In December 2002, while speaking to students at Columbia River High School in Vancouver, Murray made a number of remarks about Osama bin Laden, as she attempted to explain why the US had such problems winning hearts and minds in the Muslim world, and how bin Laden had garnered support among some in the Middle East. Among other things, she had stated that bin Laden has "been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building daycare facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. He's made their lives better. We have not done that." This attracted attention from political opponents, who argued that this constituted support for bin Laden. Republican state chairman Chris Vance was outraged, and said it was "despicable to imply that the American government should learn a lesson from the madman who murdered thousands of American citizens".[15][16][17]
Dumb Patty could say anything stupid (as she often does) and would still get re-elected by the hard core liberal dems in Washington state. It doesn’t matter. She is a liberal place-holder who votes for anything the dem leadership tells her to. Her original campaign theme to get elected was a “mom in tennis shoes”. She has only gotten more stupid since.