The American Mind

Charlie Sykes links to this report on Congressman Steve Kagen’s audacious behavior:

In the January 2007 edition of The Scene (www.scenenewspaper.com), Representative Dr. Steve Kagen, M.D. (Democrat-Appleton) had some interesting things to say about his recent meetings in Washington, D.C. According to The Scene, Kagen confronted Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove in one of The White House’s restrooms. Holding the bathroom door closed, Kagen told Rove, “You’re in The White House and you think (sic) your safe, huh? You recognize me? My name’s Dr. Multimillionaire and I kicked your ass.” At another point The Scene reports Kagen told Vice President Cheney, “Mr. Vice President, thank you for your service to the nation and thank you so much for coming to Green Bay and campaigning against me. I couldn’t have won without your help.”

When meeting President Bush The Scene reports that Kagen told Bush, “Mr. President thank you for coming to Green Bay. My name is Dr. Multimillionaire. That was before the race. Now they call me Doctor (sic) Thousandaire. I couldn’t have won without you coming.” The Scene also reports that Kagen purposely referred to Laura Bush as Barbara when he met her. According to The Scene Kagen stated when meeting the First Lady, “Hi Barbara, how are ya?” The Scene relayed that Kagen did this because Kagen learned “that the meanest thing you can say to another gentleman is he is a fine fellow and you then refer to his spouse by a different name.”

It’s too over-the-top even for a guy who admitted personally fighting terrorists was his strategy in the Islamist War. So I take the report with a wee bit of salt.

What I do know is his website is a duplicate of a Republican’s from Nebraska. A Kagen staffer did such a good job constituents from Wisconsin’s Eight Congressional District have to contact Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s office for flag requests and internship opportunities.

Will the Spice Boys be jumping this story?

“Kagen Rips Off Nebraska Representative’s Website”