"Fat, drunk and stupid..."

Statement from state Republican Party Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy on Congressman Larson's comments on Republican walkout over contempt of Congress matter:

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son," said Healy. "Congressman Larson's lame defense of the Democrats contempt of Congress motion is contemptable coming from someone who has shown little respect for public accountability."

Larson's comparision of GOP members showing their protest by leaving the chamber - something the Democrats did during Republican rule - is both hypocrtical and pathetic given the Democrat's two-year record of failed leadership.

"Congressman Larson and the Democrats said they would deliver in 2006 and America is still waiting," said Healy. "All these Democrats know is bigger government and silly political parlor games while Americans lose their homes, health care and sense of personal security."

Larson's own personal comportment at a time of national crisis makes him unsuited to characterize anyone else as druken and slovenly frat boys.

According to a 2001 Vanity Fair article which has never been reputed by Congressman Larson, the then second-term representative was observed and photographed partying it up in a swanky downtown DC restaurant a few days after 9-11.

"While the rubble was still smoldering and America was still on high alert - John Larson was regaling staffers and lobbyist with his impersonation of Marlon Brando while the wine and music flowed," said Healy. "While everyone remembers 9-11, Larson hopes the people will forget the Battle of the Capitol Grille."

House Republicans walked off the floor of the House of Representatives today in an effort to avoid voting on contempt of Congress citations that would hold the Bush Administration in general, and Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers in particular, accountable for their involvement in the firing of U.S. Attorneys. The voting went ahead and the citations passed with the support of the Democratic majority.

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