September 21, 2007
Integrity
Yesterday, the United States Senate voted for a resolution condemning an American political organization for exercising it's First Amendment right to free speech. A resolution put forward by a man who has so thoroughly abrogated his oath of office that he's called The President's Senator. A man who can't be bothered to send our troops to war properly equipped and armored. A man who won't even let them have a leave they desperately deserve before asking them to return to the middle of a civil war.
The Constitution either means something or it doesn't. You don't get to condemn people for exercising their rights, even if you disagree with what they have to say. The 72 men and women who voted to condemn the MoveOn.org ad violated their oath of office. Further, they rose in support of a liar, a man who has become a political operative of this Administration. They condemned an organization for telling the truth. Where is the integrity we expect from our leaders? Does it always dissolve when it becomes politically expedient?
This is shouldn't be a political issue. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, if you voted for this political stunt you deserve even less respect than the man who stood up and lied about Anbar. A man who is, himself, playing politics while betraying the men and women under his command. Worse, he's betraying his fellow Americans. People like you and me. I can separate my criticism of him from my feelings for the troops. The American people can as well. Why can't Congress?
And I will NEVER accept even a scintilla of criticism from someone like George W. Bush, a man who abuses our armed forces while hiding behind them for political gain. A man whose political party made fun of a wounded vet by wearing band-aids with purple hearts on them. A man who led his party in DEMONIZING a quadriplegic Vietnam Vet. Not from him. Not ever.
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Posted by mcblogger at September 21, 2007 09:43 AM
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