Rep. Jim McDermott
Posted on 09/21/2002 6:25:27 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
In the latest example of the Democratic Party thumbing its nose at President Bush's "new tone" politics, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., is predicting that the White House will falsify evidence against Iraq in order to win support for the war.
"The President of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war," McDermott said Tuesday, in a clip broadcast only once on NBC's "Today Show."
The incendiary comment was quickly deep-sixed by the media, with the exception of U.S. News & World Report's "Washington Whispers" column, which mentions the episode briefly without offering the full quote in the editions hitting newsstands on Monday.
The last time McDermott's nasty partisan streak was on display was when he was involved with a Florida couple who had illegally recorded a private conversation between then-Speaker Newt Gingrich and several senior House Republicans.
The Washington state Democrat was suspected of delivering the tape to the New York Times, which splashed a transcript of the private call across its front page with an accompanying report claiming Gingrich had violated the terms of his House ethics committee plea bargain.
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: FW: Saddam's announcement at 4:30 Seattle time from Congressman McDermott
Dear friends, A few minutes ago Saddam announced that weapons inspectors from the UN can return to Iraq. I met for 1.5 hours on Friday night with Naji Sabri, foreign minister of Iraq to discuss the possibility of accepting the Iraqi parliamentary offer for Congresspersons to visit Iraq and bring their own Inspectors. I told him I waqs ready to come with the UN inspectors as our inspectors.. We discussed at length the proposal and at the conclusion , he said, I think the Congress will get a surprise soon. Today's action is a major step away from war. There is plenty of time for many slips between the lip and the cup.
Minister Sabri raised a point we must consider. He said , "Why should we let the Inspectors in to Iraq when Mr Bush has already decided we need a regime change. How long with the inspectors be with us? When will there be a clean bill or is it only a matter of time before your President suggests that we are obstructing the inspectors and sending in the bombs and troops.?
It seems to me that the problem for us is how to tone down the Presidents rhetoric. I expect there will be an immediate attack on the integrity of the Iraqi offer.
peace, Jim McDermott
What a jerk!
Oxymoron if I ever heard one.
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Why a socialist imbecile congressman from Washington State can meet with enemy diplomats and plot against the President of the United States without being arrested, and his party called to answer for him, is beyond me.
Seems like the minute he meets with the enemy to work against US interests is the moment he becomes a subversive agent for a foreign government who is subject to arrest and prosecution.
Politically maybe, but I sure wouldn't want to go into her district at night!
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