This just in:
Niki Tsongas today called on her Republican opponent Jim Ogonowski to ask the leader of his party in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, to retract remarks made on CNN from Baghdad on Wednesday where he stated, “we need to continue our effort here because, Wolf, long term, the investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop Al Qaeda here.” Boehner was responding to the following question posed by CNN host Wolf Blitzer, “How much longer will U.S. taxpayers have to shell out $2 billion a week or $3 billion a week as some now are suggesting the cost is going to endure? The loss in blood, the Americans who are killed every month, how much longer do you think this commitment, this military commitment is going to require?”
“House Republican Leader John Boehner’s remarks demonstrate an appalling characterization of the sacrifice being made by thousands of men and women serving our country, as well as the tremendous sacrifices being made by their families. There can be no justification for belittling the price paid by the 3,776 brave Americans who have already given their lives. There is no greater cost to our nation than a life lost fighting on our behalf.
“I call on my Republican opponent Jim Ogonowski to join his fellow Republican Senator John McCain in demanding Republican Leader Boehner retract his remarks and apologize to our courageous men and women in Iraq and their families.”
I haven’t gotten any reply from my inquiry to the Ogo campaign. Still…holding…breath…
In other MA-05 news, the debate schedule has been set:
On September 25, the candidates will debate on NECN. The debate will be pretaped and will air at 7:00 p.m. On September 27, the candidates will participate in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters. The League is in the process of determining details of this debate. And, on October 9, the candidates will participate in a debate co-hosted by UMass Lowell and the Lowell Sun.
… how to put Republicans on the defensive, and this is a great thing for her to know. Right out of the gate, even though she was not my first choice, I had to admit she knew how to make the right political noises.
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Nice job.
Moveon is getting lambasted by the koolaid set for it's coinage of the phrase General Betrayus.
I find moveon far, far too kind.
I would frame it as such.
General Petraus, do all of humanity a favor, be all you can be, a man of honor, pull a Col. Theodore S. Westhusing.
You're a day late and a dollar short, Mrs. Tsongas.Even the drool-soaked brain-trust over at the hive stopped bleating over this days ago because it went nowhere.Google the Boehner remark. You'll find that a short parade of morons glommed onto it, but little else.And why? Because sane people understood the comment to mean nothing even remotely close to the desperate lie that kook fringe of your party tried, and failed to fashion from it.But, Mrs. Tsongas, if you enjoy being in the thrall of the court-jester wing of your party, then hey, have fun with your new old toy.
When the “pathetically inadequate” statement comes from a republican.
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Which statement was worse, Boehner's, or Patrick's?
..is what, less worse?
But, OK, let's say that one is “less worse”.A.) Rep. Boehner was answering a poorly developed and delivered half-question/ half-editorial via satellite hookup from Baghdad. His words “small price” must be taken out of their original context for a rational person to find them objectionable.B.) Governor Patrick was a reading text prepared in advance for an an address that was planned in advance.His words need not be parsed for many 9-11 families to have found them ill-chosen.To recap:A.- off the cuff- out of contextB.- prepared in advance- prepared in advance- prepared in advanceI'm going with “B”. The Governor was far more incompetent than Boehner was “Boehn Headed” *.
*attribution to David
A) Raw instinct and opinion, not scrubbed clean by handlers. Unvarnished and unspun truth as seen by the speaker.
B) Edited and re-edited by a committee, with some spark of original thought possible remaining.