken-shit ... thief.

I see a lot of redundancy here.

:rofl: :rofl:

[AX10]

6. To be a Republican is to be a "Chickenshit Thief"!

[DeSwiss]

7. Chickenshit politician....

<--- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)

(Clarification: It is Texas law that all Republicans running for office in that state must be at least 30% chickenshit, and/or 60% bullshit, so Rep. Shuler was stating the obvious)

On further in the article:

"Gohmert professes himself to be surprised. “Congressman Shuler is such a great guy, I feel sure he did not mean anything too personal,” he said. “I know I did not go into his office; I know I did not steal anything; but I am still trying to discern if he might be right about my being chicken excrement.”

See? I told you......

[MADem]

18. He's got that "Frank Perdue Evil Twin" look going--!!!!

[AnneD]

21. For clarification purposes....

Shuler was only 'talking Texan' to Rep. Ghomert. Chicken shit thief is a perfectly acceptable, socially correct description here in Texas-esp when describing GOP. I am sure he was saying that to clear up any misconceptions Ghomert might have had.:evilgrin:

[Kelvin Mace]

8. Gee, all the crimes they commit, and THIS is what sends

a Dem over the edge?

If you are going to call a Republican and chickenshit thief, could you not do it for a chickenshit reason?

[bmbmd]

9. Perhaps this is the first time Shuler's path has been crossed.

I expect more of this from him. He's a no-nonsense kind of guy.

[Kelvin Mace]

20. I'm not so sanguine

He's VERY right-of-center and has already failed us on a number of votes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. My thoughts exactly!

Sure sounds like a chicken shit argument to me.

[slampoet]

16. Usually the GOP is stealing from AMerican Working people, here the GOP is stealing from someone

who the Dem cares about.

Himself.

[northzax]

10. What is Heath Shuler going to QB us to victory?

please.

[tanyev]

12. If Gohmert is still trying to discern whether or not he is chicken excrement,

I can put his mind at ease.

[Somawas]

13. Apparently Gohmert

is the one trying to decide whether he is chicken excrement.

[tanyev]

14. Oopsie. Thank you.

:blush:

[rucky]

15. Chickenshit is my new favorite GOP insult! n/t

[youngdem]

17. We need more tough Dems with balls and attitude

It will help us show strength to middle Americans, and after all, if you aren't pissed off and yelling at this bunch of Chickenhawk Repukes, you just aren't an informed American.

[annabanana]

19. giggle. . . . Hey CSpan! You want some of them "ratings" things that

corpomedia keeps talking about? Lets get some cameras in the cloakrooms. .