The Dirty 'RATS !
Posted on 03/17/2003 6:25:54 PM PST by PhiKapMom
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BLAME AMERICA FIRST? ON THE EVE OF WAR, DASCHLE TRIES TO GAIN PARTISAN ADVANTAGE
With American Troops Poised To Fight, Daschle Blames Potential War Casualties On President Bush
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SENATOR TOM DASCHLE: “I’m Saddened, Saddened That This President Failed So Miserably At Diplomacy That We’re Now Forced To War. Saddened That We Have To Give Up One Life Because This President Couldn’t Create The Kind Of Diplomatic Effort That Was So Critical For Our Country.” (Senator Tom Daschle, Remarks At International Association Of Firefighters Conference, 3/17/03)
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BEFORE LAST NOVEMBER’S ELECTION, DASCHLE SUPPORTED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ AND RECOILED AT POLITICIZING DEBATE
Senator Daschle Voted For The Resolution “To Authorize The Use Of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq” Last October. (H. J. Res. 114, Roll Call #237: Passed 77-23: R 48-1; D 29-21; I 0-1, 10/11/02, With Daschle Voting Yea.)
Last Fall, Daschle Decried “Accusations” Over “National Security.” “We ought not politicize this war. We ought not politicize the rhetoric about war and life and death. … We have to rise to a higher level. … [I]t is not too late to forget the pollsters . . . the campaign fundraisers . . . [the] accusations about how interested in national security,” different parties are. (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, 9/25/02)
Daschle Said “Never Once” Did He Politicize The War In Iraq In 1991-92, And Hoped We Would Have the “Same Level Of Debate This Time.” “I can recall in 1991 and 1992 … when President Bush made the decision he did. I can recall several of my staff coming to me, suggesting that we say this or that. But never once did I have someone on my staff … refer to the politics of the war with Iraq. … We need that same level of debate this time …” (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, 9/25/02)
IN 1998, DASCHLE SUPPORTED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ AND CALLED FOR BIPARTISANSHIP
Daschle Recognized That “Saddam Hussein Leaves Us Little Choice” But “The Use Of Force.” “[C]learly the intransigence on the part of the Iraqi government and Saddam Hussein leaves us little choice at this point … So I would think that, if nothing changes, the use of force at some point would be inevitable.” (William Neikirk, “Congress Talks Tough On Iraq,” Chicago Tribune, 2/5/98)
Daschle Wanted A “United” And “Bipartisan” Message That “Iraq Must Comply.” “Iraq must comply. There is no choice. We stand united in our determination to do whatever is necessary … The United States has the resolve to ensure that compliance and we stand united today in an effort to articulate that very clear message as loudly, as unequivocally, and in as much of a bipartisan way as we can.” (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, 2/12/98)
Daschle Called For “Immediate Iraqi Compliance” Or “Threat By Force” Would Be “Required.” “[A]bsent immediate Iraqi compliance … the security threat doesn’t simply persist – it worsens. Saddam Hussein must understand that the United States has the resolve to reverse that threat by force, if force is required.” (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, 2/12/98)
SO WHY, ON THE EVE OF WAR, HAS DASCHLE CHANGED HIS TUNE?
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The Left is PITIFUL, but the Right Must Show NO MERCY to the KorruptKlintonKlan...MUD
And I am saddened that Daschle wasn't beaten to a pulp by several dozen large firemen immediately after making these remarks. Probably no firemen there though, only their union bosses.
These words by Daschle will be remembered for a long time. I hope that South Dakota throws him out. He more than deserves it.
You know... I think you have a point. By spouting off with these kind of outrageous remarks, he could be testing the waters looking for a divisive issue to build a campaign platform for the others. Even Lieberman got into it (almost :-) This about Lieberman....But the Connecticut Democrat also faulted "the Bush administration's unilateralist, divisive foreign policy, which has pushed a lot of the world away."
His HATE for Bush blinds him. His DESIRE for power rules him.
Yep...D'A$$hole's sorta like a Ringwraith, all Darkness and Evil...MUD
You think it is that low? :)
I swear that one had to have been concieved in a test tube somewhere in outerspace on a Mothership, he's that alien.
Getting rid of the Dashole flake has just got to be priority #1 for this administration.
That'd mean this POTUS must (all but) completely cutoff federal funding to SD in an effort to send a *message* to those people they need to make a *change*.
...& he must do so, immediately.
LOL! That is Great.
He wouldn't even have to get on his knees.
" Senator Daschle must be taken on for his attitude and remarks reflecting a position that is basically anti-American
If not able to do it yourself, appoint Mitch McConnell or another articulate Senator to take up the fight and bring a resolution of censure to the Senate floor. The left wingers must be engaged and trounced.
A little blood on the Senate floor will be appreciated by freedom loving Americans."
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