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| David Wu, one of many possible psychotics serving on Capitol Hill. |
Then of course last week, we had one Congressman in denial that he was a Congressman at all, taking his shirt off, and flexing his muscles to attract the attention of a young woman through Craigslist. I remind you these are the people we are sending to Washington to represent us.
Now we have David Wu. During the campaign, Wu dressed up as a Tiger, and an article from Willamette Week provides more insight to more psychological problems within the walls of the Capitol.
U.S. Rep. David Wu's behavior grew so erratic in the final weeks before his re-election last November that the Oregon Democrat's closest political advisers staged two of what some of them termed "interventions" to urge him to seek psychiatric help, WW has learned.
The article also mentions WU's drinking problem, and includes some interesting exchanges about Wu's drinking.
The e-mails do not offer a definitive account of why Wu's aides fled the congressman's office in significant numbers just after his sixth successful re-election campaign. They do reveal that Wu's staffers apparently had confronted the congressman about his drinking. They also suggest Wu faced accusations of harassment from his employees--and that Wu wasn't eager to listen to any of the advice.
From Seattle Weekly:
Shortly after that a message with with subject line "not funny" appeared in the in-boxes of several Wu staffers. It appeared to have been written by Wu's middle-school-aged daughter (as it had her name at the end and was written somewhat childishly). Some staffers, however, have suggested it was written by Wu pretending to be his daughter.
It said:
"You're the best, but my Dad made me say that, even though you threatened to shut down his campaign."
A little later another e-mail was sent to two female staffers with a similar "You're the best" message, this one signed by Wu's young son. It also apparently had a different photo (thus far unpublished) of Wu in the tiger suit, now sprawled face down on a bed with his son above him putting his hands on his dad's shoulders.
The third e-mail was sent at 1:38 a.m. and had the subject line "wasted."
It was also signed by Wu's young son, saying:
"My Dad said you said he was wasted Wednesday night after just three sips of wine. It's just that he hasn't had a drink since July 1. Cut him some slack, man. What he does when he's wasted is send emails, not harass people he works with. He works SO hard for you . . . Cut the dude some slack, man. Just kidding."
Another e-mail was sent to staffers a few minutes later, which referenced Wu's divorce from his wife in 2009 and said:
"My Dad says you're the best because not even my Mom put up with him. We think you're cool."
