Posted on 06/28/2008 5:31:33 AM PDT by Laverne
It would be generous to say we were stunned," says a Republican House Judiciary Member, describing his response when Congressman and Obama Superdelegate William Delahunt (MA-10) yesterday asked the vice president's chief of staff David Addington about water boarding of terrorists. Addington declined to comment, citing President Bush's refusal to discuss techniques used to attain vital intelligence, and added that another reason not to respond was that Al Qaeda is probably watching.
Congressman Delahunt's response: "I'm glad they finally have a chance to see you." (Emphasis added.)
But the House Republican and Judiciary member was not so stunned to notice that no Republican rose to defend Addington, or to call out Delahunt for essentially inviting al Qaeda to impart physical harm to a senior member of the Bush Administration. "It was shameful that we didn't do anything. I can't explain it," says the GOP member.
Just as shameful, according to a Democrat Judiciary staffer: Delahunt was congratulated for "zinging" Addington after the hearing. "Zinging was the term used. These guys are tired of the same old lines and excuses. I mean how many times can they pull out that old bogeyman of al Qaeda. The American people aren't buying it anymore, and certainly Delahunt doesn't."
Delahunt claims he didn't mean what he said. But enough other Democrats on Capitol Hill clearly understood what he had done. Sen. Charles Schumer, who bunks down with Delahunt when they are in Washington, D.C., made sure his schedule was such that he wouldn't be in contact with Delahunt for several more days, according to a Senate leadership aide. "We don't want any part of that guy right now. We expect he's going to be in the middle of something pretty ugly, pretty quickly."
Some political consultants who watched the Judiciary Committee hearing say that Republicans should be capitalizing on Delahunt's and Democrats' overplaying their Addington strategy. For example, Democrats during the hearing never once inquired whether any of the interrogation techniques used against terrorists had produced important intelligence for use against the enemy.
"You have to understand, guys like Delahunt, really all of the Democrats here, don't care about winning the war against the terrorists, or keeping us safe. They might have cared after 9/11, but now they are ruled by the radical left. All they care about now is putting the Americans who put in place the policies that have kept us safe for seven years on trial. The terrorists just don't matter to this crowd," says a former Department of Justice lawyer. "And if the American people and Republicans understood this, the sooner we'd be seeing a different election."
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEDR7ghl7AU
“Delahunt should be censured at a minimum.”
He needs to be booted OUT!
And a republican admits they stood with a thumb in their rear ends and said nothing. Even the democrats are shunning this guy. I would have said something and meant every words.
If these spineless GOP wussies wont stand up to the dembot idiots, why should I spend my time and money to help Republicans get elected?
If these spineless GOP wussies wont stand up to the dembot idiots, why should I spend my time and money to help Republicans get elected?
Delahunt was not elected by the people.
He lost the vote, but sought out a corrupt
Judge to overturn the election results for him.
Who were the Pubbies on the committee who sat on their hands? They should be taken to task as much (or more) than Delahunt.
Yeah, we've been wondering the same thing for years.
He’s a Democrat from Massachusetts. Unless he’s caught with a dead girl or a live boy, he’s not going anywhere. And based on past events, maybe not even then.
Dollars to doughnuts the puke is a member, or at least a "pledge".
The stupid, stupid Democrats who are chosing to run against the people of the United States this year really should be handed their heads on platters on election day.
“Unless he’s caught with a dead girl or a live boy, he’s not going anywhere. And based on past events, maybe not even then.”
It takes more than that nowdays.
...but first, made into a poster-child and campaign commercial star in the upcoming elections. That quote personifies the dimowits' "love of country".
I heard NO republicans(small R on purpose) scream out on this. It got some attention on Rush and Howie Carr's show... but I didn't catch it on the Drive-by's. Delahunt's arrogance was treasonous!
Excellent suggestion!
LLS
The more things change...the more they stay the same, eh?
The candidate selection process for state and Federal offices, at least among the GOP where I live, is severely dysfunctional.
Most Republican Members of Congress are wealthy, come from wealth, go to the same schools, the same churches (if they go at all), belong to the same clubs, and marry the same women as their opposite numbers.
They don't fundamentally disagree (for the most part) with Democrats on the core values of liberalism.
They DO disagree, to some extent, on what measures are sensible or prudent to implement nondiscrimination and compassion, their ruling principles.
They are, to use Lawrence Auster's great term, "right-liberals".
So when exposed to communists like Delahunt (a communist is merely a left-liberal who has followed his values to their obvious conclusion), they shrink away from confrontation, lest they be accused (inevitably) of being Nazis.
It is very important that an opposition, however small, be elected to the House of Representatives that will act against the interests of liberalism (both varieties) whenever and wherever found. Perhaps there are 20-30 Members now who fill the bill.
I'm afraid, however, that to get them out of the GOP and into a new party, the GOP will have to collapse first, or be taken over from the grass roots.
Sigh...so true. Except these days he’s not whispering or working secretly. It’s right out there for all to see and yet...nothing becomes of it.
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