"I've been surprised [Bush] waited, but
then I thought, well, politically, it probably doesn't make much sense to
find [Saddam Hussein] just yet." Those were the words of Washington State
Congressman Jim McDermott during a recent interview with KIRO
radio in Seattle. He implied President Bush would have
preferred to have waited until closer to the election to capture
Saddam Hussein in an effort to "score more political points with
voters.” He continued by saying, "There's too much by happenstance for it to
be just a coincidental thing." Thus is the mentality of the liberal left in
the United States of America.
This comes from a man nicknamed "Baghdad Jim." He was awarded this moniker
because of remarks he made last year. One had President Bush "misleading the
American people" on the issue of Iraq. He was heavily criticized for that
statement and even drew denigration from some in his own party. And while on
a trip to Baghdad before hostilities started he stated that Saddam Hussein
was trustworthy. Saddam Hussein? Trustworthy? How did this guy get elected?
The hate that has been instilled within the liberal left of this country;
courtesy of the McAuliffe/Clinton regime is so far beyond the realm of
acceptability it is maddening. Was it wrong to feel shorted after the 2000
election if you were a Gore/Lieberman supporter? Absolutely not. It was a
close race and their candidate lost. It wouldn’t have been normal for them
not to feel cheated. It was the same way I felt when an inferior candidate
in the man of Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush,
a man with a considerably more impressive resume. But until the moment when
Clinton lied under oath I was willing to accept him as the president of the
United States. Make no mistake, my disdain for Bill Clinton had nothing to
do with him abusing his underlings sexually, it had everything to do with
him breaking the law and violating his oath to uphold the US Constitution,
two things he did when he perjured himself. He paid the price for it through
his impeachment, thanks to those like US Rep. Henry Hyde who
heeded the duties of his office. After that the respect I held for the man
was replaced by a symbolic respect for the office of the presidency. But
never did I possess the hatred in my heart for Bill Clinton that people like
McDermott hold for George W. Bush today. And all this hatred coming from the
"tolerant left.”
It needs to be pointed out that the win-at-all-costs tactics of Terry
McAuliffe and his spin-minions nurtures the nucleolus of this
infection. Guilty by association and by enabling them are those who placed
him in the position he now holds, Bill and Hillary Clinton. He
is their creation and just like Frankenstein when being chased by the
frightened towns people, he is running amok. His win-at-all-cost arrogance
is the platform and his chief tactic this time around is fostering the evil
of hatred, hatred for another human being. Again, make no mistake; the
hatred has moved on from being simply aimed at the policies of an
administration, it is now targeting George W. Bush the man, husband and
father. It is sickening.
In a way, should the unthinkable happen and Howard Dean win
the presidency of the United States, I think I would be able to see a
glimpse of sunshine during an otherwise category 5 hurricane and that
glimpse of sunshine would be the demise of Terry McAuliffe and the Clinton
DNC machine. Should the absurd happen I would hunker down inside my own
political spider hole for four years solaced and nourished by the idea that
McAuliffe’s days were through.
As for Jim McDermott, perhaps Washington State’s GOP Chairman Chris
Vance said it best when he said, "Calling on [McDermott] to
apologize is useless, but I call on other Democrats to let the public know
if they agree with McDermott -- and Howard Dean, who recently said he
thought it was possible that President Bush had advance knowledge about
9/11. The voters deserve to know if the entire Democratic Party believes in
these sorts of bitter, paranoid conspiracy theories." Mr. McAuliffe? A
comment sir?
Frank Salvato is a
political media consultant and the managing editor for The New Media Journal.us. He is a
contributing writer for The Washington Dispatch, GOPUSA, OpinionEditorials,
Men’s News Daily, Canada Free Press & AmericanDaily. His pieces are
regularly featured in Townhall.com. He has appeared as a guest on The
O’Reilly Factor, The Kevin Matthews Radio Show (Chicago) and The Brad Messer
Radio Show (San Antonio). His pieces have been recognized by the Japan
Center for Conflict Prevention and are occasionally featured in The
Washington Times and The London Morning Paper as well as other national and
international publications.
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