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Goat spears Rep. Weiner, draws blood
Politico ^
| June 10, 2010
| Christina Wilkie
Posted on 06/10/2010 11:56:57 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) was injured by a mohair goat on Thursday during a press conference to highlight subsidies to the mohair industry.
The goat nicked Weiner's right hand with one of its pointy, foot-long horns, hard enough to draw blood.
Weiner was speaking to reporters in a park near the Rayburn House Office Building, and he was joined by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and two young male mohair goats, Lancelot and Arthur.
At press time, it was unclear which goat, Lancelot or Arthur, was to blame for Weiner's injury.
According to a statement from Weiner's office, the mohair goat farming industry received nearly $1 million in subsidies last year, and after a handful of bad wool-and-goat related puns, the lawmakers decried the subsidies as wasteful government spending.
"Jason and I may not agree on very much," Weiner said of his GOP colleague, "but we're united against this waste."
Weiner even went so far as to pledge not to wear wool until the House strikes the mohair subsidy from an upcoming agricultural appropriations bill. Chaffetz declined to make the same pledge.
"Send all the PETA mail to Jason, OK?" Weiner joked. |
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To: Second Amendment First
Animals, know, don’t they? Uncanny.
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posted on
06/10/2010 11:58:52 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Luke 12:2)
To: Second Amendment First
Know who’s got a Mohair Goat ranch?
Mohair Sam Donnelson.(sp?-—who cares!)
To: Second Amendment First
Someone got speared in the what?
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posted on
06/10/2010 11:59:40 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: Genoa
Genoa, you took the words right out of my mouth!
To: Second Amendment First
Did he spear him in the ...oh, never mind!
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posted on
06/10/2010 11:59:54 AM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
( VIVA la SB 1070!)
To: Kevin in California
Did he cry? Squeal? Scream? Hire a lawyer?
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:00:13 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
To: Second Amendment First
$1 million? These buffoons are worrying about a $1 million dollar subsidy when their leader is throwing away billions and trillions. Disgusting.
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:00:14 PM PDT
by
hometoroost
(Proverbs 8:36 - All those who hate me love death.)
To: Second Amendment First
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:00:41 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: Second Amendment First
Weiner Assaults Goat and Gets Gored.
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:00:59 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Second Amendment First
Shame it didn’t spear his heart.
To: Second Amendment First
I understand weiner injuries are the most delicate to endure.
To: Second Amendment First
And here I’d always thought mohair came from one of the Three Stooges...
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:03:37 PM PDT
by
WayneS
("1984" was a WARNING, not an Instruction Manual.)
To: Second Amendment First
You're mi i i i ine, Weiner...
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:04:01 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:04:14 PM PDT
by
Second Amendment First
("Stripping motivated people of their dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.")
To: Second Amendment First
Must be a muzzie anti-semite terrorist goat! Baaaaallahaaaaaaaaa..Baaaaaaaaaaaaaackbarrrrrrrrrr
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:05:11 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Restore the Republic)
To: Second Amendment First
It is a sad day in America when even the goats go after politicians that want to take away their subsidies...
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:05:31 PM PDT
by
kosciusko51
(All hail "Princess Obama" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531677/posts)
To: Second Amendment First
“Goat Spears Weiner, Draws Blood”
Lorena Bobbit approves this headline!
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:06:02 PM PDT
by
Batman11
(Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
To: Second Amendment First
GOAT SPEARS WEINER
What was he trying to do to it?
To: Second Amendment First
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posted on
06/10/2010 12:06:25 PM PDT
by
bigbob
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