Lee Terry (R-Ne), Jackson (D-Illinois) go toe-to-toe on House floor

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

BY JOSEPH MORTON
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON — Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry quickly conceded that his chances of winning a fistfight against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. would be "zero."


Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., demonstrates his martial arts prowess in a slide show on his campaign Web site.

That assessment was almost put to the test Tuesday night when a heated exchange between the two men threatened to turn physical.

It started when Democrat Jackson said, during a contentious floor debate, that Republicans can't be trusted.

Republican Terry responded by telling Jackson to "shut up," then walked over to add that he had found the Illinois lawmaker's comment inappropriate.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10093488

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Jackson was telling the truth...

Repugs have proven repeatedly that they CANNOT be trusted.:thumbsdown:

[acmavm]

2. My rep, Lee Terry Jr., is a whiney pig. He's worthless as the day

is long. And if this armpit of a district wasn't chock full of assholes and old people, that bastard wouldn't be in Washington.

[DeSwiss]

3. You hear that Nebraska???

"Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry quickly conceded that his chances of winning a fistfight against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. would be "zero."

You elected a RePuke Wimp!!! "Oh you shut up?!?!" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!




K&R

on edit: I didn't mean you Omaha Steve! I meant those other guys... :D

[gratuitous]

4. How horrible that must have been for Mr. Terry

Imagine someone unable to turn to violence to solve his problem! No wonder he was in such a fix that all he could do was holler like a spoiled child.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Oh Jesus! I would have paid BIG MONEY to watch Lee Terry get clocked!!!!

Chickenshit Bushbot asshole.

[IChing]

6. (Rep)Lee Terry,(Rep jesse) Jackson go toe-to-toe on House floor

Source: WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON — Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry quickly conceded that his chances of winning a fistfight against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. would be "zero."


Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., demonstrates his martial arts prowess in a slide show on his campaign Web site.
That assessment was almost put to the test Tuesday night when a heated exchange threatened to turn physical.

It started when Democrat Jackson said, during a contentious floor debate, that Republicans can't be trusted.

Republican Terry responded by telling Jackson to "shut up," then walked over to add that he had found the Illinois lawmaker's comment inappropriate.

Terry said Jackson let loose a profanity-filled tirade.

"I'm not going to turn with my tail between my legs," Terry said, "so I just stood there."

Then Jackson asked Terry if he'd care to step outside.

Jackson, who could not be reached for comment, is a martial arts enthusiast. Photos on his Web site show him clad in a black fighting outfit, whaling on an opponent. Terry has seen Jackson showing off his moves in the House gym and said he believes that Jackson is a black belt.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10093488

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In 2006 Rep. Lee Terry appeared on the Colbert Report on one of Stephen's famous know your district.


-Colbert to Terry:

"I'm not suggesting you are a Nazi. I'm saying you support some of the Nazi's aims."


http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=68929

[acmavm]

7. Colbert must have looked into Terry's eyes and saw into his

soul. Or however that works.

[PATRICK]

8. No wonder

the GOP has taken to wearing precautionary diapers.

[xchrom]

9. and do not back down rep jackson!

do not ever, ever let those trash motherfuckers tell you what you know to be true -- they can not be trusted.

[goclark]

10. go Jesse!

[rosesaylavee]

11. You know how this will be spun, right?

Jackson threatening Lee to a fight for no apparent reason.

Jackson is a good man - if he said such a thing to Lee, it must have been in response to something thoroughly appalling.

[IChing]

12. Yes , the slant was apparent from the news article

but I couldn't find another source at that time.

I still would like to see Jesse and Lee on pay-per-veiw.

[TwilightGardener]

16. The Omaha World Herald, slanted? Ha! Next you'll say

Fox News is biased yellow journ...oh, never mind.

[John Kerry VonErich]

21. It didn't matter how appalling it was...

Jr. let it get to him. His father had to endure that and worse all his public career and didn't flinch physically or verbally in anger (to my best recollection). Jr. is a congressman, and he needs to act professional and act on peaceful beliefs.

[Leo 9]

13. wonkette.com

http://wonkette.com//politics/dept%27-of-congressional-violence/

http://wonkette.com/politics/dept%27-of-congressional-violence/congressman-jesse-jackson-jrs-hands-are-registered-weapons-285536.php



This is Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., from Illinois’s 2nd District, killing this dude with his hands. Jackson, who looks about 25 but is apparently 41, is a Martial Arts champion of some kind — a perfectly reasonable and probably even moral hobby for a congressman, and of no interest to us, except that he apparently threatened to kill annoying little fellow congressman Lee Terry



The dustup nearly touched off a fight between two members. Profanity flew after Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., yelled out that Republicans “can’t be trusted.” “Shut up,” Lee Terry, R-Neb., shot back. The two squared off later, and Terry said Jackson used the F-word repeatedly and invited him to “step outside” the chamber. They didn’t, thanks in part to a third lawmaker who separated them.
Lee Terry vs Jesse Jackson Jr.!!!
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Photo Gallery

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http://wonkette.com/politics/dept'-of-congressional-violence/congressman-jesse-jackson-jrs-hands-are-registered-weapons-285536.php

[HughMoran]

14. Poor wittle ol' Republiwimps

It's time to kick some ass IMHO.

[kster]

15. K&R.nt

[MetaTrope]

17. Ooooooo, this has promise in a "Celebrity Deathmatch" kind of way

Let me think who I'd like to see Hillary take on... Maybe Mitch McConnell and his wife's Chinese Communist Party business partners?

[autorank]

18. "Then Jackson asked Terry if he'd care to step outside." roflmao K*R

Of course they can't be trusted nor can people who vote with them.

Great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jazzjunkysue]

19. I'm sure Jackson is just terrified.....

I guess the GOP thinks they're the only ones who can call people bad names.

[John Kerry VonErich]

20. It didn't look good on both sides

I can understand Jackson's anger when he was told to shut up. But he should have been a better person than this, but resorted to tactics a republican uses. He threatened violence. Yes, there was no call for Terry to tell him to shut up. But, Jackson should've been better than that, but instead resorted to a challenge to commit violence. This is coming from a true peacemaker's son, and if I was his father, I'd be ashamed of Jr. I am also ashamed that some of you were chearing on such a tactic. I find it disturbing that we want to end the war in Iraq, yet at the same time some of us want to start a war in our own country.