Nancy and Tom's Dems

I haven't seen this picked up in the mainstream press anywhere (then again, I haven't looked that hard for it), but it appears some Dems thought it would be a good idea to walk out in the middle of the State of the Union address:

The walkout, staged by mostly liberal Democrats, occurred about ten minutes before Bush's speech ended. According to one House leadership source, the walkout was approved beforehand by Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who saw nothing wrong with members of her caucus behaving rudely, and is said by other Democratic staffers to have encouraged her caucus to react visibly to Bush's speech whenever emotions moved them.

As much damage as I thought President Clinton did to the dignity of the office, I would never have approved of a GOP walkout during the State of the Union. The office deserves more respect than that.

Then again, the Dems turned Paul Wellstone's funeral into a raucous party, so I'm not sure I should expect much better from them. Permanent minority status, anyone? They sure seem headed that way

[Posted at 21:52 CST on 01/30/03] [Link]