Shut Up, Charlie

Washington Dispatch ^ | July 25, 2003 | Cathryn Crawford

[Sparta]

Poor Uday and Qusay. We all know how persecuted they were, and Charles Rangel, a Democratic (what a surprise!) representative from New York, is genuinely upset by their untimely passing at the hands of U.S. troops. "We have a law on the books that the United States should not be assassinating anybody," he grumbled Tuesday night on Hannity and Colmes. Well, Charlie, thanks so much for living up to your reputation. Charlie didn’t even vote for the resolution that simply supported the troops in Iraq. My question is, what is Charlie still doing holding office when he makes these stupid and unverifiable statements? It’s not a law, Charlie! It’s called an executive order, and it was signed by Gerald Ford. Don’t tell me that Charlie doesn’t know that. Any representative that will go on T.V. and make such an uneducated and unfounded statement deserves to be kicked out of office – if not for sheer stupidity, at least for ineptness. To go past that to the crux of the matter, however – Uday and Qusay were not assassinated, Charlie. They were given chance after chance after chance by the U.S. military to simply surrender and have their lives spared. They were given warnings that if they did not surrender they would be killed, and they chose to ignore these warnings. As a matter of fact, not only did they ignore the warnings, Charlie, they fired on the troops that were attempting to peacefully arrest them! But, for the sake of argument, let’s get Charlie’s perspective straight. According to him, the troops that were coming under direct fire from Uday, Qusay, and their bodyguards were not supposed to return fire. What is Charlie’s alternative? He doesn’t indulge us enough to detail that – I have my suspicions as to why – but let me try to guess. I suppose they could have attempted some sort of negotiation. I can hear the conversation now.

U.S. Commander: “Uday, Qusay, you have 10 minutes to come out of that building with your hands in the air and without any weapons!”

Uday: “Or what?”

U.S. Commander: “Or we’ll sit here till we get a message from Charlie Rangel telling us what to do next!”

I am so sick of listening to people – Democrats in general and Charlie Rangel in specific - gripe and moan and whine about what a crappy job the military is doing in Iraq. I’d love to see some of them over there, in their Armani suits and their fake khaki desert-shirts that they love to wear when they are slumming it in a Middle Eastern country – God knows why, I guess they think it makes them look less like idiots – and I’d love to see what kind of job they would do when faced with the enemy. Do they know, I wonder, how to shoot an M-16? Of course, we don’t want to mess up their manicures. We’d better not force them to do that. I suppose it could be classified as cruelty. Charlie would be a whole lot better off if he simply shut up and stopped making inane comments that only make him look like an idiot. If he really wants to serve this country, he could start by supporting the troops in a way that befits the veteran that he is. He, more than anyone, should be standing up in support of the U.S. military, instead of tearing it down continually as he has done for so long.

[InvisibleChurch]

i like it when charley says goofy things because it reflects on the democrat party ... the more people who see this the better

[BibChr]

I'm thinking Charlie's already got a chapter in the Addenda that Ann Coulter can add to her next edition of Treason.

He certainly isn't weakening her case, to put it nicely.

Dan

[MotleyGirl70]

LOL! That's great. That's going profile page. :)

[from occupied ga]

Ah yes, Charles Rangel, more proof (as if any more were needed) that the majority* of New Yorkers are envious stupid idiots who are too dumb to realized that socialism and liberalism have always failed to do anything except empower and enrich the bureaucrats and apparatchicks. New York belongs philosophically to Communist China. Is there any way we could trade them NYC for Hong Kong?

* Majority of NYer elect idiots like Rangel, Schumer, Dinkins, Clintoon, etc.

[from occupied ga]

LOL - I assume you're talking about the idiots who vote for people like Rangel?

[Sparta]

Take it up with her

[MotleyGirl70]

And New Yorkers who voted for Sir Hitlery Clinton.

[Imagine]

I think we need an IQ (intellegence quotient) to vote and now, we clearly need an PQ (Patriotic quotient) to vote.
Also, we should monitor TVs and anyone watching Jerry Spring, Ricky Lake, MTV or the like should be disqualified from voting.
Then, this great republic might not have to suffer the election of fools like Charlie Rangel.

[BOBTHENAILER]

If he really wants to serve this country, he could start by supporting the troops in a way that befits the veteran that he is. He, more than anyone, should be standing up in support of the U.S. military, instead of tearing it down continually as he has done for so long

Great read, thanks for the ping.

[American in Israel]

Or, perhaps make him a member of the Democratic Party...

[American in Israel]

we should monitor TVs and anyone watching Jerry Spring, Ricky Lake, MTV or the like should be disqualified from voting.

Just make sure to put on two hour specials for those shows right after dinner time. By then it would be too late for them to pry their lazy arses off the couch and the vote would radicaly shift in America.

[Noumenon]

Rangel is a treasonous rat who needs to swing from the end of a rope.

[Quix]

I suppose it would be more like truth in labeling

but . . .

don't the RATS have ENOUGH

idiotic traitors in their midst already?

. . . . at 90 something percent?

[Amelia]

Charlie would be a whole lot better off if he simply shut up and stopped making inane comments that only make him look like an idiot. If he really wants to serve this country, he could start by supporting the troops in a way that befits the veteran that he is. He, more than anyone, should be standing up in support of the U.S. military, instead of tearing it down continually as he has done for so long.

Charlie, and the field of Democratic presidential candidates as well.

Great read, Cathryn - thanks for the ping, Sparta.

[Scenic Sounds]

Serious questions: How is that Rangel has been re-elected to Congress 16 times? Do you think he's stupid?

Could he even win once in your congressional district? What accounts for differences in political constituencies? Do you think his constituents are just not as intelligent as the the residents in your congressional district?

Why do different people view things so differently from one another?

Another great column, Cathryn!!

[Steely Glint]

Once again, another Democrat is rooting for America's enemies.

What does that tell you about Democrats?

[Imagine]

Simple answer to a complex question:

The public school system, under the control of the dems and all the extreme agenda groups, put their agenda ahead of education. If the kids are moderatly intellegent, they dispense with teaching reading, writing and computation skills and inculcate the kids with their views, "switches" if you will (depending on the kids' predilictions) such that the kids respond to emotions, rather than facts. That way, the kids (or young adults) are mobilized into action when the emotional appeals are sent out.

The smart kids are inculcated with their various agenda and groomed to become politicians, teachers and general run-of- the-mill troublemakers - the anti-America whiners of all sorts.

If the smart kids don't warm up their agenda, they do everything they can to "kill" them carrear wise. See the results of voicing a conservative opinion in college...

There are other factors, but, the public schools are definately a core problem.

[Imagine]

Opps, forgot the punch line:

:That's why fools vote fools like Rangel into office"

[Scenic Sounds]

Public schools can help shape people, but don't all congressional districts have public schools?

Why the differences between congressional districts?

[.cnI redruM]

Osauma Bin Rangle represents liberalism at its pathetic, squallid worst. "You guys didn't talk to Quetip and E-Bay. There was no search warrant. We can't have the 101st Abn flying around a combat zone and just shooting people w/o a search warrant."