Posted on 08/01/2007 1:27:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
North Dakota’s U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy calls President Bush a “clown” and says he “can’t stand” him in a new video posted on the Internet.
The Democratic congressman was approached by a group called Grassroots America last week as he was walking the streets of Washington, D.C.
As he talked on a mobile phone, two women approached him and asked him about impeaching Bush, giving statistics of people who approve of the idea.
As a camera rolled, Pomeroy is shown to be clearly agitated by their questions.
“Most of the people I represent think that’s (impeachment) a horrible idea. I’m a Democrat, and I can’t stand this president, but I’m to represent the people that I represent and they are against impeaching the president,” Pomeroy said while pointing and waving his arms.
This video stills show Rep. Earl Pomeroy talking to a member of Grassroots America, in which he calls Bush a “clown”.
As the women press him further on the issue, Pomeroy continues to show his frustration.
“I’m here to represent people. The people I represent don’t want to impeach this clown. I’m here to represent the people of North Dakota,” Pomeroy said.
The video lasts for one minute and 32 seconds and ends with Pomeroy walking away, still talking on his phone.
On Tuesday, Pomeroy told The Forum in a phone interview that he got “a little impatient with a very persistent protester demanding that we impeach the president.
“Certainly I admit to being a little frustrated with this version of radical partisanship at a time when we’ve got so much work to get done on behalf of the country,” Pomeroy said.
At the time, Congress was in the middle of the “high stakes drama” farm bill fight, he said.
“Because it was so wound up, I might have been a little testier than I might have been,” Pomeroy said.
His phone call shown in the video was related to the farm bill, he said.
“I frankly think the folks that want us to drop everything and take on impeachment of the president really are at the fringe of things,” Pomeroy said.
“We got things breaking on the farm bill all over the place, and I have somebody in my face about impeaching the president.”
Tina Richards of Salem, Mo., one of the women in the video, said in a phone interview Tuesday that Grassroots America is devoted to social-justice issues.
The group is trying to engage people in their democracy, she said. The goal is to talk to members of Congress and report back to the grassroots what the politicians’ responses and positions are, Richards said.
She had a chance meeting with Pomeroy as he left the U.S. Capitol last week and decided to ask him how he felt about impeachment, she said.
“I thought it was interesting, his response,” Richards said. “When you make strong statements that represent the entire state of North Dakota … people in North Dakota should know about it.”
Richards turned her grassroots efforts national at the beginning of the year and has a particular interest in veterans’ rights, ending the war and impeaching Bush.
Her son, Cloy, 24, is a U.S. Marine who completed two tours of duty in Iraq and faces a third tour, she said.
According to Grassrootsamerica4us.org, Cloy has suffered severe depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome from his time in Iraq. Richards says her son has not received adequate care from the federal Veterans Administration system.
The group’s Web site describes Richards as wanting members of Congress “to know what she feels and how important ending the war is to her.”
She “is not afraid to embarrass those members of Congress who stand in the way of change and in particular the Democratic Party leadership, those who should be ‘on her side.’”
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., is another Congressman who made the Internet and the news after his angry outbursts during a videotaped discussion with Richards in March.
Spokesmen for North Dakota Democratic Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad said the senators have not been contacted by Richards.
Glad to see the democrats trying to raise the level of political discorse in DC. /s
Gee, a RAT doesn’t like GWB. Stop the presses! Drudge, sound the siren. /drippingsarc
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As the women press him further on the issue, Pomeroy continues to show his frustration.
“I’m here to represent people. The people I represent don’t want to impeach this clown. I’m here to represent the people of North Dakota,” Pomeroy said.
And these are the people who want the Federal Government to take over the WHOLE HEATH CARE SYSTEM?????..........
There was no siren, btw.
Somehow, I don’t think Pomeroy is a Bluedog dem. It sounds like he had farm bill on the mind when he was videoattacked and that perturbed him more than anything.
GrassrootsAmeriKa needs to learn some cell phone etiquette.
I’m off to look for the video..
I can’t for the life of me understand why ND, a supposed ‘red state’, has 2 ‘Rat Senators and this clown representing them in DC. Is the Republican Party there that feckless, or is it the proximity to Canada?
I would have given him much more credit had he shown as much respect for the office of the Presidency as he claims to show for his "duty" as a representative of "the people"
A Dem calling the President a “clown.” They don’t understand the concept of irony, do they?
What's sad is that now there are a lot Freepers who feel the same way.
Better to be called a clown than a democrat.
I hear ya on that side of it as well.
I do find it odd that he feels so obligated or bound to uphold the voters wishes on this issue, other than the fact he faces election every 2 years and regardless what polls of some say, we do not seek nor want to embrace defeat like some of the dems..
I think it’s a legacy of FDR, the depression and farm subsidies.
I’m more perturbed that the GrassRootsAmerica activist named her poor son Cloy. If he has post traumatic stress syndrome it’s because of the school ground hell he was put through by his mother giving him a mis-spelled or made up name.
Wow! The extreme far lefties still have their undies in a knot about Republicans impeaching their democrat perverted rapist.
“What’s sad is that now there are a lot Freepers who feel the same way.”
Hmmm. I wonder what he did to get that to happen?
Maybe something he hasn’t done.
The continuing efforts of the “politics of personal destruction” by the dems who asked the Reps not to wage.
who gives a sh!t what you think earl... 
People here only seem to vote their pocketbooks. The Democrats who represent North Dakota run on one thing only - how much they bring back to the state. They take out full page ads the final month of the campaign and list programs and dollar amounts. For the same reasons low tax Republicans are voted in locally
BTW Manitoba and Alberta to the north are relatively conservative provinces.
The two airheaded bimbos suffering the effects of BSD are obnoxious.
I give Pomeroy a small degree of credit for not backing them surreptitiously towards the traffic flow as he responded and giving them a good shove backwards.
I am sure President Bush will be entirely civil towards him next time he meets him personally.
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