US Rep,Gerald Solomon, rest in peace A-Hole.

[lumpy]

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2557970&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6

I remember him well. Today,while cleaning out my desk, ran across a news clipping I saved from the 70s, probably from an Oregon newspaper. Solomon had this to say in referenece to Vietnam War protesters quote: "...the unshaven, shaggy haired, drug culture poor excuses for Americans, wearing their tiny, round wire-rimmed glasses." ......I'm sure all of you who were around to protest the Vietnam War will apreciate this.

At the time I thought him an ignorant asshole, I haven't changed my mind.
Rest in Peace, asshole.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. They renamed the Saratoga National Cemetery after him...

...and a prominet DUer says he was a major alcholholic.

[rdmtimp]

2. I lived in the Capital District from 1985 to 1996...

and I remember what a tool he was. If hell indeed exists, he's got an "all access" laminate waiting for him.:thumbsdown:

[UrbScotty]

3. This is from five years ago.

Is there a reason you posted it now?

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Because he was an asshole without an expiration date?

;)

[lumpy]

5. What was from 5 years ago?

His death? What? He died on Friday according to the Daily Freeman, article dated Sun.Nov.19th,2006.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. 2001

[lumpy]

7. Got it....finally. Daily Freeman site showed date of

Nov.19,2006 re.Solomon death article in 2001. For awhile there I thought there might be two Gerald Solomons.
Anyway, the reason I searched the net for something about Solomon was because of the 1970something article I found in my desk about Solomon's stance regarding Vietnam War protesters. I must have saved the article because it was so silly, and at the same time, insulting to the protesters. "tiny little wire- rimmed glasses" LOL. That Jackasse's message still resonates with me until this very day.