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Chaos in the Alabama State Senate! After Democratic State Sen. Lowell Barron of Fyffe called State Sen. Charles Bishop of Jasper a “son of a bitch,” Bishop responded by punching Barron in the face. Watch the video!
And just to double the funny, the Calhoun County GOP actually gave Bishop — the puncher, not the punched — a trophy of a boxer. He deserved the honor, said the local party, because of the extent to which Bishop went in the “defending of womankind.”
Update: I’m going to use this as an opportunity to post one of my favorite videos from YouTube. It’s two politicians from the Czech Republic sorting out their differences. Note the subtitles.
