Posted on 10/01/2007 11:55:51 AM PDT by fweingart
A spokesman for the Family Research Council says Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) was the "ringleader" of a Senate hearing that turned into a "circus" and disrespected two top U.S. military officials.
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Peter Pace was shouted down by hecklers from the anti-war group Code Pink after reaffirming his belief that homosexuality is "counter to God's law" and should not be condoned by the military.
The hecklers had been booing and jeering Pace and Defense Secretary Bob Gates throughout a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Pentagon's $190 billion funding request for the war in Iraq. The anti-war protestors created such a disturbance that Senator Robert Byrd, the committee chairman, was forced to suspend the hearing.
Tom McClusky of the Family Research Council says Senator Byrd let the protestors take over the hearing. "And then to top it all off, Senator Harkin starts attacking General Pace on his belief that homosexuals should not be serving in the military. Something that has been part of the military conduct for a very long time and something General Pace personally believes in, yet he was mocked and ridiculed by Senator Harkin," says McClusky. "And congratulations to Senator Judd Gregg for standing up to Senator Harkin and telling him he should be ashamed for his actions."
He says Harkin (D-Iowa) and Byrd were pandering to the more radical elements of their party. "I think it was a play to the radical Democratic base, the anti-war base, groups like Code Pink and MoveOn.org," he stated. "It was definitely a play to them, and I'm sure that if we went to their websites right now we'd probably see alerts telling them to thank Senator Harkin and to thank Senator Byrd for their mistreatment of a respected general."
McClusky says Pace showed a tremendous amount of character by keeping his cool and standing firm in his opposition to homosexuality and adultery in the military.
I didn’t know that the KKK was for homosexual rights.
Our modern Senate is becoming much like the Roman Senate imo.
My favorite painting of the Roman Senate, Byrd would like the white robes.
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Wouldn't that be magnificent!
I doubt there is a pair of balls in all of congress capable of the challenge...
Hell, I'd be happy to simply have one congress critter call another a lying worthless sonuvabitch on the floor of congress!
I nearly choke when they constantly refer to each other as "my honorable friend from"...
Who also RECENTLY used the banned word "Nigger" in his comments....
Nary a word of protest from the press or the overly sensitive A hyphen As.
I guess even they recognize the old fool as an ally....
Well said.
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