No Respect
Yesterday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois remarked on the newly published report by CIA weapons Inspector Duelfer. The Duelfer report is the one Cheney requested that says there were no WMDs in Iraq, Saddam lacked the capacity to make any, and his nuclear program at the start of the war was less developed than during the 1991 war.
Senator Durbin commented on the obvious - that Bush is in denial about the truth and that he misled us into an unnecessary war that diverted us away from the real threat. Well, Republican Senator Ted Stevens, the senior Republican in the Senate, didn't much cotton to those kinds of remarks. After Durbin gave some of his time on the floor to Stevens so the two could engage in a discussion, Stevens said, "This idea that somehow the president has lied - I'm tired of hearing this disrespect for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States." You can listen to the exchange at NPR.org. I don't think I'm being unfair by saying Stevens sounded angry in his comments.
I agree with Stevens. I, too, am sick and tired of hearing all this disrespect for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States. I'm sick and tired and frustrated and it drives me nuts sometimes.
We need to do something to stop all this disrespect for what should be our nation's most respected offices. My suggestion: elect people to those offices who are worthy of our respect and who won't conduct themselves in such a way as to bring disrespect to their offices.
Cheney and Bush are doing serious and lasting harm to their offices through their constant lies and distortions. I think they are also doing real harm to their own credibility and legacies, but that is their own concern. As an American, I object to the harm they are doing to their offices. We deserve the truth. And the next president who follows Bush, whether it is Kerry in a few months, or someone else in a few years, deserves to inherit a White House with some shred of decency and integrity left.
Senator Durbin commented on the obvious - that Bush is in denial about the truth and that he misled us into an unnecessary war that diverted us away from the real threat. Well, Republican Senator Ted Stevens, the senior Republican in the Senate, didn't much cotton to those kinds of remarks. After Durbin gave some of his time on the floor to Stevens so the two could engage in a discussion, Stevens said, "This idea that somehow the president has lied - I'm tired of hearing this disrespect for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States." You can listen to the exchange at NPR.org. I don't think I'm being unfair by saying Stevens sounded angry in his comments.
I agree with Stevens. I, too, am sick and tired of hearing all this disrespect for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States. I'm sick and tired and frustrated and it drives me nuts sometimes.
We need to do something to stop all this disrespect for what should be our nation's most respected offices. My suggestion: elect people to those offices who are worthy of our respect and who won't conduct themselves in such a way as to bring disrespect to their offices.
Cheney and Bush are doing serious and lasting harm to their offices through their constant lies and distortions. I think they are also doing real harm to their own credibility and legacies, but that is their own concern. As an American, I object to the harm they are doing to their offices. We deserve the truth. And the next president who follows Bush, whether it is Kerry in a few months, or someone else in a few years, deserves to inherit a White House with some shred of decency and integrity left.
posted by Charles S. Russell at 11:48 AM
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