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... Warren is best where she is: a valuable and influential senator who pressures the party from the left. No, it doesn’t come with a title, but it isn’t a small thing. In his eight years in the Senate, South Carolina’s former Sen. Jim DeMint was hugely powerful as an ideological leader, using his base in the conservative movement—and later, the Tea Party—to pull Republicans to the right during the 2012 presidential election. He enforced ideological discipline, and it worked. Warren doesn’t have to lead the Democrats—or run for president—to make the party more liberal. She can build power from...

Two things from Scott Roberts … First, he has no inside information as Thurston County Republican Party chairman. Second, there isn't any doubt in his mind that Dino Rossi is running for U.S. Senate against three-term Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. Rossi was in Washington, D.C., last week meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele and also visiting with Republican senators who want to win back a few seats from the Democrats. "I think Rossi is in. … He doesn't get seen in D.C. unless he is in,"

Right-wing critics miss the point of senator's comments By Jack Z. Smith FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM In winning her first race for the U.S. Senate in 1992, Patty Murray was depicted as an everyday "mom in tennis shoes." But the Democratic lawmaker from Washington may now need to don a pair of hip waders to navigate the deep political mud in which she finds herself mired. Conservative critics have assailed Murray - admittedly, with some justification - for her controversial comments about U.S. foreign policy and Osama bin Laden. But the primary point she was making - that America needs to...

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: BITTEN BY THE SOUND BITE: MURRAY TAKES CHANCE THEN GOOFS TWICE Sunday, December 29, 2002 GREGG HERRINGTON, Columbian staff writer Long after Sen. Patty Murray finishes serving time as a political piñata for her unbalanced account of Osama bin Laden's largess, will we look back and conclude that another nail has been driven into the coffin of political discourse?     Say what?     Will our political leaders be even less inclined than they already are to engage in discussing odd or unpopular notions about serious subjects?     You've heard the usual openers: "Let's think outside of the...

Patty Murray – day 12 Patty Murray’s allies in the Democrat party, such as Senator Biden, have defended her by claiming she is ignorant. Patty Murray’s praise of Osama bin Laden has been shown to be factually incorrect as well as deeply offensive to women – to say nothing of Americans in general. The claims that OBL builds day care centers in a society where women cannot leave the home without a male escort, or hold a job is bizarre. She praises OBL for building schools that do not allow girls to attend. There is, however, a larger question. Patty...

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2002 Bad Art Moore! Bad, bad, bad … You and the type of people you cater to, are the kind of "mindless sheep" that are as dangerous to America as a thousand Osamas! The shameless way in which you attack Sen. Murray reminds me of a very frightened little boy that wants to lash out at anything that moves because of his own fear. I know you will not print this, it was never meant for that. What it was meant for was Art Moore, a person that shows off his own brand of mindless gibberish...

When I read the words about Osama bin Laden attributed to Sen. Patty Murray in an address to high-school students, I was almost certain it was a joke. It had to be some kind of parody, a spoof, a satire. Surely no one – certainly not a U.S. senator – could be that stupid. In case you missed it, Murray, D-Wash., explained to Columbia River High School students in Vancouver why bin Laden is so popular around the world with his constituents. Bin Laden, she said, has been "out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure,...

With friends like this, who needs enemies?

If there is any doubt as to whether or not Sen. Murray's comments have provided aid and comfort to the enemy, simply go to the Taliban Online website. Sen. Murray's pro-Bin Laden comments have been quoted extensively on the Taliban website to bolster their hateful position in the war against the USA. To view the Senator's comments on the Taliban website go to: http://muslimthai.com/talibanonline/article.php?sid=1360&mode=thread&order=0

OSAMA BIN MURRAY & BAGDHAD JIM Just days before Christmas, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wondered aloud in a Vancouver, Wash., high school why the world loved bin Laden but hated America, and what we could do about it. Sen. Murray was widely ridiculed, but her question was heartfelt and deserves a thoughtful response. Mr. bin Laden has made his demands against America on behalf of the Muslim world quite clear. First and foremost, we must convert to Islam. As a powerful and respected U.S. senator, Ms. Murray could exercise real leadership here, inspiring her followers to do likewise. First, Sen....

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Patty Murray – day 8 OK. Let’s summarize the bidding (as they say in bridge). Patty Murray, Radical Left “Mom in tennis shoes” (D) Washington, believes Osama Ben Laden is the world’s heartthrob because of his humanitarian efforts in poor countries. She feels that America has not done as much as OBL to educate, heal, construct and establish day care centers in Moslem countries in which women are not allowed outside the home without a male relative as an escort. She has her defenders. Her staff, which defines her critics as far right crazies. The old mainstream media, who are...

Send Senator "Taliban Patty" Murray (D-Wa) an e-mail asking her to resign her Senate position By now I am sure you are all familiar with the statement that Senator Patty Murray, the Democrat Senator from Washington State, made which was praising Osama bin Laden. There is an article that was posted today which showed that now the TalibanOnline has put the article from WorldNetDaily on their website. It is disgusting that a U.S. Senator would give "aid and comfort" to the enemy by making such a foolish statement. That the enemy has put it up on their website is...

Click here to sign petition to call for Sen. Murray's Resignation.. Text of Private e-mail to me: ISSUE: Republican Sen. Trent Lott was ousted from power for > praising Strom Thurmond. So what happens when a Democrat > Senator praises terrorist leader Osama bin Laden? > > According to WorldNetDaily.com, "Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., > told a group of high-school students in her state that the > U.S. should adopt Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics." > And apparently, she's making the same comments to students > all over Washington state. > > Murray is telling the students that people who...

Murray pushed for aid to Taliban before 9-11 Senator urged Bush administration to send $30 million to bin Laden hosts WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, who told schoolchildren Osama bin Laden was beloved by his people because of his compassionate social spending programs, was one of 13 U.S. senators to urge the Bush administration to send $30 million in taxpayer aid to his Taliban hosts in Afghanistan just five months before Sept. 11. On May 2, 2001, 13 senators released to the press a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell calling on the administration to provide $30...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, who told schoolchildren Osama bin Laden was beloved by his people because of his compassionate social spending programs, was one of 13 U.S. senators to urge the Bush administration to send $30 million in taxpayer aid to his Taliban hosts in Afghanistan just five months before Sept. 11. On May 2, 2001, 13 senators released to the press a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell calling on the administration to provide $30 million in emergency aid for Afghanistan, warning failure to act could spark a humanitarian crisis of "massive proportions." Last Wednesday, at...

DAILY POLL Do you think Sen. Patty Murray's recent comments concerning Osama bin Laden will have serious repercussions for her politically?

SEATTLE – The newspaper that broke the story of Sen. Patty Murray's commendation of Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics published an editorial today asserting that the senator erred by failing to tell "a room of young minds that America is the most benevolent of nations." Noting that her office is "doing damage control by flicking mud at 'right-wing demagogues,'" the Vancouver Columbian said Murray, D-Wash., neglected to give U.S. actions context or credit. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. "The senator should be assured that more than the 'right wing' is concerned that a U.S. senator does not see the importance of...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray says she intended to be provocative when she told a group of high school students that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is popular in poor countries because he helped pay for schools, roads and even day care centers. "We haven't done that," Murray said. "How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?" The Democrat's remarks, to a group of students in Vancouver, started even more discussion than she...

Republican Sen. Trent Lott was ousted from power for praising Strom Thurmond. So what happens when a Democrat Senator praises terrorist leader Osama bin Laden? According to WorldNetDaily.com, "Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told a group of high-school students in her state that the U.S. should adopt Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics." And apparently, she's making the same comments to students all over Washington state. Murray is telling the students that people who live in Third World countries might have a better view of the United States if Americans followed Osama bin Laden's example of being "better neighbors out in other...