Thread: Baucus speech on health care generating buzz on Internet

Mark Foley: 'They had me run out of town?'

Baucus speech on health care generating buzz on Internet --Politico

Baucus's speech under conservative fire
By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/28/09 1:46 PM EST

Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor - Shouts Down Wicker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5gg ... r_embedded

A speech by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on health care has been generating buzz on the Internet, as the Drudge Report and others are suggesting that Baucus was slurring his speech and possibly "intoxicated" during his remarks.

"DRUNK WITH POWER? TOP DEM SLURS ON SENATE FLOOR ..." reads the Drudge Report headline.

Newsbusters.org writes: "How can one explain this incredibly bizarre performance by Max Baucus on the Senate floor? Was Baucus so intoxicated by the sound of his own voice that he went off the deep end? Or perhaps he was so drunk with power over shaping the Senate health care bill that it explains his strange rant."

On his Facebook page, former Rep. Mark Foley commented on the video: "This is the senator that hired his staffer and then took her on trips ... and divorced his wife ... and they had me run out of town."

An e-mail seeking comment has been sent to Sen. Baucus's office, and we will update this post when we hear back.

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0 ... _fire.html

Sounds a bit snockered.

Whatever he's drinking, I'll take a shot .....