Daschle Demands Apology by President Over Statement

The New York Times ^ | 09/26/2002 | CARL HULSE and TODD S. PURDUM

[Hillary's Folly]

Tom Daschle: Man or Midget

[Russell Scott]

Bush should send him a gift-wrapped straightjacket, and a note telling him he is sorry about his condition.

[stevem]

I can't dispute Rush Limbaugh on this one. Daschle is more than a little entertaining on this one. What is mystifying is that the people in South Dakota think he is something special.

[JZoback]

Mr. Daschle's spoke as Democratic frustration grew that Iraq policy was now the dominant concern among voters as the Congressional elections approach

How did this kernel of truth get into this Times article?

Someone up there is going to pay hell for it.

[ppaul]

Hey, you callin' me a turd?

[Russell Scott]

The Times should do a poll:

How often do you ignore our propaganda?

1. All the time.
2. Most of the time.
3. I can't ignore it, because I don't read it.

[Noslrac]

"Do you like my lipstick and pink tie?"

[KeyLargo]

Wah, waaaaaaa, sniffle, sniffle. Poor little Tommie must have missed his dose of ritalin.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Just keep digging that hole deeper, Little Tommy.

It doesn't take a very big one to swallow you up.

[Jerez2]

And this article is ALL that most people will see about what happened today at the Homeland Security Bill hearings. It is a good example of what President Bush was talking about: Daschle making a political issue out of Bush trying to take care of the nation's business.

The Democrats supported Clinton in his 1998 'hit-a-camel-in-the-butt-with-a-cruise-missle' sortie to change the subject away from impeachment, and pretended like it was a serious effort at 'regime change' in Iraq. But they didn't support Bush Sr., and they won't support Bush Jr. The only difference is party. There is no other conclusion possible than they are putting party before country.

It is appalling that, one year and two weeks after 9-11, we still have no homeland security bill. Bush has given the Congress everything they've asked for. Nothing will ever satisfy them. They say we're not supposed to discuss the war or think about it before we decide who to vote for. I say it's a citizen's most important duty to do so.

President Bush should be more scathing more often.

[cajungirl]

His hissy fit was marred by his PINK TIE which made him look so close to being a girl that it amused me no end. When indulging in mannish outrage, be sure to wear a red or a blue tie.

[cactusSharp]

speaking of the TIMES...on Hardball
Dick Armey was guest....Chrissy asked
Armey to respond to a NYT quote
Armey said" I catch and release"
(ie no need for a fishwrap)

[KeyLargo]

Michal Savage was comparing the small number of S.D. residents that puff Dash-is-ill really represents to about the same number of people in a couple of big city housing projects! Midget boy has lost it this time!

[PhiKapMom]

Mr. Gephardt said he had called the White House chief of staff, Andrew Card, to urge that the political temperature be lowered.

Maybe he should have called daschle instead! Pres Bush must have hit a nerve the way the RATs are acting -- Seems Zell Miller gets it but not the daschle/clinton/gephardt RATs!

[oyez]

Saddam is watching all this with great interest. Its hard to say if he is comforted, confused or entertained. I hope there is a retirement for the Senator before too long.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

When indulging in mannish outrage, be sure to wear a red or a blue tie.

And be sure to be more than 5'2" in height.

[goldstategop]

Message to Tommy Daschund and Lil Dick Poco Loco Gephardt: The War is a political issue. Its your party that blows hot and cold on it, being for the war one day and being opposed to it the next. People, even in your own base can beg your pardon if they ask where the Democrats stand on the most important issue of our lifetime when you're not even sure from one day to next what's it going to be? I think you gentlemen doth protest a little too much in protesting the President's making it a partisan issue. The truth is while President Bush never called your patriotism into question, your fitness to lead this country and your responsibility for protecting it from America's enemies has become an issue. And trying to change the subject by calling the President names isn't going to make it go away. Even liberals who otherwise support you think you deserve to lose if you can't be counted on to take a principled stand on the War and not make it look like you're acting out of political calculation. In the meantime we'll let the American people decide who's right though I bet after Tommy's temper tantrum on the floor of the U.S Senate and Algore's broadside against the War in San Francisco they'll just dump you and in the words of your favorite mantra, "just move on."

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" TODD S. PURDUM"- is Mr. Dee Dee Myers.

Daschle's behavior reinforced why no Democrat should ever be Commander in Chief. Can anyone imagine this pipsqueak leading men into battle???

[Jorge]

Bush should apologize for anything he said or did that helped push Tommy over the edge today...... and offer him free counseling so we don't have to see the bizarre spectacle of Daschle unraveling before the cameras the way he did in the Senate today.

Oh and maybe the shrinks can help Tommy discover why he doesn't care about the security of the American people.