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Rep. Stark Accuses Bush of Terrorism
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Posted on 03/20/2003 8:01:15 AM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., likens President Bush to a terrorist and genocidal Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
"I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war ... to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism," Stark, a longtime appeasement activist and one of the most left-wing Democrats in Congress, told the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday.
Responding to reports that U.S. forces planned to fire as many as 3,000 laser- and satellite-guided missiles on Iraq in the first days of a military campaign, he said:
"You can't send in 3,000 bombs without some of them going awry, in spite of the military's claims about accuracy. If they get two-thirds accuracy that means that 1,000 bombs will explode inside a city of 6 million people. To me, that's a terrorist act."
He told the Oakland Tribune on Monday that an attack on Iraq would be "blood on Bush's hands."
Another Left Coast Democrat, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, defended Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's latest attack on President Bush.
"In expressing his views, Tom Daschle is being patriotic," Pelosi insisted. "The Republican leaders are being partisan."
And then there was America's most famous former Klansman, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., now sounding more like a Frenchman than a cross burner. "Today I weep for my country," he said Wednesday.
"No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent peacekeeper. ... Around the globe, our friends mistrust us, our word is disputed, our intentions are questioned.
"We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. After war has ended the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America's image around the globe," Byrd grumbled.
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American Atheists California Director Dave Kong presents First Amendment Award to
Congressman Pete Stark.
January 25, 2003 San Leandro, Californiahttp://www.sfatheists.com/activism/stark.htm
"I love your mullet, Dave." whispered Stark.
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Ummmm...silly question, but, which is which?
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:03:22 AM PST
by
Buck W.
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
In response, President Bush said, "Representative Stark can kiss my patriotic a$$."
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:03:53 AM PST
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(No more will we pretend that our desire/For liberty is number-cold and has no fire.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
He would make a wonderful human shield
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:05:14 AM PST
by
grb
To: Buck W.
unleashing 3,000 smart bombs...to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism I would call it an improvement.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:05:45 AM PST
by
razorbak
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Would you let either one of theses "guys" babysit your kids?
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:06:28 AM PST
by
Tank-FL
(Keep the Faith - GO VMI)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
What a twit - we never intended to drop them all on Baghdad...
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:06:56 AM PST
by
trebb
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
That creature on the right looks like a villain from a grade-B Kung Fu movie.
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
One simple word describes Rep. Stark, Rep. Polosi, and Sen. Tom Daschle: IDIOTS!
-Regards, T.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:08:16 AM PST
by
T Lady
(.Freed From the Dimocratic Shackles since 1992)
To: Buck W.
Ummmm...silly question, but, which is which? Check out the last part of the caption.
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
As I once heard Hank Williams Jr. say about Florida Make the cut at Jacksonville and the last one out grab the Flag. Well in this case make the along the Rocky Mts. and you want have to worry about the last man out getting the Flag, there is no Flag there so just Help the Last Guy out.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:10:23 AM PST
by
cav68
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
I'm sorry Pete, did you say something?
...no, I didn't think so....
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
"We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. After war has ended the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America's image around the globe," Byrd grumbled..."...which is why I'll be asking the Senate Appropriations Committee for six billion dollars in emergence funding to build a new six lane highway in my home State of West Virginia, and another 1 billion dollars to build a statute in Wheeling of a person who looks a hell of lot like me."
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
That guy's hair is as attractive and as well-thought-out as his philosophy.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:13:30 AM PST
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Let me say this right, ala Dixie Chicks.
I'm ashamed that Congressman Stark is from California.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:16:01 AM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Okie by proxy, raised by Yankees, temporarily Californian)
To: cav68
Hey now, Make that cut along the Sierra Nevadas...or better yet, I-5. That's really where the real problems start (look at that old election map by county).
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:17:03 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: razorbak
"I would call it an improvement."
LOL, I would call it falling short of the mission.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:17:40 AM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Okie by proxy, raised by Yankees, temporarily Californian)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Yikes!!
Pinko Commie Bastard Ping!
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
. . . to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism,"We'd call it fumigation in Texas.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:18:44 AM PST
by
geedee
To: razorbak
I would call it a National Holiday.
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