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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Marion Barry released from hospital after wrong-way crash on Pennsylvania Avenue
[WASHINGTONTIMES] D.C. Council member Marion The Bitch Set Me Up Barry
... the worst administrator, with the possible exception of Boss Tweed, ever elected to public office and then reelected and reelected when he got out of jail... No. That's not true. Boss Tweed wasn't elected to anything...
was released from a hospital Sunday after a wrong-way car crash Saturday night in which he drove a vehicle into an oncoming lane of traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast.

Mr. Barry's spokeswoman, LaToya Foster, said the 78-year-old former mayor, now a D.C. Council member representing Ward 8, "had a hypoglycemic attack, became disoriented and had a minor fender bender."
I know it's cruel of me to suggest this, but shouldn't "hypoglycemic attack" be in quotes of some kind? Perhaps the the former Hizzoner got his white powders confused...
Ms. Foster said both the diabetic former mayor and his passenger, whom she did not identify, were checked out for injuries.

"He's OK," she said of Mr. Barry.

Police sources said Mr. Barry crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and hit an oncoming car in the 2700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast a little after 9 p.m.

D.C. Police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said the driver of the other car complained of injuries, but she did not have any details on the condition of that person or whether the driver was taken to a hospital. It was unclear how fast the vehicles were traveling when they collided.

Ms. Crump said the cause of the crash was being investigated. Police said Mr. Barry was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road, expired tags and not having insurance.
He's a former mayor, he can get away with that kind of stuff...
Mr. Barry tweeted late Saturday that he was "fine." He followed that with tweets Sunday saying he had been released from the hospital and was resting.

"Last night my blood sugar level dropped, which caused me to become disoriented and, as a result, I was involved in a very minor fender bender," Mr. Barry said on Twitter.
Posted by: Fred || 08/04/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That was too close for comfort. Next time take the McPherson Square Metro (on both the Orange and Blue lines). Take the exit marked “White House” and walk down 14th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. Please come alone.
Posted by: Phitle Chomons6888 || 08/04/2014 3:33 Comments || Top||

#2  "[he] had a hypoglycemic attack" Rates right up there with "the computer hard drive crashed."
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/04/2014 7:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Why the euphemistic title?

Barry Released From Hospital After Swerving Into Oncoming Traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue
Posted by: KBK || 08/04/2014 16:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Being drunk will aggravate diabetes and cause hypoglycemia.

Jus' sayin'
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 08/04/2014 17:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Two Washington clans intermarry!
Results of the union are scary:
Not a Ben, Sam, or Tom;
Infantile like its mom,
And it carries the name Barry Barry.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 08/04/2014 23:54 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
After 'she is Asian' tweets about McConnell's wife, Dems piously rebuke operative
[WHAS11] As partisans prepared for the much anticipated Fancy Farm speeches Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Democratic Party has delivered a sharp rebuke to a series of comments on Twitter from a Democratic operative who referenced the ethnicity of Elaine Chao, the wife of Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell.
Please define 'sharp rebuke'. If it doesn't involve the loss of job, then the rebuke isn't that sharp...
"Google Elaine Chao, #MitchMcConnell's wife," Groob tweeted Saturday morning. "No mention of Kentucky, she is Asian.

"She's not from Ky," Groob said in a reply to a tweet questioning her attack. "She is Asian and Bush openly touted that."

As the controversy grew on social media, a statement was released on the Kentucky Democratic Party's Twitter account, denouncing the comments.

"These comments are abhorrent and have no place in Kentucky politics. We strongly denounce them," the statement read.

"My sincere apologies for poor choice of words," Groob tweeted about 15 minutes later.

Though Groob has deleted the tweets which mentioned Chao's ethnicity, several others about Chao remain.

"If Mitch McConnell is going to bring his wife in the race, then her lack of KY status is fair game," Groob tweeted.
Posted by: Fred || 08/04/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Keep classy donkeys.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/04/2014 0:31 Comments || Top||

#2  When they piously rebuke their donk operatives, it means they really support the activity but it is election time. My aren't they the party of peace, love and sweet reason?
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/04/2014 7:45 Comments || Top||

#3  ..just ask their trolls who've pester Michelle Malkin for years with the usual racist crap. They'll tolerate any so vile as long as the can stuff the ballot box, just ask the Klan.
Posted by: Prcopious2k || 08/04/2014 8:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Thankfully she's not a torah thumping gun owner.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/04/2014 8:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Not fans of the Asians are they? So why do the asians still vote for the creeps?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/04/2014 14:21 Comments || Top||


Government
Obama tells America's CEOs to quit complaining about those stifling regulations
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/04/2014 12:34 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And criticizing Obama is racist and treason.

So stop it, shut up and go back to coloring. They know what is best for you.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/04/2014 12:36 Comments || Top||

#2  I wish he would go back to golfing and leave us alone.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/04/2014 13:20 Comments || Top||

#3  "Shaddap and eat your peas."
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 08/04/2014 15:19 Comments || Top||

#4  Actually, no one has a "right to complain" in Obamaville, but if you do, simply take a number.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/04/2014 18:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Obama shows his total lack of understanding of economics. These CEOs are complaining for their companies; not themselves. The CEOs layoff the little guys; not themselves. The CEOs do not take payouts; they pass the regulation costs onto the little guys (customers).

Obama the Narcissist Marxist cannot think past one level of affect of any of his policies.
Posted by: Airandee || 08/04/2014 21:00 Comments || Top||

#6  All he knows is just not true.

He lives in a fake dream world all of his own. The real thing is merely a play toy.
Posted by: newc || 08/04/2014 23:57 Comments || Top||



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