Posted on 10/01/2002 8:39:17 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., has broken her party's silence on controversial comments by Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who charged Sunday during a Baghdad interview that President Bush would "mislead" the American people to go to war with Iraq.
But instead of condemning McDermott for giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war, Schakowsky actually defended the repugnant remarks when questioned late Tuesday on the Fox News Channel.
"I really don't think it's wrong to question the president," the Illinois Democrat told FNC's "Hannity & Colmes," after being asked point blank if McDermott was wrong to question Bush's integrity from a foreign capital.
"The place that they did it was their choice, I wouldn't have made it," she quickly added.
H & C host Sean Hannity repeatedly asked Schakowsky if she was embarrassed "as a Democrat" to have to defend McDermott's comments, but she kept trying to change the subject.
"What we need to do is have a full debate," the anti-war Democrat offered. Saying she preferred not to focus on her Washington state colleague's explosive outburst, Schakowsky noted that McDermott had "said a lot of things about going into Iraq at this time."
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have begun to grumble that Democratic leaders don't seem particularly offended over McDermott's remarks.
"I could not believe that he would make that comment," Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., told FNC's Greta Van Susteren. "I'd like to see some of the Democrat leadership come out and move themselves away from that statement."
"Progressive" is a code word for socialist, note that Sanders of VT is an officer.
Why these people are allowed to get on TV and not disclose that they are memners of a socialist organization is beyond me.
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Member/Position/District |
Address | Phone | Website |
Peter DeFazio (OFFICER, OREGON-04) |
2134 RHOB | 225-6416 | WEBSITE |
Dennis Kucinich (Chairman) (CHAIR, OHIO-10) |
1730 LHOB | 225-5871 | WEBSITE |
Barbara Lee (Vice Chair) (OFFICER, CALIFORNIA-09) |
426 CHOB | 225-2661 | WEBSITE |
Cynthia McKinney (OFFICER, GEORGIA-04) |
124 CHOB | 225-1605 | WEBSITE |
Major Owens (OFFICER, NEW YORK-11) |
2309 RHOB | 225-6231 | WEBSITE |
Bernie Sanders (OFFICER, VERMONT) |
2135 RHOB | 225-4115 | WEBSITE |
Paul Wellstone (OFFICER, MINNESOTA) |
136 HSOB | 224-5641 | WEBSITE |
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Member/Position/District |
Address | Phone | Website |
Neil Abercrombie (MEMBER, HAWAII-01) |
1502 LHOB | 225-2726 | WEBSITE |
Tammy Baldwin (MEMBER, WISCONSIN-02) |
1022 LHOB | 225-2906 | WEBSITE |
Xavier Becerra (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-30) |
1119 LHOB | 225-6235 | WEBSITE |
David Bonior (MEMBER, MICHIGAN-10) |
2207 RHOB | 225-2106 | WEBSITE |
Corrine Brown (MEMBER, FLORIDA-03) |
2444 RHOB | 225-0123 | WEBSITE |
Sherrod Brown (MEMBER, OHIO-13) |
2438 RHOB | 225-3401 | WEBSITE |
Michael Capuano (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-08) |
1232 LHOB | 225-5111 | WEBSITE |
Julia Carson (MEMBER, INDIANA-10) |
1339 LHOB | 225-4011 | WEBSITE |
William "Lacy" Clay (MEMBER, MISSOURI-01) |
415 CHOB | 225-2406 | WEBSITE |
John Conyers (MEMBER, MICHIGAN-14) |
2426 RHOB | 225-5126 | WEBSITE |
Danny Davis (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-07) |
1222 LHOB | 225-5006 | WEBSITE |
Rosa DeLauro (MEMBER, CONNECTICUT-03) |
2262 RHOB | 225-3661 | WEBSITE |
Lane Evans (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-17) |
2211 RHOB | 225-5905 | WEBSITE |
Eni Faleomavaega (MEMBER, AMERICAN SAMOA) |
2422 RHOB | 225-8577 | WEBSITE |
Sam Farr (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-17) |
1221 LHOB | 225-2861 | WEBSITE |
Chaka Fattah (MEMBER, PENNSYLVANIA-02) |
1205 LHOB | 225-4001 | WEBSITE |
Bob Filner (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-50) |
2463 RHOB | 225-8045 | WEBSITE |
Barney Frank (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-04) |
2252 RHOB | 225-5931 | WEBSITE |
Luis Gutierrez (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-04) |
2452 RHOB | 225-8203 | WEBSITE |
Earl Hilliard (MEMBER, ALABAMA-07) |
1314 LHOB | 225-2665 | WEBSITE |
Maurice Hinchey (MEMBER, NEW YORK-26) |
2431 RHOB | 225-6335 | WEBSITE |
Jesse Jackson, Jr (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-02) |
313 CHOB | 225-0773 | |
Sheila Jackson-Lee (MEMBER, TEXAS-18) |
403 CHOB | 225-3816 | WEBSITE |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (MEMBER, OHIO-11) |
1516 LHOB | 225-7032 | WEBSITE |
Marcy Kaptur (MEMBER, OHIO-09) |
2366 RHOB | 225-4146 | WEBSITE |
Tom Lantos (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-12) |
2217 RHOB | 225-3531 | WEBSITE |
John Lewis (MEMBER, GEORGIA-05) |
343 CHOB | 225-3801 | WEBSITE |
Jim McDermott (MEMBER, WASHINGTON-07) |
1035 LHOB | 225-3106 | WEBSITE |
James P. McGovern (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-03) |
430 CHOB | 225-6101 | WEBSITE |
Carrie Meek (MEMBER, FLORIDA-17) |
2433 RHOB | 225-4506 | WEBSITE |
George Miller (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-07) |
2205 RHOB | 225-2095 | WEBSITE |
Patsy Mink (MEMBER, HAWAII-02) |
2210 RHOB | 225-4906 | WEBSITE |
Jerry Nadler (MEMBER, NEW YORK-08) |
2334 RHOB | 225-5635 | WEBSITE |
Eleanor Holmes Norton (MEMBER, D.C.) |
2136 RHOB | 225-8050 | WEBSITE |
John Olver (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-01) |
1027 LHOB | 225-5335 | WEBSITE |
Ed Pastor (MEMBER, ARIZONA-02) |
2465 RHOB | 225-4065 | WEBSITE |
Donald Payne (MEMBER, NEW JERSEY-10) |
2209 RHOB | 225-3436 | WEBSITE |
Nancy Pelosi (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-08) |
2457 RHOB | 225-4965 | WEBSITE |
Bobby Rush (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-01) |
2416 RHOB | 225-4372 | WEBSITE |
Jan Schakowsky (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-09) |
515 CHOB | 225-2111 | WEBSITE |
Jose Serrano (MEMBER, NEW YORK-16) |
2342 RHOB | 225-4361 | WEBSITE |
Hilda Solis (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-31) |
1641 LHOB | 225-5464 | WEBSITE |
Pete Stark (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-13) |
239 CHOB | 225-5065 | WEBSITE |
Bennie Thompson (MEMBER, MISSISSIPPI-02) |
2432 RHOB | 225-5876 | WEBSITE |
John Tierney (MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-06) |
120 CHOB | 225-8020 | WEBSITE |
Tom Udall (MEMBER, NEW MEXICO-03) |
502 CHOB | 225-6190 | WEBSITE |
Nydia Velazquez (MEMBER, NEW YORK-12) |
2241 RHOB | 225-2361 | WEBSITE |
Maxine Waters (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-35) |
2344 RHOB | 225-2201 | WEBSITE |
Diane Watson (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-32) |
2413 RHOB | 225-7084 | WEBSITE |
Mel Watt (MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA-12) |
2236 RHOB | 225-1510 | WEBSITE |
Henry Waxman (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-29) |
2204 RHOB | 225-3976 | WEBSITE |
Lynn Woolsey (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-06) |
2263 RHOB | 225-5161 | WEBSITE |
Congressional Progressive Caucus
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