Honest... I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD

�If I had seen the memo, I would have suggested it be worded differently,� Blumenauer told The Hill.

Aw, gee, not your fault then, huh?

Thus this bozo retreats into one of the oldest, most cowardly, and least-ethical managers� excuses in history. Blame your secretary.

Makes one wonder: if this bozo�s staff had only bothered to SHOW him the health care reform act before he voted for it - would he have voted against it?

I think it�s worth noting that this bozo is a U.S. representative from Oregon - the state that already operates a death panel for its Medicaid population. Blumenauer (or his staff, anyway) seems to believe it�s working well enough to foist it off on the rest of us. Yeah, well, first please read about Barbara Wagner. Right here.