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Who, really, is surprised? I'm shocked it took some Dems several hours to say such things. They're usually quicker on the draw.
1 posted on 06/08/2006 2:56:45 PM PDT by seamus
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To: seamus

Pandering to their base on the DU


369 posted on 06/09/2006 7:03:04 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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Thank you Rep. Pete Stark for clearly elaborating Democrat positions and platforms.

Zarquari (good, or at least not a problem for the world)
US Military--evil.

Got it.

The Rats have such a lovable "House" of characters: Jefferson, McDermott, McKinney, Stark, etc. I am sure the voters want to send more of them to DC--NOT.


378 posted on 06/09/2006 7:36:44 AM PDT by rod1
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To: seamus

Brit Hume's show on Fox last night mentioned that Fat Teddy actually had the sense to applaud the troops and then keep his mouth shut.


379 posted on 06/09/2006 7:38:43 AM PDT by hershey
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To: seamus
From the ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS:

During his long tenure (1995-2004) as the senior Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, Stark produced reports that criticized Republican policies. He was one of two House members to vote against repeal of the 3% telephone excise tax and one of three who opposed the resolution denouncing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. In March 2003 he called the bombing of Iraq "an act of extreme terrorism." He co-sponsored a plan to reinstate the military draft, and was on the losing side of a 402-2 vote on the proposal in October 2004. He cited the experience of World War II, when "it was everyone's patriotic duty and our country was better for it."

Stark has a habit of making provocative comments about other members. After he incorrectly stated at a committee hearing in May 2001 that all children of Republican Conference chairman J.C. Watts had been born out of wedlock, Watts confronted him in the House chamber and Stark reportedly gave a flippant response that further angered Watts. At a hearing on prescription drug coverage in February 2003, he said that George W. Bush did not have to pay a penny when he went to Alcoholics Anonymous to quit drinking (Bush has never said that he attended AA or that he was an alcoholic). In July 2003, when committee Democrats gathered in a room adjacent to the Ways and Means room and Chairman Bill Thomas called the Capitol Police to evict them, Stark called Thomas a "fascist." The San Francisco Chronicle reported "rumblings that it might be time for the veteran Congressman to retire," but Stark said, "I've got to keep running. I've got 2-year-old twins and I've got to get them through college. Our retirement plan is good, but it ain't that good."

383 posted on 06/09/2006 8:18:19 AM PDT by tellw
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The Times is characterizing the context of this Democrat's remarks and not quoting him fully and in context. Note the story's actual words:
"This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. "Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
As you can see, the words: for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers are not in quotes. I am concerned that the full quote be discovered. I imagine the Times is making a fair characterization of much more carefully spun words by this loser.
385 posted on 06/09/2006 8:27:38 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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And it was a pretty cool stunt, no? Let's see some more!
390 posted on 06/09/2006 9:31:24 AM PDT by white trash redneck (Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9-11-01.)
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Rep. Pete Stark = donkey dung

and a treasonous member of our congress
393 posted on 06/09/2006 9:47:12 AM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for Strippers.)
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To: seamus

In related news, Democrats are a bunch of friggin' idiots.


399 posted on 06/09/2006 10:48:30 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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Well, that "stunt" is no longer leading the Al Quaida terrorists or cutting off Iraqi's heads.

Well done American & ally troops!
400 posted on 06/09/2006 11:04:38 AM PDT by Libertina
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Remember the Salad Days right after 9/11 when Democrats were afraid of being Anti-American? Sigh...the Good Old Days!


401 posted on 06/09/2006 11:31:06 AM PDT by 50sDad (ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
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By "stunt" do they mean we could've killed Zarq at any time but chose this particular time because the President's approval rating is low? Incredibly sick.
405 posted on 06/09/2006 12:03:30 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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I can hear the cuckoo singing in the cuckooberry tree...


409 posted on 06/09/2006 12:15:38 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Don't know if you saw/heard this on your spinney set.

Ping


411 posted on 06/09/2006 12:26:17 PM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = begin with the end in mind)
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To: seamus
By the same measure, I suppose that the Declaration of Independence is also a "stunt"?

Perhaps the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights are just a big, huge, "stunt"?

Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!

NEW HEADLINE:
DEMOCRATS: AMERICA A "STUNT"

Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said that the establishment of the United States of America was a stunt to divert global attention from the spectre of past religious persecution.

"This is just to cover the King's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" for British citizens having been persecuted and killed for their religion...

412 posted on 06/09/2006 12:46:55 PM PDT by HKMk23 (We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
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well if Osama Bin Laden is captured who will retaliate the hardest against the U.S.?, the Dems or the jihadists around the world?..looks like the Dems will go crazy if Bin Laden bites the dust..

None dare call it treason....it's time we did


416 posted on 06/09/2006 2:17:51 PM PDT by billmor (I Like Ike)
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"Who, really, is surprised? I'm shocked it took some Dems several hours to say such things. They're usually quicker on the draw."

They're a little slower to make statements that reveal them to be traitors in wartime. Consider the two-hour delay as their way of showing respect for the American war effort.


420 posted on 06/09/2006 4:05:15 PM PDT by strategofr (H-mentor:"pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it"Hillary's Secret War,Poe,p.198)
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To: seamus

No, the Killing of Vince Foster and Ron Brown. Now those were stunts.

Not to mention all the Arkancides! (thanks to the fellow freeper who turned me on to that saying)


421 posted on 06/09/2006 4:28:48 PM PDT by jw777
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Here is one American who--I think--laments the death of Zarqawi. Brad Odland has threatened, that's right...threatened conservatives by stating, "Hey conservatives...I am watching YOU" while he posted the following at DU:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/7

There, he says, in reference to conservatives, "War is the goal." That's right, according to Mr. Odland, you conservatives started and perpetuate war.

Please email Brad Odland at bodland@sbcglobal.net and let him know your thoughts. Since he states, "I am watching YOU," please let him know we are watching him, too. He lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. One of his home sites is http://www.blogger.com/profile/3020080

425 posted on 06/09/2006 6:50:23 PM PDT by matt1234
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I'd sure like to see what the modern day Moynihan has to say; I speak, of course, of Representative Cynthia McKinney. I'd also like to get the esteemed opinion of Representative William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana.


427 posted on 06/09/2006 9:20:03 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: seamus

Wow --- pretty neat "stunt". I can't wait 'til Bush pulls the hat trick with Bin Laden.


433 posted on 06/10/2006 3:58:33 PM PDT by soccermom
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