WOT ...? ("Congressional Balcony"?)

[Dan Goncharoff]

What's the matter with debalconization?...

DanG


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Republican NY Representative Michael Grimm's
> angry interruption, captured on camera, of a
> reporter's attempt to ask a question about
> alleged fundraising violations by a supporter of his 2010 campaign:
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> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/29/268150418/video-congressman-threatens-to-throw-reporter-off-balcony
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> "I'm not speaking about anything's that off-topic
> ­ this is only about the president," Grimm told Scotto before walking away.
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> Then, while the camera was still recording, Grimm returned to say:
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> "Let me be clear to you: You ever do that to me
> again, I'll throw you off this f- - - - -g balcony."
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> My proposal for WOTCB -- "debalustration".  I see
> I'm slightly too late for a coinage, it's already on the Web --
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> "Nick Rizzo: Watch: New York's sketchiest
> congressman Michael Grimm threatens to debalustrate NY1's Michael Scotto"
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> Via GWeb.  Allegedly at
> http://us.trending-topic.com/New+Orleans/topics/%22State+of+the+Union%22/,
> but I don't find the word on that page.
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> Or for a Gallic influence, "deterrassiation".
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> Joel
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