Democrat Pete STARK APOLOGIZES to PRESIDENT and TROOPS

MSNBC ^ | Oct 23, 2007 | Mike Viqueira

[rface]

Embattled Democrat Pete Stark has just publicly apologized to "the president and his family."

He took the floor after his fellow Democrats successfully killed a motion to censure him in the wake of his remarks last Thursday asserting that American troops were fighting in Iraq to have their "heads blown off for the president's amusement."

"I want to apologize to my colleagues, many of whom I have offended," Stark began. He then apologized to "the president and his family" and "the troops."

"I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be," he concluded though a voice cracking with emotion.

[rface]

DUmmies React in HORROR!!!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

DUmmies React in HORROR!!!

Today is a good, GOOD day. ;)

[Army Air Corps]

Ping to you regarding the DUmmie reaction.

[domenad]

I try not to but I can’t help enjoy it. They’re so pissed it’s just delicious.

[lesser_satan]

"I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be," he concluded though a voice cracking with emotion.

WTF? Is this satire, or does this guy have some real emotional issues?

[golfisnr1]

The only insignificance should be his resignation.

[null and void]

I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be

I hope the next election guarantees it.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping to you regarding the DUmmie reaction.

He's 1,000% right, PJ. This is a mandatory DUmmie FUnnies if ever there was one. ;)

[Long Island Pete]

Was wondering the same thing. I think he is a lush and should attend AA.

[lesser_satan]

DUmmie ping

[MrB]

I read that line and immediately looked for “the onion” or “scrappleface”.

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THAT HE ACTUALLY SAID THIS?!!!

[EggsAckley]

“I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be,” he concluded....”

As “insignificant as I should be”...???? Meaning he has no purpose being there? HuH?

[DGHoodini]

It’s not satire. He really *is* a loony toon.

[Tribune7]

"I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be,"

I could accept that apology if I were Dubya.

[NRA1995]

Just read some of it; one DUmmie said he must have gotten a call from Dick Cheney about apologizing or going duck-hunting with the VP.

[RandallFlagg]

I nominate this for BREAKING NEWS!
Do I hear a second?

[italianquaker]

What is more sickening is that a censure motion would even fail

[rbosque]

He should resign. He’s obviously being forced to apologize.

[RexBeach]

Now this is the first time I ever went on to DU, and I am very surprised that those folks who post are so profane.

My word, that amount of incivility would make any reasonable person shudder.

It seems those people don’t like Nancy Pelosi any more than we do!

Hah!

[NRA1995]

He IS quoted as saying that by MSNBC

[Army Air Corps]

Do I hear a second?

Aye!

[windcliff]

Reading their reactions makes me all warm inside.

[Subsonic22]

Fortney did the honorable thing? Who knew? I guess I have to e-mail him again and commend him. This is going to hurt.

[Tribune7]

I second

[mewzilla]

From FNC....

Rep. Pete Stark Apologizes For Suggesting Bush Enjoys Troop Deaths in Iraq

[MinuteGal]

I'd like to see the roll call on the motion to censure.

Unless the spineless chickens on both sides of the aisle agreed to a voice vote.

Leni

[paddles]

I’ll grudgingly give Stark a few points for apologizing rather than taking a page out of the Dem playbook and “brazening out” a gaffe like Her Thighness does.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He’s still a first class jerk.

[LS]

If this were a Republican the next step would be to demand his resignation.

[lilylangtree]

He should have apologized earlier. Sounds like a deal went under the table. His fellow RATS told him to apologize and they’d kill the motion to censure. Then and only then after the motion was killed would the loudmouth dweeb apologize. Sheesh!

[freepertoo]

Oh, no, Fred Grandy is in TROUBLE!! Anyone listen to the Grandy and Andy Morning show in D.C.? Grandy, a died in the wool vegan promised to eat a cheeserbuger on air if he apologized!!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

BWAAAA! Go read comment #10 from DinahMoeHum!

[VOA]

Dang it.
I want Pelosi, Harry Reid, Stark and their whole ship of fools to
keep spouting louder and louder.
And never explain, never apologize even as their comments get louder
and crazier.

So the general public won’t mistake them for sane, reasonable people.

Which is their campaign for attaining The White House again.

[null and void]

My word, that amount of incivility would make any reasonable person shudder.

There are no reasonable persons on DU.

[TChris]

DUmmies React in HORROR!!!

It's a telling thing, IMO, that the Left simply cannot express themselves without resorting to a litany of profanity. It's the only vocabulary they seem to possess.

[N. Theknow]

So, a reprobate, an atheist and a traitor walk into a bar, and the bartender says, “The usual Mr. Stark?”

[trillabodilla]

Those people are pigs!

[rockabyebaby]

Hmmmmmmmmmm, he pulled this stunt on Thursday and it took how many days for this apology to come.....sounds like someone strong armed him......LMAO...I love the part about him going back to being insignificant........

[tobyhill]

The ones who voted to table (kill) this simple censure resolution don’t support our troops and are traitors to the US.

[TChris]

Grandy, a died in the wool vegan promised to eat a cheeserbuger on air if he apologized!!

ROFLOL!!!!!

I want to see that one. :-) I'll even make the cheeseburger for him!

[StAnDeliver]

Bump to Breaking News

[sageb1]

He was sobbing? Well, good! Jerk.

[Hoodlum91]

I was thinking the same thing!

Mrs. Fred will be pi**ed!

[Red_Devil 232]

I bet what happened was that a “few” of the Dems went to him and pressured him into apologizing by saying, “If you don’t we will vote along with the Repubs to censure you”! This idiot had no choice! Not a choice he made but a choice made for him!

[PLD]

Maybe just maybe these fools will be defeated come election time since America is getting the true picture of these evil beings.

[PeterPrinciple]

I return to being as insignificant as I should be,”

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I noticed this too. Either he has really had a “come to Jesus meeting” and seen the light or he doesn’t like being in the spot light and having what he really is about being exposed. (most likely the second).

Hard to distinguish truth from satire any more..........

[Bush gal in LA]

“I hope that with this apology, I return to being as insignificant as I should be,” ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,He should return to the ‘’Loony Bin’’ which is where he should be, and where he belongs!,,,,,,,,Go pound sand DUMMIES!

[Just mythoughts]

We need this in writing, on his letter head, with his real living signature..... Wonder how much this historical document would fetch for fallen military charity.

[puroresu]

A lot of liberals are seriously screwed up. You can tell that by reading a conservative blog or forum, and then reading the ones on the left. It isn’t just that we disagree on the issues. There’s a whole different tone.

FreeRepublic, for example, is full of satire. DU is just filled with whining and hate. Conservatism is usually logical and coherent. Liberalism is emotional and shallow. Liberals are paranoid, obsessed, and generally screwed up. Most of them suffer from arrested emotional development.

Stark is apparently a real loon from what I’ve heard about him.

[null and void]

*ouch* I’m stealing that...