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Republican Punches Democrat in Alabama Senate Chamber
Fox News ^ | 8 June 2007 | AP

Posted on 06/08/2007 1:14:42 PM PDT by GOP_Raider

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Session-long tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday as Republican Sen. Charles Bishop of Jasper punched Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron of Fyffe in the head before the two were pulled apart.

The 69-year-old Bishop said he punched Barron, 65, in the head after the senator called him a "son of a bitch."

"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said.

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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: tko; whackarat
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1 posted on 06/08/2007 1:14:45 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
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To: Slings and Arrows

Let’s face it, we’ve all thought about it...


2 posted on 06/08/2007 1:15:25 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (FReepmail me to join the FR Idaho Ping List.)
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To: GOP_Raider
We need this guy in the U.S. Senate.

Knows how to handle democrats.

3 posted on 06/08/2007 1:16:28 PM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: GOP_Raider
What the hell is wrong with him?

A good left hook would have been way better!

4 posted on 06/08/2007 1:16:38 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: GOP_Raider

Bravo!!!!! That’s what need more Republicans with .....


5 posted on 06/08/2007 1:17:14 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: GOP_Raider
Quote of the day: "I responded to his comment with my right hand."
6 posted on 06/08/2007 1:17:35 PM PDT by Sax
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To: GOP_Raider

Quentin “Rampage” Jackson for Senate. He’ll get your legislation through...or God help them.


7 posted on 06/08/2007 1:18:01 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: GOP_Raider

Some people just need punching.


8 posted on 06/08/2007 1:18:40 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: GOP_Raider
The 69-year-old Bishop said he punched Barron, 65, in the head after the senator called him a "son of a bitch."

*************

I can't say I blame him.

9 posted on 06/08/2007 1:20:15 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GOP_Raider
I got kicked in the "Alabama Senate Chamber" once.

Once.

10 posted on 06/08/2007 1:20:21 PM PDT by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
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To: GOP_Raider
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11 posted on 06/08/2007 1:20:46 PM PDT by rbosque ("A nation which kills it's own young has no future." -- John Paul II)
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To: GOP_Raider

That’s what we need — more Republicans punching Dems ;)


12 posted on 06/08/2007 1:20:58 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: GOP_Raider; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said.

You need to "revise and extend" your response. Give him a left too.


13 posted on 06/08/2007 1:21:59 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: svcw

Exactly. This guy should be given a job at the White House; maybe...Press Spokesman.


14 posted on 06/08/2007 1:23:01 PM PDT by kjo
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To: GOP_Raider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8BkWhBwD0&mode=related&search


15 posted on 06/08/2007 1:23:11 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: GOP_Raider

Charles Bishop: one of the few Reps who does not wear kneepads.


16 posted on 06/08/2007 1:24:41 PM PDT by 353FMG (Some say it's a melting pot, others liken it to a pressure cooker.)
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To: GOP_Raider

Kumbaya


17 posted on 06/08/2007 1:24:49 PM PDT by agent_delta
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To: kjo

I dig that. Helen Thomas getting a sound beating? I’ll lay a few hundred fish out to see that.


18 posted on 06/08/2007 1:25:19 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: domenad
"Helen Thomas getting a sound beating?"

By all appearances, I'd say Helen Thomas has already had several sound beatings....

19 posted on 06/08/2007 1:29:01 PM PDT by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where liberals wash their hands....)
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To: Sax
Quote of the day: "I responded to his comment with my right hand."

Second Quote of the day: "I hit him where ever I could get my right hand on em."

This should be happening to ALL dimwitcrats across the country.

Why stop with just one?

20 posted on 06/08/2007 1:36:43 PM PDT by bayliving (Democrats (and now President Bush) used to be funny. Now they're just dangerous.)
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