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Monday, March 19, 2007

What's YOUR Most Embarrassing On The Job Moment?

In a section titled "Barfin' Boyda", Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call recounted a recent incident in Nancy Boyda's office. Apparently Boyda, while meeting with a group of firefighters from Lawrence began to feel ill. Boyda, apparently unable to excuse herself from the meeting, "puked into a trash can while the firefighters and an aide looked on." Fortunately for Boyda, two of the firefighters were EMT's and stood ready to come to her "vomitorious rescue" according to the story.

The whole picture is kind of funny and reminds me of a trip the first President Bush made to Japan (where was the ambitious you tube video camera operator when we needed them?).

However, it turns out that the Capitol Hill physicians suggested Boyda go to the hospital "where she was diagnosed with gallstones." The stones will require "routine surgery."

In all seriousness, I wish Nancy good health and a speedy recovery when she has the surgery.

However, I must offer a thought to ponder on this story: why would you leak this to a newspaper? Either you have bad staff who thought it would be funny. Or, are you, or someone on your staff, trying to gain sympathy for routine gallstones?

[Update: 8:45am 3/20] The LJ World has posted the story here.

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good lord.

First, there's no such thing as "routine gallstones."

Second, nothing here is/was leaked. It's called open leadership. Futher, if she kept it a secret (for some strange reason), you'd hit her for that too.

Third, what kind of sick partisan politicizes his/her opponents personal pain and suffering?

Anonymous said...

Did Sen. Johnson's staff "leak" his aneurysm to the media, also?

Anonymous said...

Bounce Boyda did not call them "routine", Roll Call called them "routine." And from what I know about it, it is fairly routine as your body can function without a gall bladder.

Bounce Boyda did not write a story, Roll Call wrote the story, are you saying they're full of partisan hacks?

If Boyda was being so open about it, why didn't she send out a press statement back home in Kansas saying she had gall stones and would require surgery. The throwing up in front of constituents would not have had to be in there UNLESS this was a staffer leaking it to Roll Call and putting that part in to be sure they would print it. Furthermore, it was clearly leaked because it was in the "Heard on the Hill" section of roll call. Had Boyda exhibited "open leadership" again, it would have been from a press statement and would have been a regular story, not found in a slightly higher than gossip section.

Finally, if this had been an aneurysm, I doubt Bounce Boyda would have said a thing. And, if you are saying the an aneurysm is equivalent to gallstones, then you need to read up on some medical websites before posting.

Anonymous said...

She's not the President or a Governor and she's not suffering from a life threatening condition, so it's not like her medical condition needs to be public knowledge.

This strikes me as a dumb staffer who thought they could get a little sympathy for their boss. Why would you want to tell people your boss puked in a constituent meeting?

Anonymous said...

"And from what I know about it, it is fairly routine as your body can function without a gall bladder."

By that logic, kidney removal is "Fairly routine as your body can function without" one kidney.

-PRK

Anonymous said...

this takes partisan nastiness to a whole new level. Boyda is sick, and you attack and make fun of her.

This is the sort of thing that makes good people had politics. If you want to criticize the woman, do it, but don't spin personal illness.

This is tacky to the extreme.

Anonymous said...

Do a little reading on gall bladders versus kidneys versus aneurysms. I think you'll find gallstones well down the list of conditions on the serious scale.

And, this story ran in a newspaper in DC first. Bounce Boyda didn't come up with it.

It was obviously leaked from a staffer in Boyda's office who must have thought it was funny. How else would the newspaper know about it?

By the way, puking during a meeting with constituents is in fact funny.

Anonymous said...

Bounce Boyda isn't the only one picking up on this. I assume you Boyda apologists would say Roll Call and this site are mean, sick nasty, partisans.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Constituent_firemen_come_to_aid_of_0319.html

Anonymous said...

tone is the distinction, you sloppy hack.

Anonymous said...

crass, tasteless, and mean.

Anonymous said...

Let's see, the tone of the piece . . .recounting the Roll Call story (without much of the sarcasm of the Roll Call story which ended in "Ew"). Then it says it's a funny picture and reminds us of the time our President threw up on the Japanese. Then it says she has gallstones and wishes her a speedy recovery. So far, a real hatchet job.

Now, yes, Bounce Boyda does question why someone would leak the story.

But, nowhere in the post is it negative or nasty. Sounds to me like Steve Boyda is online and he's mad as heck at the leaker on staff and is taking his frustration out here.

Anonymous said...

Where were you when Jim Ryan made everyone puke with his revolting policies?????

Anonymous said...

Ryun, not Ryan, and I wasn't puking. Ryun supported our troops and didn't vote to yank $300 million from our Kansas bases. Ryun supported tax relief. Ryun opposed No Child Left Behind. Ryun opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill. Yep, lots of things to puke about, quick hand me a trash can.

Anonymous said...

Let's face it, liberals don't like it when you have any fun at their expense, but they have no problem bashing other people. These are probably the same people who laugh hysterically at charactures of George Bush. Then again, we already know liberals like the ones coming to Boyda's aid here are of the school of thought that we should be tolerant unless we disagree with them.

Anonymous said...

haha....going under the scalpel is hilarious.

A little sympathy at a time like now might give some credit to conservative when they falsely claim to be compassionate.

Anonymous said...

What a bunch of ridiculous, sophomoric posts-----on both sides. If all you have to argue about today is the presence (or not) of a leak, the mean-spiritness (or not) of a post, and the seriousness of a cholecystectomy (or any major surgery), and the ability to function with (or without) kidneys and gallbladders....if that's all you have to prattle on about with all that's going on in this country and world, then this is a sorry excuse for a blog.

Anonymous said...

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babies cry, babies cry.

come on boyda people get a life. it is funny that she puked - what is even more funny is what wasn't in the story but that she got flustered at the firemen who were in her office yelling "I can't take this anymore!" then whipping off her scarf and sweating horribly - then puking and passing out.

now that we know its really not that serious, seriously folks, its not, it is very very funny. just like it was funny when Bush I puked, it is funny now.

find a sense of humore boyda people.

Anonymous said...

Gee, that was such a mature post....it certainly turned me around. Thank you for your incredible insight and for explaining how funny this all is. BTW, I didn't vote for Boyda....gosh, does that mean I'm one of you now? I feel my sense of humor expanding already.

Anonymous said...

Objectively, puking during a meeting is funny.

Objectively, having gallstones is not funny.

I'm sure that's why some posting here are mad about the story (blame Roll Call and your staff member who leaked it to them by the way, not us). I'm sure that's also why others think the complainers are being a little over sensitive.

Remember, Bounce Boyda doesn't like Nancy, but they were at least kind enough to wish her good health. They could have left that line out.

Anonymous said...

how many of these posts were from the owner of the blog? that certainly doesn't strike of professional-style journalism...

Anonymous said...

Coming into this late but check your facts about the source of the leak. Seems it actually came from one of the EMTs. Don't see that it matters much but thought I'd pass that along. Like you I wish her the best.

Anonymous said...

I beg to differ, but "puking during a meeting" is not universally funny even to folks with good senses of humor.

Anonymous said...

why does the post show it was made AFTER the first comment?

is it possible something was added after posts started critisizing the tastefulness of the original item?

hmmm....

Anonymous said...

At the risk of sounding totally dense, I don't understand what the last writer is inferring. Help me out here?

Anonymous said...

Honestly, how would one of the EMTs know how to get ahold of HOH at Roll Call? Seriously. Do you really think EMTs from Lawrence, KS have EVER read Roll Call?
With reasoning like this, how in the world does the Boyda camp survive?!!

Anonymous said...

As I'm sure you know, it doesn't require getting ahold of HOH, Roll Call, or anyone else specific. It just required talk in the hall, a handy ear, and a few questions. Nothing sinister, nothing remarkable and no harm done.

Anonymous said...

The comments say PDT (pacific time) while the original post was Kansas time. Nice conspiracy theory though.

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