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womzillaThis is the entire right-wing/left-wing divide in a single incident.
Rep. Murtha, a war hero, the first Viet Nam vet elected to Congress, and in general a hawkish Democrat, makes a speech declaring his hard-reached decision that it's time for the US to pull out of Iraq.
He is immediately denounced as a coward by Dick Cheney, who pulled five deferments to escape service in the 'Nam, and by Jean Schmidt, a representative who ran against an Iraq veteran by calling him a pacifist coward. The Rethugs then immediately introduce a bill taking Murtha's position and exaggerating it to the point where only three reps (none of them Murtha) could vote for it, thereby, apparently, proving that Murtha wasn't serious about the point they tried to shove into his mouth.
I love my country. Where has it gone?
Rep. Murtha, a war hero, the first Viet Nam vet elected to Congress, and in general a hawkish Democrat, makes a speech declaring his hard-reached decision that it's time for the US to pull out of Iraq.
He is immediately denounced as a coward by Dick Cheney, who pulled five deferments to escape service in the 'Nam, and by Jean Schmidt, a representative who ran against an Iraq veteran by calling him a pacifist coward. The Rethugs then immediately introduce a bill taking Murtha's position and exaggerating it to the point where only three reps (none of them Murtha) could vote for it, thereby, apparently, proving that Murtha wasn't serious about the point they tried to shove into his mouth.
I love my country. Where has it gone?
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Date: 2005-11-20 06:45 pm (UTC)Wish I knew. I miss it.