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Pete Stark Saving Every Last Drop

12:03 PM, Sep 15, 2009 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
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Via Glenn Thrush, the Democratic Congressman shows Joe Wilson a thing or two about civility:

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif), was getting the tea party treatment at a meeting with seniors in Fremont when a 65-plus guy in the audience launched into a diatribe about the public option.

The man, to the hoots and hollers of his compatriots in the crowd, concluded with: "Mr. Congressman, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining."

"I wouldn't dignify you by peeing on your leg, it wouldn't be worth wasting the urine," said Stark, who recently referred to Blue Dog Dems as "brain-dread."

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