Steve Thornton said:
Here are two more reasons why I'm a proud Democrat.
Self-righteous Sarah Palin calls for Rahm Emanuel to resign after he used the word 'Retarded' in a closed-door meeting. He apologized(which he should have) yet you have the ever predictable Rush Limbaugh saying, on the radio, to the public, there's nothing wrong with calling "Retards, Retards." What does Saint Sarah say? "People shouldn't be disrespectful." Of course she can't criticize Limbaugh because she needs him too much. And now, e-mails are coming out detailing how small-government Sarah tried to cover up the $3,200 cost of putting in electicity for her tanning bed while she was Governor and getting pissed off because she couldn't get the state to pay for her daughter's air fare. Totally amazing.
Then you have the Republicans' leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, criticizing our intelligence agencies, after they're coming up with current, actionable intelligence from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallub, the underwear bomber, using smart and lawfull interrogation techniques. We Mirandize him, bring him members of his family to convince him to talk and he starts singing like a bird. And what's McConnell say? He says Holder shoulder be taking on the case and then says Larry King could have gotten more from him.
Ah geez, where do I start? Because it doesn't fit into their torture first, ask questions later view of the world, and because they are loathe to give any credit to the Obama aministration, these unpatriotic sleazebags put politics first and demean the brave men and women on the front lines on the war on terror who spend every waking moment worrying about threats and doing their best to combat it. Better to play politics than actually say the system worked. Mitch, remember Richard Reid, the shoe bomber? We Mirandized him after he was taken off the plane and tried him in a civilian court. Convicted him. System worked.
No wonder we're in such a fix. The Republicans are doing nothing but saying no to everything to get a political advantage in the midterms. Sad.
"...these unpatriotic sleazebags put politics first and demean the brave men and women on the front lines on the war on terror who spend every waking moment worrying about threats and doing their best to combat it." Yeah really, they should act more like this patriot: http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=701159&poll_id=&news_id=&page=
"Then you have the Republicans' leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, criticizing our intelligence agencies..." Of course you would never hear criticism of our intelligence agencies from a Democrat would you? After all, the Dems were mum and respectful when it came to 9-11, water boarding, failures in Afghanistan, "connecting dots", CIA secret prisons, etc. I concur with the title of your thread, it's blatant in your post.
"Better to play politics..." That's a good point. So tell me, what is the benefit of coming out now and telling the world he is singing like a bird? It's politics that's why, because I can guarantee they aren't doing it to give terrorists a head start (well I actually can't be sure about that with this adminstration). How convenient he's talking now, and how bogus of the administration to come out and say he is. Do you not see how stupid their argument is? They are saying they can announce he's singing now because his information is stale anyway. It's stale because his lawyer told him to shut-up. What he's doing now is immaterial. How rediculous.
"No wonder we're in such a fix. The Republicans are doing nothing but saying no to everything to get a political advantage in the midterms. Sad" Actually what's sad is that I feel comfortable in saying you had a straight face when you wrote this post. I'll give you credit though; you had the gnads to fill it with hypocrisy, and titled it "Amazing Hypocrisy". Now that's sad.
Mike
