Son's Death in Iraq Prompts Bid for Congress (Michael Berg blames Bush for Zarqawi killing his son)

NY Times ^ | March 29 2006 | IAN URBINA

[jmc1969]

Michael Berg says he and Nick shared a belief in taking a principled stand. It is this belief that Mr. Berg says inspired his Green Party bid for Delaware's only Congressional seat in the wake of Nick's kidnapping and killing in Iraq two years ago.

"Nick stood by what he thought was right," said Mr. Berg, a 61-year-old former teacher who is trying to unseat a seven-term Republican, Michael N. Castle. "I plan on doing the same."

The videotaped beheading of Nick Berg, a 26-year-old freelance radio-tower repairman, shocked a world audience after it was broadcast on the Internet.

"I'm in this race to win," said Mr. Berg, wearing his standard outfit — jeans and an antiwar T-shirt — while seated in the cafe in downtown Wilmington that he uses for interviews, since his wife forbids members of the news media in their home. "But the larger point is to get more people talking about the war."

Mr. Berg said that in deference to his family's desire for privacy he initially avoided speaking in public about his son's death. But he soon changed his mind, drawing attention after telling reporters that his son "died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld."

He has not stopped talking about the war since.

"It is pretty discouraging that there are so many families in the same awful position," he said, adding that since his son's death he has become a close friend of Cindy Sheehan, who lost a son in the war and has become a highly visible war protester.

[jmc1969]

[woofie]

Nuts

[sinkspur]

This guy is mentally ill. He'll have some kind of kooky episode, in public, muttering to himself, or throwing pig's blood at pictures of Bush or something just as bizarre.

Of course, that might be just what those goofy folks in Delaware want: a certified nutcase representing them in Congress.

[Sister_T]

Amazing that these mourning idiots never blame the ones directly responsible for their loved ones' death. It's so easy to blame America first and sympathize with those who would behead them without a second thought.

I can't muster any sympathy for these whiners.

[SevenofNine]

OH Great Male version of Cindy Sheehan GO Away to me he look like aging hippie

[TeddyCon]

since his son's death he has become a close friend of Cindy Sheehan

Nuff' said.

[DoughtyOne]

What a fruitcake.

I can't understand how someone could be so dilusional that they wouldn't see any benefit from removing Hussein from power and providing an opportunity for the Iraqi people to develop their own representative government.

I'm sorry about your kid fella, but s--t happens.

He did not die due to Bush and Rumsfeld's supposed sins. It's almost a sign of mental illness to rationalize that he did.

[jmc1969]

Ping

[EDINVA]

this guy is SUCH a phony ... when his son had been killed and the family knew, before it was public, that he'd been beheaded, he went outside his house .. and a reporter asked about the beheading, at which point he collapsed on the lawn as if he didn't already know, as if news was being broken to him by the press. It was ok for it to have happened to Nick, it just wasn't ok for the press to mention it. Jerk, just a total jerk. Like Cindy, he makes a mockery of his own child's death. How pathetic does it get?

[jazusamo]

Sounds like his wife doesn't suffer the same mental illness, she won't allow the media in her house.

[Calpernia]

ping

[the Real fifi]

He son was apparently a great kid--this guy is NUTS.

[sinkspur]

Sounds like his wife doesn't suffer the same mental illness, she won't allow the media in her house.

She's probably pretty sick of whining Michael being in her house as well.

[gondramB]

"Republican, Michael N. Castle."

Isnt that supoosed to be a really safe seat?

[AmishDude]

Ah, another parent glad to use his son's corpse as a pedestal.

[jazusamo]

Exactly...She has real feelings for her son and doesn't want to be part of a mockery.

[COEXERJ145]

[AmishDude]

I would think it's safe. Castle's a former gov. and likeable. Also, I think Berg was a PA resident when his son was executed.

[gate2wire]

"...died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld."

I'm sorry the guy is dead but he went over there to make money. He had his own company and was looking for work. He was not military. He went on his own, for his own benefit and lived OUTSIDE of more secure areas where our troops provided security.

The father is insane.

[I got the rope]

The videotaped beheading of Nick Berg, a 26-year-old freelance radio-tower repairman.

Whatever hippie.

[gondramB]

"his son "died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld.""

Sounds like he is getting his son confused with Someone else...

[danamco]

Of course, that might be just what those goofy folks in Delaware want: a certified nutcase representing them in Congress.




Teacher! Any more Q's???

[jimfree]

Michael Berg hurts. We cannot deny that. He lost his son. He is probably unfit to serve in Congress. We can't deny that either.

[mkjessup]

"since his son's death he has become a close friend of Cindy Sheehan"

I intend to pray that a.) they will NOT exchange bodily fluids, and b.) if they do, that there is absolutely NO chance of impregnation, the gene pool has already been polluted and diluted with the insanity of their illogic.

[Howlin]

Oh, man, have we EVER got stuff on this guy.

Reams of it!

[Doc91678]

Here we go again.
Berg went there on his own to make money. He put himself in Iraq without the permission of the American Govt.
For Micheal Berg to blame Bush is like blaming the sun when you get skin cancer.

[jmc1969]

Hey Zarq you butcher the guys son and that motivates his father to run for office on a platform advocating surrending western Iraq to you? These Americans must be like sheep.

[Howlin]

See there! I told you we had stuff on this guy -- and that was only a few seconds' search.

Why do I remember Michael Moore being involved with this guy?

[Antoninus]

Did anyone really think this t#rd was going to go away? He's an unreconstructed communist who is trying to ride his son's corpse to elected office.

There is no lower form of life.

[maine-iac7]

He's cracked - it was apparent from the get-go that he hates America.

Cindi-cee's husband split form her - maybe these two can ride off into the sunset with each other and leave the world alone.

[eric_da_grate]

I sympathize with this man. Who can't? Losing a son so viciously and publicly is something that no parent could conceive happening to their child. His son's murder was the first of many horrific snuff films to follow.

However, taking Mr. Berg's state of mind into consideration, it's clear that he's projecting his frustrations dishonestly and I'd dare say he's conscious of it. Nick Berg's fate was sealed from the moment he stepped on Iraqi soil. He was a bunny lost in a pit of vipers. The fact that Mr. Berg is capitalizing politically on his personal grief can't be ignored, either. It looks vindictive and cheap.

...telling reporters that his son "died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld."

Cindy Sheehan talks like that, too.

[George Rhynes]

All Americans Should ask the question!

Have UFO’s landed on earth, and extraterrestrials taken Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell hostage? Is he still on the planet or has he lost his voice when the American people and the world need a sense of hope, reason, and direction the most?

He was instrumental in convincing the American people and world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Therefore, he assisted in our invasion and occupation of Iraq wherein over 2,000 of our sons and daughters have perished. And even more injured with missing limbs etc., in a questionable war in which they have served honorably.

Many Americans respected General Powell for his knowledge, professionalism, dedication, sense of direction, and attention to details.

Moreover, his glowing knowledge, longevity, and foresight once brightened the night for members of our armed forces. And they proudly accepted and followed his leadership with confidence.

I believe the General is needed once again to give our nation the necessary thrust needed to bring the American Ship into the home-port safely, with pride, and dignity. If we fail to call on the great minds of today our nation may end up like the former great Soviet Union.

Before the Islamic world bankrupted their economic base through war, and destroyed that major super power.

We need General Colin Powell skills before America becomes economically ship wrecked on the high seas of history. Without even, a blimp appearing on the world radar screen of economic respectability before our national debt consumes our beloved Republic because of this war in Iraq.

If America is to be saved from economic disaster it is up to the American people to demand immediate change!

[Muleteam1]

Always glad to hear of another Green Party member. I hope the nutcase gets a lot of support.

[Brytani]

Can't he just go marry Cindy and take off for an extended honeymoon to looneyland?

[I got the rope]

Is that you General Powell?

[I got the rope]

If America is to be saved from economic disaster it is up to the American people to demand immediate change!

Wow. Couldn't you find something more original. You libs have beat that one to death to no avail.

I know...why don't you repost some of these:

George Rhynes on Indymedia

I hope you last long enough to post here.

[Jeff Chandler]

These insanely evil liberals are necromancers. Witness Berg, Sheahan, Wellstone, Parks, etc.

[Jeff Chandler]

You picked the right thread to post that on. Perfect. Just perfect.

[garylmoore]

he has become a close friend of Cindy Sheehan

Enough said.

[Cindy]

He sounds like Cindy Sheehan.

[Cindy]

WARNING***DISTURBING***GRAPHIC CONTENT***

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE BEHEADING OF NICK BERG" (May 11, 2004)

OPINION: President Bush IS NOT responsible for the murder of Nick Berg. The terrorists murdered Mr. Berg. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a loved one in this war on terror.

[driftless]

Dear General Rhynes: Up the meds.

[Cindy]

Well, I see you are new to FreeRepublic.
How do you like it so far?

[Cindy]

Oops, not done with those questions yet.

Are you a member of the Green Party?
Did you post this same message at Huffington Post
and DU?

[mkjessup]

If America is to be saved from economic disaster it is up to the American people to demand immediate change!

Sounds like you're agitating for a revolution in the streets there, but you're a little late - the immigration freakos out in California beat ya to it.

Welcome to FR. Hope you like kitties. I'm guessing they're not going to like you.

[Velveeta]

I'll just bump.

(The moderator would have deleted my comment.)

[Marine_Uncle]

Perhaps he really is pissed of at his son for going to Iraq to help rebuild it, though obviousely his son was there to make big bucks also.

[wtc911]

You write describing the USSR as "great".....I believe that says all that need be said about you. Enjoy your stay here, brief as it will be.

[Darnright]

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