Talk:Jim McDermott

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Contents 1 "Baghdad" Jim 2 Controversies 3 Will someone please find a citation for his Irish ancestry 4 The citations are a mess

[edit] "Baghdad" Jim

I'm going to revert the addition of "Baghdad" to Mcdermott's name in the article lead. The name there should be his legal name, or the name he goes by, like "Jim". The origins and relevance of the "Baghdad" bit are mentioned in the body of the article. (Yes, most reasonable people would see the addition of "Baghdad" as simple vandalism, but in case someone might somehow construe this as a content dispute, I want to get my position laid out here.) CDC (talk) 18:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Controversies

I've made an effort to improve the neutrality of the "Controversies" section. The original version was written in a biased voice. 24.19.233.237 17:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Why isn't there any mention of Jim McDermott's position on other issues, such as abortion? Other members of Congress have had their positions on abortion explored in exhaustive detail in their Wikipedia articles. Dino 16:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Will someone please find a citation for his Irish ancestry

Someone has removed the category indicating that he is an Irish-American politician with the odd claim that he could be Scottish. I know McDermott, and he's about as Scottish as a pint of Guinness. But I don't offhand have a citation. Does someone else? - Jmabel | Talk 17:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Did a Google search. Any reason not to accept this - containing the sentence "McDermott's Irish eyes light up" - from the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine? - Jmabel | Talk 17:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

For that matter, his annual fundraiser is a "potato feed" on the weekend nearest St. Patrick's Day, under the name "Celebrating our Roots". On the page promoting it this year he refer to "my own Irish heritage", which I presume should be solid, and which I will cite. - Jmabel | Talk 19:49, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The citations are a mess

I cited solidly for "Baghdad Jim" nickname, but in general the citations in this article are a mess, and could really use some cleanup. - Jmabel | Talk 20:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)