Daschle's lowest blow: Hugh Hewitt excoriates Democrat leader for undermining president, U.S.

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 | Hugh Hewitt

[JohnHuang2]

Tom Daschle's attack on President Bush's Iraq policy on the eve of war and long after the Congress had voted to authorize the president to launch the war was shocking and without precedent. A hundred years from now, it will be remembered as an act of complete political selfishness and a low point in American politics.

There is simply no parallel in American history for Daschle's web of half-truths, wild charges and bitter recriminations. He is the leader of the Democrats and his party, which cowered from such charges before the election and now embraces and popularizes them. Daschle delivered his remarks on the very day that even a U.N. bureaucrat like Hans Blix was obliged to concede that Saddam was not complying with the U.N.'s demands, and on the day that even the softest of the European states had begun to harden. Tom Daschle revealed himself as the very last appeaser. The damage he did to the national interest may have been immense.

Any hope that Saddam might spare the world this war and bolt for safer ground in Libya or elsewhere was significantly undermined by the spectacle of the leader of the nation's opposition challenging the president's veracity. One can only wonder what might have happened had Daschle and his European allies presented the tyrant with a united front. It is easy to see, however, how Saddam might wrongly conclude that Bush could not possibly proceed in the face of such opposition. Thank you, Sen. Daschle, for helping destroy the possibility of forcing Saddam from power without the now inevitable clash of armies.

Spouses, children, parents and friends of America's soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have every right to be outraged. Either Daschle's bitterness at November's result has blinded him, or he truly is the most limited of America's recent political leadership figures. The carping about tax policy and the thread-bare rhetoric about class warfare are hardly offensive – just amusing and predictable. Opposition to war in the fall could even have been thought honorable, though wrong-headed. But Monday's display was just mendacious, a low moment in the career of a limited man.

Bush's speech will quickly eclipse Daschle's duplicity, which is unfortunate. I would like for every American to hear the minority leader's Monday speech played again and again. And after the liberation of Iraq, I would like for his remarks to be played not just here but for the people of Iraq. I expect that even their relief at liberation from Saddam's despotism could not conceal their anger with Daschle and his ilk.

"The Pianist" is currently in theaters, a moving story of one man's struggle to survive Hitler's killing fever. There are millions in Iraq this very day desperate for the arrival of a liberating force, whether comprised just of Americans, of Americans and troops from its score of allies, or from even a reluctant coalition of U.N. participants. The horrors these troops uncover will shock – but they will not surprise! We know what we will find – all of us do, including Tom Daschle. On Monday, Tom Daschle urged that the public disregard all of the president's many arguments about Saddam's dangers. Daschle urged that the public ignore the great number of allies we have already assembled to join us in the war. And he urged that the public even ignore his own vote and the votes of his colleagues from only months ago.

Tom Daschle also urged that we ignore the people of Iraq, the persecuted and the imprisoned. He did so just as their collective hope of liberation was beginning to mature. He did so despite the facts already in evidence and despite the facts the vast majority of responsible foreign-policy experts believe to exist outside of the published record. He did so despite the risk Iraq poses to its neighbors. And he did so despite the desperate condition of an oppressed and tortured people. It was a craven act by a man unbalanced in his political calculations by the weight of frustrated ambition.

Democrats might someday regain majority status in one or both houses of Congress, and they might regain the presidency. But if there is any justice in the world and any sense of honor in the country, the Democrats who stood by silently this week and are thus complicit in Daschle's attack will never be rewarded with the public's trust again.

[nicmarlo]

Daschole = The MAJORity Leader of Losers

[nicmarlo]

D'A$$HOLE will be Permanently Outta ElectedPolitics two (2) years from today

From your keyboard to God's ears!!!

[auggy]

Is the Democratic Party, a dying party?

I think so.

[nicmarlo]

How good was the president's State of the Union address?
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Double 5%

Single 2%

Homerun 51%

Triple 15%

Strikeout 27%

[ImpBill]

Do you have a link to the text of D'Aschole's speach? Or, can you post it on this thread?

[Mudboy Slim]

It's true, my FRiend...D'ASSHOLE's Becoming the Anti-Bush, which in a Time of WAR becomes THE ANTI-AMERICAN!!

That and his wife''s CRAMPANT CORRUPTION will turn him into an Elder Statesman...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

BTW...did you see how small and petty Tommie D'A$$HOLE looked last night?! LOSER!!!!

[Mudboy Slim]

"...his wife's RAMPANT CORRUPTION"

Sorry...LOL!!

[Man of the Right]

Daschle is old news. Regardless of Bush's political fate, he's in his last 2 years in public life. He'll retire from the Senate because Democrats blame him for losing the majority and he has no chance at the Presidential nomination.

[nicmarlo]

did you see how small and petty Tommie D'A$$HOLE looked last night?,/I>

Yes; did the Prez even shake his hand?????? I couldn't see that.......

[nicmarlo]

CRAMPANT CORRUPTION

I think I like that even better, lol! Reminds me of Crusty.

[Mudboy Slim]

"did the Prez even shake his hand??????"

I sure hope not...at least not before checking fer ANTHRAX POWDER!!

FReegards...MUD

[LuisBasco]

(Hillary):"After the show here at the senate, want to come up to my tony Georgetown pad? We can have a gourmet dinner and some very excellent wine.(Later "someone" will put a hole in the center of your forehead, roll you up in an oriental carpet and drop you off at one of our local parks.)

(Dasshole): "Gee, that would be great Hilly. Due to your enormous voter appeal I've been wanting to get closer to you and have a chance to discuss how we can rule this nation together before we completely tank it.(Up close Hillary's pores look like the craters on the moon, her lips are cracked and packed with gloss,she has several chins, and her jowls sag. Oh well, I should be happy with the attention HRH is giving me.)"

[Mudboy Slim]

"Reminds me of Crusty."

LOL...indeed, the HildaBeast IS Crampantly Corrupted...MUD

[nicmarlo]

the HildaBeast IS Crampantly Corrupted

The democRATs are Crampantly Corrupted, too! : )

[.45MAN]

There are really no words to describe Daschle and his stand.
He is a very small man with a very small mind and hopefully he will not be remembered.

[Paulie]

"But if there is any justice in the world and any sense of honor in the country, the Democrats who stood by silently this week and are thus complicit in Daschle's attack will never be rewarded with the public's trust again."

Amen to that.

[patriot_wes]

My contribution will be to flood South Dakota newspaper editorial columns over the next two years. The contempt this moron has for a strong America and our Constitution is appalling. Anyone care to join me in the effort?

[TheJollyRoger]

I thought CRAMPant was good.
It must be why she watches
PMSNBC! HAR! :-)

[solo gringo]

The democrats is a vile bunch of liers, crooks and con artist.They are trying to undermind President Bush and the country.Without a dought Daschle is the worst of the bunch.The top four that work insink are bill Hillary tommie and nancy the vile four.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Up close Hillary's pores look like the craters on the moon, her lips are cracked and packed with gloss,she has several chins, and her jowls sag."

LOL...I've noticed that as well...MUD

BTW...but apparently, according to rumor from sources within the Senate, lesbians find butt-ugly women like the HildaBeast irresistably attractive.