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

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
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.