Pombo Considers Options in Wake of Stunning Defeat ("seething" @ environmentalists)

[Shakespeare]

This is not what Rep. Richard Pombo expected to be doing in the weeks after the election.

He's packing up his congressional office. His wife, Annette, is moving personal items from their townhouse on Capitol Hill. He's preparing to hand his gavel as chairman of the House Resources Committee to a Democrat. His staff will soon turn over files to the man who stunned the political world by beating him, wind engineer and political neophyte Jerry McNerney.

Pombo is still digesting the loss. In a wide-ranging interview, he used humor to deflect questions about how he's coping with his defeat. But his post-election sentiments are clear: He's furious at his opponents for the very personal campaign they waged against him, and he is still stunned because they pulled it off.

Pombo said he respects McNerney -- "there's probably nothing I agree with him on, but that doesn't make him a bad guy" -- but he's livid at the major environmental groups who targeted him for defeat two years ago and ran a well-financed campaign to do just that.

more...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/20/MNG0DMGE031.DTL

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Whiny-assed LOSER. Good riddance to one of the biggest assholes in the GOP.

[Beaverhausen]

1. Sweet!

So glad he is gone!

[Hotler]

2. Thanks for the heads-up...

that made my day.

[xchrom]

3. another cry baby republick party member looking for a job.

whiney ass stupid asshole.

may this just be the beginning of a life time of shit he has to live in.

what a tapeworm.

[NV Whino]

4. I am soooo glad he's gone

I'm only sorry he resides in California.

[Bigmack]

5. He needs a job cleaning up toxic waste. nt

[Canuckistanian]

6. He started the war

Now, he's pissed that the people he demonized did their best to vote him out?

What a loser. In all senses of the word.

[ourbluenation]

7. waah waaah - it's all about him. The people have spoken....

so kiss my ass.

[Royal Sloan 09]

8. Ha ha

good riddance, and don't let the door hit you. Just another corrupt whiny ass-loser repug, bye bye. See ya, and don't come back here.

[IndianaGreen]

9. Wal-Mart is hiring greeters

Pombo will have no problem getting a job with them.

[lostnfound]

11. What a beautiful thought, but

doesn't sound like he's likely to be able to keep a smile on his face enough for that job.

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[Judi Lynn]

15. Not so fast there! Even they've, contrary to reports, got standards! n/t

[Raine]

10. he's livid at the major environmental groups "

hehehehehe ahhhhh that makes the victory even better! :rofl: :evilgrin:

[dubykc]

12. Indeed it does.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. I've been attempting to temper my schadenfreude of late ...

what with the election results, and all, but with Pombo I say, "Let 'Er Rip, Let It Fly" :rofl:

[johnfunk]

14. Three -- THREE!!! -- employment opportunities for DICK Pombo:

1) Lobbyist (obvious choice)
2) Game Show Host (hey, if Howie Mandel can make a comeback...)
3) Captain of the Exxon Valdez (somehow this one strikes me as the one Pombo would find most edifying...)

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[shanti]

16. i am LOVING this!

:party: yes! :bounce:

[Judi Lynn]

17. I hope this only the first step in a plunge straight to the bottom.

I pray his vile party will NEVER regain the ill-gotten power it enjoyed for the first hellish 6 years of _Bush's occupation of the White House.

How DARE those terrorist environmentalists try to keep Pombo and his pals from further destroying what's left of the only world we know.

[NVMojo]

18. fuck you, Pombo

[sofa king]

19. So Pombo is metaphorically on the endangered species list.

Which, thanks to Pombo's own legislation, now means he's f*&%ed without a kiss and doomed to extinction.

[JudyM]

20. His puny suffering is nothing compared to the suffering he caused

to wildlife and the environment.

Hope we never hear from you again. Go work in a gas station sucking up the fumes.

[WaterDog]

21. Ha Ha Ha !!!

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Can't catch my breath to speak...gasp...

[Guaranteed]

22. He's gonna join Free Republic and start mailing white powder to liberals. nt

[Kool Kitty]

23. Piss on you, Pombo.

[Vogon_Glory]

24. Speaking of Stunning, What Were The Voter Tallies?

Speaking of stunning defeats, what was the voter tally? How many votes did McNerney get, how many did Pombo get?

Congradulations to the voters in Pombo's district! You deserve it! I wish enough voters could get riled enough here in Texas to send the likes of Joe Barton (R) and Lamar Smith (R) packing.


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