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November 28, 2005
Fabulous Fumble of the Week, Nov. 28 - Jean Schmidt
Jean Schmidt, no one else comes close, this fine week. Actually that might not be true, Bill Richardson was in the running for his denial of being drafted by the Oakland A's. Really Bill, what aspiring athlete ever forgets being drafted by a professional team? Anyway, Jean, what a ding dong. Political debate is a good thing. One hopes that it makes us all think a little more about finding the best solutions to our problems. However, indiscriminate name-calling from supposedly educated people, especially when it is wrong is inexcusable. What was she thinking? Or perhaps she wasn't, which was the problem. Like many in the current administration, she accused those critical of the President's Iraq policies as being weak, un-American and unpatriotic, if there is a difference. The problem is that she picked on the wrong opponent. John Murtha is a highly decorated veteran, one who was held in high regard for quite some time by the Vice President himself.
Schmidt - decked out in a red-white-and-blue suit that resembled the U.S. flag - went to the floor and quoted from a telephone conversation with Bubp: "He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course."
"He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: That cowards cut and run, Marines never do."
She seemed to spend most of the remainder of the week backing away from her statement, saying she never meant to personally desparage Congressman Murtha. Ah, the backpedaling.... Her comments win her this week's Fabulous Fumble of the Week. Congratulations Jean.
Posted by Chip Spear at November 28, 2005 12:37 PM
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