(6 term) Terry (R-Ne) denies socializing with (female) lobbyist (even in polls vs White D-Ne)

[Omaha Steve]

The R party is kicking in BIG $ for Terry. He is on the top 10 threaten list. He barley won last year after unofficial phone calls claimed his catholic opponent with a DWI was pro choice. Jim was not pro choice, but that made the difference. Lee claims he has no idea would did the calls etc.

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20100727/NEWS01/707279905#terry-denies-socializing-with-lobbyist

By Robynn Tysver

Republican Rep. Lee Terry is at the center of a storm over questions involving the relationships between lobbyists and members of Congress.

House Minority Leader John Boehner has warned several GOP congressmen to quit socializing with female lobbyists, according to Roll Call and the New York Post.

Terry became a focal point of the warning after a New York Post journalist reported witnessing Terry in conversation with a “comely lobbyist” at the Capitol Hill Club, a Washington hangout for Republicans.

“Why did you get me so drunk?” Terry asked the woman, according to the Post.

Terry, in a written statement last week, said the Post story was “completely false.”

Since then, an unnamed member of the Capitol Hill Club — where Terry reportedly talked to the lobbyist — said he, too, heard Terry make the remark. However, the anonymous source said there appeared to be nothing flirtatious about Terry’s conversation, according to Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Capitol Hill.

Terry continued to deny the incident Monday, saying in a second statement he doesn’t “socialize” with female lobbyists.

Snip: Terry is running for re-election against Democrat Tom White, who is considered one of the toughest opponents the six-term congressman has faced.

FULL story at link.

[zazen]

1. having to flirt with pasty, drunk Republicans as part of your job description?

Bleech.