Posted on 12/18/2003 7:35:00 AM PST by The Rant
"I've been surprised [Bush] waited, but then I thought, well, politically, it probably doesn't make much sense to find [Saddam Hussein] just yet." Those were the words of Washington State Congressman Jim McDermott during a recent interview with KIRO radio in Seattle. He implied President Bush would have preferred to have waited until closer to the election to capture Saddam Hussein in an effort to “score more political points with voters.” He continued by saying, "There's too much by happenstance for it to be just a coincidental thing." Thus is the mentality of the liberal left in the United States of America.
This comes from a man nicknamed "Baghdad Jim." He was awarded this moniker because of remarks he made last year. One had President Bush “misleading the American people" on the issue of Iraq. He was heavily criticized for that statement and even drew denigration from some in his own party. And while on a trip to Baghdad before hostilities started he stated that Saddam Hussein was trustworthy. Saddam Hussein? Trustworthy? How did this guy get elected?
The hate that has been instilled within the liberal left of this country; courtesy of the McAuliffe/Clinton regime is so far beyond the realm of acceptability it is maddening. Was it wrong to feel shorted after the 2000 election if you were a Gore/Lieberman supporter? Absolutely not. It was a close race and their candidate lost. It wouldn’t have been normal for them not to feel cheated. It was the same way I felt when an inferior candidate in the man of Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush, a man with a considerably more impressive resume. But until the moment when Clinton lied under oath I was willing to accept him as the president of the United States. Make no mistake, my disdain for Bill Clinton had nothing to do with him abusing his underlings sexually, it had everything to do with him breaking the law and violating his oath to uphold the US Constitution, two things he did when he perjured himself. He paid the price for it through his impeachment, thanks to those like US Rep. Henry Hyde who heeded the duties of his office. After that the respect I held for the man was replaced by a symbolic respect for the office of the presidency. But never did I possess the hatred in my heart for Bill Clinton that people like McDermott hold for George W. Bush today. And all this hatred coming from the “tolerant left.”
It needs to be pointed out that the win-at-all-costs tactics of Terry McAuliffe and his spin-minions nurtures the nucleolus of this infection. Guilty by association and by enabling them are those who placed him in the position he now holds, Bill and Hillary Clinton. He is their creation and just like Frankenstein when being chased by the frightened towns people, he is running amok. His win-at-all-cost arrogance is the platform and his chief tactic this time around is fostering the evil of hatred, hatred for another human being. Again, make no mistake; the hatred has moved on from being simply aimed at the policies of an administration, it is now targeting George W. Bush the man, husband and father. It is sickening.
In a way, should the unthinkable happen and Howard Dean win the presidency of the United States, I think I would be able to see a glimpse of sunshine during an otherwise category 5 hurricane and that glimpse of sunshine would be the demise of Terry McAuliffe and the Clinton DNC machine. Should the absurd happen I would hunker down inside my own political spider hole for four years solaced and nourished by the idea that McAuliffe’s days were through.
As for Jim McDermott, perhaps Washington State’s GOP Chairman Chris Vance said it best when he said, "Calling on [McDermott] to apologize is useless, but I call on other Democrats to let the public know if they agree with McDermott -- and Howard Dean, who recently said he thought it was possible that President Bush had advance knowledge about 9/11. The voters deserve to know if the entire Democratic Party believes in these sorts of bitter, paranoid conspiracy theories." Mr. McAuliffe? A comment sir?
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Frank Salvato is a political media consultant, a freelance writer from the Midwest and the Managing Editor for TheRant.us. He is a contributing writer to The Washington Dispatch, and various other sites. He has appeared as a guest on The O’Reilly Factor, The Kevin Matthews Radio Show (Chicago) and The Brad Messer Radio Show (San Antonio). His pieces are occasionally featured in The Washington Times and The London Morning Paper as well as other national and international publications.
Ok Saddam, we want to make this look good for the cameras. Now when I say "roll" you run to the rat hole, jump in, and we'll cover it up. Then you, soldier, pretend to ask fat Hakkim some questions and he'll sort of gesture over to the piece of cloth covering the hole. Now listen carefully because this is important. Saddam, when you come out of the hole say something dramatic like, "I'm Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq. I want to negotiate." And you, solder, say something like "President Bush sends his regards." Ready? Oh wait. MAKEUP, MAKEUP!! Muss up Saddam's hair a bit and add some more white to the beard. He has to look like a wild man when he comes out. Ok. Ready on the set? ROLL!
This guy is a fruitcake just like Mamma Osama Murray.
Jim McDermott is not from my part of Washington so there is not much I can do to get him out of office. I sure hope those in his district will work like crazy to get him out.
So...what's going on that makes the capture "timing" so important now, anyway? Have the left wing minions said why it's odd? There's nothing to distract from.
It's not like abused women are testifying at an impeachment trial or anything.
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