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Rep. Pete Stark Goes Raving Mad on the Floor of Congress
It's pretty amazing what some unhinged members of the U.S.
Congress will say on the floor of the House of Representatives in
front of television cameras, God and everybody. Take ultra,
ultra-liberal Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (raving mad) (D-Calif.),
for instance, who veered far off course during recent debate
over a children's health program. In something less than a
masterpiece of rhetorical elegance and logic, Stark had this to
say:
"The Republicans are worried that they can't pay for insuring
an additional 10 million children. They sure don't care about
finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are
you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like
you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the
war? You don't have money to fund the war or children. But
you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if he can get
enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get
their heads blown off for the President's amusement."
Wow! Getting "their heads blown off for the President's
amusement?" In terms of pure evil, that would basically put
Bush right up there with -- and please forgive the utterly
cliched comparison -- Hitler, wouldn't it? But even Hitler
wasn't waging war against the civilized world just for his own
amusement. He had very specific goals in mind. Therefore,
Bush must be in a category all his own. Hey, Hugo Chavez must
have been right when he pegged President Bush as "the devil" in
his famous 2006 UN speech. You can almost smell the sulfur,
can't you?
But wait, Stark had even more to say: "In his previous job as an
actor, our governor used to play make believe and blow things
up. Well, the president and the Republicans in Congress are
playing make believe today with children's lives. The truth is
that Bush just likes to blow things up, in Iraq, in the United
States, and in Congress."
He "just likes to blow things up!" If you accept the premise,
that would make him the world's ultimate terrorist. You gotta
figure the video of Stark's rant has been snatched up and put
into heavy rotation over at Al-Jazeera. Anything to depict Bush
as the real terrorist and to show division in the ranks of
American leadership where the war in Iraq is concerned (if you
can refer to what Stark does as "leadership").
By the way, this is hardly the first time Stark raving has said
something vile or distasteful. Check out his bio here.
The real tragedy here is that some collection of sentient adult
American citizens in California keep sending this maniac back
to Congress year after year. In fact, he's the longest serving
member of Congress in his state, having first been elected in
1972. All you can do is shake your head in abject stupefaction.
It's pretty amazing what some unhinged members of the U.S.
Congress will say on the floor of the House of Representatives in
front of television cameras, God and everybody. Take ultra,
ultra-liberal Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (raving mad) (D-Calif.),
for instance, who veered far off course during recent debate
over a children's health program. In something less than a
masterpiece of rhetorical elegance and logic, Stark had this to
say:
"The Republicans are worried that they can't pay for insuring
an additional 10 million children. They sure don't care about
finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are
you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like
you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the
war? You don't have money to fund the war or children. But
you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if he can get
enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get
their heads blown off for the President's amusement."
Wow! Getting "their heads blown off for the President's
amusement?" In terms of pure evil, that would basically put
Bush right up there with -- and please forgive the utterly
cliched comparison -- Hitler, wouldn't it? But even Hitler
wasn't waging war against the civilized world just for his own
amusement. He had very specific goals in mind. Therefore,
Bush must be in a category all his own. Hey, Hugo Chavez must
have been right when he pegged President Bush as "the devil" in
his famous 2006 UN speech. You can almost smell the sulfur,
can't you?
But wait, Stark had even more to say: "In his previous job as an
actor, our governor used to play make believe and blow things
up. Well, the president and the Republicans in Congress are
playing make believe today with children's lives. The truth is
that Bush just likes to blow things up, in Iraq, in the United
States, and in Congress."
He "just likes to blow things up!" If you accept the premise,
that would make him the world's ultimate terrorist. You gotta
figure the video of Stark's rant has been snatched up and put
into heavy rotation over at Al-Jazeera. Anything to depict Bush
as the real terrorist and to show division in the ranks of
American leadership where the war in Iraq is concerned (if you
can refer to what Stark does as "leadership").
By the way, this is hardly the first time Stark raving has said
something vile or distasteful. Check out his bio here.
The real tragedy here is that some collection of sentient adult
American citizens in California keep sending this maniac back
to Congress year after year. In fact, he's the longest serving
member of Congress in his state, having first been elected in
1972. All you can do is shake your head in abject stupefaction.