Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA), quoted in Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire:
“This is a Braveheart moment. You, Mr. Speaker, are our William Wallace.”
He’s aware of what happened to William Wallace, right?
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8 comments
December 21, 2011 at 8:55 am
nick
I was hoping this was regarding SOPA or PROTECT-IP so I could bathe in the richness of the irony. Still, one does have hope for more parallels between Wallace and whoever the speaker might be at this point.
December 21, 2011 at 9:32 am
JWL
Their behavior is as flat out weird and squirrelly as the time Joe Lieberman reportedly cheered himself hoarse during the D.C. premier of Blackhawk Down, possessed of fist pumping enthusiasm from his seat in the VIP section.
December 21, 2011 at 11:17 am
jim
Republicans wha hae wi Boehner bled?
December 21, 2011 at 1:32 pm
erubin
Orangeheart: at theaters near you in 2703.
December 21, 2011 at 2:12 pm
kevin
He’s aware of what happened to William Wallace, right?
You’ve clearly never watched a speech by Phil Gingrey.
He’s not even aware of what’s happened to Phil Gingrey.
December 21, 2011 at 6:10 pm
TF Smith
Craveheart?
December 23, 2011 at 10:14 am
mcmc
Welcome tae yer gory bed, Rep. Gingrey.
January 5, 2012 at 7:46 am
ajay
Joe Lieberman reportedly cheered himself hoarse during the D.C. premier of Blackhawk Down
Objectively pro-Somali?