I'm number 29. 
Posted on 12/25/2002 3:27:24 AM PST by davidosborne
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Text of Private e-mail to me:
ISSUE: Republican Sen. Trent Lott was ousted from power for > praising Strom Thurmond. So what happens when a Democrat > Senator praises terrorist leader Osama bin Laden? > > According to WorldNetDaily.com, "Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., > told a group of high-school students in her state that the > U.S. should adopt Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics." > And apparently, she's making the same comments to students > all over Washington state. > > Murray is telling the students that people who live in Third > World countries might have a better view of the United States > if Americans followed Osama bin Laden's example of being > "better neighbors out in other countries so that they have > a different vision of us.... rather than just being the > people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan." > > Rep. George Nethercutt (R-WA) says that to have a senator > suggest that Osama bin Laden is a good guy and the U.S. > hasn't done anything to help people is "shocking, bizarre > and uninformed," saying, "You have to wonder what country > Sen. Murray has been living in since September 11th." > Democrats like Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), on the other hand, > were quick to defend her statements as simply a "very bad > choice of words." > > A very bad choice? Osama bin Laden didn't build roads, > schools and day cares. He ran terrorist camps in Afghanistan > that trained the killers who carried out the 9/11 attacks > on America. It's the American people who lead the world in > helping people of impoverished countries, not murderers > like bin Laden. > > ACTION ITEM: Murray is a leader in the Senate; she was > chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in > the recent 107th Congress. After Trent Lott's "very bad > choice of words," Murray was one of the first to say, "Like > all Americans, I was disturbed by Senator Lott's comments. > They were offensive, hurtful and wrong. Worst of all, they > do not appear to be isolated remarks." > > Well, Sen. Murray's "offensive, hurtful and wrong" remarks > don't appear to be isolated, either, according to teachers' > reports from across the state of Washington. And as Chris > Vance, chairman of the Washington State Republican Party, > said, "Patty Murray sent the message to these students > that the United States somehow deserved or brought on the > September 11 terrorist attacks... It is absolutely > outrageous and despicable to imply that the American > government should learn a lesson from the madman who > murdered thousands of American citizens." > > The only one who should learn a lesson here is Sen. Murray. > Go to our site below to send a FREE message to Murray now, > demanding that she resign from the Senate immediately:
I'm number 29.
Lott lost his Majority Leader position because he woudn't defend his saying that the nation would have fared better with Thurmond winning the 1948 presidency.
He didn't put any other interpretation on those words than as a support of segregation. He "confessed" his former support of segregation in his following apologies.
Did he also "confess" his former membership in the Democrat party, which was contemporaneous with his support of segregation? Probably not.
senator_murray@murray.senate.gov
I have sent 3 so far and am only getting an automatic reply.
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