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GOP Congressman Comes to Pelosi's Rescue
AP ^
| 5/12/05
Posted on 05/12/2005 1:46:15 PM PDT by mathprof
It was a Cinderella story, Capitol Hill style. Starring as Prince Charming, freshman Rep. Dave Reichert dropped to his knees Thursday in the midst of a news conference and handed over a beige leather slingback that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi lost during Wednesday's hasty evacuation of Congress.
"I'm proud to be here, and proud to present you with your shoe," said Reichert, R-Wash.
"That is my shoe!" Pelosi, D-Calif., exclaimed to laughter.
Pelosi lost her shoes when Capitol police literally lifted her out of them during the evacuation, which was prompted by a small plane that strayed into restricted airspace over the nation's capital.
"I said, 'I'm losing my shoe,' and they said, 'That's too bad, just keep going,'" Pelosi said.
The shoe flipped up in front of Reichert as he ran down a crowded stairway on his way out. He scanned the crowd, but no luck.
Capitol police officers found the other shoe Wednesday and returned it. The breakthrough on the one Reichert had came when his wife e-mailed him mentioning a media report about Pelosi's lost slingbacks.
"I said, 'I have a shoe, are you serious?'" Reichert recalled.
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 109th; davereichert; evacuation; ushouse
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:46:15 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: mathprof
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:47:50 PM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: mathprof
There's a facelift joke in here someplace.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:48:38 PM PDT
by
Argus
(Omnia taglinea in tres partes divisa est.)
To: mathprof
Maybe she won't destroy him someday.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:48:58 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: mathprof
Pelosi's response:"Get away from me, can't you see I'm planting and IED!"
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:48:59 PM PDT
by
Patrick1
To: mathprof
Might I suggest where she can place that shoe...
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:49:04 PM PDT
by
EagleClaw
To: mathprof
You mean she actually hightailed it so fast, she left her shoe behind?
I don't know if I should laugh...or laugh harder.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:49:23 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
To: mathprof
Slow news day in DC. Lost shoe story.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:49:28 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
To: EagleClaw
And he placed the shoe on Pelosi's foot and she turned into a frog...
To: mathprof; bigfootbob; rockrr
With Dave favoring Terry Schiavo's staration and the new NAFTA for South america, this may NOT be a good omen...
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:49:46 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Washington State... Western branch office of FloriDUH elections.)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Kneel before Zod..."
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:49:48 PM PDT
by
mhking
("Today, we're gonna do things the RIGHT way...")
To: Mike Bates
I would have thrown here shoe in sewer at D and 7th St.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:50:41 PM PDT
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: mathprof
Today I saw a tape of the evacuation of the senate floor. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:50:51 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: mathprof
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:51:31 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
("You're my favorite Freeper. Ever" - Skooz 5/11/05 -- (Miss Behave agreed))
To: Argus
There's a facelift joke in here someplace.OK. She's had so many facelifts, there isn't enough skin on her feet for her shoes to fit.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(TV News and the MSM - - - ROTFLMAO)
To: mathprof
I'd be careful sir, you don't know where that shoe has been.
To: mathprof
What was the brand of shoe? I wonder how much she spends to look like that.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:54:24 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Never give in. Never, never, never, never!)
To: mathprof
Pelosi lost her shoes when Capitol police literally lifted her out of them
So, I guess this makes her rather high in that pecking order NBC's David Gregory was so concerned about at the press briefing with Scott McClellan after the evacuation.
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:55:33 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: mathprof
I wonder what price it would have drawn on eBay?
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:55:59 PM PDT
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: mathprof
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posted on
05/12/2005 1:56:58 PM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(ride out and confront the evil!)
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