A response to Congressman Delahunt
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What appears below is the text of an email I sent to the office of Congressman Delahunt (D-ipstick), in response to his vile comments against David Addington, VP Cheney's CoS. I suggest every RedStater, and every decent American, flood his office with complaints and demands for proper action. This brand of indecent politics cannot be allowed to continue.
Congressman Delahunt:
I recently was made aware of your outrageous statement to Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff, David Addington. It sickens me that you have reached so low in your specious anti-American liberalism that you would seek to promote the death of a public servant. Your statements, which you have attempted to parse and spin into a misunderstanding, are unequivocally vile and reek of the violent language that many on the Left employ when discussing the War on Terror. Your statement of...
"I would be surprised if he had any other interpretation other than the one that I suggested I intended. And if he believes in any way I wish him ill, I assure him that's not the case and I'd be happy to have another conversation with him."
...is the type of head-in-the-sand, willful ignorance that permeates much of the Democratic Party, as well as the candidate for whom you are an unelected superdelegate.
While it may be true that you do not lie awake at night, plotting the demise of Mr. Addington in a specific manner, your glib response to a legitimate concern (that of our enemy conducting opposition research) at best betrays a startling lack of seriousness with which you seem to view matters of national import. At worst, this would appear to a Freudian slip of epic proportions, offering the nation a glimpse into the psyche of a man who will stop at nothing to score political points by hoping that we fail in the greatest test of this present darkness.
Mr. Delahunt, we do not fight a faceless, nameless shadow. Our nation is engaged in an existential battle for the survival of Western ideology, those fundamental concepts of freedom, respect for life and the right of a people to self-determination. Our enemies would destroy our nation, and all that we hold dear, and you are (knowingly or unknowingly) abetting them in their "divine mission". Clearly, your views on proper political governance are fatally flawed. To suggest, as you did, that you were "...glad they finally have a chance to see [Mr. Addington]" is a grossly negligent abuse of your position in we the people's government, and demands nothing less than censure and public scorn. In my mind, it demands much more.
Do not send me some apologetic/polite response email drafted by an overworked summer intern or clerk. I hope you receive a million of these emails, and a million more. Mr. Delahunt, you must understand that this is no game, and you do not exist in your capacity as a congressman to aggrandize yourself and promote your own personal station. You serve at the leisure of a nation that should demand better, that requires leaders that are civil and promote the national welfare in an honest fashion. You have embarrassed yourself, the House and this nation. The people of this nation demand a strong response to this breach of responsibility - do not try any more half-hearted, mealy-mouthed attempts to soften the blows you rightly deserve. You were out of bounds. What will you do to make this right? I believe you will do nothing of any substance. Prove me wrong.
Sincerely,
Ross Kennedy
That's now how I read it. I heard a small man making a snide comment, basically calling a much better man than him a coward. To paraphrase, I didn't hear "I'm glad you're here in the open so that AQ knows what you look like and can hunt you down." I heard "It's about time you stopped hiding behind your executive powers."
Then I actually watched the video instead of just reading the transcript. Then I read Delahunt's ridiculous explanation. Then I stopped trying to rationalize the statement so that I wouldn't have to face the truth that a sitting United States Senator wants his political opponents to be killed by terrorists.
Disgusting. So nauseating that as a rational human being my first impression was that he had to have something other than what I heard. I mean, civilized people just don't talk like that to other civilized people, do they?
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Just to really believe it myself. Thats how I caught the tone of the response. I was pretty surprised.
I came up with something more believable in a spur of the moment rationalization than he did with an entire staff and hours of discussions. Evil and stupid, scary combination.
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
This one, I'll give you evil, but all of them?
I'm reminded of the old saying that goes something like "If you are not a liberal in your twenties, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative by your thirties, you have no brain."
What's the minimum age to be a Senator again? Yeah, maybe there's a reason for that.
I have to go with stupidity or blind optimism for most of them. Only a few get the hateful/evil brand.
...that's why I said the NEW democratic party...old school dems are ok in my book...even though I still would not have been one.....;^)
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Marxist propaganda. I wasn't even a liberal BEFORE I was in my twenties, although I was probably a probably a moderate back in middle school.
This phrase is often (mis)attributed to Winston Churchill (who was a Conservative legislator at 25, switched to the Liberals, then switched back). However,
The phrase originated with Francois Guisot (1787-1874): "Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." It was revived by French Premier Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929): "Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head."
Now, as it happens, Guisot was behind the deportation of Marx (1818-1883) from France in the mid-1840's -- which led to Karl hooking up with Engels in Brussels where they wrote Das Kapital (1867). So, even if such a thing as "Marxism" existed before Das Kapital, Guisot wasn't one of them.
On the other hand, Clemenceau was a radical in his early years but not so much when he was the French Premier during WWI -- he had publicly broken with the Radical-Socialist/Socialist party in 1906 (age 65 -- a bit older than thirty!). He also thought Woodrow Wilson was a bit of a utopianist, and that both the idea of the League of Nations and Wilson's 14 points were the products of wooly-headed idealism that would never work in the real world.
Hmmm...distrust of utopian idealism? check. distrust of multinational do-gooderism? check. advocate of no-holds-barred total war when attacked? check. Sounds pretty conservative -- and he started out a radical.
So, it appears that this quote is /not/ actually Marxist propaganda -- which would be pretty silly propaganda indeed: "Support us -- all the young stupid idjits do before they wise up!". Instead, it represents the actual life experience of the man who (re)said it.
Ive also been on my companies fax machine.
His receptionist, I kinda feel sorry for. This coward is making this lady take all the heat while he hides in his office.
Flyover Country, your response was too civilized for this dog. A proper response would have Mr Delahunt spitting up teeth.
...Delahunt a level of respect and dignity that he clearly is unfit to receive. That said, as much as I struggled to heed the concept of "Respect the office, not the man", it was tough considering the mockery that so many of our congresscritters have of their position. As to the visual of Delahunt spitting up teeth, I admit it has a certain visceral pleasure associated with it. MMMM...enamel.
Anyhow, he got a couple of calls from yours truly, as well. I maintained a veneer of dignity the whole time, as clearly the poor woman was overmatched and (I have to presume) seriously pissed at her boss. And, it's nice to know we have comrades in arms north of the divide, as well. If we had a million more Canucks like you here in the United States, we'd have a real chance to rebuild this sucker after all. Keep fighting the good fight up there, and we'll hold the line down here. Eventually, we'll all win out - of that, I am sure.
but while we are emailing our congress critters, let us email Drudge as well, he has a news tips email form on the lower right of the page. I will not comment on whether or not Drudge's power is a good or bad thing, but a bright red headline on this issue tomorrow would have more than just a little impact.
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Molon Labe!
Mr. Addington certainly understood what he meant. You could hear it in his voice when he responded "I'm sure you are"
The mask fell off for a couple of seconds and this guy knew he had messed up big time. It sounded to me like he thought Addington was a worse person than AQ and they DESERVED to see the person who was killing them all around the world.