Dems Demand Boehner Apologize For "Small Price" Troop Deaths Remark
Okay, here we go.
Democratic leaders are now opening fire on GOP House leader John Boehner, demanding that he apologize for saying in an interview yesterday that troop deaths in Iraq would be a "small price" to pay for defeating Al Qaeda and achieving Middle East stability.
"Boehner’s comments yesterday are deplorable and he should apologize immediately," Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean said in a statement emailed to Election Central. "Bohener’s comments show how truly out of touch the Republicans are. The loss of a son or daughter is never a small price to pay, especially for a policy which was initiated by Republicans who misled the nation about why we are there."
As we first reported yesterday at The Horse's Mouth, Boehner was asked yesterday on CNN about the continued sacrifice of money and American lives in Iraq. He replied that "the investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here, if we’re able to stabilize the Middle East, it’s not only going to be a small price for the near future, but think about the future for our kids and their kids."
Because the question had specifically referred to America troop deaths, in his answer Boehner appeared to be saying that the expenditure of not just money, but untold American lives, too, would be a "small price" to pay for achieving our goals in the Middle East.
Now Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean's office has sent us the following statement from him:
“House Republican Leader John Boehner’s comments yesterday are deplorable and he should apologize immediately. Our brave men and women who have given their lives in service to our country and their families have made the ultimate sacrafice, and to say anything less is insulting to their memories and service. Republicans stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that their Iraq policy is a failure, our troops are mired in a civil war and we’re not making the necessary political progress on the ground. Bohener’s comments show how truly out of touch the Republicans are. The loss of a son or daughter is never a small price to pay, especially for a policy which was initiated by Republicans who misled the nation about why we are there. The war in Iraq must end. We need to bring our troops home.”
Earlier today, Senator John Kerry also demanded an apology from Boehner. "What a stunningly cavalier statement about the lives of the young men and women who serve our country," Kerry wrote. "A single life is a large price to pay for any endeavor...Where is Representative Boehner's apology? And where is an Iraq policy equal to our soldiers' tremendous sacrifice?"
Meanwhile, we make the case as to why Boehner's comment matters here. Now that Dean has come out and hit Boehner, with other Dems likely to follow suit soon, it remains to be seen whether this highly questionable statement from Boehner will attract anywhere near the media attention that was accorded, say, Kerry's botched troop joke last fall.
A Boehner spokesperson didn't immediately return a call for comment.
Late Update: Here's another one. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee head Chris Van Hollen has sent over this statement demanding that Boehner apologize to the military and their families:
“To belittle the sacrifice of more than 30,000 brave Americans killed or injured in Iraq as a ‘small price’ is reprehensible. Clearly, Minority Leader John Boehner will say anything to justify George Bush’s stay the course approach, but this damaging rhetoric has no place is the debate about the new direction needed in Iraq. Minority Leader Boehner owes our military and their families an apology for his hurtful comments that minimize their tragic loss.”
Comments (48)
CT Voter wrote on September 13, 2007 3:51 PM:You said,
And his remarks could become a big story, if Dems wanted to make it one.
Why was this so hard for Democrats to grasp? Looking at the interchange between Blitzer and Boehner (those names together sound like some 3rd rate magic act, truthfully), the very last part of Blitzer's question referred to troop deaths. Boehner's response has to mean he truly thinks troop deaths, in this context, are just a small price.
The uproar would be deafening had a Democrat said that. It would be "Breaking News" on CNN. Instead, crickets are chirping. I should be surprised, but the media no longer surprises me.
totally agreed. this is really a big test for the credibility of the media. and they'll fail it.
but now that Dean has opened fire, it'll be harder to ignore
cv wrote on September 13, 2007 4:06 PM:The best way to go is not demand an apology, because that puts the ball in his court, but just slam this line of thinking as typical of the whole republican ethos. Don't ask for an apology--slam him until he apologizes.
Demanding an apology is the kind of wimpy stuff Josh decries in the Bitch Slap Theory. Saying that nothing Boehner ever says could ease the hurt he has caused by this remark is much stronger. That way, even if he does apologize, it's not over.
Anonymous wrote on September 13, 2007 4:07 PM:Boehner needs to serve time as an OR orderly in a MASH unit mopping up the blood and debrided tissue.
If ever the epithet "chickenhawk" applied, it does here.
I'd say that demanding an apology might be necessary to force the media to see it as a story...
mickey g wrote on September 13, 2007 4:11 PM:These are the same whining sissies that are having nervous breakdowns over a freakin' ad in the NY Times ?
Anonymous wrote on September 13, 2007 4:18 PM:When I rule the world, turds like Boehner will be slapped into uniform, saddled with a backpack and rifle, shipped to somewhere east of Suez and forced to march behind real men.
I agree with Greg. The important concept here, one at which the Dems are woefully incompetent, is shifting negative media attention to the other guy, in this case Boehner. Hopefully other Dems will continue to slam him until the squaking heads on cable notice.
On the other hand, its the lack of cynical bed-wetters syndrome that also prevents Dems from feigning breathless outrage every 15 seconds.
dfong63 wrote on September 13, 2007 4:26 PM:Boehner said: ``it’s not only going to be a small price for the near future, but think about the future for our kids and their kids.''
a lot of those young folks who died will never have kids, you jerk. and those who were fortunate enough to have children before Bush's war killed them, their children will grow up missing a father or mother. you're a disgrace to public office. your resignation would be a small price to pay for that idiotic remark.
Here is Boehner's office number:
202 225 6205
Fax
202 225 0704
Call John and explain that dead soldiers are not a "small price". A billion dollars every three days is not a "small price."
Call him. He is NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE.
Mack the Hack wrote on September 13, 2007 4:38 PM:Anon 4:18: Wouldn't it be preferable to have them marching in FRONT of the real men?
EH wrote on September 13, 2007 4:39 PM:The Dem strategy should be to force Boehner to say definitively that troop deaths are not a small price to pay.
chard wrote on September 13, 2007 4:45 PM:
We should congratulate Boehner for saying exactly what his party thinks about our service men and women.
Prospective enlistees, do take note.
CT Voter wrote on September 13, 2007 4:52 PM:POed Lib:
Thanks for the Boehner number.
Call him up, people. Don't just express indignation for TPM readers. Share the wealth with our elected officials!
dndobson wrote on September 13, 2007 4:57 PM:Adding insult to injury, please note that he has substituted "death" with "investment." So Iraq is an investment opportunity and dead people are a small price to pay for the return on that investment...or, well, it would be if the investment were actually going to turn out the way the Broker(President) keeps telling us it will...and we never actually thought this was what we were investing in. I mean , I thought we were investing in our safety from nuclear weapons.
What a Boehner!
R H White wrote on September 13, 2007 5:01 PM:The guy is from Ohio ... I've lived all my life in Ohio ... he's an idiot ... anybody who lives here knows that. I don't live in the district that sent him to Congress but, as a voting resident of Ohio, I extend my deepest apologies to the nation and to those who have served this nation for the lack of respect and sensitivity that Boehner showed to each and every member of the Armed Forces, their friends and family, with his words.
theophylact wrote on September 13, 2007 5:10 PM:For Boehner the price may be small; but afdter the first death, there is no other.
OCPatriot wrote on September 13, 2007 5:13 PM:Bush's Administration now has a reputation for turning men (and women), like Circe, into pigs. Witness what has happened to Powell, Rice and now Pataeus, and you can also include Boehner in this bunch. Long ago, Bush and Cheney turned into pigs, grunting and snorting their way along, professing the highest ideals but actually perverting our political processes including habeas corpus. Either they seek out these pigs or they turn them into pigs. They seem to be doing it on a much larger scale than Circe, by the way, and they appear to be quite good at it.
aj wrote on September 13, 2007 5:18 PM:A connection should be made here (along the lines of "this shows how Republicans are out of touch") to Romney's comment comparing his sons campaigning for him to the sacrifice that is being made by members of the military serving in Iraq.
dhs wrote on September 13, 2007 5:20 PM:H.R. 4321
The United States is currently engaged in a costly struggle in Iraq, launched by the President under false pretenses. It has taken many lives on the battlefield, and has ruined many others. As members of the House of Representatives, we recognize that our soldiers have paid the ultimate price, and assert that their sacrifice should never be dismissed as a "small price to pay", as it was recently by John Boehner on CNN.
CT Voter wrote on September 13, 2007 5:23 PM:I called the Boehner office just before 5 PM EST. The woman answering the phone kept insisting that Boehner was referring to the monetary investment, and that he never said that the death of troops was a small price. When I said that the last part of Blitzer's question clearly referred to troop deaths, and that Boehner had, in fact, said that was a small price, she kept insisting that he didn't say that. When I said that he should apologize to the family members of the troops who had been killed, she kept saying he never said that. When I said that he should be ashamed of himself, she hung up on me.
Dawn wrote on September 13, 2007 5:25 PM:Like others I am glad Dean and others are speaking out, but I wish they would not frame it as 'demanding an apology'. Just slam him. Demanding anything looks wimpy.
Dan R wrote on September 13, 2007 5:27 PM:I just called Boehner's office. the woman who answered listened politely and then told me that the congressman was responding only to the financial cost. I told her that the video seems to me to clearly indicate otherwise. I also asked if she thought $1 billion every three days was a small price to pay...
Dan R wrote on September 13, 2007 5:30 PM:I would bet money that that woman who is answering the phone is a hired PR person. No offense intended to any Congressional staffers, but she is very skilled in how she responds. She also picked up the phone when I called at 5:25PM EST. Do they normally answer the phone after hours?
Ferruge wrote on September 13, 2007 5:31 PM:cv at 4:06 nails it. It's time to use their words against them, not simply ask them via fax or phone to change their words. Hold up Boehner's Boner as an example to everyone why we're even in this mess to begin with.
If you do it (the media blitz) right, you won't have to ask them to apologize, they'll be falling all over themselves doing it. Their embarrassment can be the gift that keeps on giving.
I know this from having watched it being done to Democrats over the past decade.
Diverik wrote on September 13, 2007 5:32 PM:dndobson has a very valid point (4:57 PM post above). Notice that Boehner uses the word "investment". Not "sacrifice" or some other like word, but “investment”. That word is just as telling in regard to the mindset of the GOP war supporters as “small price”.
They sold this war as combating an existential threat. In reality, it’s just an “investment” to them.
Donald from Hawaii wrote on September 13, 2007 5:35 PM:People really have it bass-ackwards here. "Democrats should do this. No, the Democrats should do that."
Excuse me, but DNC Chair Howard Dean and Sen. John Kerry have already responded appropriately, as have numerous other Democratic public officials. But why, pray tell, should it just be up to Democratic office-holders and their staff to respond to this asinine and insensitive public statement by Rep. John Boehner (R-Dark Side of the Moon)?
Where's the so-called mainstream media? Where are the Beltway pundits? Hell, for that matter, where are WE? Have we as citizens done our part by calling the members of our respective congressional delegations -- ESPECIALLY the Republicans -- to politely but firmly voice our objections to such outrageous nonsense?
That's who's supposed to be responding to this, which I don't see us doing, save for a relative smattering of individuals across the country.
American politics should not be reduced by the manipulative likes of Mr. Boehner and the Beltway punditry, to become a vicarious form of entertainment for those less-privileged hundreds of millions of us who unfortunately happen to reside in the hinterlands. If Mr. Boehner wishes to practice it as a blood sport, then we the people should by all means accommodate him, and start by drawing some of his.
POed Lib nails it: Call the House Minority's resident tanning salon addict, as well as your state's Republican congresscritters and senators (and -- sigh! -- Joe Lieberman), and let them know you're paying close attention out here, and you're not liking what you're seeing back there.
zippy wrote on September 13, 2007 5:37 PM:Don't mistake my sentiments, because I am no republican, but you can bet that they'll pull out the M. Albright quote about civilian death as "collateral damage" being "worth it"
Sometimes it's tough living in a glass house and, sadly, both our political parties are vulnerable to their own histories.
Be A Citizen for Change wrote on September 13, 2007 5:54 PM:CULTURE OF DEATH
We live in a Culture of Death, not Life. A death penalty prisoner was executed yesterday in Tennessee for the first time in a long time.
Life is not valued in our culture. Until life IS valued, references and remarks like Boehner's (Republican) and Madeline Albright ( Democrat) will continue to be made.
Ask yourself this question: What can I do to neutralize the denigration of life in so many ways (not just war) in our society?
We worship death and violence in our movie theaters. We worship death and violence in our video games that we buy for our children.
Should we be surprised that our elected officials dont value life?
mcboo wrote on September 13, 2007 5:54 PM:I'm of mixed feelings on this. On the one hand I want the Democrats to blast him for such a callous and reprehensibly detached comment. On the other hand I hate the Republicans for do this sort of mindless partisan warfare. It's essentially school yard taunting and name-calling.
I wish the political discourse in this country revolved around serious conversations on the issues and not strategic attacks derived from parsing peoples uninformed comments. (and again, I'm appalled by this comment)
Legalize wrote on September 13, 2007 6:08 PM:It seems that the line from Boehner's Office is that the Congressman was refering to the financial cost alone. She read me her version of the transcript, which cleraly EXcluded the portion of Blitzer's question concerning lost blood and life. When I corrected her she insisted that that's not what the Congressman said and that he wasn't apologizing for something he didn't say. I told her that I didn't agree with her spin on his comments and then she hung up.
Sounds like she's had a bit of an afternoon over there.
Fred M. wrote on September 13, 2007 6:14 PM:I think Boehner is a total a-hole, but I think he is getting a bad rap with this. Blitzer's question was about the dollars being spent in Iraq, and Boehner's response referred to the "investment" that we're making, which makes it pretty obvious that he too was talking in terms of dollars. Let's be fair ...
POed Lib wrote on September 13, 2007 6:26 PM:"Let's be fair ..."
Are you deranged? or more likely, are you a troll?
FAIR!! I'll GIVE BOEHNER "FAIR". I hope that people CRAM "FAIR" UP HIS SKANKY BUTT.
This is not the time to be fair. This is the time to use EVERY LITTLE FUMBLE TO SCORE ON THESE TOADS. In a football game, it would be "fair" to give the ball back to the quarterback after a fumble.
But it would also be the dumbest FUCKING MOVE IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.
So, FAIR I AM NOT, AND I'LL THANK YOU TO TAKE YOU "FAIR" AND STUFFUCK IT.
POed Lib wrote on September 13, 2007 6:31 PM:It doesn't matter WHAT Boehner meant. What matters is the SPIN. We can spin this into a PR NIGHTMARE.
Every single little slip of Gore's never went away. Same with this, done right.
So, call up "Small Price" John, and say how offended you are. Call up call-in shows (I will be calling Diane Rehm tomorrow morning). Spin this comment, and let's get everyone thinking HOW we want them to think.
EH wrote on September 13, 2007 6:41 PM:We can spin this into a PR NIGHTMARE.
We can?
Anonymous wrote on September 13, 2007 6:47 PM:I cannot see why our democrat mobsters are upset with the Republican mobster. I used to believe the Dems actually cared, but I also am old enought to realize that talk is cheap.
It's nothing but hippocracy to get angry with Boehner's statements while continuing to fund the entire war AND the other $4 billion in defense... all the while still calling this Bush's war.
This war stopped being Bush's and became Congress's the moment they voted to budget money for it, and now that the dead and dying are volunteers, very few folks "We the People" sent to Washington care at all about our troops.
They're too busy spending 100% of their time expending hot air and have zero time to do what we sent them there to do...
I guess when we reelect them next time, things will be different, won't they...
revday wrote on September 13, 2007 6:56 PM:I just called Boehner's office. It is 6:40 EST. No answer. If you click on the link above "reported" or "replied" then you will have: not only the full transcript but the video of the question and Boehner's response. The question included both the dollars and the blood of our people. If he was talking about dollars he should have said so. Given that he is, at least, halfway educated (He did get a bachelors degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1977. his web site) he must have meant what he said. If not then he owes our military and our country an explanation.
I am also going to call my Senators. Although it is hard to call them mine. They were elected by the capitalists ideologues that are enjoying some of the financial fruits of their "investment" by way of all the dollars coming to the plethora of my state's military bases and manufacturers.
With this war it is necessary to focus on following the money. It was never about safety, WMD, Al-Quada, or political ideology. This administration has known exactly what it was doing all the time. They are war profiteers. To debate their talking points only continues the lie. We need to hold them accountable for this illegal and immoral war.
Boehner's remarks are utterly contemptible.
All of these chicken-s..t-chickenhawks like Boehner should be put in army uniforms, put in un-armored humvees and made to do daily patrol from Diyala province to Baghdad for a twelve-months period.
I'll wager that would change their minds about the 'costs' of Bush'/Cheney's blunders in Iraq.
Beartooth wrote on September 13, 2007 7:32 PM:I believe we as a country have not taken loss of life seriously enough. There should be more moments of silence in honor of these fallen soldiers, like they do on PBS news hour. Maybe then these knuckleheads will get it. They have no clue of what the ultimate sacrifice is because they serve corporate greed not the citizens they represent. We should show the GOP no quarter. I just can't imagine the American people will tolerate anymore. But as FDR said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Everything is Hunky Dory until it happens to you, then its too
late. Remember Nazi Germany and the isolationist. Now is the time to act. This war has gone on long enough without world approval and its time to bring it to a conclusion and not an occupation. We have no business telling other's how a democracy works when we can't even get it right in New Orleans.
Worse yet, is his repeated "if..." "if..." "if...", which means he isn't even sure of himself and whether the lofty (and vague) objectives he has spoken about can ever be achieved. Disgusting, isn't it?
Let's be fair ...
I assume you've made the same impassioned pleas on the rightwing websites all those times when they've jumped on every little thing that a Dem politician says. Notice how their complaints often have the ear of the traditional media? Is that fair?
In no way is half a trillion dollars and untold hundreds of thousands of dead people a 'small price' for anything that this whole Iraq Boondoggle could ever have been imagined by reasonable people to accomplish. That's what's offensive, and by god that asswipe Republican should be called on it, with all the karmic relish associated with it.
NoMore wrote on September 14, 2007 1:14 AM:J.B., and all whom you attest to support and defend....thanks, but "No Thanks." This has been a travesty of justice from the beginning, and it cannot be allowed to continue any longer. The sacrifice of American lives, during this push for "Iraqi Freedom", constitutes a never-ending supply of lives for the sake of g.b.'s political heritage, as well as his final, lasting concern for the oil, gas, and engineering companies which stand to make more over the next few years, than Social Security will require. Then again, if 'they' can END Social Security, then 'they' won't have anything to worry about, will 'they'.
I've been a person, a student, a graduate, a citizen, and a Democrat, since I was cognizant of what should be important to us all in this world.
My father, a very intelligent, private attorney in practice 'for the little guy', has always told me, that I should listen, read, research, and find out as much as I can about the candidates up for political office as I can, so that I can make the best decision regarding the choices which face me, regardless of what 'his' opinions are.
He even went as far as to say, that I shouldn't just "go on what he has to say", but "should listen to other viewpoints, and get a full view of the facts before making a decision." Wow....what a concept! I sure hope at least 30% of "The People" do just that.
Now, unlike ever before, I find myself at a crossroads.....but only because I listened to G.B.'s speech tonight.
If not mistaken, I just heard Pres. G. Bush declare that he wants 'us' to support and pay for, with lives and money, an extended strategic involvement in Iraq.
There's no need for timelines at this point.
Extended, means whenever he decides to leave, or we decide to leave, whichever comes first, depending on when 'that' is. (Based on the facts, that is.)
This could be, and will most likely be, at least 20 years, and may be indefinitely, since after about 30 years, it will be absolutely necessary for us to "fight" for oil reserves, since they will be extremely limited at that time, and acquisition will be imperative by then, especially if we don't detach ourselves from "foreign oil".
....while oil may be something for us to think about, we don't need to do it now....it will only make things worse. God knows, as does everyone else on the planet, that whenever we decide to take "the oil", that we'll do it, so pre-postering is not necessary, certainly if it costs us thousands of lives.....
prepostering = thousands of lives
God Help Us....
I'd rather be the Kingdom or the Glory, rather than the Power.....heheheheheheheheheheheheh
Whose the joke on???????????????????????????
More than any time in the past, we Must Elect A Democratic President......
Not for Peace,
not for Diplomacy,
not for Fiscal Responsibility,
not for the sake of Social Security,
and not just to save American lives around the world, (like those most commonly lost in IRAQ),
but for the common good of mankind.
If the people of Iraq want something better than what they had before we got there, then they should begin to show it, and then we will certainly be there to help them accomplish whatever they need.
Imagine this.....
The American people, choose to 'take over' Harlem, in America, choosing to reconstruct it as 'they' see fit, for the better of everyone, especially for the better of those in Harlem.
What would happen???
Initial, intense, violence, followed by an intense desire for political resolution and control which would alleviate the warring power from future risk and responsibility, as would be the norm.
But....what if the inhabitants of 'the ghetto' don't want us there to begin with, as well as all those others from nearby, who have "something to say as well," ???
Guess what?!?!?!.... problems abound!!!
That's what we've got now, and there's no end in sight.
I'm ashamed to be an American, since I now represent an undeniable, altruistic push of a country which wants, and expects, to be in the Middle East, until the day I die.
My Dad always said that "taking out Saddam Hussein would be a huge mistake, for many reasons," and now we see just what costs which that "mistake" present to us.
Rachel, please tell me what I can do to ensure the election of any Democrat during the next Presidential Election. I have a Master's in Behavioral Science, which has contributed to my distaste with Bush's overbearing rule over us all.......one that wouldn't survive if required to be proven to us all.
What should be different now.....?
All this shit sucks......?
Please don't.....?
No more...?
???
?
Rep. Boehner has another office he uses also: the Republican Leadership office. That phone number is 202-225-4000.
I phoned earlier today and after the young man who answered corrected my pronunciation of the Rep's name, he unceremoniously switched me to voicemail.
Keith Olberman had a piece about Boehner on Countdown.
The outrage seems to be growing, not unlike the anger at Trent Lott after his comments at Thurmond's party.
I found this so offensive that I fully intend to keep calling and writing whomever I can think of - and these people claim to be "pro-life"? Geesh.
bjobotts wrote on September 14, 2007 2:36 AM:John "pass the scotch boo-hoo when we gonna stand up and take 'em on,,hic they're expendable" Boehner doesn't give a damn about soldiers as people...just troops to use. He pretends to support them and pretends to be sorrowful at their deaths but they are just objects to use in a war he really cares little about besides it's his "position". Howard Dean is right when he said Boehner is out of touch. But anyone, including Dean is out of touch when they put the soldiers deaths in terms of .."they give their lives..." They don't "give" their lives except maybe to save each other. They are "forced" to fight and die policing a civil war and are sacrificed to support the war profiteers. They are waiting for someone to support them ...by protecting them and getting them out of harm's way. Boehner and Dean both continue to help fund this occupation. Everything else has been tried to stop this mess except cutting the funding. Bush will never leave Iraq unless he is forced to leave. Stoop funding the damn thing. There's money enough to fully fund a withdrawal of US forces. The troops will not be left unprotected as any equipment they are without will not reach them for 1-2yrs anyway and they can protect themselves until we can get them out of harm's way and any pay they are without we can make up with bonuses. Bush is holding the troops hostage using them as blackmail to get the funding for his war profiteers and with additional funding he will attack Iran. Quit acting outraged and insulted by those who treat the deaths of our soldiers as inconsequential and then continue to support forcing our soldiers to fight and die calling them heroic instead of sacrifices to the war profiteers by funding the whole process again and again and again. Only need 40 votes to cut the funding. Don't even let the bill come up. Let it be seen that Boehner and the other republicans cannot get enough votes to continue funding this War-occupation.
One soldier goes into the arena and is killed and you argue about how his death should be treated all the while giving another thousand dollars to send the next soldier into the arena. One was too many and 3700 not enough. Stop funding it.
Reality Check wrote on September 14, 2007 9:48 AM:People... save the indignation and put all the words you write here in a letter to the editor.. 'cuz that is the only way some of these things are going to get into a newspaper.
I do not know why it is still incomprehensible and baffling to all of you that the MSM will not allow anything bad to be said about Repugnants (certainly not allowed to echo), no matter how true or how bad it is, much less let anything gain momentum in the public perception like this "small price" comment? You think Vitter and McHenry (& DOZENS of other scandals and corruption charges) are being ignored, because the MSM just "does not get it", or do you really think it is because it would damage their business relationships of the their board members/editors/reporters with Repugs in the private sector?
The MSM in all it's forms, newspapers, radio and TV, is run by corporations that do not want the truth or anything messy like that to interfere with their profits. Talking bad about Repugs, who helped them all become conglomerates would be like biting the hand that feeds it. The Fourth Estate is effectively dead. Rail at it, write a letter to it.... send it flowers.
This here.. this blog media is the New Fifth Estate. The New Watchdog for truth, and justice.
JNagarya wrote on September 15, 2007 3:17 PM:Bonehead, being a Republican, has doubtless made every effort -- successfully -- to avoid any sort of service, military or otherwise, that isn't based upon patriotic flag-waving of the Republican party-before-country anti-Americanism.
So he should be asked, repeatedly, and an answer demanded: "In view of the fact you are a gung-ho supporter of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, when are you going to put your fake balls where your mouth is and enlist, even if only to 'prove' that you 'support the trooops'?"
It's a small price for Bonehead: he isn't in the line of fire.
