June 24, 2004
Senator Foghorn Leghorn calls Americans infidels
US Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) wrote a guest editorial for the State newspaper in Columbia, SC this week, where he referred to Americans as infidels.
In the war against terrorism, we’ve given the terrorists a cause and created more terrorism. Even though Saddam is gone, the majority of the Iraqi people want us gone. We have proven ourselves “infidels.” With more than 800 GIs killed, 5,000 maimed for life and a cost of $200 billion, come now the generals in command, both Richard Myers and John Abizaid, saying we can’t win.Here's one of our lawmakers. Here's a man that citizens of this nation are supposed to look to for leadership, and for encouragement when times are low. Here's a man who is supposed to be an encouragement to our soldiers when they have questions in their minds. A man who is supposed to support our fighting men and women unconditionally. He's certainly supposed to provide leadership for those soldiers without allowing partisan concerns to get in the way.Heretofore, the world looked to the United States to do the right thing. No more. The United States has lost its moral authority.
Instead, here's a man who doesn't care about those same fighting forces. He's more concerend with fostering his hatred for George W. Bush and the Administration. So much for "leadership" from one of the senior members of the Senate.
Just damn.
Posted by mhking at June 24, 2004 10:03 PMCheney should have saved some of what he gave Leahy for Foghorn. They're both horses asses.
Posted by: Patrick at June 24, 2004 10:15 PMCalling Hollings a horse's ass is an insult to equine anuses. He should have been run out of politics 50 years ago.
Posted by: McGehee at June 25, 2004 08:43 AM Hollings is a remnant from the days that no southern Dem could win the primary without the endorsement of the Klu Klux Klan. He's the one that put the Stars and Bars flag over the State Capitol. He hasn't changed a bit, only his rhetoric has.