Congressman David Wu Has a Tiger Problem

New York Magazine ^ | 02/24/2011

[FreeAtlanta]

Seven-term Democratic representative David Wu is being asked to step down, after sending a picture of himself in a tiger costume to his staff. But it's not just the tiger pic - seven staff members resigned after the 2010 election season, in which Wu exhibited some bizarre office behavior. On Tuesday, Wu appeared on Good Morning America to address it all. First off, the tiger costume: It was just ......posted using frpa

[FreeAtlanta]

hmmm, You don't have to be crazy to be a Democrat, but it helps.

[Monkey Face]

How can anyone take him seriously after that? Idiot.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . and this is suddenly a problem for a Democrat?

It ain't the costume, it's the crazy.

In both cases.

[socalgop]

It’s clear he’s had some sort of neurological thing going on for a while.

[oh8eleven]

You don't have to be crazy to be a Democrat, but it helps.
Sorry, but idiocy knows no boundaries.
(MY congressman no less.)

[all the best]

I’m amazed that at the very beginning they actually come out and identify him as a Democrat. It’s just not done. So gauche. Somebody just might get fired.

[BillyBoy]

I don't see any problem with it. Taking idiotic photo-ops of themselves in goofy costumes is pretty much on-par for liberal politicians. I think the tiger outfit suits him. In fact, I would encourage Congressman Wu to show up for work in the tiger outfit and show it off on the House floor to his colleagues. He could get some nice airtime on C-SPAN.

[tophat9000]

That our Congress

[Cicero]

Perhaps it’s an ethnic thing. Tigers are big in China. Next thing you know, he’ll be showing up at the House in a dragon suit.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Wu is a Hu?*

* Ya gotta know a little bit of Mandarin.

[muawiyah]

I know several incredibly different names that use the same character as WU.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Looks like their pitching Wu.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I know several incredibly different names that use the same character as WU.”

Yup! Rising inflection, lowering inflection, higher pitch. lower pitch,,,, Mandarin, and other Chinese dialects can be tough.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Poor Wu, with all the catty comments.

[goldi]

The show, “My Strange Addiction,” did an episode on people who like to dress up in animal constumes, as well as people who liked to eat toilet paper, sofa cushions, and pottery.

[crz]

Who?

[BigEdLB]

[muawiyah]

Not just that ~ different Chinese languages will use different base sounds to which are added all that ~ and as I’ve said before, they are different languages.

[Steamburg]

What’s the problem? It’s his voting record that matters. Maybe he can get extra benefits or a committee chair through the ADA.

[goldi]

That’s not a person dressed up as a tiger — that’s a picture of a real tiger.