Congressman who called Pres. Obama 'tarbaby' wants us to know he's skipping SOTU
01/23/12 04:01 PM ET
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) will skip the State of the Union address Tuesday night in what he describes as a protest of President Barack Obama's policies, the congressman's office said Monday.
Mortenson is the first GOP member to announce that he's skipping the speech. The last time the president addressed a joint session of Congress - September of last year - multiple Republicans opted out, with some choosing instead to watch the NFL's kickoff game or live-tweet the address from their offices.
Lamborn created controversy last summer when he said that being associated with the president would be akin to "touching a tar baby . . . "I don’t even want to have to be associated with him,” Lamborn had said, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. “It’s like touching a tar baby, and you get it — you know, you’re stuck, and you’re part of the problem now, and you can’t get away.”
. . . his office emphasized that Lamborn was not skipping the address as part of a larger protest movement or trying to coordinate his absence with any other members. (They probably refused to touch him)
read: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/205853-gop-rep-to-skip-state-of-the-union-as-protest
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I don't.
That he represents the largely wingnut city of Colorado Springs is no surprise
home of mega churches and bigots
White & Doughy .... what a surprise
