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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) let his Democratic caucus know last week in a private meeting that a top House Republican told President Barack Obama, "I cannot even stand to look at you," according to two Democratic senators who were present, and confirmed by two Senate Democratic aides who said they independently learned of the exchange from two other senators.
The two senators were not in the meeting where the Republican reportedly made the remark, but said a top White House aide who was there told Senate Democratic leaders about it.
The revelation from the senators sheds new light on a Capitol Hill whodunit that burst into the public sphere when Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) shared the exchange on his Facebook page on Sunday. (The two senators at the private meeting requested anonymity to talk about it; neither of them are Durbin.)
The alleged incident took place in the throes of the government shutdown, when Obama was meeting with different factions of lawmakers to try to find a resolution to the debacle. The White House aide told Democratic leaders that the lawmaker who couldn't stand to look at the president was Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Rules Committee, the two senators told HuffPost.
ww.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/harry-reid-pete-sessions_n_4156453.html
MADem
(135,425 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)denying the insult happened?
Let me guess, in the spirit of "bi-partisanship" Obama was cutting Sessions some slack to avoid taking "political" advantage of Sessions borderline racist insult.
If this is the case, it means Obama still has NOT learned his lesson about dealing the Republicans.
sammytko
(2,480 posts)Why fight with a pig - you only get dirty.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)like "In the heat of the moment some unfortunate things may have been said, but the President does not dwell on momentary lapses of temper."
This confirms Sessions is an asshole, and leaves Obama above the fray.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)I'm inclined to believe it (the statement) happened.
Carney, (the mouth piece of Obama and realizing Obama's penchant for downplaying insults to move an agenda along rather than get stuck in a quagmire of finger pointing), would not want to draw attention and never has to these insults. I'm not surprised they won't draw attnetion to these idiots acting like idiots.
Obama has been treated very poorly and it's rubbing off on the RW constituency. They see these acts from their elected officials, and feel they may also repeat it. Hence the empty char hanging from nooses, overt personal insults and name calling on the whole family all over the web. The Reps have defined that the office of a Dem President doesn't garner any respect at all...not even the courtesy of being polite during a disagreement.
tridim
(45,358 posts)BluegrassStateBlues
(881 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Jay Carney denied it happened.
cali
(114,904 posts)the spokesman lie.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Seems like that would have been a better choice.
tridim
(45,358 posts)"No comment" implies, yes we know about it and we've talked about it and we're still not going to say anything, RW asshole media.
The Admin is smart, they know that wouldn't work.
cali
(114,904 posts)TBF
(32,067 posts)teabaggers who can potentially unseat him in Waco. He is not well liked by the Glen Beck crowd ...
http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/09/30/see-the-tea-partys-scathing-response-to-texas-congressman-pete-sessions/
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Thank you.
TBF
(32,067 posts)believe me there are far worse than Pete Sessions down here ...
Atman
(31,464 posts)Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest.
As for why the WH would deny it...because Democrats STILL haven't learned how to play hardball. Calling Alan Grayson!
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)You will find no greater Political Slug fest participants than the late GREAT Tip O'Neil and Regan. Neither one of them would condone Sessions behavior in a million years. Good, Clean advocation for your constants point of view is a duty, but this is just outright blinding ignorance. It is not about Sessions or the President and his personal feeling have no business in a debate. As bad as Regan was, he would have never let a member of his party disrespect the Office of the President or a political opponent in such a fashion.
This is what the Repugs call one of their standard bearers. I will choose to stand under a different flag.
SamYeager
(309 posts)He changed the House rule to insure the shutdown would happen.
I cannot stand to even look at him.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America Blah Blah Blah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Sessions
sammytko
(2,480 posts)sammytko
(2,480 posts)Politico reported in March 2011 that Sessions raised eyebrows by bringing Diebel to a meeting of the House GOP Conference, meetings to which candidates in contested primaries are not usually invited.
On March 8, 2011, Sessions donated $2,000 from his campaign account to Diebels. On June 30, 2011, he donated another $5,000 from his political action committee, federal records show, though she refunded $3,500 in December after dropping her bid.
Days before the August 2010 primary, a rival who ended up running third, Craig Miller, the former CEO of Ruths Chris Steak House, sent voters a mailer accusing Diebel of being unstable and bizarre. He cited a spate of 911 calls Diebel had made, including one in which she alleged that a political opponent had placed a snake in her pool, and public arguments she was involved in on the city commission.
Sessions, in his role as NRCC chairman, sought to referee the nastiness. In particular, he took issue with an allegation of Diebels erratic behavior drawn from a quote by a Democratic official.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Is THIS what the Boy Scouts of America want to praise and stand behind? Would they appreciate it if some Democrat behaved that disrespectfully to some (Heaven FORBID!) republi-CON president?
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)South, North, East or West...not even in private meetings in DC. Add in a clip or two of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, MLK and maybe Ghandi.
Enough pulling these little pithy epitaphs out of your pointy-hat-vocabulary directly from a lower part of your anatomy.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)Per chance the House rule change, allowing ONLY Majority Leaders to decide whether a Senate bill should be brought to the House floor to vote on, was ushered thru by Him?
Octafish
(55,745 posts)...has got competition from teabaggers.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/pete-sessions-katrina-pierson-tea-party-texas-96728.html
Once the shit hits the fan, all the free publicity will probably save his pimply arse from having to get a real job.
kath
(10,565 posts)I don't care which political party is involved.
Sessions should be subject to censure before the full House and Senate.
DFW
(54,410 posts)Our part of Dallas was represented by the very competent Martin Frost for 13 terms until DeLay gerrymandered in some Bible Belt country outside town, and thus gerrymandered Martin out.
With a garden slug like Sessions representing us, no wonder people think Texas is populated by people with IQs in single and double digits, and put bandaids in their hotel rooms to protect the injuries incurred on their knuckles during the course of the day.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)...according to two Democratic senators who were present,
...confirmed by two Senate Democratic aides who said they independently learned of the exchange from two other senators
...The two senators were not in the meeting where the Republican reportedly made the remark,
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Keebler Elf looking dickwad.
But it turns out it was this creepy looking jagoff.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)And....I'm not positive he's cracking 3 digits IQ wise. One big inferiority complex bringing out high pitched bluster.
He needs to get back in that tree house and back to making cookies.