John Cornyn-R, left, and Ron Kirk-D
Thune in the Senate, we can put a
muzzle on Daschle!
Posted on 09/15/2002 6:41:25 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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"Look who would be doing the fighting," Mr. Kirk said. "They're disproportionately ethnic; they're disproportionately minority."
"The point is, I would be curious to see if we would go to war without any thought of loss if the first half-million kids to go came from families who made $1 million," Mr. Kirk said.
Mr. Kirk said Saturday that his critical remarks were based on Mr. Cornyn's charge that Mr. Kirk is allied with Senate Democrats who are "foot-dragging" because they are not sure the case has been made for a strike against Iraq.
"If we're going to ask American men and women to fight another war, I want to make sure they have every bit of a chance to be successful in Iraq as they were in Afghanistan," he said after speaking to the DFW Federal Club, a Dallas-area gay and lesbian group. "That means having strong bipartisan support, strong domestic support and strong multinational support. ... Apparently everybody understands that except John Cornyn."
President Bush on Thursday made his case against Iraq before the United Nations.
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"If we're going to ask American men and women to fight another war, I want to make sure they have every bit of a chance to be successful in Iraq as they were in Afghanistan," he said after speaking to the DFW Federal Club, a Dallas-area gay and lesbian group. "That means having strong bipartisan support, strong domestic support and strong multinational support. ... Apparently everybody understands that except John Cornyn."I wonder if he actually meant bi-sexual support ??
I wonder if this means he supports a quota to limit the number of minorities allowed to serve in the military?
We already know the RATS support efforts to eliminate military votes.
Wouldn't that be interesting. Then we could start work on quotas for poor people and a draft for the rich.
That's what I was wondering. My white husband fought in Operation Deny Flight and Operation Decisive Endeavor in the Bosnia-Hertz conflict. Missiles flying everywhere...
Preach it brother Dave!
I think we need to give Kirk more rope. Every day that goes by he alienates more moderate/conservative voters. He is desperately trying to make it a race(no pun intended). His numbers are not improving, thank God! Maybe he forgot the transgender vote...
FGS
I DO question Kirk's patriotism. Gratuitous race baiting in the middle of a war we did not start. That is what I accuse this self serving race baiter of doing.
His irresponsible and reprehensible self-serving political ploy could potentially cause a rift in our fighting forces except for one thing: our soldiers don't take this clown seriously. If he were smart enough to convince minority soldiers that we are being unfair to them, then we would see all hell break loose.
This self-serving unpatriotic lowlife would love nothing better than to divide our forces in a war he clearly is not taking seriously.
Whites total 70% of the population.
Kirk needs a lot of white votes if he is going to win this race and statements like the one he made about the military expose him as just another liberal black racist politician.
Neither candidate has served in the military.
I wonder if this means he supports a quota to limit the number of minorities allowed to serve in the military?
I don't know. Either way, there would be complaints, imho. Limit the numbers and you have EEOC complaint. Open-ended (no limit), then Kirk's complaint abounds. Lose-lose situation.
We already know the RATS support efforts to eliminate military votes.
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