Posted on 07/20/2004 9:53:07 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
THE SORROWFULLY PITIFUL MAX CLELAND
Looks like Max Cleland has really taken to his role as The Poodle's attack dog. Yesterday Sad Max had a telephone conference call with reporters during which he said that President Bush attacked Iraq and deposed Saddam Hussein because "his daddy was a failed president." Cleland said that Bush wanted to be "Mr. Macho Man" and said that Bush "flat-out lied" when he asked the congress to authorize a war against Iraq.
Cleland's role as Kerry's dog washer is particularly troubling to myself and fellow Georgians who have known him so long. I don't think any of us realized the depth of the bitterness this man is able to generate over real and perceived misfortunes. I dare say that with each Cleland rant there are more and more Georgians who are thankful that he no longer represents this state in the U.S. Senate.
The Cleland story that the left is trying to portray to the rest of the nation is that evil, hate-filled Republicans in Georgia attacked his "patriotism" during the 2000 Senate Race. I was sitting right here doing talk radio in Georgia during that time ... and it just didn't happen. Cleland's patriotism wasn't attacked. What was attacked was his leach-like attachment to Tom Daschle. Daschle recognized that Cleland wasn't strong enough to stand up to Senate leadership. He quickly became little more than a yes-man to Senate Democrats ... a loyal foot soldier who could be counted on to toe the leadership line even when the leadership cause was at odds with the expressed desires or best interests of the Georgians whom Cleland represented.
After 9/11, when the congress was creating the Department of Homeland Security, Democrats wanted to make sure that their treasured government employee unions came away from the table stronger than ever. Republicans felt that in matters of national security the President ought to have the authority to dismiss or transfer key government personnel involved in homeland security matters. Democrats disagreed. They yanked on Cleland's leash and he stood fast against the Homeland Security bill. Georgia voters aren't particularly fond of government employee unions, and they saw Cleland kowtowing to the Democratic leadership, and they fired him.
Get over it, Max. Georgia voters saw you kissing union ass, and they didn't like it. You refused to stand up to your Democratic Party puppeteers, and the voters cut your strings for you. If you had worried as much about what the people of Georgia thought as you did about what Daschle and company wanted you might still be a U.S. Senator today. Now you rant about Bush trying to be "macho" and fighting this war against Saddam's terrorist aims because his "daddy was a failed president." Funny ... but we down here in Georgia don't seem to remember you saying anything about Clinton's war in Bosnia! That war over ethnic cleansing was quite OK with you, wasn't it Max? But let a Republican fight a war against a bloody butcher who has actually used WMDs to kill his own people ... and you get squeamish. Now you're reduced to being an attack lap dog for John Kerry.
Look .... this is a man who introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would have given law enforcement officials the ability to simply seize your property if they ever found you in a public place connected to interstate transportation, such as an airport, Interstate highway or bus station, with more than $10,000 cash on your person. Quite the defender of individual freedom, this Max Cleland. He worked hard to earn his defeat in Georgia. Now he's working just as hard to get some federal job hand-out from The Poodle.
How sad.
FMCDH(BITS)
How about an attack lap-dance dog for John Kerry???
Cleland and his supporters continually harped upon his physical disabilities as "war" wounds, always portraying the results of an unfortunate alcohol-related accident as some kind of "bravery" to be contrasted with President Bush's alleged "cowardice."
The funny thing is, when Kerry loses the election Cleland will be tossed aside like used tissue paper. He's a disabled prop for the Kerry campaign, and he knows that the GOP won't attack him because then he'll use his disability as an excuse. Pathetic.
WideAwake, please let me remind you and others on this thread to remain wide awake and verb vigilant regarding Mr. Cleland; He was INJURED, not WOUNDED. Pity and concern are appropriate, hero-worship is DECIDEDLY not.
Cleland wasn't drunk...he was about to drink some beers until the accident happened.
I was under the impression that an intoxicated colleague dropped a live grenade and that Cleland picked it up not knowing that it was live.
Shut up, Max.
Do Not Pick Up Live Hand Grenades! Duh!
...used for third based at the Democrat annual picnic.
"Max has been used for a long time now. Kind of feel bad for the guy."
I don't. Then again, I don't feel sorry for any prostitutes, its always their choice in the end how they spend their time.
Cleland is no different than Al Gore. He just can't believe "We the People" didn't buy into his views, and now he's having public temper tantrums every time he gets the chance.
He's going to implode next week on national tv, watch and see. Liberals just can't help it any more.
It really is quite a shame that so many who wish to respond to Max's irrational diatribes feel a need to distort what really happened, and what he really did do in the war, in an effort to cut him off at the knees. Whoops - bad choice of words.
I'm not saying you felt that need, but obviously whoever came up with the version that led to your "impression" did. Kind of like Ms. Coulter claiming that Max's injuries could've occurred back home at Ft. Dix. It is an unfair characterization of what happened to him.
First, Cleland was a war hero by whatever standard you want to apply. Four days before he was wounded, he earned a Silver Star at Khe Sanh - that's right - providing medical care to wounded comrades under fire, then bringing them to safety.
His wounds occurred at an LZ a few minutes from KS, when a soldier from another unit dropped a grenade while disembarking from a chooper. Cleland saw it on the ground, picked it up, boom.
That's the deal. The only thing he did wrong was to not leave a grenade lying on the ground below his helicopter. There is no need to beat him up about what happened there, and there is no need to diminish the fact that he served ably and he gave three limbs to his country. Why not just talk about what Max is doing now, or has done recently, and lay off the BS effort to tear down his service?
Making fun of Cleland for his unfortunate accident is not appropriate. Anyone who gets injured, nomatter the circumstances, while honorably serving their country, deserves nothing but our thanks and admiration.
Open season on his political crap, nobody was happier to see his defeat for his Senate seat more then me, but it is not appropriate to mock his service to his country, which was honroable.
I feel really bad for the guy, have for a long time. I pray for him whenever I see him on TV.
Thank you very much.
I got in the same position on another thread, having to defend Cleland's war record. I got hammered by everyone.
I'll say now what I said then, open season on his political record, and his views now, but he deserves our respect and admiration for his service.
This is a very nice sentiment but in this case wrong. The way they portray this man, is to leave us thinking that he lost his limbs in some heroic action serving this country, so how dare you question anything that comes out of his mouth! I am sick of being lied to by democrats about anything. It is time to call them on all of their BS.
Exactly. He allows us to believe he was a hero, thereby diminishing the sacrifices of those who really were.
Max is a war hero in his dweeb little mind. I know some real war heros'and they never brag about their actions in combat. Humpty Dumpty, was so incompetent that he dropped and then picked up his own grenade(alcohol Involved)resulting in his now present physical condition. Max and jfk will never be the man that our President Bush is in their lifetime. Oh by the way, I am disabled myself, but so what, I still have a superior mind and attitude, unlike maxy and kerriscare.Bush/Cheney 2004
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