Senator Norm Colman (R) injured while dumpster diving

[Herman Munster]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/01/norm_coleman_injured_in_dumpst.html

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) returned to Capitol Hill this week with a prominent gash on his forehead after he was knocked nearly unconscious back home in St. Paul while -- of all things -- dumpster diving.

The Senator assures me he wasn't digging for food, or trash that he might treasure, or even a Vulnerable GOP Incumbent's Guide to Distancing Yourself From The Iraq War While Still Looking Tough On Terror.

Nope. Coleman says he was "looking for something that my wife accidentally threw in the dumpster."

That was his elaboration to my original question when I saw him Tuesday night in Statuary Hall following President Bush's State of the Union speech, which was, "Senator, how did you get that big cut on your forehead?"

"I was digging in the dumpster," he deadpanned.

Reacting to the "oh-dear, bless-his-heart, a-dumpster-diver" expression that I couldn't hide, Coleman explained he was looking for an "antique lamp" that his wife had somehow thrown in the dumpster behind their house in St. Paul. They're doing "major reconstruction on the house," Coleman explained.

He was vague about what exactly whacked him in the head. (His office explained later that it was "a piece of wood.") But whatever it was, the impact was so hard that he "saw stars." Senator Coleman considers himself a lucky man that he didn't pass out in the dumpster in the freezing St. Paul temps.

[pitohui]

1. cool i guess if a GOPer has a secret dumpster diving habit

i assume what really happened is bob livingston's ex gave him a crack of the whip where he couldn't hide it, that's a lot more likely than a PUG diving a dumpster because he loves his wife and wants to right a wrong

[mzmolly]

2. Sounds like his head came between the dumpster and the lamp?

;)

[TomClash]

3. Kinky

Dumpster diving with wife.

[IndyOp]

4. Maybe it was a nickel his wife tossed in the dumpster? (n/t)

:shrug:

[nookiemonster]

5. It's a good thing he didn't fall in!

There's enough stinking shit in the landfills.

[CatWoman]

6. i know what he was looking for

A shred of dignity.

[gratuitous]

8. Think he'd need a whole Dumpster for that?

Honestly, these Republicans come up with just the nuttiest excuses for their falling-down-drunk-because-I-hate-myself injuries.

[CatWoman]

11. ROFL!!!

you really think he was drunk?

:hi:

:loveya:

[ContraBass Black]

7. Let that be a lesson to all of us.

[Mojambo]

9. Somewhere Al Franken is smiling and rubbing his hands together. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Wierdo: "Senator gets wood by diving in dumpster"

[peacetalksforall]

12. This is precious. Tie that to Michelle Bachman - hiding in the bushes.

Everytime I hear her name, I think of the report about her hiding in some bushes trying to get away from ????? reporters? Minnesota people are not all classy like Mondale.

[razors edge]

13. Why do they need lamps?

They will never see the light.

[Jane Austin]

14. I thought they didn't live together.

Why did I think she lived in California?

[dflprincess]

15. Because she does

But I think their kids live here, perhaps she was visiting them.

[dflprincess]

16. Rodents are often found digging around in dumpsters

I suppose it would be too much to hope that this might have knocked some sense into the smarmy little weasel.

[Lex]

17. Was he living in that dumpster, because if so

:loveya:


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Just kiddin'.

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

18. one of his old plaid jackets so he can finally start selling used cars?