ORLANDO SENTINEL: Faye Armitage: Mica head-butt a "childish antic"

Armitage: Mica head-butt a "childish antic"
posted by Orlando Sentinel on Sep 4, 2008 3:59:55 PM
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Daphne Sashin of the Sentinel staff just filed this post:

Congressional District 7 candidate Faye Armitage has seized on a video showing her opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, head-butting an ABC cameraman outside a party for disgraced former House leader Tom DeLay in Minneapolis this week.

The incident, as captured on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBhe7d36BHs ) occurred while the cameraman was asking Mica if it was good to see the former House GOP majority leader, who is awaiting trial on state election law violations in Texas. Mica is clearly uncomfortable at being spotted -- and abruptly head-buts the camera.

Armitage called the footage evidence of Mica's "childish antics."

"If John Mica is so afraid to be caught leaving this meeting, what else is he hiding from us?" Armitage said in her e-mail newsletter. She said she would represent the district with dignity.

Mica told Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_local_namesblog/2008/09/mica-he-almost.html#comments) that the cameraman didn't identify himself. He also said he didn't know DeLay was going to be at the party, adding that he wasn't embarrassed to be seen with the embattled politician because DeLay hasn't been convicted of anything.

Armitage Events:
On Saturday, Armitage, of St. Johns County, will make several campaign stops in Orange and Seminole. She will be visiting Too Jays in Lake Mary, the Winter Park Farmer's Market and Park Avenue.

On Sept. 13th, she will hold a rally/ press conference in front of the DeLand Courthouse on Indiana Ave at 11 a.m. She encourages early birds to stop by the Potato Patch (635 S Woodland Blvd, DeLand) and meet her for breakfast.

Filed under: 2008 congressional elections, Faye Armitage, John Mica

Comments
Mica is way wrong on this and I am sure he will have to apologize. But how about the Orlando Sentinel publishing the details of his opponent's campaign events?

Wow!