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To: KLP who wrote (147701)11/19/2005 1:51:26 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793669
 
I also respect the fact that we all have the right to agree or disagree with his opinion.

I'll add one more to that list: we can call his idea stupid and say it would hand victory to Al Qaeda without questioning his patriotism. It only questions his patriotism if we say he WANTS that outcome, as opposed to thinking it will produce some other outcome, or it may produce that outcome but is absolutely unavoidable.

This simple distinction seems entire lost on every Democrat on the Hill, to judge from their remarks.



To: KLP who wrote (147701)11/19/2005 8:59:42 AM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793669
 
Mark Levin last night dug up some quotes from Murtha in 2002 just before the vote authorizing war. He was against it then but reluctantly voted for it...