It’s so hot down here (everybody together now – how hot is it?) that everything has slowed to a snail’s pace.
Things have certainly heated up in Washington. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC2) assaulted a college student yesterday on the street, when he approached and asked the congressman his opinion of the Obama agenda. The kid got “the Chicago way” treatment for his trouble by an adult who should have known better. Politics can be a tricky business. So who exactly did the ambushing here?
For a populace feeling ambushed by a bait-and-switch, ran-as-moderate-governs-as-radical-prince president and his congress, “do you fully support the Obama agenda” is a perfectly relevant question for this election year. I am wondering why the face of the “student” is blocked out, though, and who he is.
Elizabeth goes on to ask if Rep. Etheridge’s lame apology is enough.
To his credit, he does not issue an apology “in any were offended.” It does seem to fall short, however; his response was not merely “poor” but violent. Without the video, would he ever have acknowledged his “poor” response? Your thoughts? Is the apology enough? Does the story go away, now? Should it?
HotAir has additional video. The congressman sounds a bit intoxicated.
This behavior disturbs me. How about you?
UPDATE: Phineas says Rep. Etheridge needs a time-out. How appropriate.