We’re not sure her gun-toting son is going to be thrilled to hear this, but military mom Tina Richards, whose war-funding confrontation with Rep. David Obey became legendary on the Internet, will be sharing her Army son’s poems at the Greenbelt Community Center in the Maryland suburbs this Sunday. Her son’s second tour in Iraq was during the seige in Fallujah, and he contemplated suicide as a result of his experiences there. We’re betting the poems will contain few rhymes.
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BHDC 'David Obey' File:
But he’s still angry at ignorant liberal groups:
When The Hill contacted him Friday about the videotaped encounter, Obey immediately apologized for getting angry with the woman, saying that his immense frustration about “this stupid war” boiled over.
“Once in a while that frustration boils over, I wish it hadn’t but you cannot continue conversations forever,” he said.
He also continued to skewer “liberal groups” for failing to inform the members and the public that the war supplemental spending bill contains language aimed at ending the war.
“Let me be frank: That kind of encounter is the kind of frustration this stupid war is causing across the board,” he said in an interview with The Hill. “I’m trying to figure out how to get the votes [for a spending bill] that is going to try to end our participation in that Iraq war.”
The Congressman from Wisconsin is the latest victim of YouTube, shown here accosting a lady, a hippy, and his own political party:
