Wu Drops Other Shoe

Tiger Wu

Latest: Congressman 'Tiger' Wu proved to be a paper tiger after all. The Congressman announced today he would resign after the debt ceiling vote. Both Oregon's Democratic senators called on him to resign immediately and not finish his term in office as he said he wanted to do. The state Democratic Party was also preparing to call for the Congressman's immediate resignation. The latest incident to reach public notice was the final foul ball in Wu's seven term congressional career. He managed to beat off the initial scandal of numerous staff resignations, alleged mental breakdown [photo], and admitted prescription pill abuse. Wu's announced resignation will put a hold on the House Ethics Committee investigation. It is unclear at this point what role his alleged sexual assault played in the mass staff resignations, but an ethics investigation would undoubtedly have caused more bitter embarrassment and distress, especially for the unnamed woman complaining of an unwanted sexual advance. Democratic leaders acted swiftly to avoid a replay of former New York Congressman Anthony Wiener's sexual scandal just six weeks ago.  Wu's early departure will require a special election for the vacant 1st District seat. Scheduling the special election will depend on when Wu actually resigns. His $174,000 a year salary does not end until then.

{25.7.11}Representative David 'Tiger' Wu [photo] has dropped the other shoe in his long- running saga of erratic behavior, mass staff resignations, public intoxication, and prescription drug misuse. Since donning a tiger suit {"Wu"} the Oregon politician has struggled to fight off calls for his resignation and mend fences with angry 1st Congressional District constituents which happens to include US Person.  For the first time in several election cycles he is facing determined opposition by candidates from his own party. In response Wu has turned to Chinese-American contributors from outside Oregon to finance his campaign for re-election to an eighth term of office. The local news reported on Friday that Wu had been accused of sexual assault by the daughter of an Orange County California contributor in May. His staff knew about the alleged unwanted advance since the woman in question left a distraught message on Wu's Stumptown office telephone. The incident is said to have occurred around Thanksgiving of last year in Orange County. No explanation for the delay in reporting the incident has been offered.

Reaction to the news was swift and nearly unanimously negative. Concerned about the political effects of Wu's embarrassingly protracted scandal, the House Democratic leadership asked Wu to resign over the weekend, but the stubborn Congressman refused, issuing a statement saying he will not run for re-election. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi filed a request today for a House Ethics Committee investigation, usually the first step in a dance to resignation. A 1st District activist has already renewed a motion for a vote of no confidence in Wu before the Washington County Democratic Committee referring to a disturbing "pattern of behavior" by the fifty-six year old Congressman. When attending Stanford University, Wu was disciplined for assaulting a girlfriend. Wu told his staff that the latest sexual incident was consensual in nature. The woman was eighteen at the time. Used tiger suit, anyone?