Good ol' Fashion politics

[BoredWithNoSB]

Who says that rational political discourse is on the decline:rolleyes:

From Today's Detroit Free Press:

Any question whether freshman state Rep. Coleman Young Jr. has his famous father's spunk -- and gift for salty language -- was answered in a heated exchange on the state House floor Tuesday night.

Late in the evening near the end of an 11-hour session, the son of late Detroit Mayor Coleman Young had four words for Rep. John Pastor, R-Livonia, who had complained that Democrats were throttling Republican efforts to speak about a proposal to increase trash disposal fees.

"Shut the f--- up," Young shouted at Pastor.

Rep. Jack Brandenburg, R-Harrison Township, responded: "You want to go. We can go right now."

The House sergeants at arms restored peace before the taunts got more serious.

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[Reagan Smash]

See Coleman Young Jr. takes after his old man

Coleman Young was known for his blunt statements, rarely holding back profanity when it suited the occasion:

Judd Rose: "The feds say you are corrupt."
Coleman Young: "Who the fuck told you that? I have never heard anybody make that direct charge."

"I'm smiling all the time. That doesn't mean a goddamned thing except I think people who go around solemn-faced and quoting the Bible are full of shit."

"Racism is something like high blood pressure — the person that has it doesn't know he has it until he drops over with a goddamned stroke."

"You don't grow balls. Either you got 'em or you don't."

"That sonofabitch [the Detroit News columnist Pete] Waldmeir followed me down to Jamaica. All I can say is I wish that mother fucker had caught me. I'm mayor of nothing down there. It would be just two crazy Americans fighting in the alley."

"I think Ed Koch is full of shit."

To Detroit reporters via satellite from Hawaii: "Aloha, mother fuckers."