Burns aide accidentally gives reporter profanity-laced earful

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Burns_aide_goes_on_accidental_tirade_0814.html

A member of Senator Conrad Burns' staff accidentally let loose a profanity-laced tirade to a reporter--including a direct insult of Senator George Allen (R-Va.)-- according to Roll Call's 'Heard on the Hill.'

The Daily Press of Newport News, Va., was calling Burns' office for further comment on a recent outburst by the Senator (R-Mt.) blasting Virginia firefighters in Montana when the young staffer who answered, erroneously believing the reporter to be a friend, proceeded with a host of obscenity-laced comments not intended for public consumption. The aide at one point even allegedly said, "...you can tell Sen. George Allen of Virginia to ."

'Heard on the Hill' makes light of the young man's gaffe, but the head of the Montana Democratic Party took the opportunity to capitalize on it, saying "a dark cloud will ... hang over the senatorial campaign and our state" until Burns or the aide apologizes to Montanans.

[Oreo]

1. Here's what Burns said to the firefighters from VA

http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-91558sy0aug05,0,3508962.story

After days spent in the heat and flames of the Billings' fires, the Augusta firefighters were finally on their way home, sitting in the lounge of the local airport, waiting to board their flight to Virginia. That's when the senator showed up.

Was he there to thank them? Maybe he wanted to give them a plaque or something. Politicians do that sort of thing, especially when there's an election coming up.

Oh, no. Burns stormed up to the Virginia crew and cussed them.

"See that guy over there?" the senator said, according to a subsequent report of the incident. "He hasn't done a thing. They sit around. I saw it up on the Wedge fire and in northwestern Montana some years ago. It's wasteful. You probably paid that guy $10,000 to sit around. It's gotta change."

Naturally, this generous and thoughtful expression of appreciation by the senator went over like, well, gas on an open-range fire. The Virginians took offense, as they should have.

[tanyev]

2. It only becomes "accidental" when they get caught.

Craven cowards.