I CANNOT BELIEVE REP. JEAN SCHMIDT WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIZE FOR QUOTING A MARINE!

[MikefromOhio]

Our republic is in jeopardy my friends.

Our Republic is just fine right now. There is a PROCEDURAL rule that doesn't allow a member to call out another member by name.

What was said has been played on the news and EVERYONE has heard about it by now. The damage to the Dems has been done.

[stumpy]

Even though I consider the democratic party to be a communist organizaton I will in the future refer to them as the "Vichy" party, a group of collaborators.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Jean Schmidt is my Congress Critter.

She's in over her head. She does not impress me.

[Peach]

No problem. I go right to the end of a lot of threads too.

I really think if she hadn't mentioned Murtha's name she wouldn't have withdrawn the e-mail comments.

Col. Brown looks exactly like my stepson who was in Iraq in '03.

[G Larry]

What would have happened to her if she'd responded, "I stand by my quote, and have no regret"?

The House would have been forced to make a larger issue of it by attempting to reprimand her!

[JoeSixPack1]

Murtha, you sleeze bucket EX-Marine, Cowards cut and run. Marines finish the job.

There, Quote me. USMC 73-75

Semper Fi

[sinbad17]

I keep hearing that Col. Murtha is a 37 year veteran of the Marine Corps. Wasn't he only on active duty a brief part of that time and a reserve officer the rest??

[Jemian]

She should restate it without mentioning Murtha's yellow name.

[SE Mom]

The guy served- and I salute him for it..sorry to be snippy- but how long etc doesn't matter. What MATTERS is that he's betrayed his Marine Corps and every other member of the military.

What Congresswoman Schmidt did was gutsy- it needed to be said and heard.

[MikeA]

"Our Republic is just fine right now. There is a PROCEDURAL rule that doesn't allow a member to call out another member by name."


This incident is not the only one that makes me say our Republic is in jeopardy. That Americans are claiming Clinton is more honest than Bush, that Democrats can now feel safe advocating a cut and run policy from Iraq because Americans are enabling them, that Americans say they want evil, congenital liars with no vision, no agenda beyond "we hate Bush" back in charge of Congress, that we have a news media actively working with Democrats to shape perceptions against the war and for every left wing position there is, that we have so many who have forgotten 9-11 and think we can afford to retreat from Al Qaeda, and on and on and on...we're in trouble my friend. Deceit and lies are winning. Truth is on the ropes. There is no silent majority advocating what's right anymore...

[Cboldt]

The ".. and I have a message for Congressman Murtha" lead-in is what caused the trouble.

[mountainfolk]

You have described the situation exactly. The RATS have gotten by with far too much lying and distortion and just plain venom against the President and the Republicans. Now we have a WOMAN Republican giving it back to them and they howl with outrage. Wish I could vote for her. Jean Schmidt has raised the bar for her fellow congress persons---

[SE Mom]

LOL- thanks :)

He's got a perfect bearing to deal with hese IDIOTS asking uninformed questions..

[bybybill]

Couldn`t agree with you more. Didn`t matter that she "took down her words"...what is important is that they were said

[learner]

He has been in Congress for 17 terms that,if fully served is 68 years. This guy is walking reason for term limits. Read his statement and see if you think he is senile.His concept makes no sense no matter where you stand.

[Right Wing Assault]

Yes, it's like when the attorney says, "Your honor, I withdraw the question." Then the judge says, "The members of the jury are to ingore that remark."

Heh, heh. Right.

She essentially said, "Members of Congress, I apologize for calling our Mr. Murtha when I read a letter from a Marine who implied he is a coward for cutting and running."

[msnimje]

Why on earth would she be made to apologize for this?
Because only Democrats are allowed to call people names on the House or Senate floor. Not Marines and not Republicans.

[MikefromOhio]

If you are going to believe the biased polling that's out there, then you have something to worry about.

don't make a mountain out of a molehill ok?

80% of the country votes for the letter beside the name. They don't even KNOW what is going on. It's always been that way.

[Jeff Gordon]

still the Republicans act like wussies and back down

That is one point of view. There is also something to be said for not lowering yourself to the level of your enemy.

The lady made her point. The apology is noise compared to the fact that she did voice the Marine's point about cowards.

[MarkeyD]

Time for a new tag.