Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar

Hill News ^ | 2/14/07 | Betsy Rothstein - Staff Reporter

[MplsSteve]

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office.

Ellison’s office called the Capitol Hill Police on Tancredo last Wednesday night as Tancredo was in his office smoking a cigar. The lawmakers have neighboring offices on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building.

Tancredo was still stunned a day later. “It’s very bizarre,” said Tancredo, who has never met Ellison. “Seemed to me not a good way to say hello.”

And let’s face it. Calling the cops on a colleague takes the cake for the nerviest behavior so far among members of this year’s freshman class of Congress.

[MplsSteve]

According to one of Ellison's staff, cigar smoke was coming thru the wall that separated Tacfredo's and Ellison's offices.

I don't think we can blame this on Keith Ellsion in particular but I think it'd have been nice for Ellison's staffer to make a courtesy call to Tancredo's office is the smell was really that bad.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

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[Chi-townChief]

That's why we call them "Islamozazis / Islamocommies."

[fishtank]

Tom should fire up a skillet for bacon and eggs EVERY morning.

[Chi-townChief]

OOPS "Islamonazi"

[The Lumster]

Can a fatwa be far behind?

[fishtank]

"What a prick."

.....and you're being polite, too!!!

:-)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Calling the cops as a first resort?

Ellison is certainly showing what he's made of.

[cripplecreek]

I have a feeling that Ellison is going to be a real treat over the next couple of years. LOL

[leadpenny]

Soon we'll be hearing about him punching a Hill cop like the ditz from Georgia did.

[Wolfie]

Just out of curiosity, what's the law for the rest of the workers on Capitol Hill?

[wizecrakker]

Maybe he ought to lay off the baklava.

[Valin]

The mind BOGGLES.

[mware]

LOL, I just got to send Tom a box of cigars.

[pabianice]

Good thing Tancredoi didn't light a menhorra...

[Valin]

Baklava. One more reason I believe there is a God..and he loves me!

[Holicheese]

I hope that Tancredo complains about Elison's body odor.
Not a freindly way to do things. Always swing by the office and ask nicely if he could smoke outside because the smell really bothers him. So easy and much nicer but he is a Dem and that sort of manly common courtesy is beneath them.

[leadpenny]

Tancredo should send him a baked ham.

[cinives]

And a pork chop for lunch.

[Holicheese]

What happens when Elison is in there cooking up some crystal meth for a the big "democrat mixer"?

[cripplecreek]

I want to see a debate about pork barrel spending and I hope someone brings a hog as a visual aid.

[Al Gator]

"According to one of Ellison's staff, cigar smoke was coming thrum the wall that separated Tacfredo's and Ellison's offices..."

I call BS on this. Those office walls aren't that thin.

What it is, is a bunch of lefty barking moonbats who simply KNOW he's smoking a cigar. They don't have to see it, they don't have to smell it, they know when he does it.

Sooooo, being their typical lefty selves, they decided to throw their weight around.


I CAN and WILL blame Ellison and his moonbat staff. They are louts and poltroons of the worst sort.

[eyedigress]

15LBS of bacon a day on Presto grills and serve it on Capitol Hill. Good one.

[traditional1]

"will be the death of the GOP as a conservative party unless we stop them cold this time"<./i>

Next, he'll call the Capitol Police for the bacon, sausage, ham, and biscuits and gravy at the Congressional breakfast buffet, I suppose?

[I_like_good_things_too]

I like the way you think.

[traditional1]

gotta use the preview next time.....

[fishtank]

I bet we could get a Dominoes Meat Lovers delivered to his office if we wanted to..........

[fishtank]

[colorado tanker]

First Senator Webb's boorish behavior, now this. I see a trend.

[Brilliant]

Ellison is an activist Muslim looking for trouble.


You'd think that Pelosi would have the common sense not to put Ellison's office next to Tancredo's, but brains is not her strong suit.

[traditional1]

Notify the Chef to deliver it to Ellison's office !

YUM !

[ishabibble]

This is EXACTLY how the Muslims are fighting here in the U.S., the "wear 'em down" brigade nitpicks every last little thing, complains and whines and don't forget the OUTRAGE!

drip...drip...drip. BTW, congratulations to NYC on establishing a Muslim only high school for next year. Is it located anywhere near the massive crater left by the WTC?

[TYVets]

The Muzzies have arrived in Congress.

[fishtank]

Keith Ellison wants to launch a jihad against THIS Bacon as well.

[buck61]

"What a prick"

He can't be a prick, a prick has a head on it!!!!

[traditional1]

The guy has no taste !

[sockmonkey]

I call BS on this. Those office walls aren't that thin.

I also, unless the walls are made of cheesecloth, find it hard to believe that smoke travelled through the wall into Ellison's office.

[Kaslin]

Already posted here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784438/posts

And here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784438/posts

[rzeznikj at stout]

Oh, and have a drink at night...

While he's at it, send the neighbor a complimentary bottle of beer...8^)

[MEGoody]

Uh, why would Tancredo be smoking a cigar in his office? Does DC allow smoking in the workplace in some situations? I didn't think that kind of thing was allowed anywhere in the U.S. any more.

[CalvaryJohn]

Pork fat rules!!

[Ueriah]

While it's wrong to smoke a cigar in a public place, it defies common cortesy to call the police on this without having tried to resolve the issue by asking him to put it out.

[Ueriah]

While it's wrong to smoke a cigar in a public place, it defies common cortesy to call the police on this without having tried to resolve the issue by asking him to put it out.

[Malesherbes]

If smoke was "coming through the wall," the twit should have called the fire department not the police.

[Marysecretary]

Before long sneezing will be a crime.

[MaestroLC]

What a loser. Ellison could have simply asked Tancredo not to smoke in his office instead of calling the cops.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"Minnesota Fatwa"?

(Good name for Ellison.)

[Robe]

Ah Come on guys.. we gotta be a little subtle here.....
I once had a boat and in the slip next to me was a real a$$hole.. had his boat name was "Arrogance at Sea"(cane you see the type)...Well he never came down to the dock on Fridays but I did....SOOOoooooo late at night I'd go over and pee on his dock lines and cleats.. It gave me great pleasure to sit with my Saturday morning coffee and watch him untie his boat then wipe his brow..
So what I'm sayin here is just rub bacon grease on the door knobs of the mens room and his office....

[johnthebaptistmoore]

For some reason, the "Odd Couple" theme song is now playing in my head after reading this.