Patty Murray Claims Bin Laden Popular Because He "Built Schools"

The Columbian ^ | 12/20/2002 | Gregg Herrington

[LS]

.S. Sen. Patty Murray was in Vancouver on Wednesday challenging high school students to answer these questions:

What is behind terrorist Osama bin Laden's popularity in some parts of the world, and should the United States adopt his nation-building tactics?

Speaking at Columbia River High School, Murray, D-Wash., responded to questions from students, most about the war on terrorism or government spending for education.

Later Wednesday, Murray visited C-Tran headquarters and checked out a new bus.

Murray met at Columbia River with world history students and student government leaders. Across town, Hudson's Bay High School students participated via teleconference.

Murray concluded the session by challenging the students to consider alternatives to war.

"We've got to ask, why is this man (Osama bin Laden) so popular around the world?," said Murray, who faces re-election in 2004. "Why are people so supportive of him in many countries … that are riddled with poverty?

"He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that.

"How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"

Murray said she doesn't know where she comes down on that guns-or-butter question, and building infrastructure in Third World countries would "cost a lot of money, and we have schools here and health care facilities here that are really hurting."

Be 'better neighbors'?

"War is expensive too," she said. "Your generation ought to be thinking about whether we should be better neighbors out in other countries so that they have a different vision of us.

"It is a debate I think we ought to have."

Murray was in the minority when the Senate voted 77-23 in October to give President Bush authority to use military force in confronting Saddam Hussein. The state's other senator, Democrat Maria Cantwell, voted for the resolution.

Murray opened Wednesday's event telling the students, "You'll be graduating into a world that is very difficult. … The economy is struggling. War in Iraq is a very real possibility in the short term" and could cost $200 billion even if it were to last only a few weeks.

The cost of waging war could result in cuts to domestic programs such as Pell grants for college students, she said.

[LS]

Sen. Murray should apologize to the United States and should resign her seat by making such insensitive comments to the victims of 9/11, and to the entire United States of America.

[camle]

what schools? what day care centers? what hospitals?

[Mr. Mojo]

Peppermint Patty (AKA "Sir" Murray) should indeed resign his seat.

[mountaineer]

If there were trains in the area, I suppose she'd credit him for making them run on time, too. What a nitwit.

[mountaineer]

It's only fair we be able to put a face to this nitwittery:

[Shermy]

Don't take the brown acid Patty!

Don't take the brown acid!

Oops, too late.

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[dfwgator]

Gee, what was the name of that guy that built the Autobahn?

[littleleaguemom]

Day care centers? This nitwit believes a man who wants women confined to their homes would build day care centers?

[mwl1]

I can honestly say that I hate her, always have.

On the bright side, as head of the DSCC in 2002, she is the one who steered 22 of 34 Democratic senate candidates to defeat.

[mhking]

Patty put her weed in it!

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[johniegrad]

This needs to be repeated over and over and over again until her next re-election bid.

[Space Wrangler]

My question exactly. Where are all these wonderful examples of infrastructure that OBL has beseeched upon the embattled babrbarians in the nether regions of the world? Roads, schools and day care centers?? Day care Centers???? What, for all those modern working muslim women?

To the Hon. Sen. Murray: The reason these barbarians love OBL is because he gives actions to their hatred of America. Us. You. Me. They hate us ALL Sen. Murray, and given the chance they'd murder you and your progeny without so much thought as swatting a fly. You better get your head out of your ass and realize who the enemy is.

[Poohbah]

I sent her an email telling her that it was better to keep silent, and merely have people believe one to be a fool, instead of opening one's mouth and removing all remaining doubt.

[goodnesswins]

But, poobah, then our wonderful tenny runner mom could NEVER open her MOUTH!

[per loin]

Where are the Republicans? When Sharpton ordered them to condemn Lott, they leapt to the microphones. When this treasonous sow praises Bin Laden, they keep their mouths shut and their heads down.

[Poohbah]

See? There's a silver lining to every cloud, isn't there?

[Semper Paratus]

I've must have missed the dedication of the Al-Queda wing to the Cairo Medical Center.

[Darlin']

"Patty Murray Claims Bin Laden Popular Because He "Built Schools"

Yeah, he built schools, alright. Killing schools. Some of his graduates visted the United States in September 2001.

[Grampa Dave]

Typical insane ranting from a lunatic liberal b$tch:

"We've got to ask, why is this man (Osama bin Laden) so popular around the world?," said Murray, who faces re-election in 2004. "Why are people so supportive of him in many countries … that are riddled with poverty?

"He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that.

Someone needs to ask B$tch Murray where Beeny Larden built health care facilities and schools?

I remember the picture the Afghan woman being shot in the head in a soccer field for something. I guess that Murray would cheer that event of the Taliban Thugs, who were the good friends of Beeny Larden!

[jef1]

Many Democrats have suggested that we buy the support of the third world with a Great Society program. It has worked for them for fifty years with the poverty pimps, union bosses and other pawns of the state. Also, some of the booty sticks to the hands of those distributing it. The intended beneficiaries of the largesse, particularily the blacks, haven't fared so well. Not only are they still stuck on the Democratic plantation with no power, but their historically strong family and community ties have been destroyed.
I doubt if this tactic will get Sen. Murray far with the Muslim extremists. They aren't going to give up their homeboy, OBL, for a white, infidel sugar momma. Besides OBL has an advantage. He uses child slave labor in his marijuana factories in Uganda to generate profits for financing terror. Even the Democrats wouldn't do that. Or would they?