Daschle Loses It

The Weekly Standard ^ | 02/10/03 | Stephen F. Hayes

[happymom]

I'm not surprised --- his bitterness is clearly making him unhinged.

[thegreatbeast]

There is no purpose left in exposing the hypocrisy of the dems. The only thing to do is stake 'em before they crawl out of their coffins. The rest is wasted energy.

[Rocky]

The column could have been a lot shorter:

Daschle's own record on the matter of using force in Iraq reveals him to be a hypocrite. And the tortured logic he employs to question the main premise of the Bush administration's Iraq policy--that Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction--exposes him as a political opportunist...

The issue isn't how many arguments there are but whether they are sound. One that Daschle himself was buying as recently as four months ago was Saddam's record in the area of weapons of mass destruction. As Daschle said on the floor of the Senate on October 10, 2002: "We know that Iraq maintains stockpiles of some of the world's deadliest chemical weapons including VX, sarin, and mustard gas. We know that Iraq is developing deadlier ways to deliver these horrible weapons, including unmanned drones and long-range ballistic missiles. And we know Saddam Hussein is committed to one day possessing nuclear weapons."

[Slyfox]

You want horns? How's about a tail?

[Lancey Howard]

Wait'll the Democrats start whining about how the space shuttle tragedy is diverting attention away from the economic depression. Obviously another Republican trick.

[Pippin]

LOL!!

Now that's an improvement!

[McLynnan]

Ugh! Tiny Tom suffers from power envy.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"I don't understand those who want to wait until the threat is imminent," Bayh says. "Do we wait until the missiles are launched, until the smallpox is in the country? The consequences of error could be catastrophic."

Maybe there is hope for the democRATS.

I just don't understand why the dimms give Daschle the power to disrupt American unity in a time a war--a war that we need to win to protect ourselves.

[OldFriend]

Daschle can't lose something he never had. Decency, honor, dignity, stature, common sense, love of country.......

[agrace]

A survey released last week by James Carville's Democracy Corps found that respondents trust Republicans over Democrats to keep Americans safe by 47 percent to 16 percent.

Wow, great news from a dem poll. Good article bump.

[Otta B Sleepin]

Was it just me or did anyone else see him this way?

It wasn't just you - I noticed it, too. Creepy.

[muawiyah]

Let's see - it's a real easy one - Saddam said he had certain WMDs 9 years ago. He now says he doesn't have them. He refuses to provide evidence that he destroyed them.

So, for Mr. Daschle, all he has to do is decide - was Saddam telling the truth years ago, or is he telling the truth now.

No doubt this is too difficult for Daschle to contemplate.

[upchuck]

Deep down inside Dasshole's psyche, down there where he really lives, he is a twisted, perverse person.

I am firmly convinced he would rather have the US completely destroyed rather than admit President Bush is correct on any issue.

God blessed us when President Bush was elected. His blessings continued when the Pubbies kept the House and won back the Senate in 11/2002. I pray he continues to bless us in the coming conflict with Iraq and any operations auxiliary to that.

[Arpege92]

"Daschle loses it"




HE NEVER HAD IT!!

[Howie]

[Sal]

I think Daschle takes his orders directly from Hillary. She is currently posing as a moderate in preparation for her WH run, but the Democrats cannot afford to lose their very left base so somebody has to sacrifice himself to maintain that link. That may be why he's so especially bitter.

If the base all go off to join the greens (or more honestly, the Communist Party), the Democrat Party is DEAD. When she sweeps in at the VERY end to claim the nomination, she'll appeal to their D. traditions and the fear of Bush with herself as the only viable alternative.

IF I'm right, you'll soon see her (or somebody working for her) undermining Sen. Bayh. She cannot afford real competition and will arrange for it to be out of the way before she steps in IMO.

Still, Bayh rejects Daschle's argument. "I don't understand those who want to wait until the threat is imminent," Bayh says. "Do we wait until the missiles are launched, until the smallpox is in the country? The consequences of error could be catastrophic."

[CyberAnt]

This is what happens to a person when they sell their soul to Hitlery!!

[Darlin']

"Tommy is putting his Party above the welfare of the Country "

Doesn't he always ?

[GUIDO]

I wonder if his voters will finally wake up and get him out of office?

What kind of people vote for this guy. Is he up for reelection in 2004??? After reading stuff like this about him and hearing Sean Hannity point out time and time again the hypocrisy of Dshole he can't possibly be reelected honestly. FoxNews needs to have him on and ask about all this and why all the sudden change.