From what Dim Bulb Oscar Jim Moran Rep-D-VA said below, and some of his behavior, I would think the Democrats would toss him out on his ear. By keeping this clown, he makes all Dems just that much worse.
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., said that D.C. routinely handles high-security events like presidential inaugurations. He also said he thinks the terrorist threat is overblown.
"These terrorists don't have an air force or navy or even much of an army of their own," he said. "I don't know what people are so afraid of."
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Assaults and threats
After then-Congressman Stan Parris, during the 1990 campaign, called him soft on Saddam Hussein, Moran threatened to assault Parris.[3]
In the run up to the first Persian Gulf War in 1991, Moran had declared his support for President George H. W. Bush. When the vote came, he changed his mind and voted with the Democrats against the U.S. troop commitment. Afterwards, when he passed journalist J. Michael Waller on the street, Waller made a wisecrack about Moran's flip flop. Moran shouted at him repeatedly, grabbed him, and shouted some more - demanding to know his name and employer. When Moran later gave his version of the confrontation on a radio talk show. When Waller called in to complain of defamation, Moran left.[12]
In 1995, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, he threatened to slug Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana, then chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform. "You pull that again and I'll break your nose!"[3]
His 1998 opponent (and also 2000 opponent), Demaris Miller (Mrs. James C. Miller III) reported that Moran began to lunge at her during a 1998 campaign forum, but stopped himself.[3]
Later in 1995 he attacked fellow Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-California. Once outside the House chamber, Moran threw a punch that Cunningham blocked. Colleagues and U.S. Capitol Police restrained them.[3]
In about 2000 he got into a scuffle with an eight year old boy in Alexandria, whom he accused of attempting to carjack him.[3]
[edit] Comments regarding Jews
Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq he told an antiwar audience in Reston, Virginia on March 3, 2003, that "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should."[13][14]
Moran said his comments were taken out of context, and he had said the same about the Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention at three antiwar forums.[15][16]
The National Jewish Democratic Council criticized Moran's comments.[17] Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said Moran's comments were "unfounded, baseless, and way out of line." House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Moran's comments have "no place in the Democratic Party." Joe Lieberman called the comments "deeply offensive and morally wrong."[13]
Writing in the December 22, 2003 edition of The Nation, Letty Cottin Pogrebin charged that "Representative James Moran of Virginia stirred up another incendiary canard — Jewish influence — by attributing America's war with Iraq to 'the strong support of the Jewish community.'"[18] According to a Gallup Poll, the vast majority of Jewish Americans oppose the war, even the minority of Republican Jews.[19]
According to an article about Moran by Alexander Cockburn in The Nation,[20] reporters like Robert Kaiser in the Washington Post have described the neoconservative lobby that supported the Iraq war, which includes such prominent Jewish neocons as Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, and Douglas Feith; The Forward reported that Jewish groups, such as Workmen's Circle, were angry at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations for supporting the war; and the American Jewish Congress supported the war.
In the House elections of 2004 Moran for the first time faced a Democratic primary challenger, Andy Rosenberg. 58.5 percent of the district voted for Moran versus 41.5 percent for Rosenberg. Moran went on to be reelected to the U.S. Congress in the general election for his eighth term.
In September 2007, Moran again angered Jewish organizations. In an interview with Tikkun,[21] Moran said, "Jewish Americans, as a voting bloc and as an influence on American foreign policy, are overwhelmingly opposed to the war," more than any other ethnic group. "But AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning. I don’t think they represent the mainstream of American Jewish thinking at all, but because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful — most of them are quite wealthy — they have been able to exert power. The reason I don’t hesitate to speak out about AIPAC’s influence — notwithstanding the fact that I’ll be accused of being anti-Semitic every time I suggest it — is that I don’t think AIPAC represents the mainstream of American Jewish thinking.[22][23] The National Jewish Democratic Council responded "Rep. Moran’s comments are not only incorrect and irresponsible – they are downright dangerous.”</ref>[24] The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington complained that "[Moran] uses clearly anti-Semitic images such as Jewish control of the media and wealthy Jews using their wealth to control policy."[23] |
