Sen. Murray blistered over bin Laden remark

Seattle Times ^ | Saturday, December 21, 2002, 12:10 a.m. | Katherine Pfleger and Alex Fryer

[JulieRNR21]

You insult those with Down's Syndrone with your use of that comparison.

[Geezerette]

68% ... Resign

32% ... Must be traitors

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[KansasCanadian]

Have no fear, our mainstream media will soon pick up on this and force her to resign for her "poor choice of words"

But first she needs to do an apology on BET

[Darling Lili]

But first she needs to do an apology on BET

Nah. She needs to go on Al Jazeera, and bow to Mecca.

[jwalsh07]

The pubs out go on national tv and proclaim the RAT party as the ANTI-AMERICAN PARTY!

Whack, whack, wake up Roscoe, you're dreaming.

[chiller]

senator_murray@murray.senate.gov

Let her know how much you appreciate her feeeeeelllllings.

How can she not know about US govt. foreign aid, the charitable Red Cross type aid, that many of the schools she touts promote death to America...while ignoring how women are treated.

How has she become so selectively blind?

[watchin]

""What is important is that we have to have thoughtful debates and discussions in this country and raise questions and answer them without being pulled into some right-wing media frenzy," Murray said. "That is truly frightening to me. "

I wonder if she was as "frightened" about the "right-wing media frenzy" that destroyed Lott.

[Noumenon]

If that's Murray's set of criterion for a great humanitarian, should we not also hear her praise of:

1. Josef Stalin, who reduced hunger and suffering in his country. He did that by killing and starving millions, but how can we possibly be so judgemental?

2. Adolph Hitler, who certaily did wonderful things for the German economy of the day. Wow! Full employment, the Autobahn, schools for everyone (unless you were a Jew or a non-Aryan). And didn't he restore a sense of national pride? True leadeship by Murray's lights.

3. Benito Mussolini, who made trains run on time and 'organized' the Italian economy in a model that would make any Democrat proud. I mean, who's to say what's right and wrong when a leader like Mussolini has done so many wonderful things for his country?

4. Pol Pot, who, like good old Uncle Joe, also reduced hunger and suffering by killing off approximately one third of the Cambodian population. And let's not forget Pol Pot's contribution to reducing gun violence by instructing his cares to use hoes, pickaxes, shovels, axes and other farm implements to execute those nasty enemies of the state. Why this man is not in the HCI Hall of Fame, I just don't know.

5. Fidel Castro. What hasn't this man done? Free education (learn or else), free lobotomies (good Socialist ones, mind you) free medical care (just look as his handling of AIDS cases), 'outreach' missions to many other South American countries. Ms. Murray should be licking this man's boots. Oh wait. She already does. What was I thinking?

That's just a short list of those great humaitarians and contributors to human welfare that Ms. Murray for some inexplicable reason has overlooked.

[MadeInOhio]

What's almost as contemptible as her remarks is Murray's swift turn to the attack when criticized. Those who find fault with her remarks are termed right-wing extremists. She is a fraud and a clown. Washington state may want such a person as their senator. I can't think of any other state that would.

[savedbygrace]

I think the appropriate action is that she should be removed as incoming Ranking Member on the Transportation Subcommittee. Those comments are not befitting anyone in a leadership position in the United States Senate.

At least that lines up with the "punishment" for Trent Lott.

Consider her official statement on the Trent Lott affair:

Statement on Senator Trent Lott’s Comments

For Immediate Release: December 11, 2002

"Like all Americans, I was disturbed by Senator Lott's comments. They were offensive, hurtful and wrong. Worst of all, they do not appear to be isolated remarks.

At a time when our country should stand as one, Senator Lott's comments serve only to divide.

We must continue to be a nation where people are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Americans deserve leaders who will stand up for the civil rights of all citizens and help our nation to move forward."

[watchin]

Poor choice of words. She is either woefully uninformed, anti-American, or -most likely- both.

[NeoCaveman]

Interesting if you change the name from Lott to Murray, it does fit well.

[JulieRNR21]

Pubbies should go after & demand resognation of Democrat Sen. Patty Murray for her recent praise of the mass murderer, terrorist & women segregationist.... Osama Bin Laden!

Let's all email the media & get this rolling!

[bigfootbob]

She came to Bremerton High School recently and the kids there wasn't having anything to do with her BS. They took her to the proverbial woodshed. No press until one of the local bi-weeklies reported the visit.

If I remember correctly she was elected after a sex predator kidnaped an 8 yr. old kid in Tacoma and cut off his penis. The child lived. There was a lot of emotional voters who fell for her "mother in tennis shoes" rhetoric. And as we all know, incumbants are hard to defeat unless they screw up. This is it I hope. She also lost her pet project this week when the Gov. decided not to lease the Boeing jets for tankers. Now if we can keep the momentum going and convince a West Sound resident to run against her. Congressman George Nethercutt if he decides to run against her will loose. He'll carry every County except King, but it will not be enough. I think our best chance to unseat her would be if Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn runs. She's hugely popular in the Seattle Cresent.

[ClancyJ]

Gee - a little propaganda promoted here to school kids you think? More liberal infiltration of our schools to recruit more liberals of the future?

So nice that the democratic party is becoming known for this type of anti-America, blame America rhetoric propaganda. Even students notice the partisanship. Sure hope they know she is democrat - not republican.

I hope the democratic party keeps her. We can always use her as an example of the direction of the Democratic Party.

[desertcry]

My apology to those afflected with Down's Syndrome, who are not leftist, no offense intended here. But patty does have the appearance of this impairment, and she is a leftist.

[desertcry]

she is woefuly uninformed,.... I doubt it, patty murray 's words were spoken with malice in mind. She is a liberal leftist, and a democrat afterall. Did the liberal, leftist democrats gave Sen. Lott any slack? Heck, they are now after Sen. Frist even before being elected as majority leader.

[Iowa Granny]

Another 'great find'. Thanx, again, for helping to keep this in the forefront.

[KansasCanadian]

My email to Patty Murray:

Like all Americans, I was disturbed by Senator Murray's comments [about bin Laden].

They were offensive, hurtful and wrong. Worst of all, they do not appear to be isolated remarks.

At a time when our country should stand as one, Senator Murray's comments serve only to divide.

We must continue to be a nation where people are united not only by the color of their skin, but by the content of their cause.

Americans deserve leaders who will stand up for the rights of all citizens and help our nation to move forward.

Do the right thing, Patty Murray, and resign from the Senate.

Wichita, Kansas

[dixiechick2000]

"Daniel Benjamin, a former staff member of the National Security Council, said radical Islamic groups have used social-welfare policies to improve their popularity.

"But I don't believe that's the reason why (bin Laden) is popular in the Arab world," Benjamin said, adding that bin Laden's primary appeal in the Middle East was instead his virulent anti-Americanism."

I think that about sums it up.

CowPatty doesn't get it.