Was Max Baucus Drunk While Delivering Senate Speech? VIDEO

Max Baucus, the democratic U.S. Senator for Montana was accused by Mark Foley, a real estate agent who used to be a Republican U.S. House of Representatives member, of being drunk while delivering his speech in Senate on December 22. Foley posted a link to the video on his Facebook page saying, "This is the senator that hired his staffer and then took her on trips…and divorced his wife….and they had me run out of town.”

In the video of the speech that Foley is referring to, Sen. Baucus does appear to be talking somewhat incoherently, while repeating himself in certain places and gesticulating excessively. Baucus can also be seen pointing at and confronting Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi during his speech. The Internet is abuzz discussing whether Baucus was indeed drunk while delivering his speech, and whether Foley's call on Baucus is legit. Many are speculating if a medical condition could have caused Baucus to talk in such a way.

In 2006, Foley himself was at the center of a sex scandal involving House pages, in which he was implicated in sending sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages to teenage pages. The allegations prompted Foley to resign. He admitted to having a drinking problem and sending the controversial messages while being intoxicated.

Meanwhile, Max Baucus made headlines in March of this year when he nominated his girlfriend Melodee Hanes for a U.S. attorney position in Montana while he was divorcing his wife. Hanes later withdrew her nomination.

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