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All of the Above
Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joe Connelly offers a Don Young (R-AK) quiz for readers (what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?). A sample:
7) A man renowned for his temper, Young has during 35 years in Congress:a) Waved an oosik, the penis bone of a walrus, at the first woman head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at a hearing.
b) Loudly argued, during a hearing on trapping and animal cruelty, that leg-hold traps are neither painful nor dangerous -- and put his hand into a trap.
c) Reacted to the effort by a Republican colleague to cut one of his pet projects by yelling across the House floor: "There's always another day when those who fight will be killed, too, and I am very good at that."
d) All of the above.
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Comments (7)
Kate Henry wrote on November 23, 2007 12:31 PM:Wow, he's one scary dude. What I don't understand is how he is allowed to get away with that kind of behavior without being censured.
Anonymous wrote on November 23, 2007 1:00 PM:That oosik might come back to haunt him after he meets his new cellmate Bubba.
Anonymous wrote on November 23, 2007 1:05 PM:only alaska could send a man to congress like don young. other states would not send him to clean their congressman's office
sad
An Alaskan who never voted for Don wrote on November 23, 2007 3:44 PM:And how about the time during an address to an assembly of high school students in Fairbanks he referred to gays as b***-f******? In the uproar following the event, he said "they've heard that before." He eventually did apologize, but I don't think he ever understood why it was a problem.
Political Sunshine wrote on November 24, 2007 12:00 AM:He borrowed the oosik from Larry Craig
Dave Bowman wrote on November 24, 2007 11:20 AM:It's clear that Wooly Mammoths like Don Young and Ted Stevens are used to old-fashioned, face to face combat. Clearly, they are sinking into the tarpit of history, as the Internet Aboriginals overwhelm them with digital rocks and spears.
S Lyons wrote on November 26, 2007 2:06 PM:PBS's "Now" ran a story this week on the corrupt bastard's club/Veco/Alaska politicians which included some of the FBI surveillance tapes and videos. I just caught the end of it, but it's online at:
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/347/index.html