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Friday, July 01, 2005
Get Off Your High Horse
Quote of the week, courtesy MyDD, from a letter to the editor of The Courier News (Elgin, IL), regarding the appearance of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the Senate Armed Services Committee:
At one point, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said he couldn't take it any more. He said Americans have a right to know what's happening in Iraq because they're paying for the war with the lives of their young men and women and billions of tax dollars.
Looking at Rumsfeld, Byrd accused him of sneering. "I don't mean to be discourteous, but I've heard enough of your smart answers. Get off your high horse when you come up here. I have to run for re-election and you don't. We represent the American people and they are asking questions. They haven't been told the truth. The administration says we're unpatriotic if we ask questions, but that's our job." ...
July 1, 2005 at 01:04 PM in Iraq War | Permalink
Comments
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