Posted on 01/22/2007 7:06:32 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) WASHINGTON -- Freshman Congressman Steve Kagen has apologized to constituents for mishandling reports of his behavior at a reception where he taunted White House adviser Karl Rove.
"You have probably heard more about my appearance at last year's White House reception for new lawmakers than you have about the issues my colleagues and I are grappling with today on your behalf," the Democrat wrote in an op-ed piece that ran in several Wisconsin newspapers Sunday. "And that's a shame because you deserve better.
"I apologize for handling this situation as I did. I allowed this distraction to get out of hand and divert our attention from the critically important work we are doing. My mishandled attempt at humor wasn't delivered or received well. It won't happen again."
Kagen's office declined an interview request Monday.
At issue is a story in The Scene, a Fox Valley monthly, in which Kagen told a group of peace activists that he taunted Rove, Vice President Dick Cheney and First Lady Laura Bush at a White House reception for new lawmakers in November.
The story said:
Kagen saw Rove in the bathroom, blocked his exit, and said, "You're in the White House and you think you're safe, huh? You recognize me? My name's Dr. Multimillionaire and I kicked your ass."
He then came across Vice President Dick Cheney and told him, "Mr. Vice President, thank you for your service to the nation, and thank you so much for coming to Green Bay and campaigning against me. I couldn't have won without your help."
And when he had a chance to take a photo with President Bush and his wife, Kagen told Bush he couldn't have won the race without him coming to Wisconsin, too.
"Then I go to his wife, 'Hi Barbara, how are ya?' I did that because I learned on the campaign that the meanest thing you can say to another gentlemen is, 'He's a fine fellow,' and you then refer to his spouse by a different name."
Bush's mother's name is Barbara.
But the White House has denied Kagen's version of events, and he has backed away from his original account. He told the Oshkosh Northwestern last week that he never insulted the Bushes.
He told The Associated Press in November that his comment to Rove was, "I'm the one who beat you in Wisconsin." In his op-ed piece, Kagen said that he and others may differ on specific issues in the future.
"But I won't let my constituents down," he promised.
Immature creep.
LOL! This boy is the face of the new Democrat majority. Not him, specifically ... most of them are just as smarmy and irresponsible. It'll kill 'em in 08.
The liar got caught. He didn't expect the White House to issue a rebuttal.
Whether he actually did these things or just lied about doing them, he sounds like another egotistical, immature idiot. A Jim Webb in training, perhaps.
I bet the morons who gave kagen a seat in a republican district are happy with themselves now.
Hey Steve! Now that you've apologized, you can resign!
Exactly....it was nothing but lies, but then again he's a rat so what else is new.
It's a typical liberal apology: Apologize for the distraction from the critical work he is doing to push the liberal agenda. A real apology would have been to Karl Rove and the Bushes. His supporters wouldn't want that, however.
What do you expect from the Marxist sh*t of the Stalinist Party?
... and the horse you rode in on, schmuck!
FDA says Kagen's Allergy Products Violate Law:
http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_012200145.html
There are lots and lots of them around.
Welcome to the Kagen Allergy Clinic!
http://www.kagenallergy.net/
Just how do men of such caliber get elected to Congress ?
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The title of the article is misleading.
If you or I did that, we'd be in jail.
The Bush Administration also denied that the Clinton creeps trashed the White House. I won't just take their word for it.
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