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Eleanor Clift displays her contempt for our troops
CNSNews.com ^
| 30 August 2005
| Susan Jones
Posted on 08/31/2005 10:46:46 AM PDT by Howie66
Excerpted from article:
"A group that supports the U.S. military is demanding an apology from Newsweek magazine's Eleanor Clift, who recently characterized America's armed forces as a "mercenary Army."
Her comments -- made this past weekend on the syndicated TV program "The McLaughlin Group" -- were "unfounded and grossly inappropriate," said the Freedom Alliance.
In an Aug. 30 letter to Clift, Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon asked her to retract her comment and apologize to the armed forces and their families.
Clift made the comment during a discussion about military recruiting efforts:
"But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army," Clift said, according to a transcript of "The McLaughlin Group" program.
"And it doesn't have a nice ring to it. We call it 'volunteers,' but we're basically paying people to serve their country. And if you're going to pay people and have a mercenary Army, you're going to have to pay the market rate. And so the bounties are going up -- more money for tuition, higher enlistment bonuses -- and I think it's appropriate."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200508/CUL20050830b.html
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clift; eleanorclift; leftists; liberalmedia; mercenary; military; newsweek; treason
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To: longfellow
How about "C U Next Tuesday." I think of it more as "Can't Understand Normal Thinking".
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posted on
08/31/2005 11:57:56 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: Howie66
Eleanor Klift and Hillary Klinton are just like sisters; joined at the hip.
She, like her sister, has yet to utter an intelligent sentence!
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:24:19 PM PDT
by
ElCapusto
(For ENGLISH, press one.)
To: RetroSexual
If she is a whore, she is darn lucky she is paid by media or she would be starving. Eleanor Clift is and has been an embarrassment to my gender.
43
posted on
08/31/2005 12:27:28 PM PDT
by
Toespi
To: RexBeach
"Another ugly and bitter feminist."
She is that and more -- ugly, bitter, ferret-faced, feminist/socialist/communist NAG HAG.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:36:32 PM PDT
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Burlem
45
posted on
08/31/2005 12:48:29 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: Howie66; StarCMC; Brad's Gramma; MoJo2001; LUV W; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; Kathy in Alaska; ...
A there but for the grace of God-ping-a-ling.
To: Diva Betsy Ross
What a contemptible piece of human debris! She is so not relevant any more and will become less so now! Americans will rise up and sweep away trash like this if they keep this sort of rhetoric up for long!
47
posted on
08/31/2005 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
luvie
(A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
To: SIDENET
This seh-ideiot has no knowledge of the history of the US military. Except for the emergencies of WWI and WWII, our military has always been composed of volunteers. The term mercenary, by the way, usually applied to armies for hire. She doesn't know that she is implying that a troops might sell out to a higher bidder. Fact is that, by and large, every one who has served in the military has come out a better person than he went in. Just compare them with their classmates, a significanr percentage of whom are in jail.
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posted on
08/31/2005 1:12:15 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: RexBeach
Another ugly and bitter feminist.
My thoughts also, she never looks happy, always a sour scowl on her face.
49
posted on
08/31/2005 1:14:55 PM PDT
by
John Lenin
(Liberalism: Where shame is a virtue)
To: Howie66
"But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army," Clift said, according to a transcript of "The McLaughlin Group" program. Eleanor? You are an idiot. Just shut up. Go home. Quit working. Seek help.
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posted on
08/31/2005 1:26:33 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Lord, we need a Logan miracle for Simcha7 and Cowboy. Please.)
To: Howie66; Diva Betsy Ross
51
posted on
08/31/2005 1:32:07 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Howie66
What an idiot. She may see it as paying bounty. That bespeaks her view of our country in general. In truth, the heroes who risk all to protect and defend our country -- and her right to be a moron on government supported TV shows -- are vastly underpaid, and IMHO could never be adequately compensated.
52
posted on
08/31/2005 1:37:48 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: Howie66
Tahnk you for posting this thread.
I never liked her myself and she makes my skin crawl.
I can not believe that she would say something like this,though.
Just another traitor .
To: Kathy in Alaska
I really do not like Elanor.
To: Diva Betsy Ross
I don't now anyone that does.
Do you?
To: Howie66
To: Howie66
......Eleanor--that means you!
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posted on
08/31/2005 3:17:48 PM PDT
by
luvie
(A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
To: Howie66
I have no clue who she is. Now, I don't even know or care.
Isn't it funny how our military, conservatives, and our President are stupid, "every-bad-name-you-can-think-of", and warmongers when it is the Republicans in charge? But, when it involves the Democrats and liberals, they can do no wrong and are praised to high-heaven. Only good things are said.
YAWN! Same old....same old......they are so funny and predictable.
Where are the Viking Kitties when you need them? She needs a good zot! LOL
58
posted on
08/31/2005 3:30:26 PM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(My tagline has been known to get confused. Pay no attention to its ramblings.)
To: Dick Vomer
She will never go away....lol
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posted on
08/31/2005 3:45:04 PM PDT
by
Burlem
To: Howie66
OMG! Have you heard what our mercenaries are up to now? How could they! Going down and helping those poor victims of the hurrycane! The nerve.
60
posted on
08/31/2005 4:09:04 PM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(My tagline has been known to get confused. Pay no attention to its ramblings.)
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