Posted on 06/26/2008 9:07:30 PM PDT by james500
Edited on 06/27/2008 4:42:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A Democratic congressman who was accused of suggesting that Al Qaeda may want to harm a prominent White House official told FOX News he meant "no ill" by the comment.
Massachusetts Rep. Bill Delahunt made the remark Thursday while questioning David Addington, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, during a House subcommittee hearing on interrogation policies.
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Typical
I was giving Delahunt the benefit of the doubt until I read his absurd explanation.
The hearing is beingi replayed on CSPAN right now (12:00 am est). Delahunt is coming up soon; watch for yourself.
I wrote an email to Mrs. Pelosie suggesting to her that Delahant should be censored immediately for his remark.
It was beyond the pale — in fact, the hearings are absurd on their face. Hardly any pubbies there and the dems are more concerned about the terrorists than they are with the safety of the United States.
God, these people are beneath contempt. He’ll probably make sure AQ has Addington’s address, too.
What a sad state of affairs we have come to.
There goes another compassionate, caring, tolerant Democrat setting the example for the rest of us.
What an asshole. Those he doesn’t agree with deserve whatever happens to them. I really can’t stand those elitists.
In a nation of 300 million folks — I can’t believe that the assholes we send to Congress are the best we can do....
If Dueling was still legal - a MAN could have called Mr. Delahunt into the street and demanded an acceptable apology, and failing that, shot the bastard.
The absence of Dueling has been the single biggest contributing factor to the nonsense and insults the nation has suffered from these morons, and without Dueling - it is difficult and time consuming to cull them out.
That's ...
Washington, DC 2454 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3111 Fax: 202-225-5658 Cape and Islands Office 146 Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601 508-771-0666 Toll-Free: 800-870-2626 Fax: 508-790-1959 South Shore Office 1250 Hancock Street Suite 802-N Quincy, MA 02169 617-770-3700 Toll-Free: 800-794-9911 Fax: 617-770-2984
Yeah, right. And wasn't Delahunt the one making cosy with Hugo Chavez to get cheap or free oil from Venezuela for the poor of Massachusetts.
As usual -- this idiot is from Massoftwoshits...
With their excess of asshats - we'll have to change the name to Massofmanyshits.
Just goes to prove not all the Loons are on the lakes of Wisconsin.
Delahunt likes Castro, too.
Back then, you said the wrong thing you would have to answer for it , maybe with your life.
Kept cowards and blow hards in check.
Where’s Preston Brooks when you need him ?
Not only was Delahunt bad but the Rep. from Montgomery was awful to all of the panel. I kept thinking about my trip recently to Alabama and how I-65 is so backed up in Montgomery that it takes forever to take the alternative routes and was just a mess in that area, (Selma, etc.) This rep needs to take care of the place he represents. Especially the roads. It they are not going to take care of the tourist going through the state, he might as well, not run. Tourism in the Gulf Shores should be high on their list. A lot of money is generated there to help the whole state and they won't come there if the roads are constantly one lane. What a mess! Had to get that off my chest.
Sumner Assault
On May 22, 1856, Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner with his Gutta-percha wood walking cane in the Senate chamber because of a speech Sumner had made three days previous criticizing President Franklin Pierce and Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). In particular, Sumner lambasted Brooks' kinsman, Senator Andrew Butler, who was not in attendance when the speech was read, describing slavery as a harlot, comparing Butler with Don Quixote for embracing it, and mocking Butler for a physical handicap. Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, who was also a subject of abuse during the speech, suggested to a colleague while Sumner was orating that "this damn fool [Sumner] is going to get himself shot by some other damn fool."
At first intending to challenge Sumner to a duel, Brooks consulted with fellow South Carolina Rep. Laurence M. Keitt on dueling etiquette. Keitt instructed him that dueling was for gentlemen of equal social standing, and suggested that Sumner occupied a lower social status comparable to a drunkard due to the supposedly coarse language he had used during his speech. Brooks thus decided to attack Sumner with a cane.
Two days after the speech, on the afternoon of May 22, Brooks confronted Sumner as he sat writing at his desk in the almost empty Senate chamber. Brooks was accompanied by congressman Laurence M. Keitt, also of South Carolina, and Henry A. Edmundson of Virginia. Brooks said, "Mr. Sumner, I have read your speech twice over carefully. It is a libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine." As Sumner began to stand up, Brooks began beating Sumner on the head with his thick gutta-percha cane with a gold head. Sumner was trapped under the heavy desk (which was bolted to the floor), but Brooks continued to bash Sumner until he ripped the desk from the floor. By this time, Sumner was blinded by his own blood, and he staggered up the aisle and collapsed, lapsing into unconsciousness. Brooks continued to beat Sumner until he broke his cane, then quietly left the chamber. Several other senators attempted to help Sumner, but were blocked by Keitt who was holding a pistol and shouting "Let them be!"
Delahunt is just another worthless pantload who is routinely re-elected by Massachusetts.
In other words, (yawn).
Yup, I wrote up a capsule summary on the incident on FR last year. Many history books do not accurately describe the incident. When I was in publik skrool I read it to mean some great Northern savior (Sumner) was speaking out against slavery and was beaten by some Southern psychotic. When I read the actual accounts, it was obviously anything but.
Best boiled down to a demogogue viciously berating a well-respected member of the Senate (rather than sticking to attacking the institution of slavery) and having his ass handed to him by a relative of the victim of the verbal assault (since Sen. Butler was too old and in poor health to demand satisfaction — in fact, Butler was so much of a gentleman that he supposedly was willing to let the matter drop had he been present).
I’ll also add that Sumner was likely expecting such a physical attack (or proposal for a duel) so he could score political points or become a martyr. Even the depiction in the cartoon is propagandic, trying to make Sumner look noble when his mouth proved himself a coward. In no small measure did Sumner’s contributions helped push the nation towards civil war.
Delahunt is now shown by the transcript to be
just another PROVEN Democrat liar.
Massachusetts is loaded with people like that, which is why we call them Massholes up here in New Hampshire. Be glad you don't live any closer to them than you do.
And Mark is correct on this. The ranking republican issued his objection regarding Delahunt’s desire to question, and Nadler agreed it was a violation. Then, one of the dems (I can’t remember his name) waited until there were no pubbies left in the room, and gave Delahunt his time, and Mr. Nadler essentially said: well the pubbie ain’t here so he can’t object and he clearly doesn’t care about this issue .. so go ahead. (my paraphrase).
I watched the hearings last night and was stunned at what happened. The dems are openly supporting AQ now, and Delahunt’s invitation to AQ to target Addington (and make no mistake about it it IS what he did) should render him to resignation in shame. I sent Mrs. Pelosi an email requesting such an action.
Alas, just read today’s papers; hardly a mention of it. Instead the liberal lame media thinks Addington is the clymer.
Corruption in the media is growing and its going to get uglier and uglier. WHen this type of behavior is not shouted down, not shunned, then we are in a world of hurt.
Every once in a while a Democrat gets caught blurting out what he (or she) really believes.
Here's the answer:
Delahunt is not a member of the Judiciary subcommittee that held the hearing. In fact he's not a member of the full Judiciary Committee either. When subcommittee chair Nadler attempted to recognize Delahunt to speak, Rep King, R-IA, objected and said that only committee members could ask questions, and that Delahunt was not a committee member, to which Nadler said, "The gentleman's objection is, unfortunately, grounded in the rules of order." (Dems hate rules unless endangered species are involved.) Delahunt was not allowed to speak, at least at that time. Later, in the 2nd round of questioning, Mel Watt, D-NC, yielded his time to Delahunt. King was not there to object, but Watt said he had sent King a note informing him of his intention to yield time to Delahunt. So Delahunt proceeded.
Disgusting!
Delahunt is and always has been, a horse’s arse. Every once in a while he should be reminded that he’s a fag replacement.
That was fun to read, thanx!
Nothing will come of it. He’s a democrat. Democrats are not subject to the same scrutiny and outrage as Republicans.
They already know what the smarmy b@st@rd looks like and likely already contribute to his campaigns...
A challenge is issued only to a gentleman.
Delahunt is NO gentleman.
A dogwhip or a cane would be appropriate.
It wasn't right for Brooks to cane Sumner, because of the disparity in age.
Butler should have done it himself.
I guess the Levin Surge last night must have worked.
Touche!
From REDSTATE.com today:
Damn us all and our party if we let this go.
Congressman Delahunt can be reached at 202-225-3111 and by fax at 202-225-5658
By The Directors
It is no secret that public discourse in this country has become very shrill. Blogs on the left regularly feature vulgar diatribes against the right. Some on the right do the same. Keith Olbermann tells the President to “shut the hell up” on his television program. The New York Times publicly reveals the name of a CIA agent who did the dirty work of interrogating captured Al Qaeda operatives. The left says, “So, the right did it to Valerie Plame,” treating as morally equivalent the disclosure of the spy no longer spying and the disclosure of one of the men Al Qaeda would love to behead.
While Congress has also descended into a more shrill style, until yesterday it had not crossed one line of civility that never should be crossed on either side.
David Addington is the Vice President’s Chief of Staff. Yesterday, he testified before Congress.
During the course of the hearing, Congressman and Obama Superdelegate William Delahunt (MA-10) asked Mr. Addington about water boarding. Mr. Addington responded that he would not go into details because Al Qaeda is probably watching.
Congressman Delahunt’s response was, “I’m glad they finally have a chance to see you.”
Mr. Delahunt now denies he meant what he said. But what he clearly said was “I’m glad they finally have a chance to see you.” Al Qaeda now knows the face of one of the men who relentlessly pursues its henchmen and deals with their interrogations. Mr. Addington volunteered for public service, not a death sentence with Congressional encouragement. Mr. Delahunt is both a vile liar and a cowardly lion willing to roar down at Mr. Addington while encouraging terrorists to do his dirty work in a war he has been ineffective at stopping.
The left, while attacking Charlie Black for stating the obvious — that a terrorist incident helps the GOP politically because they are seen as more competent in the national security arena — is defending this degradation of congressional discourse and vile swipe at Mr. Addington.
This discourse — a member of Congress glad Al Qaeda has a face it can pursue — is beneath the dignity of the Congress and beneath the dignity of civil discourse in this country.
If you do not call your Congressman today and demand the House of Representatives, at the very *least*, censure Congressman Delahunt, well damn us all. We have no right to carry on our fight.
The number is 202-224-3121 and Congressman Delahunt’s email address is william.delahunt@mail.house.gov.
And some intrepid reporter should ask Mr. Obama what he thinks of this. After all, Mr. Delahunt was one of Mr. Obama’s early supporters and is now an Obama superdelegate. Of course, you can ask Barack Obama yourself at (866) 675-2008.
When you call your Congressman, you should make sure he knows an apology from Mr. Delahunt will not suffice. Delahunt clearly is lying about and denying his statement. “I’m sorry” would just be more of the same.
Exactly. I’d be disappointed if all this outrage was wasted on a few postings to an internet message board.
MAKE A CALL!
Just fyi, the Georgia anti-duelling law was dropped from the books some time before the recodification in 1982, but was never repealed. So I guess it's still against the law here to do the "pistols at dawn" bit!
Delahunt is a vicious thug who is quite comfortable serving as a Commie apparatchik for the Left. There is no surprise that he sympathizes more with totalitarian AQ terrorists, who hate America, than with Americans.
Spineless Republicans just sat there.
i don’t think addington did it intentionally, but he could not have done any better if he had tried - he baited delahunt into a self righteous snit of anger and delahunt showed his true colors - and revealed exactly what he was thinking
same thing happened with maxine waters when she was so mad that she stuttered out the democrat dream - to take over the oil companies
we need to use this tactic more because it causes them to defend the indefensible
tgo (mark levin) baited delahunt into calling his show tonight (well he called and asked him to be on the show - but if you listen to yesterday’s show, baited seems to be the right word)
he bravely called in with about 3 minutes left in the show - and gave his lame excuse that he thought he said *i* instead of *they* - tgo said he would take him at his word
which means he is a much more forgiving man than i am - because i think delahunt’s excuse is an obvious lie
which would make delahunt a liar - someone needs to confront him with that and hold him responsible for being so angry that he wishes death on an American citizen serving in government
‘sorry’ is not good enough for me any longer - not that we got an apology
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