Lee Terry Curses At D.C. Driver While Jaywalking

CQ Politics :

The invective that CQ reporter Richard Rubin overheard at 1st and C streets Southeast from Republican Rep. Lee Terry this morning is hardly the kind of language you'd expect to hear in Omaha on a Sunday morning.

But Terry was crossing a Washington street during a workweek when a local driver called him out for jaywalking.

"Can't you read the sign?" the driver shouted.

"[Expletive] you!" Terry retorted.

"Really?" the driver asked.

"Really," Terry confirmed.

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Comments

[TheBaffler]

03:26 PM on 06/29/2009

Pugs are a smug, self-entit­led lot. They think they can do anything with impunity. Rules are for others.

[dax49]

03:09 PM on 06/29/2009

he was on his way to a republican "prayer breakfast" no doubt

[Dennim]

03:56 PM on 06/29/2009

LOL

[quiviran]

02:54 PM on 06/29/2009

I think Terry was cruising and just needs to work on his pick-up line.

[MsEngineer]

02:48 PM on 06/29/2009

Looks like we need some Kindergart­en teachers to go to Washington and teach these kids some lessons in manners. Do we have adults in DC or just a bunch of out of control five year olds?

[winningticket]

02:42 PM on 06/29/2009

That's another "family values" Republican for you.

[kathy001]

12:58 PM on 06/29/2009

Charming. Hope he's not running on a "family values" platform.

[AirForce Vet]

11:33 AM on 06/29/2009

Well, you must remember, there are laws on the books for these offenses. I am sorry to say there are laws for us and there are no laws for Mr. Terry. There are rules for some and no rules for them. In Mr. Terry and other’s eyes, laws do not apply to the anointed.

[ProperGanda]

11:29 AM on 06/29/2009

Woman sneezes, GOP staffer refuses to say "bless you"

[beastmode]

11:13 AM on 06/29/2009

jaywalking is a fact of life in DC, as is careless driving. 1st and C SE is right next to where public driving is cut off around the Congressio­nal offices. This is a ridiculous non-story even from the perspectiv­e of someone who can't stand GOP congressme­n.

[kapalabhati]

12:08 PM on 06/29/2009

Completely agree. I almost thought this was The Onion.

[runon]

02:33 PM on 06/29/2009

next time be jaywakh i hope the driver runs his a$$ down and says fu$k you

[iamvalid]

10:43 AM on 06/29/2009

A surprised Jackson asked whether Terry had cursed at him, and countered with a couple of F-words and an invitation to step outside.

At which point Rep. Lee Terry agreed to step outside with Jackson just as soon as he could find a eighteen year old to go fight for him.

[TCDon]

10:39 AM on 06/29/2009

The driver who turned right on red with a pedestrian in the crosswalk nearly causing a fatality was probably an arrogant Democrat.

[BigCheese]

11:16 AM on 06/29/2009

lame

[TCDon]

10:37 AM on 06/29/2009

I'll bet not a single Democratic Congresspe­rson used the "f" word yet today. It just doesn't happen. If it did, the Huff Post would surely report on it, right?

[DSOTM]

09:46 AM on 06/29/2009

OK, I think HufPost is really scraping the barrel to discredit every member of the GOP.

This is not a story folks, lets get back to Mark Sanford and force him to resign.

[rigmoten]

09:41 AM on 06/29/2009

He got mad because he thought the driver was making fun of him. We need to have more respect for those who cannot read.

[QuietNetworker]

09:27 AM on 06/29/2009

Haven't we all been "here"?

Can't we restrain our critique to substance and
at least pointed hypocrisy?

I mean Rham's mouth is the stuff of late night
jokes, and this is huff news?

Cheers,

Paulie Sabol