Saddam capture doesn't change Jackson Lee's mind [SJL invites Syrian Pres. to speak in TX]

Houston Chronicle ^ | 12/15/2003 | RON NISSIMOV

[HennepinPrisoner]

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, said today that the capture of Saddam Hussein does nothing to change her opposition to the war in Iraq.

"I believe we should have had a congressional vote before declaring war, and we should have allowed U.N. inspectors time to finish their work," Jackson Lee said during a news conference at Bush Intercontinental Airport. "As to WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), the fact they have not been found I believe shows I was right."

One of the more outspoken congressional critics of the war in Iraq, Jackson Lee had returned to Houston from a recent terrorism fact-finding mission to Europe and the Middle East. She and nine other members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security met with officials in Spain, Italy, Syria and Israel, she said.

She praised troops from the 4th Infantry Division based at Ft. Hood for catching the the former Iraqi dictator Saturday in an underground hideout at a farm house south of Tikrit. She said Saddam's capture presents an opportunity for the United States to form a broader international coalition to implement and maintain a peaceful government in Iraq. She also called for international participation in Saddam's trial.

Jackson Lee said she was so impressed with Syrian President Bashar Assad during her visit that she invited him to speak in Texas, even though his country is designated by the United States as a rogue state and a sponsor of terrorism.

"I'm sure someone will write a headline, 'Congresswoman invites a terrorist'," Jackson Lee said. "But that's not what I'm trying to do."

She said Assad showed his willingness to negotiate by meeting with the congressional delegation despite President Bush's signing on Friday of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which could impose sanctions on Syria.

"He's a 39-year-old president who even gave us a picture of him and his children," Jackson Lee said. "Let's see what he can do. He's not his father," a reference to Hafez Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for 30 years before his death in 2000.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Any man who gives you a picture of his wife and children can't be all that bad, could he?

[CaptRon]

"He's a 39-year-old president who even gave us a picture of him and his children," Jackson Lee said.

"After that I'm not sure what he said because I was distracted by his shiny cufflinks"

How can someone be so proud of being so agressively stupid?

[JoJo Gunn]

I'm waiting on McKinney to ask Hussein for that 750 grand he had with him.

michael miserable failure moore hillary evil bitch clinton al sore loser gore bill lying rapist clinton

[river rat]

The bitch is nut!
What else can you say?

As long a blacks continue to send the stupidest bastards amongst them to Congress - they are doomed to remain on the Democrat plantation....

Semper Fi

[rovenstinez]

RIGHT ON, I too, thought immediately, if the guy gave her a picture of himself and his family. WE do need to look at Syria. She has real profound insight. WOW

[Howlin]

I believe you were discussing this yesterday.

[Texas Deer Hunter]

A product of public education and the NEA. Keep 'em stupid and they will always vote for the demo side of the ticket.

[Howlin]

She said Assad showed his willingness to negotiate by meeting with the congressional delegation despite President Bush's signing on Friday of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which could impose sanctions on Syria.

Honest to gawd, this woman doesn't have the sense God gave a rock.

She has NO idea she/they were used.

[RobbyS]

Lee belongs to that closet school of socialists who is too dumb to know she is a socialist.

[xrp]

"I believe we should have had a congressional vote before declaring war, and we should have allowed U.N. inspectors time to finish their work," Jackson Lee said during a news conference at Bush Intercontinental Airport. "As to WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), the fact they have not been found I believe shows I was right."

If I'm not mistaken:

Congress did vote

The UN had 12 years

The search for WMD continues. FDR never produced Adolf Hitler and didn't the search for Hitler go on for quite awhile before it was discovered that he committed suicide in spring 1945?

[Erasmus]

Sheila, Saddam's WMDs are still where he hid them before the invasion: Mars.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Sheila, Saddam's WMDs are still where he hid them before the invasion: Mars.

LOL! I completely forgot about that! Didn't she tour NASA once and ask to see the flag that we put on Mars? (or something like that?!)

[TXBlair]

Well, I never thought I'd pull a "Natalie Maines", but "just so you know"...I'm ashamed that Miz Jackson-if-you're-nasty-Lee is from my home state of Texas. Her antics are nothing new, but are always refreshingly stupid. You go, girl! Way to continue making a completely irrelevant arse of yourself!

[alnick]

[stevie_d_64]

Our favorite U.S. Representative...

Humble...Isn't this your...Isn't she your...errr...

Nevermind...hehehe

Later,
Steve

[HennepinPrisoner]

Humble...Isn't this your...Isn't she your...errr...

She was MINE from 1995-1998 when I lived near downtown Houston.

She is a complete embarrassment for Houston-area residents. Even people I know that are "left of center" are embarrassed by some of her actions / statements.

[Unmarked Package]

Sheila Jackson Lee's stupidity is only exceeded by her arrogance. Taken separately, these two traits are serious character flaws, but together they make for a truly obnoxious human being who is utterly unfit to hold public office.

[Humidston]

"I'm sure someone will write a headline, 'Congresswoman invites a terrorist'," Jackson Lee said. "But that's not what I'm trying to do."

LIAR!!!

[Dog Anchor]

Well, I never thought I'd pull a "Natalie Maines", but "just so you know"...I'm ashamed that Miz Jackson-if-you're-nasty-Lee is from my home state of Texas

You think that's bad...she is my congressman...or woman...
or whatever...

[blam]

"I'm waiting on McKinney to ask Hussein for that 750 grand he had with him. "

Yup, for the children of Houston that George Bush is starving.