• February 15, 2012

Midwestern Saint of Profane InvectiveSo this guy Lee Terry, he is from Nebraska — a state which, as anyone who has spent an hour and a half getting lunch in Omaha can tell you, is surprisingly tolerable! Rep. Terry is very feisty, as well, as evidenced by his reportedly telling a DC driver “Fuck you” when the driver pointed out the other day that he was jaywalking. He also got into a vulgar shouting match with Jesse Jackson Jr. once on the House floor. This alone equipped him with a one-way ticket to Awesome. [CQ via Glenn Thrush]

{ 49 comments }

InsidiousTuna June 29, 2009 at 10:26 am

“[Expletive] you!” Terry retorted.

“Really?” the driver asked.

“Really,” Terry confirmed.

That’s fucking awesome.

SayItWithWookies June 29, 2009 at 10:29 am

No tearful rambling confessions from this dude. Also, I’ll bet he likes llamas.

Terry June 29, 2009 at 10:29 am

He goes to the same hair salon as Blagojevich.

rmontcal June 29, 2009 at 10:37 am

This week on “Really?!?!” with Seth and Amy…

Crab1 June 29, 2009 at 10:38 am

I tell DC drivers “fuck you” all the time and my fanblog doesn’t dedicate posts to this.

x111e7thst June 29, 2009 at 10:40 am

Is he related to the little creep who “karate chopped” that black lady? Cause looking at him he looks like he should be.

Sunfire June 29, 2009 at 10:47 am

Clearly the Congressman is a practitioner of radical honesty. Is that so wrong?

finallyhappy June 29, 2009 at 10:47 am

I thought Fuck you was standard political language now. Now if he actually meant he actually wanted to have sexytime with the taxi driver- that might be news.

freakishlystrong June 29, 2009 at 10:52 am

Man, the party of “Family Values” sure haz potty mouth lately. Boner and his “pile of shit” and now this, sheesh!

FMA June 29, 2009 at 10:53 am

Fucking Nebraska.

norbizness June 29, 2009 at 10:53 am

I think his piece of flair says “We’re Not in Nebraska Anymore!”

TGY June 29, 2009 at 10:56 am

They don’t have pedestrian lanes in Nebraska, obvs.

El Pinche June 29, 2009 at 10:57 am

The blocky hair, the chubby cheeks, the pale aryan tone, and the beady eyes…he screams FUCK YOU, I’M REPUBLICAN!!!!

norbizness June 29, 2009 at 11:00 am

Not pictured: the piece of wood he continually gnaws on because his incisors, like those of all rodents, never stop growing.

wx insider June 29, 2009 at 11:09 am

[re=350248]Crab1[/re]: I’m with Crab. This is news?

Monsieur Grumpe June 29, 2009 at 11:10 am

Nice face. Very punchable.

Monsieur Grumpe June 29, 2009 at 11:12 am

Can anyone make out the lapel button? I’m guessing Corn Husker Champ 1983.

nappyduggs June 29, 2009 at 11:12 am

He does kinda look like the .25 peep show goer’s Garrison Keillor.

WadISay June 29, 2009 at 11:13 am

I am surprised Politico didn’t headline this, Tough new breed of GOPer ready to dish out all the traffic can handle.”

S.Luggo June 29, 2009 at 11:16 am

Lee Terry is why Nebraska should not get the bomb.

BigBrainOnBrad June 29, 2009 at 11:17 am

Wow. Stephen King cleans up pretty nice.

Clancy_Pants June 29, 2009 at 11:25 am

Hey Moe Green survived changed his name and ran for Congress?

http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsR/14836-7386.gif

NebraskashireGentry June 29, 2009 at 11:32 am

“surprisingly tolerable”?!

if that’s some kind of compliment, Nebraska will take it.

if not, well, the office of our beloved Congressman Terry will be in touch.

actually, I am surprised Lee Terry, the son of a guy who evangelizes on a local-access cable channel, would use such language…DC and its Jesse Jackson Jrs (if you know what I mean) have changed that West Dodge simpleton into a monster.

Chickensmack June 29, 2009 at 11:32 am

This made me chuckle, as continued on CQ: “During a tense debate on the Agriculture spending bill, a Democrat shouted across the chamber, ‘They can’t be trusted!’ Terry, R-Neb., retorted, ‘Shut up!’”

“Fuck you”? “Shut up”? They can culminate their quelling argument in two words?! To whom else in the GOP would this apply?

“Wide Stance” – Larry Craig
“I quit” – Fred Thompson
“Waron Turr” – Dubya
“I’m sorry” – Mark Sanford

Hell, you have 300,000 other words to choose from, boys. Take a stab at it. “Won’t hurt.”

Formerly Preferred June 29, 2009 at 11:35 am

The driver obviously is not familiar with the standard challenge:response code here. In circumstances such as this, the proper response to “fuck you” is not “really”–it’s “Fuck me? No, fuck YOU.” Whereupon the original issuer of the challenge either backs down, or turns and begins to remove his jacket to prepare for fisticuffs. To properly pull this off, at this point someone in his entourage intervenes and restrains the challenger, thus giving the challenger the benefit of appearing to be ready to fight without having to actually expose himself to the risk of violence.

getoffmylawn June 29, 2009 at 11:37 am

Another Rahm wannabe

DangerousLiberal June 29, 2009 at 11:37 am

My goddamn bastard kids should never be exposed to fucking foul language like that spewed by this asshole politician. Who the fuck does he think he is? I am trying to raise my children in a wholesome environment–you know, pro sports on weekends, reruns of Saving Grace and Rescue Me on the tee-vee: wholesome family values, there. Now I have to fucking parent block the goddamn C-SPAN in case another GrOPer let’s fly with shitty invective. Fuck me.

rereridiculous June 29, 2009 at 11:38 am

Wow! Lee Terry (D-Nebraska) has hit a new low!

El Pinche June 29, 2009 at 11:58 am

Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee Lee
We’re talkin fuckin Leee….

Fly Over Girl June 29, 2009 at 12:04 pm

In 10 years of representing Nebraska’s Congressional District 2, Lee Terry has accomplished one thing — other than dropping the F-bomb — the renaming of a post office. Not building a new post office, but renaming an old one.

If one ever gets the chance to converse with Terry, he’s about as dumb as a box of rocks. The fact that Terry can string two words together is quite the feat.

queeraselvis v 2.0 June 29, 2009 at 12:09 pm

This from “Ahmad” in Glenn’s comments:

A Republican yells an expletive at at a motorist and this is news? While the Democrat drunk driving Kennedy is free to come and go from his latest rehab to cast a vote whenever he pleases.Talk about privledge.

Hasn’t somebody already made plenty of pate out of this canard? Stay classy, motherfuckers!

TeddyS June 29, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Thing is, he was the most qualified being in the district to run for Congress. He edged out a cow in a feed lot that had a cute singsong Moo until she was run through the shredder in order to appear at a McDonald’s near you.

Humpback June 29, 2009 at 12:23 pm

The f-bomb is so hackneyed. It loses points in my book for lame attempt at passion, but without imagination or vocabulary. Pass.

thefrontpage June 29, 2009 at 12:24 pm

From QC:

Terry: Hey, I’m walkin’ here!

Driver: That’s not original at all. Dustin Hoffman as Ratzo Rizzo in “Midnight Cowboy” said that about 35 or 40 years ago in that movie.

Terry: What?

Driver: GET THE HELL OUT OF THE ROAD, YOU MORON!

Terry: I’m a conservative Republican Congressman!

Driver: No one cares! GET THE HELL OUT OF THE ROAD, YOU MORON!

norbizness June 29, 2009 at 12:26 pm

[re=350321]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: Is privledge when there’s a precariously placed toilet?

19kevin8 June 29, 2009 at 12:29 pm

I love how Politico and CQ report on the sorts of conversations that most Americans have at least once a week.

I tell people to fuck off on the regular.

zenferret June 29, 2009 at 12:33 pm

[re=350288]rereridiculous[/re]: You from Fox News?

Lionel Hutz Esq. June 29, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Maybe we can have him and Dick Cheney face off in a swear-off on the Fourth of July.

A Better American Than YOU June 29, 2009 at 12:39 pm

I, too, want to engage in a vulgar shouting match with Jesse Jackson Jr — and Sr — and Al Sharpton. And no, it’s not a racial thing. There are many more white folks whom I wish to engage in vulgar shouting matches.

Extemporanus June 29, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Omaha is indeed a wild kingdom. Just ask Marlin Perkins, who filmed his show there before being viciously mauled to death by a rampaging dik-dik.

donner_froh June 29, 2009 at 1:45 pm

[re=350262]TGY[/re]: Or pedestrians.

BlueMonkey June 29, 2009 at 2:41 pm

This guy! You’re lucky you don’t get his goddamn phone calls asking you to join in on some health care or energy conference call he’s having with his concerned constituents. If you’ve ever had to listen to this douchebag’s voice….jeezus but he’s a dork. His law office used to be in the same building that I worked…he’s worse in person.

[re=350279]S.Luggo[/re]: lolz…NE has had the bomb for decades (the launch command bunkers are here with the fail-safe keys have been here since the cold war ramped up – don’t know if that’s still the case since they re-configged, but don’t want to know now).

NebraskashireGentry June 29, 2009 at 4:42 pm

[re=350316]Fly Over Girl[/re]: [re=350504]BlueMonkey[/re]:

fellow Nebraskans?!

finally!

it’s been lonely around here.

Fly Over Girl June 29, 2009 at 4:49 pm

[re=350656]NebraskashireGentry[/re]: Yep, I lurk for the most part but post on occasion.

If we can have Alaskans for Nebraska to honor our much loved football team, then we need Nebraskans for Wonkette!

NebraskashireGentry June 29, 2009 at 5:51 pm

[re=350667]Fly Over Girl[/re]: …fairly certain we can’t count on Lee Terry joining.

Otter bored. June 29, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Hey I’d like to give an F’n shout out to my fellow Nebraskans too! Our local Repugliness has made teh Wonkette!

zhubajie June 30, 2009 at 12:02 am

They used to say that moving to Nebraska was like being hanged: at first it was a shock, but after a while you’d get used to it.

Zhu Bajie, Iowegian

Bruno June 30, 2009 at 11:05 am

I never understood Jaywalking laws anyway. Seems like something the car companies would lobby for to discourage people from walking even more. At least they went bankrupt before we would start getting points on license for walking.

Mad Farmer Manifest June 30, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Why wasn’t he driving a gas guzzling, pedestrian smasher? Clearly a closet beliver in exercise and global warming–traiter to the Republican cause. Burn the heretic!

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