• May 26, 2012
BREAKING

July 15, 2009

by Jim Newell  

  • UH OH: Don’t see this on the Internets yet, but a tipster forwards us an office e-mail, subject line only: “Shooting on the Senate side near C St., Senate in lockdown.” UPDATE: Ahh, WTOP: “A 35-year-old man was shot at New Jersey Avenue and C Streets in Northwest, D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer says. Channel 7 reports the man was shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer.” [WTOP]

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finallyhappy July 15, 2009 at 6:07 pm

It’s on the news. Capitol police were involved

Cape Clod July 15, 2009 at 6:08 pm

I think it’s Sotomayor coming back for Coburn.

Bronkers July 15, 2009 at 6:08 pm
LittlePig July 15, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Sonya got her gun after all.

LittlePig July 15, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Curse you Cape Clod!

LittlePig July 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Robert Drumm, a tourist from Oklahoma visiting the nation’s capital with his family, said in an interview, “There were so many gunshots being fired, my family got down.”

How *do* Okies get down? Was squaredancing involved?

Zorg July 15, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Nothing to look at here, folks. Just move it along.

Bearbloke July 15, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Lover’s spat between GOP lobbists?

nappyduggs July 15, 2009 at 6:13 pm

Is the real crazy about to come down?

dum librul July 15, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Glenn Beck’s show wraps up at 6 pm. Another frothing Bitter saving ‘murika’s guns?

whiskey tango foxtrot July 15, 2009 at 6:14 pm

My money’s on it being another angry old white man all crunk about the blacks/browns/big-noses taking over. Hope he lives to face the ridicule – ahem – justice he deserves.

SayItWithWookies July 15, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Isn’t C Street where the Creepy Christian Cult convenes?

Pickle July 15, 2009 at 6:15 pm

[re=363530]nappyduggs[/re]: Has the real crazy been absent?

Bearbloke July 15, 2009 at 6:17 pm

[re=363535]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Correct!

Min July 15, 2009 at 6:19 pm

“Let’s pray this isn’t the doing of a crazed anti-abortion protester.”
Jillian Bandes, Townhall.com

But it wouldn’t surprise any of us, would it, Jill?

finallyhappy July 15, 2009 at 6:19 pm

How old is Ensign?

FlownOver July 15, 2009 at 6:19 pm

What’s the betting line? Who’s the favorite – Coburn, Ensign or bet the field?

Extemporanus July 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm

The Capitol Police have launched an attack on The Family?

This is so totally going to ruin the super-secret vacation Mark Sanford left on today.

mcc July 15, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Here’s a slightly more detailed story:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0709/640701.html

Claiming the car was driving the wrong way down a street and at some point struck and injured a police officer, and that he “produced a weapon” before being shot.

mcc July 15, 2009 at 6:25 pm

[re=363534]whiskey tango foxtrot[/re]: Naw, he’s dead.

dum librul July 15, 2009 at 6:25 pm

[re=363546]FlownOver[/re]: The return of Cynthia McKinney.

nappyduggs July 15, 2009 at 6:27 pm

[re=363536]Pickle[/re]: Indeed not!

However, it pains me to think that it may be moving out of the gum-flapping arena and into the ass-capping arena. Also.

Brendan M. July 15, 2009 at 6:28 pm

[re=363518]Cape Clod[/re]: [re=363520]LittlePig[/re]: It was all so predictable.

hobospacejunkie July 15, 2009 at 6:31 pm

Never a good idea to hit a cop. Though, perversely, it’s the best time for other criminals to do their work, as every fucking cop within 100 miles rushes to the scene. At least they do in Austin.

MGBYG July 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Like local news…Jim, this ain’t no CNN ya know! (Atlanta Dog catcher breaks toe, cameras on the way)

MGBYG July 15, 2009 at 6:36 pm

[re=363558]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Personal experience? The hitting or the taking advantage of lawlessness? Details!

Todd Mecklem July 15, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Somebody’s got some ‘splaining to do.

SayItWithWookies July 15, 2009 at 6:42 pm

[re=363545]finallyhappy[/re]: He wouldn’t do anything that crazy. Unless his parents ran out of money…

Pickle July 15, 2009 at 6:45 pm

[re=363553]nappyduggs[/re]: It seems like with the Holocaust Museum shooting and Tiller murder, we’re already well into the ass-capping range.

But I agree–I’m concerned that it will escalate even more.

LittlePig July 15, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Sonia’s got a gun
Sonia’s got a gun
the ob/gyn’s on the run

What did Tom Coburn do?
Did he really sing “Babaloo”?

ToDamPrivilege July 15, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Please let Chuck Grassley be okay. I can’t imagine a world without his Twitter.

Atheist Nun July 15, 2009 at 6:49 pm

Judge Sotomayor Is Back For Justice…. STREET JUSTICE!

http://blingee.com/blingee/view/95170237-GOP-IS-OBSESSED-WITH-MAKING-SOTOMAYOR-GIVE-US-ALL-ABORTIONS
(quasi-related Blingee)

El Pinche July 15, 2009 at 6:52 pm

I bet it’s Tom Tancredo. Sotomayor was the last straw.

WickedWitch July 15, 2009 at 6:57 pm

[re=363569]LittlePig[/re]: Ooooh, little piggie, come here, my little slice o’ bacon… Hahahahahahahaha!

J-Man July 15, 2009 at 7:25 pm

Were any nunchucks involved?

hobospacejunkie July 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm

[re=363562]MGBYG[/re]: My small-time crime days are long behind me. I did once narrowly avoid federal charges, 5 years mandatory each count. I did have to pay a rather hefty amount of restitution, but my probation ended once I’d paid up. Back on topic my uh, indiscretions, didn’t involve waiting for Austin cops to shoot a brown kid in the back and then claim self-defense, thereby leaving white Austin defenseless. My crimes were mostly impersonal, usually involving phones & PCs.

Crank Tango July 15, 2009 at 8:21 pm

Lemme ‘splain. No wait, there is no time. Lemme sum up.

S.Luggo July 15, 2009 at 9:38 pm

R.I.P. Eric Cantor. Your kind shall never pass this way again.

Bearbloke July 15, 2009 at 9:43 pm

[re=363613]hobospacejunkie[/re]: MMDC?

proudgrampa July 15, 2009 at 9:55 pm

[re=363613]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Jebus. Stay out of trouble, huh? I like you too much.

zhubajie July 15, 2009 at 11:16 pm

How many senators/reps. will want to start packing heat? Do so already?

Zhu Bajie

commiegirl July 16, 2009 at 12:24 am

[re=363698]zhubajie[/re]: Well there’s always Jim Webb bringing the Virginia Dem macho.

whiskey tango foxtrot July 16, 2009 at 12:43 am

[re=363572]Atheist Nun[/re]: I can’t buhhLEEVE blingee has rotating coat hanger bling icon whatevers.

bullship July 16, 2009 at 11:25 am

I prayed to the media gods that it would be Glen Beck, but alas it was not meant to be. Now geeeeeeeeeeet offfffffffffff myyyyyyyyyyyyyyy phhhhhhhhh one.

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