"They expect to hear it from me--but when it's from you, it takes on a whole new meaning.'"
The speaker was Congressman Jim McDermott, (who was against the war before it was cool) telling BlatherWatch about a conversation he had with fellow House member, conservative Republican Wayne Gilchrest who broke with the Bush Administration last week, saying "American troops cannot abandon the Iraqi people, but the United States should have a timeline on when to pull troops out of Iraq."
The wheels are coming off public and GOP support for the war effort and the Administration is playing Wack-a-Mole with gathering scandals, McDermott said Saturday at a small private gathering in Seattle.
The Delay/Abramoff influence peddling got an indictment last week; the Karl Rove CIA agent outing, and the "coingate" scandal which could unseat the Republican Ohio governor, are simmering away in the hands of ambitious prosecutors.
Of course, to obfuscate things, the right is focusing on the shocking ads NARAL ran against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. The confirmation, which even Democrats have said for weeks ago is in the bag, is the subject of many straw man erections (you know what we mean...) by Republican surrogates trying to change the subject.
Gilchrest told McDermott there were more Congressional Republicans "laying in the weeds" waiting for the right time to distance themselves from the war and trying to find a graceful way to avoid the oncoming tsunami of scandals.
"These guys are all going to [military] funerals and facing the families," McDermott said. "And they all know what bullshit they were fed leading up to this war."-from the post on blatherWatch. Read the whole thing: Michael Hood also brings in Frank Rich and the Washington Post into his comments. If he can do radio, sign him up! Update: Michael Hood responded to my cross-posting: "Your readers should know that I always need to hear
the most egregious shit from right-wing moonbat radio--they need to hear from real people and
BlatherWatch is beginning to be the place that's happening." Write on Michael!
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