Congressman Suggests Ritual Suicide to BP Executive

By: Wednesday June 16, 2010 6:16 am

At yesterday’s House Energy and Commerce committee hearings with the executives of BP, Exxon, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) suggested Lamar McKay should commit ritual suicide instead of resigning.

EDITORIAL — GOP Will Make a Huge Mistake If It ‘Punishes’ Rep. Cao

By: Monday November 9, 2009 2:26 am

If the GOP’s Right Wing Goes After the Party’s Lone Asian-American Congressman — a Vietnamese Immigrant Who Represents a Predominantly African-American (and Democratic) District — Over His Vote in Favor of Democrats’ Health-Care Reform Bill, It Will Risk Further Solidifying the GOP’s Image as a Lily-White, Xenophobic Party That Is Hostile Toward Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans

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