South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is a wimp. A wimp who hides behind empty rhetoric. A wimp who never has worn the uniform of an American service-member. A wimp who passes the buck for mistakes made during his and his party's watch. A wimp who made the following illogical and reprehensible comments: i.e.
"Al-Qaida knows that we've got a lot of wimps in Congress. I believe a lot of the casualties can be laid at the feet of all the talk in Congress about how we've got to get out, we've got to cut and run." (
The State Newspaper, James Rosen, 5-30-2007). And the wimpy icing on the cake for the 100 South Carolinians at the luncheon where DeMint made his remarks, was that DeMint made note that Saddam still has
“stockpiles of chemical weapons” and
"it would have been worse had we not gone in (to Iraq) " and thought that no one would notice.
-Holy Republican BatMan-That DeMint guy is nuttier than squirrel sh_crap!!!ConcessionsI will concede two things about the political nature surrounding these remarks. First, the Republicans are excellent at spinning the news and the body politic. They have an amazing ability to shape the news and the views of everything from the Estate Tax (Repubs read: "Death Tax") to the results of the recent election. I am sorry Mr. President and Senator DeMint, but contrary to the Republican spin machine, your party lost big across the board in the last election because of the War in Iraq. And even more amazing, Republicans who are the minority in Congress when it comes to those who served in the military, have the "balls" to call Democrats weak on defense and wimps when fighting terrorism.
As for the President: I have a theory concerning Presidents who served and those who didn't: It often is the case that it is a lot easier (and faster) for those who never served to send in the troops, than it is for those who have seen combat and war to send our troops into harms way. But don't kid yourself, the President needs a supporting and enabling cast in Congress as well as the Courts to get away with this.My second concession is that Democrats did let me down when they took the troop withdrawal timetable out of the bill that President Bush vetoed. I was livid that they didn't send the exact same bill to the President. I thought they caved. But then after reading Senator Jim DeMint's comments this week, I realized; as much as I want our troops to come home, I know that Republicans would watch the flag-draped coffins and body-bags come home and get on every news network to announced that these men and women lost their lives because the Democrats let them die when they didn't fund the Iraqi War. Indeed, this is reprehensible and disgraceful, but it would have happened and the thing is, a majority of the people would have bought it. The irony of course, is that we had to pledge another $120 billion to fund a war that Donald Rumsfeld, V.P. Cheney and President Bush said, would fund itself (from the oil sales).
My third concession is that although humorous (to me and the Macho Man), the photo in this post is probably a little over the top, but it seems more therapeutic than grabbing a pitchfork and torch. I digress; what Senator DeMint is missing (apart from realizing that James Rosen was in audience during his saber-rattling luncheon) is that he represents ALL South Carolinians (Not just Republicans) and for him to make such comments about Democrats, is not only simply irresponsible and noticeably heard by ALL Democrats, but he is calling every true-American a wimp. Wimps who believe in Democracy. Wimps who vote and expect their elected officials to pay in kind when they vote on the Hill.
The key to a Representative-Republic
(the American System of Government*) is for elected officials to take great care of the "
Trust" we have given. The
Trust that our representative will vote in the best interests for the Country
(the People) and not the best interest of their own, their party's, or the agenda of those who line their growingly deep pockets. The
Trust that our representative will perform their duties above and beyond the call of duty. The ultimate political sacrifice might just be to ask the tough questions, vote against the pack, to think things through, to check the over-site, to check the intel and to hold the lying s.o.b.s' feet to the fire when those liars are not only exposed and documented, but when those liars' lies continue to fill flag-draped coffins for an unjust war.
Indeed, that might just be poli-seppuku, but if was in Jim DeMint's shoes, I would prefer a clear conscience and the noble feeling that I did my best when looking into the eyes of a widow or the mother of a fallen soldier and told them about a grateful Nation...*This is another concession I will give (to Boon) who I argued over the differences between America being a Democracy or Republic for at least a week. If you throw Representative in front of each term, I am sure, you can understand my fight for Democracy.
(Photos taken by the Bushido during an episode of Everyday Italian)
