Posted on 07/22/2005 12:07:54 PM PDT by Antioch
Soldiers from Massachusetts and Hawaii who work at the U.S. military detention facility at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave visiting home-state senators a piece of their mind last week. Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Democrat, met with several soldiers during a visit led by Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John W. Warner, Virginia Republican. Pentagon officials said soldiers criticized the harsh comments made recently by Senate Democrats. Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, last month invoked widespread military outrage when he compared Guantanamo to the prison labor systems used by communist tyrant Josef Stalin, Cambodia's Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler. "They got stiff reactions from those home-state soldiers," one official told us. "The troops down there expressed their disdain for that kind of commentary, especially comparisons to the gulag." A spokesman for Mr. Kennedy had no comment. A spokeswoman for Mr. Akaka confirmed that the senator met with soldiers from Hawaii but did not recall receiving any complaints during the meeting. Both senators made no mention of the incident in press statements after the visit. Mr. Kennedy, in his statement, said that he is "impressed with the courtesies and professionalism of the men and women in our armed forces."
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We don't hold you responsible. At least I hope freepers don't hold Texas freepers responsible for the brain dead congress woman from Houston. Shudder
Where did you hear that? I am not doubting you just seen lots of pictures of him swimming in the water out at Hyannis Port.
yea
it's a win, win
Even if he made land people would yell, "beached whale!" and "save the whale"
and throw him back in...
Bump to the Top!
Good! And wouldn't be an extra treat if Fat Traitor Ted fell off the boat into shark infested waters... well, I can dream anyway.
I've wondered about that too. I can't believe they haven't dumped him long ago. He's an embarrassment to MA, America and to himself, and he's getting worse.
It would be good to see this story in the N.Y. Times and Wash. Post.
Filthy rags.
What if there's scotch in it?
Just to be sure, you know when I say massachusetts people, I mean the majority.
I know there are still some fine people left, but they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of idiots.
Ma. would be a great place, just like Rhode Island, if only a certain half of the population would just drop dead or even move away.
I have an answer for you. I am a Mass resident (or resident of Taxachusetts, if you will). Sometimes I feel like I am the only conservative living in this state, aside from our Governor, Mitt Romney. Anyway, the reason Teddy keeps his job here is because the Republican Party is practically non-existant in this state. Since they cant muster up a candidate to run against him, he is re-elected over and over - kind of like the election Saddam held in Iraq where he ran against himself - and won!! Beleive me, I cant wait for Ted "The windbag" Kennedy to be replaced. Every day I wake up I hope his liver explodes in his face. Its got to happen sooner or later, given the lush that he is!!
Strange... not a word of this at www.tedkennedy.com...
You know, there's a part of me that thinks military service should be a prerequisite for elected office. It's unreasonable, I know, and unconstitutional, but damn. It's time somebody took a stick to these sorry mf's in office.
They better watch it. Kennedy will take them a ride in his car.
What? You say you couldn't find this article on AP, Reuters or Yahoo?
Are you sure that's Kennedy? I thought it was Nadler.
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