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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Coats (R-Ind.) shows up at wrong hearing, questions wrong witness
Source: Washington Post
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) was prepped for an appropriations hearing on the defense budget when he took his turn Wednesday afternoon, flipping papers on his lap, reading from them and commending the witness for his departments prompt response to a letter Coats had sent about a military accounting office in his home state.
It was all fairly innocuous except for one problem: Coats was in the completely wrong hearing complimenting the wrong witness.
After hed finished a lengthy opening to his question, a staffer slipped Coats a piece of paper. Coats read it to himself, looked up, and said, I just got a note saying Im at the wrong hearing.
Well, that would explain why I didnt know anything about this letter, said David Cohen, undersecretary of treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/04/03/coats-im-at-the-wrong-hearing
pkdu
(3,977 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)...which is to go away and not be heard from again.
MADem
(135,425 posts)What the hell was wrong with his toady, er, aide, who is supposed to bring reference materials, his "snacks," any medicines he might need, and the spare cellphone, and sit behind him obediently, waiting for instructions?
That person is supposed to steer the putz to the right room, as well--it's part of the job. Someone didn't double-check with the committee chair about the room assignments...!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...and if you hiring is based on keeping your donors' nephews and nieces off the streets, well...
It takes a village to mind these idiots.
MADem
(135,425 posts)"It takes a village to mind these idiots."
rurallib
(62,426 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)One of those people you see sitting behind the committee members; they're usually young and have stacks of paper, briefcases, etc., they are supposed to verify where the committee meeting is being held with the office of the chairman and escort the member to the meeting with his notes, documents, etc. and a duplicate copy or three of his prepared remarks. It's what they get paid to do.
It's a rare committee member, never mind the chair, who knows where the hell they are going unless it is an "important" committee meeting that is historically held in the same room every single time.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)mercymechap
(579 posts)one of the "smart ones" on the Republican side?
DFW
(54,412 posts)"Why are people so riled up about the Eagle Rights Amendment? We shouldn't be spending our time on bills that protect the rights of birds!"
"Emily, that's the EQUAL rights amendment. It's about people, not eagles."
"Oh. That's very different, isn't it?"
"Yes it is."
"NEVER MIND!"
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)calimary
(81,323 posts)DFW
(54,412 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)I wonder if he gave the Bush look at the locked door when he tried to leave.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)Mitch Daniels.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)but he's not an idiot. That was one of the things that made him so scary. Pence on the other hand- Think of the stupidest person you know and then imagine that they are 100 times stupider and you come close to the moron that is Mike Pence.
penndragon69
(788 posts)is because they PAID RUPPERT to run
as the libertarian dick wad. Otherwise GREGG
would have won the election.
But red shit hoosiers could not stand such a thing.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)to run! ??? Really. OMG. I watched one of the debates. I did vote for Gregg.
penndragon69
(788 posts)The survivor lapdog will do ANYTHING
for a few million in donations, even if
he knew there was no way in HELL he could
win, just siphon off votes from GOV. GREGG.
NYtoBush-Drop Dead
(490 posts)Indiana lost another idiot.
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penndragon69
(788 posts)just like the people of my district who voted for
this corporate Toddie.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Beartracks
(12,816 posts)Did he at least wonder why all the committee members seemed new?
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)Blue Owl
(50,435 posts)No I wantchya to FUCK it!
marble falls
(57,112 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)spanone
(135,846 posts)cactusfractal
(496 posts)Who hasn't made some sort of relatively innocuous blunder in the workplace? Forgotten an important deadline, missed a meeting entirely or something similar? Not a terminal error, but a dumb one.
Don't get me wrong. With really zero exceptions, Republicans in Congress are scum. You know the reasons. But we should be more concerned about Coats doing what Republicans do when they're in the CORRECT meeting than what Dan Coats did one Wednesday morning in the wrong one.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Good enuff for the GOPers.