Posted on 04/14/2008 6:52:53 AM PDT by army2008
Well, if this isn't the height of irony.
A few weeks ago it was disclosed that Democrat Congressman Jim McDermott's trip to Baghdad in the run-up to the Iraq war was secretly funded by Saddam Hussein himself, the cash allegedly being funneled through a domestic charity now under federal indictment.
Well, it's an understatement that McDermott has long been a controversial figure in American politics, even among the far left. But a recent, unrelated federal court decision provides Jim (who is, regrettably, my member of Congress) with an entirely new and unfamiliar task: fundraising for the Republican Party.
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