DeMint rips war ‘wimps’ (according to him, that would be Dems)

[babylonsister]

http://www.thestate.com/154/story/76661.html


DeMint rips war ‘wimps’
Defeatist Democrats such as Harry Reid share blame for Iraq war deaths, senator tells Upstate constituents
By JAMES ROSEN -

SPARTANBURG — Sen. Jim DeMint on Tuesday blamed Democratic “wimps” in Congress for American casualties in Iraq, and cited Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for special censure.

During a luncheon speech to 100 constituents in Spartanburg, DeMint also took issue with the now widespread belief that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, saying the executed Iraqi dictator had “stockpiles of chemical weapons” that still exist.

DeMint devoted most of his comments to the current immigration debate in the Senate. But he spoke about the war when a woman in the audience stood and asked him how long U.S. troops will remain in Iraq.

“Al-Qaida knows that we’ve got a lot of wimps in Congress,” DeMint said. “I believe a lot of the casualties can be laid at the feet of all the talk in Congress about how we’ve got to get out, we’ve got to cut and run.”


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[a kennedy]

1. Oh my gawd......

you have got to be kidding me. This is just insane. Boy they sure know how to turn a discussion don't they? Oh my gawd.

[BurtWorm]

2. Chickenhawks should watch who they call war wimps.

http://www.demint.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Biography.Home

I don't see anything about military service in this biography. Maybe he's ashamed of it. :eyes:

[tabasco]

5. Nope. No military service for big tough Jimmy Boy.

South Carolina should be ashamed of putting this cowardly POS in the Senate.

[genie_weenie]

7. And what the fuck does this mean???

“This is not a war that’s gone well. Unfortunately, it’s become something it was not when we started.”

DeMint added: “While I think it’s gone badly and it’s a mess, it would have been worse if we hadn’t gone in (to Iraq).”

What? What would have gone worse? What "it"?

[zbdent]

8. Wait a minute ... Iraq's civil war, which would not have occurred if we hadn't

taken out Saddam Hussein, would have been worse than if we hadn't instigated it by taking out Saddam Hussein??????

boggles the mind ... :silly:

[NewJeffCT]

12. Those 700,000+ Iraqis would still be alive

Iraq and Saddam would still be anathema to Al Qaeda... now, it is a haven for them.

how can it get much worse?

[bryant69]

3. Unfortuantely, the founding fathers did not see fit to put in a sanity clause

What are you gonna do?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[genie_weenie]

4. How can Yellow Elephants get away with this?

Never served a day. Never been under a mortar attack. Never gone 7 weeks without a fuckin' shower.

Fuck You Jim DeMint.

[peekaloo]

6. DeMint-ed. eom

[MidwestTransplant]

10. Ha too funny that was one I though too. Didn't use the hypen though. Your way is better.

[peekaloo]

13. that one was way too easy, wasn't it.

:-)

:hi:

[MidwestTransplant]

9. Here's what I would really like to see....

One of the new Dem. Congressmen who served in Iraq hand Demint(ed) an enlistment application and when Demint(ed)loooks at him like a dear in headlights, ask him who the fucking wimp is now.

[kskiska]

11. DeMint wants to ban gay teachers from schools

He even said it in a debate on Meet the Press.

In a moment - in a single statement - DeMint may have transformed himself from "innovative conservative" to "homophobic kook." He announced that he supports banning every openly gay teacher from South Carolina public schools. Tenenbaum immediately jumped on the comment as "un-American" and bizarre, the story flew across the nation on the internet and DeMint has single-handedly revived the old notion that South Carolina's democracy is only slightly more advanced than Afghanistan's.

[11 Bravo]

14. What a shock ...

another chicken-shit repuke who has never heard a shot fired in anger impugning the courage and patriotism of others.

[genie_weenie]

15. Kick.

I want more people to read about the Brave and Noble Jim DeMint.